Wyoming Department of Family Services
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Wyoming Department of Family Services is a state agency of Wyoming
, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne
.
The Juvenile Services Division, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building, is responsible for incarcerating juvenile delinquents. The division's two juvenile facilities are the Wyoming Boys' School in Mc Nutt
, unincorporated
Washakie County, near Worland
, and the Wyoming Girls' School in unincorporated Sheridan County, near Sheridan
.
. The Wyoming Legislature
stopped funding the youth treatment center, which closed on July 1, 1996.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building in Cheyenne
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
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The Juvenile Services Division, headquartered on the third floor of the Hathaway Building, is responsible for incarcerating juvenile delinquents. The division's two juvenile facilities are the Wyoming Boys' School in Mc Nutt
Mc Nutt, Wyoming
Mc Nutt is a census-designated place in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 278 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mc Nutt is located at ....
, unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Washakie County, near Worland
Worland, Wyoming
Worland is a city in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,250 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washakie County. The City of Worland is served by the Worland Municipal Airport.-Geography:...
, and the Wyoming Girls' School in unincorporated Sheridan County, near Sheridan
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan is a city in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. The 2010 census put the population at 17,444 and a Micropolitan Statistical Area of 29,116...
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History
In November 1990 Wyoming voters approved a constitutional amendment that abolished the Wyoming State Board of Charities and Reform. The institutions of the former state agency were divided and given to other agencies; the Department of Family Services received the boys' and girls' schools and the Youth Treatment Center (originally the Wyoming Children's Home) in CasperCasper, Wyoming
Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...
. The Wyoming Legislature
Wyoming Legislature
The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature, consisting of a 60 member Wyoming House of Representatives, and a 30 member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne...
stopped funding the youth treatment center, which closed on July 1, 1996.
External links
- Wyoming Department of Family Services
- "TITLE 25 - INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE, CHAPTER 3 - WYOMING BOYS' SCHOOL." Legislature of Wyoming.