Strategies to help Wyoming communities care for all kids 

For the last 20 years Wyoming has locked up kids at the highest rates in the nation. The state spends over $20 million a year to incarcerate youth in public and private facilities. How might youth outcomes be different if more of those dollars were invested in community-based alternatives that create connections and belonging for young people in ways that prevent them from getting in trouble and that keep them close to home?  How might communities work toward creating the conditions where every young person has the potential to contribute?

Join Wyoming Public Radio’s Tennessee Watson and panelists as they discuss strategies to support at-risk kids in rural contexts to assure that . Panelists will look at the barriers to change, as well as solutions already underway across the state and the nation.   

 Panelists:

Sarah Cavallaro, Executive Director, Teton Youth and Family Services

Nate Martin,  Director, Better Wyoming; Trustee, Albany County School Board 

Donna Sheen, Founder and Director, The Wyoming Children’s Law Center 

Michelle Sullivan, Director, Wyoming Afterschool Alliance