About Us

Mission
Community Action of Laramie County is dedicated to eliminating poverty by empowering people through education, advocacy, crisis intervention and providing opportunities toward self-sufficiency.

Vision
Leading the way to reduce poverty in Wyoming.

Community Action Promise
Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities, and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.

Making a difference

• Head Start serves more than 360 preschool children.
• The Self-Sufficiency and Housing program assists more than 1,000 households annually --a total of about 2,500 individuals--with emergency help or by providing work-related needs.
• Self-reliance group workshops on money management, communication skills, budgeting and career planning are free and open to our clients and the public.
• Cheyenne Crossroads Clinic encounters over 3,000 men, women and children and is able to assist over 1,000 of those persons in need.
• Wyoming Kinship Advocacy has assisted kinship providers with approximately 44 Temporary Guardianship papers within the last year.
• CALC sponsors the AmeriCorps VISTA program which allows individuals to dedicate a year to fighting poverty in the community.

Tripartite Board of Directors
Sharon Wisroth- Chair
Mike Shonsey- Vice Chair
Marjane Belomyzy- Secretary
Erin Benskin- Treasurer
Jodene Anderson
Lawrence Anderson
Linn Rounds
Richard Shanor
Mary J Eres-Anderson
Tamika Martinez
Jessica Dieter

Click here to view the Community Action of Laramie County Brochure.