Wyoming

• Email our Wyoming Genetic Navigator Melody at wyominggenetic@gmail.com
• Learn more about Melody

• Find a Genetics Clinic in Wyoming
• Dates for Outreach Genetics Clinics in Wyoming

Family & Parent Support

Family to Family Health Information Center – F2F

• Contact this group if/when: you need family support, you are having difficulty navigating the system, you just moved to the state with you child with special needs

More Resources For Families:

• • Wyoming Family to Family Health Information Center
  • Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND)
  • Parent Information Center
  • Uplift Wyoming

Newborn Screening Support

Wyoming Newborn Screening & Genetics Coordinator

• Carleigh Soule
  • Phone: 307-777-6297
  • Email: carleigh.soule@wyo.gov
• Contact this person if/when:
  • you live in Wyoming or are moving to Wyoming from other state and have a child or loved one with a genetic condition in need of genetics care and care coordination.

Wyoming Newborn Screening

• Wyoming contracts with Colorado for newborn screening testing. Resources here are based there.
• Colorado Newborn Screening for Wyoming Newborns
  • Contact: Gregory Bonn
    • Phone: 303-691-4026
• Contact this group if/when: your doctor has told you your child has a positive newborn screen and you are having trouble seeing a specialist/follow-up.
• If you would like a copy of your newborn screen:
  • Contact: Carleigh Soule
    • Phone: 307-777-6297
• Wyoming Newborn Screening Brochure For Families (English)

Early Childhood Support

Screen for Success

• Contact this group if/when: you are seeking support for developmental screening

Health Care Support

Title V: Maternal and Child Health

• Contact this group if/when: you need help accessing programs for special needs kids in your state
  • Phone: 307-777-6921
• Also helpful:
  • Children’s Special Health Program

Medical Insurance and Medicaid Support

Wyoming Medicaid

• Contact this group if/when: you need help finding out if you qualify for a waiver, need medical insurance coverage for your child with special health care needs.
• Phone: 307-777-7531

Waiver Support

Wyoming Medicaid Waivers:

Home and Community Based Waivers

• Community Choices Waiver (CCW) 
• Comprehensive or Supports (DD) Waiver

 

• • Contact these groups if/when:
    • you are looking for information on Medicaid Waiver services
  • Our Children’s Special Health Program
    • How does a family apply for this program?
    • Contact Children’s Special Health
    • Phone: 307-777-6921
  • Help with Navigating Medicaid
    • Family to Family Health Information Center (Wyoming Institute for Disabilities)
    • Children’s Special Health

Education Support

Parent Information Center: Parents Helping Parents of Wyoming

• Contact these groups if/when:
  • you are looking for information or workshops and trainings for families and educators on educational supports for your child with a disability. Topics include: IDEA, IEPs, Positive Behavior Interventions, and other related topics like Prior Written Notice, Transition and Mindfulness.
  • PIC Brochure
  • (307) 684-2277

Other Helpful Wyoming Resources

• WY Hands and Voices
  • Support for families of deaf and hard of hearing children to assist them in reaching their fullest potential

• Where is Bear is a fun book to enjoy with your child while checking that they meet the milestones of a typical two-year-old.
• Download a PDF of “Where’s Bear” 
• A developmental delay or missing milestones can sometimes be a “red flag” for a genetic condition.
• View other developmental books and resources  for all ages from the CDC.
• If you have concerns about your child’s development, please talk to your child’s doctor. You can find more resources to help you do that, here.
• In addition, MSRGN has developed a Developmental Delay Algorithm that you can share with your child’s doctor.