One-Time Stability Services

Stability Services is financial assistance provided to clients of the One-Stops in our service area, so these organizations can increase their capacity to serve their community. One-time financial stability services require a One-Stop case manager to primarily assess and organize a client’s care needs and ensure they get linked to the services they need. This also helps to prevent duplication of services within our service area. One-Time Stability Services is neither an emergency nor an entitlement program for ongoing services. Instead, this service aims to help individuals and families become stable due to one-time situations threatening their self-sufficiency. YCAN, in turn, provides eligibility determination on completed applications and processes payments for the assistance through our partners in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Where to Apply

Our community partners provide this service at One-Stops in Park and Hot Springs Counties. YCAN no longer utilizes print applications available or accepts self-referrals for our programs please contact the One-Stop in your county for information and to apply.

Our community partners provide this service at One-Stops in Park and Hot Springs Counties.

• Park County Residents use The First Stop of Park County (307) 269-6706
• Hot Springs County Residents use The Help Center (307) 864-3851

Eligibility 

• ​Applicants must meet federal income eligibility requirements.
• Applicants must be a resident of Park or Hot Springs Counties in Wyoming.
  • ​Residency is defined as having the ability to provide documentation or testimony of living within our service area. Documentation may include a bill, ID, lease, intent to hire letter, or written statement by a county resident that the individual or family lives within the service area or has been offered employment within our area.
• Allowable services all services must be permiss under our program guidelines; there are services we do not provide.
  • COVID-19 Financial Impact Assistance
  • Rent or Deposit Payment
  • Mortgage Payment
  • Utility Bill or Deposit Payment
  • Doctor Visit Payment 
  • Dental Vist (filling, extraction, but no cosmetic or dentures)
  • Hearing Aid Payment (up to $500)
  • Vision Service Payment (one-time)
  • Transportation Assistance (supporting employment only)
  • Education Supports
  • Employment Supports 
  • Funeral Expense Payment
  • Child Care Payment Assistance 
• Limitations on Services are limited to one time per year and no more than twice in five years.
  • Please visit with your case manager at Help Center at Common Ground or the First Stop of Park County if you have received two or more services. Restrictions will apply and include completing financial capabilities training, budgeting, counseling, or enrolling in Wyoming Workforces Services, as well as a documented plan on how the household will attain self-sufficiency.

​​Required Documents

• Photo ID – State of Federally-issued. (The direct program r may approve an exception if the customer c n identify themselves by alternative means)
• Proof of Income – Documentation must cover the 30 days before requesting assistance. Income to be documented includes paychecks, benefits, or federal assistance programs. If no payment exists, Applicants may use a self-declaration statement if they have zero income for the past 30 days. 
  • ​Applicants and their household members must provide income documentation for every adult (18+) living in the same household. 
• ​Documentation supporting assistance to be provided.
  • ​Bills
  • Estimates
  • Invoices
  • Lease
• ​An IRS form W-9 may be required from the vendor before payment.

Linkages and Referrals

One-Stops

If you seek in-person help with financial resources, visit a One-Stop case manager to assess and organize a client’s care needs and ensure they get linked to the services they need. This also helps to prevent duplication of services within our service area.

• Park County Residents apply at the First Stop of Park County (307) 269-6706
• Hot Springs County Residents use The Help Center (307) 864-3851

Wyoming 2-1-1

If you need to speak with someone regarding community financial assistance resources in your community, we encourage you to call Wyoming 2-1-1. Wyoming 2-1-1, in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Health, is also actively responding to the Coronavirus. 

• If you would like personal assistance, dial 2-1-1 or 888-425-7138.
• 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Yellowstone Country Assistance Network-Find Help Online

If you are seeking online resources for yourself, you can visit our online community assistance page at:

Our Partnerships

Northwest Wyoming Poverty Alleviation Coalition

Yellowstone Country Assistance Network has partnered with the Wyoming Poverty Alleviation Coalition and the Heart Mountain Volunteer Medical Clinic to partner with and financially support a community initiative, the First Stop of Park County.

Park County Help

Case Management Service Provider Partners

Community Partner Service Providers provide direct assistance to the low-income in Park and Hot Springs Counties.

The Network has established agreements/partnerships across the community for specifically identified purposes; collaborations include other anti-poverty organizations that provide relevant services, pool resources, jointly address issues, and promote infrastructure investment(s). 

These organizations provide intensive case management services to clients over an extended period of time. Each client creates self-sufficiency goals to pursue positive individual and family level change. In addition, a Self-Sufficiency Community Partner can submit a client application to YCAN for various ongoing financial assistance needs.

• Clinical Case Management: Case managers, often clinicians in this model, provide direct services and get more involved with the client’s journey. They help their clients engage with others and build skills through interventionist-style learning and therapy.
• Assertive Community Treatment: This model uses small, shared caseloads and a multi-disciplinary team approach to comfort a client’s daily environment over an unlimited period of time to help them accomplish their goals.
• Intensive Care Management: This model is similar to the Assertive Community Treatment Model, except that caseloads are usually held by one case manager and not a team.
• Critical Time Intervention: This service delivery model is administered over a set time period and is primarily used to help individuals move from residential care to community care.
• Strengths-Based Model: Rather than improving a client’s weaknesses, this model focuses on their strengths and passions and lets them guide themselves and grow in confidence in their abilities.
• Rehabilitation Model: Similar to the Strengths model, this model also focuses on building life skills based on the client’s goals.
• Two-Generation Approach: target low-income children and parents from the same household, combining parent and child interventions to interrupt the cycle of poverty. These approaches emphasize education, economic support, social capital, and health and well-being to create a legacy of financial security that passes from generation to generation.

Substance Abuse Recovery Partnership

Yellowstone Country Assistance Network partners with local substance abuse treatment programs to provide financial assistance to their income-eligible clients (125%FPL). The goal is to move the clients to self-sufficiency and economic independence when they graduate from their substance abuse treatment program. Clients work with the case manager in the treatment program to develop a plan to become self-sufficient and continue progress towards their goals. YCAN coordinates services with the case manager to provide the financial piece to help clients overcome barriers.

Our Current Self-Sufficiency Community Partners:

• Park County Court Supervised Treatment Program
• Cody Regional Behavioral Health & Cedar Mountain Center

Stabilization Community Partner

One-Stops are organizations that provide brokerage case management or One-Stop services by accessing and organizing clients’ needs and ensuring they get the resources they need. A Stabilization Community Partner can submit a client application to YCAN for various short-term financial assistance needs.

Our Current Stabilization Community Partners:

• Help Center – Thermopolis
• Heart Mountain Free Clinic/First Stop of Park County

How to Become Community Partner Provider

YCAN identifies local agencies and organizations that would be able to address the unmet needs of the low-income population. If your organization is interested in becoming a community partner, we ask that you complete a community partnership form below.

Key Sector Partnerships

YCAN utilizes information gathered from crucial community sectors in assessing needs and resources during the community assessment process or at other times. These sectors would include, at a minimum: community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, the private sector, the public sector, and educational institutions.

• Park County Court Supervised Treatment Program
• Heart Mountian Volunteer Free Medical Clinic
• Northwest Health Care
• Heritage Health Care Center
• Cody Regional Health
• Cedar Mountain Center
• WISL (Wyoming Services For Independent Living)
• Crisis Intervention Services
• Hope Agency
• Help Center at Common Ground
• First Stop of Park County
• Hot Springs County Public Health
• Park County Public Health
• Department of Family Services
• County Senior Centers
• Head Start
• Local School Districts
• Community Interfaith Organizations
• Department of Workforce Services
• Local Chambers, private sector
• Poverty Coalitions
• Northwest College
• Wyoming 2-1-1

State & Regional Partnerships

National Partnerships