Cheyenne Receives $4.6 Million in Funding for Community Development

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines publicly announced $4.6 million in grant funding to nonprofits and government agencies across Wyoming Thursday morning. That money will be allocated to local entities such as the Unaccompanied Student Initiative, Boys and Girls Club of Cheyenne, and Habitat for Humanity of Laramie County.

City officials hope to use the FHLB funding for free literary programs, job training, and new single-family construction projects, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports.

Habitat for Humanity, which received over $68,500 in grant funding from several FHLB Des Moines members, will also put the funds toward construction of two new single-family homes on Wills Road and expand its Fresh Start program, according to Dan Dorsch, executive director of Habitat Humanity for Laramie County. The Fresh Start program, in partnership with several nonprofits, provides vouchers to those transitioning out of homelessness to purchase free home furnishings at the Habitat ReStore.

Unaccompanied Students Initiative, a local nonprofit that provides housing and other resources for unhoused high school students, received nearly $57,500 in donated funds from FHLB Des Moines members. Jessica Sayers, the organization’s executive director, said these donations made the program’s funds “sustainable to implement a third program.”

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