OUR HISTORY
Wyoming Children’s Society adoption agency serving women, children, and families since 1911.
A LEGACY
Children’s Home Societies were established in the United States in the late19th century to address the growing number of orphaned children, especially in populous areas such as New York City. As children were sent on the now-famous orphan trains, these societies expanded into the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states.
The history of Wyoming Children’s Society began in 1911, when the organization, then known as Wyoming Children’s Home Society, was founded to serve single mothers at a time when society condemned unwed pregnancy. For many years, the Society operated as an orphanage and unwed mothers’ home.
With the advent of foster care, the orphanage closed, and the organization refocused on supporting unwed mothers and providing services for infant adoptions. During this period, the agency adopted the name Wyoming Children’s Society.
ADAPTING TO BETTER SERVE
As the nature of adoption practice changed, the services of Wyoming Children’s Society evolved as well. Today, the Society provides an array of services, including providing support and counseling to birth parents and working with potential adoptive parents to grow families through infant adoption, waiting child programs, and intercountry adoption.
LOVED BY OUR COMMUNITY
We are the oldest non-profit statewide adoption agency in Wyoming with a proven history and sterling reputation for integrity and ethical standards. The Society is licensed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services, is Hague accredited by IAAME (Intercountry Adoption Accreditation & Maintenance Entity), and is one of the 24 member agencies of the Children’s Home Society of America.
