CES' Potential growth

jstong2
Aug 7
2 min read

Much depends on civil, social involvement, donors, and our WY State representatives' undertstanding of the stakes.

Hal Harron, Chair of the Board and Shawn Griffin CEO of CES discuss the potential to serve many more WY residents who have disabilities or acquired brain injuries.

There are thousands of adults in Wyoming who would qualify as "disabled" for the Federal guidelines. To help serve these citizens, Community Entry Services was founded 50 years ago and continues to serve over 140 adults in Teton and Fremont counties today.

CES' gold standard of care for these fellow citizens is partially made possible thanks to private donations and thanks to the State's funding of the "DD waiver program" which is matched dollar to dollar by the Federal Government's Medicaid Home and Community Based Services program.

Lack of State funding is what largely limits growth.

If the State fully reimbursed our work, we would be able to hire more staff and expand the number of clients served.

That many of our employees have been with us for decades is a testimony to the quality of the work culture, support and responsiveness of our lean administration - there's not a whole lot of 'hierarchy' above any particular staff person. Shawn Griffin, CEO, has often stepped in personally to cover shifts of DSPs who have emergencies to tend to.

So CES is a wonderful place to work - and we could open more homes if we had the State funding to do it. There's certainly plenty of demand for the level of care that CES provides and is accredited for by CARF, a national accrediting body that surveys and accredits all who work with disabled adults.