About Cathedral Home
Who We Are
Cathedral Home cares for young people and families in Wyoming whose lives have been shaped by trauma, mental health needs, and the circumstances they're navigating. Our mission is to enrich the well-being of youth and families — so that every child and family has the resources to thrive.
We have been doing this work in Wyoming since 1910. What began as a home for children has grown into a continuum of care: residential treatment, outpatient services, family support, and community programs that meet young people and families where they are. We have changed as Wyoming has changed, and as our understanding of what young people and families need has deepened.
The young people and families we serve are up against real things — proximity to care across great distances, the cost of services, the cultural weight of asking for help, and systems that don't always treat young people with the dignity they deserve. We work directly with the youth and families in our care, and we work alongside the schools, workplaces, communities, and policymakers whose decisions shape young people's lives.
Our work centers on four areas of focus: Caring for Young People, Strengthening Families, Equipping Communities, and Shaping the System. Each is a different scale of the same commitment: that no young person or family in Wyoming should have to face hard things alone.
What We Do
Caring for young people
Cathedral Home cares for young people whose lives have been shaped by trauma, family disruption, or mental health needs that require more than a community alone can provide. Through residential treatment, outpatient services, and the continuum of care between them, we offer the relationships, clinical work, and steady presence that make real change possible. Our approach is trauma-responsive, grounded in evidence-based practice, and shaped by what we have learned over more than a century of caring for Wyoming's young people.
Equipping Communities
Most young people in distress are seen first by someone who isn't a clinician — a parent, a friend, a coach, a teacher, a neighbor, a coworker. Cathedral Home builds the capacity of the people and organizations who are already in young people's lives, so more young people are recognized earlier and supported sooner. Wyo Text, our coaches' training, our partnerships with Wyoming workplaces, and our work with schools all extend the reach of mental health care beyond our walls and into the communities where young people actually live.
Strengthening Families
A young person's healing rarely lasts without the people around them. Cathedral Home works with families, caregivers, and kinship networks — meeting them where they are, understanding the conditions they're navigating, and equipping them to support the young person in their care. In a state where families often live far from services and carry generations of their own experience, this work is part of how healing becomes durable.
Shaping the System
Wyoming's young people need more than excellent direct services — they need a system of care that works. Cathedral Home contributes to that system through advocacy, research, association leadership, and the development of promising practices that other organizations can adopt. We participate in legislative and policy conversations, contribute to statewide quality assurance work through the Wyoming Youth Services Association, and document what we are learning so the field benefits from our experience.