In celebration of our 100th anniversary, First Christian Church (FCC) has launched a campaign in partnership with Unaccompanied Students Initiative (USI) to raise $202,600 by January 2026 to help them build a second home in Cheyenne.
No teenager chooses homelessness. Help us help them.
USI is a non-profit based out of Cheyenne but also works in Casper and in Laramie. They work with homeless teenagers, those kids who often slip through the cracks since they are not emancipated. USI currently has a home in Cheyenne that can house 10 students from age 16-20. USI works with each student to teach them life skills and to help them get an education. Students must be enrolled in an educational program to reside at the house. Check out their website: https://www.usinitiative.org/about.
While FCC was looking for the cracks, the places where groups of people in Cheyenne were not being served, USI was doing the same. We both discovered there was a deep need for housing teen moms in Cheyenne.
Providing a safe and stable home to develop sustainable independence for students ages 16-20 experiencing homelessness.
On average there are three homeless teen mothers in the Laramie County School District #1, at any given time. The goal of USI and FCC for this campaign is to build a second home on that can house four teen mothers and their babies. They have the same requirements the current students do, like continuing their education.
Unaccompanied homeless youth—a youth who is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian and they lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
Right now, there is no place for these young women to go to provide stability for their children. We want to help provide that alongside USI.
FCC wishes to collaborate with the community to add to our initial donations to raise funds to build the entire house as our pledge amount to USI will not cover the full cost of the building. Please prayerfully consider your donation to this project. If you would like to be more involved with the campaign through December 2025, please contact First Christian Church at church@cheyennefcc.org or at 307-634-7878.
We are all in this together, this one world, this one state, this one town. We are here to do God’s work, to share love, to share hope, to raise each other up and be the neighbor and family when there is none. Please consider joining this movement for USI by donating.
Linda Chasson
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