by Marissa Carpio | May 26, 2023 | Advocacy Blog
May is National Maternal Mental Health Month Nationally, Maternal Mental Health Month is recognized in May every year. This month aims to raise awareness for mothers’ mental health before, during, and after pregnancy. This is important, especially in Wyoming....
by Marissa Carpio | May 23, 2023 | Advocacy Blog, Advocacy Blog
The Interim Session Begins Management Council met on March 23rd to review the committee’s interim topic proposals. You can re-watch that discussion on the Wyoming Legislature’s YouTube Channel (AM and PM videos). Management Council finalized the list of...
by Marissa Carpio | Apr 13, 2023 | Advocacy Blog
The 2023 Legislative Session Concluded on March 3rd, 2023! The Wyoming Women’s Foundation finished the Legislative Session by attending the Governor’s signing of HB04 into law! It was a joyous event, with lots of emotion, words of congratulations, and a genuinely...
by Marissa Carpio | Feb 13, 2023 | Advocacy Blog
Wyoming is One Step Closer to Needed Extension of Health Insurance for New Moms On the last day for bills on General File to be heard, after an hour of debate, and 33 ‘aye’ votes, HB04 passed the Committee of the Whole vote. Then, the bill sailed through the Second...
by Marissa Carpio | Oct 26, 2022 | Advocacy Blog
In March, Rebekah Hazelton, Director of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation, and I (Marissa Carpio, Advocacy Coordinator of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation), co-authored an Op-Ed piece for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle about the importance of access to healthcare...
