Grant Assistance Program

The Wyoming Grant Assistance Program (WYGAP) is a technical assistance program that provides local governments, non-profits, and small businesses with support to identify, pursue, and manage grants that support local priorities. 

Local communities often face significant barriers in their ability to navigate the grants process, including: 

• Lack of staff resources

• Lack of knowledge or experience in grants

• Lack of clearly identified needs that result in grant-ready projects

WYGAP is designed to provide support to local communities in overcoming these barriers while building lasting local capacity to pursue and secure federal and state grant funding and implement grant programs in compliance with all regulations. 

WYGAP provides the following technical assistance services for local communities: 

• Trainings, webinars, and office hours

• General/exploratory assistance

• Needs identification and planning

• Project scoping and review

• Funding opportunity identification

• Stakeholder coordination

• Grant application development

• Post-award support

• Federal fund match information

• Resources

If you think you need technical assistance, but aren’t sure where to start, just ask! You can fill out the Wyoming Grant Assistance Program (WYGAP) Technical Assistance (TA) Request Form or email the WYGAP team at SBD-Grants@wyo.gov.  The WYGAP team wants to help you no matter your experience level.

WYGAP provides grant management technical assistance to Wyoming State Agencies, local governments, tribal governments, non-profits, and small businesses.

Technical assistance is offered at no cost to State Agencies, local governments, tribal governments, non-profits, and small businesses under the Grants Management Office and Initiative.  The Wyoming State Budget Department holds contracts with both, Hagerty Consulting and CliftonLarsenAllen (CLA), who can and will provide assistance, at no cost to the State Agency, local government, tribal government, non-profit or small business.

WYGAP will reduce the burden on local governments who are facing a lack of capacity to secure grants and, additionally, lack of exposure and knowledge to the federal grant management lifecycle. This creates a safety net to draw information and resources from to be successful in securing grant opportunities at both the federal and state level.

Local communities can request technical assistance by submitting a technical assistance request through the Wyoming Grant Assistance Program (WYGAP) Technical Assistance (TA) Request Form. 

Technical assistance requests will be able to be submitted starting July 2024. Please continue to check the State Budget Department Grants website for further updates and information.

Technical assistance requests are accepted on a rolling basis. You will receive a response to your request via email within 3 to 5 business days.

Use this link to sign up to receive newsletters and updates from WYGAP.  

If your county or town already has a grant writer, we encourage you to utilize our state resources through the Grants Management Office (GMO) and have our Grant Management Consultant provide a Quality Assurance review before the submission of your application.

If your county/city/town does not have a grant writer, we encourage you to contact the Grants Management Office (GMO) Team by submitting a technical assistance request through the Wyoming Grant Assistance Program (WYGAP) Technical Assistance (TA) Request Form or emailing SBD-Grants@wyo.gov to seek technical assistance in grant writing, management, and supportive services. 

We are not leaving our core industry communities behind. This is a large area of focus for our Grants Management Office (GMO); please submit a formal request to SBD-Grants@wyo.gov to speak to them on what funds may be able to support your community and its core industries.