New mental health program off to a fast start

GILLETTE (WNE) — A new program to help Gillette residents with their mental health has gotten off to a fast start.

Earlier this spring, the Northeast Wyoming Community Health Foundation launched Hope Source to help people pay for therapy and counseling costs.

Nachelle McGrath, executive director of the foundation, said she’s received 20 applications, and 10 of them have been approved. The other applications were sent back because they needed more information, and they will be re-submitted.

“I didn’t realize we’d have so many so quickly,” McGrath said.

Through Hope Source, mental health provide...