April 2025 Newsletter
In this issue:
- Child Abuse Prevention Month, Wear Blue Day April 4
- Ray of Hope Event, April 15
- Message from Director
- ECCS Touchpoints, April 8
- Court Improvement Program Training Registration
- SANE Training Opportunities
- Call for Presenters
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Support the effort to end child maltreatment in April by:
- Wear Blue on April 4 and share an image on social media.
- Attend the ECCS or CIP monthly training session.
- Attend the Legal Workshop or Ray of Hope Event.
- Download and customize graphics and templates for social media and email.
- Refresh your knowledge with the Recognizing and Reporting Child Maltreatment online course.
Ray of Hope
Learn more about the power of primary prevention from South Dakota decision-makers and business leaders. This event will discuss:
- Examples of primary prevention and how SD businesses and organizations can support primary prevention efforts.
- Update on primary prevention policies adopted in the 2025 legislative session.
- Economic benefits of family-forward workplace practices.
- Panel discussion with South Dakota business leaders with family-forward workplace practices, featuring Nan Poppen with First Bank & Trust, Carissa Schoffelman with Click Rain, Michael Olson with Avera McKennan, and Sydney Bartunek with The Compass Center.
Businesses for Babies
72.5% of all South Dakota children under the age of 6 have all available parents in the labor force. Family-forward workplace policies ARE a primary prevention resource. Family-forward policies benefit the business, families, and South Dakota children.
- Businesses: family-forward policies boost competitive advantage, attracting and retaining talent, increasing productivity, and reducing turnovers.
- Families: employees of family-forward workplaces are more satisfied with their work, and engaged in facilitating nurturing and stable environments for their families.
- South Dakota children: parents who work in family-forward businesses experience less stress and enhanced well-being, giving them time to support children’s safety, stability, and build nurturing relationships.
Your support empowers our work. Donate today to make an impact!
Looking Forward in Times of Transition
As we firmly settle into 2025, April marks a time for a renewed sense of purpose for CPCM. Child Abuse Prevention Month is a reminder that while we’ve made great strides in empowering South Dakota professionals, communities, and the public to know about, respond to, and prevent child abuse and neglect – our effort is far from complete.
CPCM’s work thus far, has been driven by state and federal direction, goals, and corresponding funding sources. Now more than ever, CPCM’s work requires support from you.
While future funding is uncertain, the need for our work is clear. In the first 3 months of 2025, we’ve experienced a 15% increase in training participants and an 8% increase in visitors to SDCPCM.com.
CPCM and University of South Dakota are committed to continuing our work and are identifying ways to innovatively carry forward in this time of transition. If you are unable to join us at the Ray of Hope Event on April 15 for our only fundraising appeal, support CPCM with a financial investment in the coordinated effort to end child maltreatment in our state.
SD ECCS
The March recording, Brain Science in Early Development, is now available for viewing.
April 8th | 12-1 p.m. CST
How the Huron community collaborated to bring in a Toy Lending Library.
Speakers: Anelis Coscioni-South Dakota Toy Lending Library, Rhonda Kludt-formerly of Huron United Way, Toy Lending Library Board Member, and Gayle Kludt-Kiwanis Club of Huron
May 13 | 12-1 p.m. CST
Cultural Birthing Practices as a Protective Factor
Speaker: Camie Goldhammer, LISCW, IBCLC, Full Spectrum Indigenous Doula and Founding Executive Director, Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services
Court Improvement Program
The March session, Identifying and Managing Common Mental Health Disorders in Maltreated Children, recording is now available.
Join us for upcoming CIP trainings:
April 30 | 12-1pm CT
Understanding the Impact of Maltreatment on Child Development
Speaker: Kelly Bass, USD
May 28 | 12-1pm CT
Independent Living Services for Youth in Foster Care
Speaker: Tanya Septka
Learn more at SDCPCM.com/CIP.
SANE Resources
The SANE Injury Assessment & Documentation recording is now available.
Beyond the Basics: The Neurobiology of Trauma
Advanced training in understanding the neurobiological impacts of trauma in sexual assault cases.
- June 24 | 1-3:00pm CT
- July 8 | 1-3:00pm CT
SANE Refresher Clinical Skills Lab
This one day skills lab is for those who have already been SANE trained and/or are already practicing exams.
- June 26 | 8:00am-5:00pm CT | Parry Center at USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls
For complete SANE Learning Collaborative Resources, visit https://sdcpcm.com/our-work/sane/sane-resources/ (registration required to access complete SANE training library).
