March 2026 Newsletter
In this issue:
- Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month Resources
- ECCS Touchpoints, March 10
- Court Improvement Program Training, March 18
- Learning Opportunities
Child Abuse Prevention Month
Support the effort to end child maltreatment in April by:
- Participate in Wear Blue Day.
- Attend the ECCS or CIP monthly training session.
- Download and customize graphics and templates for social media and email.
- Refresh your knowledge with the Recognizing and Reporting Child Maltreatment online course.
SD ECCS
The February recording, BabyReady in South Dakota: How Enhanced Medicaid Prenatal Care Delivers Better Beginnings, is now available for viewing.
Join us for upcoming Touchpoints webinars:
Strengthening the Prenatal-to-Three System: Policy and Governance Strengths and Opportunities for all South Dakota Children presented by Dr. Cynthia Osborne of the Prenatal-to-Three (PN-3) Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University
Connecting Families to Care: Maternal & Infant Health Resource Promotion and Mapping in South Dakota presented by Katelyn Strasser, MPH, RN, Deputy Division Director, Family and Community Health, SD Department of Health and Samantha Mart, Program Specialist, Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas
Court Improvement Program
The February session, Foster Care Training/Qualification, is now available to view.
Join us for upcoming CIP Trainings:
Understanding Kinship Care, Foster Care, and Placement presented by Katie Larson, SD Department of Social Services
Trauma-Informed Legal Practice presented by Carrie Gonsor Sanderson
Intersections with Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, SANE Exams presented by Tracey Decker, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault and Jen Canton, Avera
