Brandi.Miller

CPCM Receives South Dakota Fund Grant

Categories: News|

South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF)recently awarded a $10,348 South Dakota Fund grant to the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment (CPM). Funding will assist the group with ceremonial dress for children at Red Shirt School, a member of [...]

eSANE Training Series: History of the Movement to End Gender and Race-Based Violence: Moving Beyond Crisis to Healing

Categories: General, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Training|Tags: |

This session will delve into the intertwined history of genocide, colonization, assimilation, and the anti-violence movement. Participants will gain insights into how gender-based and race-based oppression intersect, contributing to heightened levels of victimization and lethality within marginalized communities. Trainer: Christina Love (she/her) – Indigenous Storyteller, Survivor, Multi-Level Advocate

2024 Legislative Session Recap

Categories: Court Improvement Program, Training|Tags: |

The discussion will focus on CPCM policy initiatives, the CDC ACEs prevention framework, and 2024 legislative wins related to child welfare including but not limited to the 4% cost of living increase, policing the internet, artificial intelligence, children accessing pornography, as well as big changes in school funding and prioritizing teacher salaries. Presented by Senator Helene Duhamel, CPCM Advisory Board Member and Chrissie Young, Director, CPCM

WIC CIAO Update June 2024

Categories: WIC CIAO|Tags: |

WIC Community Innovation and Outreach Project Update In 2023, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, a center of the University of South Dakota, was one of 36 WIC CIAO grant awardees. The project includes outreach to families with [...]

Training Series to Focus on Role of Fathers

Categories: News|

Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, through support from SD Department of Health will present a limited training series on fatherhood. Online, one-hour training sessions will begin on June 12 with six sessions provided on a weekly basis [...]

Human Trafficking and Missing & Murdered Indigenous Persons in South Dakota

Categories: General, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, Training|Tags: |

After the training, participants will have a better understanding of: intersection between MMIP, human trafficking, sexual assault, and domestic violence; South Dakota human trafficking and MMIP trends; new human trafficking and MMIP training initiatives available in South Dakota; how to report suspected traffickers and what information to report.

Human Trafficking 101

Categories: Court Improvement Program, Training|Tags: |

An in depth look of the way that traffickers groom victims, the types of trafficking we are seeing, and the work we are doing to improve and support the prevention and response to Human Trafficking in South Dakota. Presented by Mary Beth Holzwarth, SD Division of Criminal Investigation.