Take Note Today is the last day to apply to present a conference session Register for May 25 CIP Training Save the Date, become a presenter at 22nd Annual CRCAC Mark your calendars for the 22nd Annual Community Response [...]

The Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment has released the first State of South Dakota Children’s Wellbeing Data Initiative Report. In 2021, through support from the South Dakota Department of Education, CPCM launched the State of South Dakota [...]

The Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment hosted multidisciplinary focus groups Oct. 27-29, 2021, that will help enhance the Child and Adult Advocacy Studies (CAASt) graduate certificate curriculum at the University of South Dakota. The focus groups were [...]

South Dakota has received a $1.3 million grant to help map referral systems and overcome barriers to service access experienced by the parents of young children due to South Dakota’s rural nature, large land mass and diversity of service [...]

A group of South Dakota professionals are required to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. Dental Hygienists will soon be added to that list. House Bill 1132 was signed into law by Gov. Kristi Noem following the [...]

The community of Brookings County became the first Resilient Community in South Dakota April 14. Representatives from two state universities, local city and county government, law enforcement, child protection services and child advocates gathered in the City Council chambers [...]

It was almost 11:30am and I was sitting in a small room tucked away on the third floor of the Capitol building where the Commerce Committee was discussing plumbing licensure. I was there because Carrie Sanderson thought we might [...]