In this issue
- Issue briefs
- Touchpoints webinar, February 10
- Court Improvement Program training, February 25
- 2026 Multidisciplinary Response to Victim Services Conference
Issue briefs available online
The Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment has created easy-to-reference issue briefs on the following topics:
- Affordable high-quality child care
- Community-based doula services
- Early childhood investments pay off
- Developing the future workforce
- Household economic security
- Paid family and medical leave
The issue briefs include current facts and information, action items and local stories. To find the issue briefs and the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment’s legislative session brief, visit the legislative activity page.
SD ECCS
The January recording, Safe Sleep, is now available to view.
Upcoming webinars
February 10, 12 to 1 p.m.; BabyReady in South Dakota: How Enhanced Medicaid Prenatal Care Delivers Better Beginnings, presented by Valerie Kelly, South Dakota Department of Social Services.
March 10, 12 to 1 p.m.; 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 Policy Impact Center at Vanderbilt University.
Court Improvement Program
The January session, Child and Family Services Review: Program Improvement Planning, is now available to view.
Upcoming trainings
February 25, 12 to 1 p.m. Central time; Foster Care Training/Qualification, presented by Jennifer Mueller, South Dakota Department of Social Services, and Alex Van Voorhis, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment.
March 18, 12 to 1 p.m. Central time; Understanding Kinship Care, Foster Care, and Placement, presented by Katie Larson, South Dakota Department of Social Services.
April 29, 12 to 1 p.m. Central time; Trauma-Informed Legal Practice, presented by Carrie Gonsor Sanderson.
2026 Multidisciplinary Response to Victim Services Conference
March 26, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. | The Box Events Center, Box Elder
Join professionals from across the state to hear from national and statewide experts on addressing and serving victims.
This conference is for professionals and future professionals who are passionate about preventing and responding to child abuse, addressing the victimization of adults, and creating positive changes in the systems that affect victims.
The conference features:
- Derek Clark, author and speaker
- Intersection of domestic violence and immigration