January 2025 Newsletter
In this issue:
- 2024 Annual Report
- Join Us: Children’s Day at the Capitol
- ECCS Touchpoints January 15
- Court Improvement Program Training Registration
- SANE Training Opportunities
- Resilient Communities Activities
- MDT Conference
- Save the Dates
2024 Annual Report
CPCM’s 2024 Annual Report contains highlights of a year that included new trainings, projects, and collaborations. While this report is a snapshot of the work of CPCM, it’s also a snapshot of the broad work being done across the state in child maltreatment response and prevention. For your role in that work, thank you.
Among the work done by CPCM in the past year, I’d like to highlight a few key items:
- The public awareness initiative to end online child abuse brought a wealth of knowledge to our state as policy makers, schools, and families continue to tackle the intricacies of online safety for children.
- The WIC CIAO project, which launched in late 2023 and ended in October connected 3,000 families to information about WIC at community outreach events, provided knowledge about cultural competency, poverty, empathy, and more to 1,050 training participants, and a state-wide awareness campaign drove traffic to the new SD.GOV/WIC in order for families to learn more about qualifications.
- Nationally-recognized speakers provided exceptional learning opportunities through two distinct training series. The eSANE series, in partnership with Avera eSANE Project, reached 200 professionals working with sexual assault and violence victims. The Fatherhood series, in partnership with SD Department of Health reached an additional 120 individuals with sessions that focused on the role and importance of fathers in child development and health.
This type of work is only made possible through valued collaborations and partnerships held across our state. Together, we are committed to ending child maltreatment in South Dakota by empowering professionals, communities, and the public to know about, respond to, and prevent child abuse and neglect in South Dakota.
Representative Taylor Rehfeldt
2024 Advisory Board Chair
Find SDCPCM’s complete 2024 Annual Report at SDCPCM.com/About.
Children’s Day at the Capitol
Investing in children, empowering healthy communities.
Join the Children’s Day activities January 15-16 in the Capitol Rotunda. Organizations bettering the lives of children and families will be available to discuss their work. Cookies and coffee will be available on January 15 in the Rotunda, with an evening reception hosted by SD Afterschool Network at St. Charles Lounge. On January 16 we will offer free lunch and a short program featuring Watertown Early Childhood Investments beginning at 12:00pm in the Rotunda. Find the full agenda at SDCPCM.com/Childrens-Day
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SD ECCS
A child’s brain undergoes rapid development during the first three years of life, making this period crucial for their overall growth. Each new brain connection formed during this time has been referred to as a “touchpoint,” which is why we named our informational webinar series after this important milestone in a child’s development. Through these hour-long, interactive webinars, our goal is to help you create your own touchpoints across South Dakota, contributing to the healthy development of all the state’s children.
January 15th | 12-1 p.m. CST
Connecting National Prenatal-to-3 Policy Data to South Dakota’s Kids
Speaker: Cynthia Osborne, ED Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center
February 11th | 12-1p.m. CST
Beam-SD: Children’s Mental Health
Speakers: Nikki Eining CSW-PIP QMHP, Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Coordinator and Aimee Deliramich, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Asst. Prof. Of Pediatrics
Court Improvement Program
The November session, Spirit of ICWA recording is now available.
Join us on Wednesday, January 29 for Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Process presented by Kathleen Miller, SD Department of Social Services.
Learn more at SDCPCM.com/CIP.
SANE Resources
Vermillion Clinical Skills Lab
This two-day Clinical Skills Lab is designed to provide clinical practice to nurses who are new SANEs or SANEs who have not had the opportunity to perform many exams. A $400 stipend is available for South Dakota nurses.
- March 11-12, 2025 USD Vermillion
SANE Injury Assessment & Documentation
This training will focus on different physical exam findings that a SANE may encounter during a sexual assault medical forensic exam and how to appropriately document these findings. Participants will learn how about various definitions and key characteristics and differences, using real exam photos.
- March 19 | 12-1:00pm CT
For complete SANE Learning Collaborative Resources, visit https://sdcpcm.com/our-work/sane/sane-resources/ (registration required to access complete SANE training library).
Resilient Communities
Resilient Community Codington County Annual Meeting
Join Codington County for trainings and lunch. Keynote, “Working Together as a Community” to be presented by Tifanie Petro and training opportunities include “Intro to Adverse Childhood Experiences” and “ACEs 2.0: Applying What We Know”
Resilient Community Brookings County: Stronger Together: Building Assets for Brookings, a Day for Suicide Prevention
Join us to learn how all of us can help increase concrete supports throughout Brookings and surrounding communities to instill hope, safety and healing. This event is free and open to the public. Features keynotes “Hope is an Action,” “Building Mental Flexibility: A Non-Runner’s Journey Running in the 437 Project,” and “Harm Reduction for All: Building Safer & Healthier Communities.”
Multi-Disciplinary Response to Victim Services Conference
The Interagency Training Council is thrilled to announce the 2025 MDT Conference to be held March 27, 2025, at The Box in Box Elder SD. Registration is open now!
This year our theme is Belonging! The conference will feature keynote, Gaelin Elmore. Click here to learn more.
Save the Dates
- January 15-16: Children’s Day at the Capitol
- April 3 at Muenster University Center in Vermillion: Legal Workshop
- April 15 at Holiday Inn City Centre in Sioux Falls: Ray of Hope event
- October 2-3: Community Response to Child Abuse Conference (Call for Presenters is now open)