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March 2026 Newsletter

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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 Court Improvement Program 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.

South Dakota ECCS

Touchpoints webinars

The February recording, BabyReady in South Dakota: How Enhanced Medicaid Prenatal Care Delivers Better Beginnings, is now available for viewing.

Upcoming Touchpoints webinars

March 10 | 12-1pm; 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

April 14 | 12-1pm; 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, South Dakota 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.

Upcoming Court Improvement Program trainings

March 18 | 12-1pm CT; Understanding Kinship Care, Foster Care, and Placement presented by Katie Larson, South Dakota Department of Social Services

April 29 | 12-1pm CT; Trauma-Informed Legal Practice presented by Carrie Gonsor Sanderson

May 27 | 12-1pm CT; Intersections with Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, SANE Exams presented by Tracey Decker, South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault, and Jen Canton, Avera