In this issue
- Businesses for Babies: RAS
- The Dad Connection webinar series
- Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Touchpoints, November 19
- Court Improvement Program training, November 19
- Fatherhood focus group, November 20
- Partner training opportunities
Businesses for Babies
RAS
South Dakota location: Sioux Falls
- Family and medical leave
- Flexible work schedules
- Breastfeeding-friendly workplace
- Remote work
- Educational support
- Comprehensive wellness support
"Along with paid parental leave, we do extensive training with managers, so they understand obligations under laws like FMLA, Pregnancy Fairness Act, etc. We encourage staff to attend their children’s events and offer 11 paid holidays, including 2 floating holidays staff can take at any time." - Julie Waage, Vice President of Human Resources, RAS
Is your business for babies?
Learn more about how workplace policies that support families can be part of primary prevention. You can also nominate a South Dakota business to be featured.
The Dad Connection webinar series
The Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, in partnership with the South Dakota Department of Social Services, will host a limited online learning series about the role of dads.
The Dad Connection will begin Monday, November 3. J. Michael Hall of Strong Fathers-Strong Families will present four weekly webinars.
The series is free. Registration is required.
- Monday, November 3, noon to 1 p.m. Central time: The different roles of mothers and fathers and how they best serve children
- Monday, November 10, noon to 1 p.m. Central time: Co-parenting and co-piloting a child’s future
- Tuesday, November 18, noon to 1 p.m. Central time: Fathers and their positive impact on a child’s mental health and behavior
- Tuesday, November 25, noon to 1 p.m. Central time: Fathers and their positive impact on a child’s education success, now and in the future
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Touchpoints
The October recording, Strengthening starts: How early learning communities are transforming collaboration for young children, is available to watch.
November 19 webinar
November 19, noon to 1 p.m. Central time
Businesses for Babies: Strategies to support South Dakota’s youngest families
Speaker: Chrissie Young, Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment