Let me start with a radical statement: I love data. One of my favorite activities in my role as chief strategy officer at Children & Families First, a large nonprofit child and family services agency, is turning columns of numbers into sets of colorful graphs. But even more satisfying is watching someone engage with the…
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Every 8 minutes, child protective services substantiates, or finds evidence for, a claim of child sexual abuse, according to RAINN. While this statistic is unsettling, we also know that early intervention — even before an episode of abuse occurs — works, and it can make a tremendous difference in a child’s life. This early action,…
DetailsBy Associated Press on Sep 5, 2017 at 10:45 a.m. PIERRE (AP) — The state of South Dakota is locking up far fewer juvenile offenders. New data from the governor’s office shows that since juvenile justice reforms were implemented in 2015, the number of juvenile criminals being incarcerated has dropped more than 50 percent. The…
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Gov. Dennis Daugaard Declares Sept. 10 – 16 as Suicide Prevention Week PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed Sept. 10 – 16 as Suicide Prevention Week in South Dakota. Suicide does not discriminate, according to the South Dakota Department of Social Services, with people of all genders, ages and ethnicities at risk. The…
DetailsTake Back the Night is a dinner, program, and candle light march to honor and support victims of domestic violence. This year’s speaker is Audrey Mabrey. In 2009, she was struck with a hammer and lit on fire by her abusive husband in his effort to end her life. Not only did she survive this…
DetailsSanford Health has received a more than $11 million grant over five years to study rural and Native American health.
DetailsIf you or your company are looking for a way to give back to the community, Child’s Voice is in need of clothing and toiletries for our Watertown outreach clinic.
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