South Dakota has received a $1.3 million grant to help map referral systems and overcome barriers to service access experienced by the parents of young children due to South Dakota’s rural nature, large land mass and diversity of service [...]

Presented by Pamela Bennett, SD Department of Social Services.

A group of South Dakota professionals are required to report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect. Dental Hygienists will soon be added to that list. House Bill 1132 was signed into law by Gov. Kristi Noem following the [...]

The community of Brookings County became the first Resilient Community in South Dakota April 14. Representatives from two state universities, local city and county government, law enforcement, child protection services and child advocates gathered in the City Council chambers [...]

It was almost 11:30am and I was sitting in a small room tucked away on the third floor of the Capitol building where the Commerce Committee was discussing plumbing licensure. I was there because Carrie Sanderson thought we might [...]

Strangulation Considerations for SD SANEs Cindy Cleays, SANE Registered Nurse, Fall River Health Services, Hot Springs, SD Dr. Kenneth S. Snell, Forensic Pathologist and Minnehaha County Coroner and Medical Examiner SANE Vicarious Trauma Training Tifanie Petro, [...]

SD Forensic DCI Lab Considerations Tiffany Stoeser, SD DCI Forensic Lab Amber Bell, SD DCI Forensic Lab

Intersection of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Krista Heeren-Graber, SD Network Cora Olson, Department of Public Safety Victim Services

Sexual Assault Kit Initiative – Grant Overview Raina Boyum, SD Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Human Trafficking, Right Here, Right Now Becky Rasmussen, Executive Director, Call to Freedom