Childrens Home Society Of South Dakota

The children's home shelter for family safety, located in sioux falls, sd, provides emergency shelter to women, children, and men who are victims of domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, sexual assault, and child abuse or neglect along with crisis intervention services. The program's objective includes empowering victims to overcome trauma and rebuild their lives free from abuse. In fy 2024, the shelter provided emergency refuge to 1,433 adults and children, and 3,266 individuals received crisis intervention services.

The bright start program is based in sioux falls, sd and serves portions of the southeastern side of the state. Bright start nurses assist first-time mothers to receive the care they need throughout pregnancy and for the first two years of their child's life. The objective is to help first-time expectant moms focus on their own health and well-being so they can have healthier babies. In fy 2024, bright start served 292 families with home visitation services. Eight nurses completed 2,108 visits with the mothers.

Chs recruits, trains, and supports therapeutic level foster and adoptive families. Chs is a licensed child placement agency, authorized to place children for treatment foster care and adoption. The objective is to unite children with families and empower them to be safe, healthy, and strong. In fy 2024, chs served 36 children. Chs conducts forensic interviews to provide child evaluations through the children's home child advocacy center (chcac). The chcac empowers children who have experienced trauma to find justice and healing, together with their families. In fy 2024, the chcac performed forensic interviews for 350 children. In addition to these services, chs provided training for 3,565 adults and youth through our prevention, training, and education program. At chs, the objective is ending the cycle of abuse and building safe, healthy, and strong communities.