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YouthWise Diversion Program, for youth referred because of alcohol or other drug experimentation, has been awarded a research grant by the United States Department of Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and NIATx. YouthWise was nominated for both awards by the South Dakota Division of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. NIATx is a partnership between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Paths to Recovery program and SAMSHA. YouthWise has been chosen to be one of 4-8 programs in the nation which will receive consultationfrom NIATx. This consultation will focus on processes to improve programming.

This is an exciting opportunity for YouthWise to continue its evidence-based programming, while improving service delivery.

Congratulations YouthWise!

YOUTHWISE TEAM Mandi Scott, Transition Advisor Amy Vande Velde, Transition Advisor Tye Johnson, Chemical Dependency Counselor Kelly Klein, Chemical Dependency Counselor Kathy Kirby Eide, YouthWise Advisor Jodi Oliver, YouthWise Advisor Judith Kennedy, Clinical Advisor Jim Fox, Clinical Advisor Trish Davis, Program Director Angie King, Executive Director

605-717-1212 www.youthwiseonline.org

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Youth Resource Directory Index 2009-2010 CHILD CARE/RELATED SERVICES Child Care Services-Department of Social Services ....(877) 268-0007 ....15 Early Childhood Connections ..................................(888) 999-7759 ....19 Kids Club Kids ..........................................................(605) 717-1220 ....21 Northern Hills Alliance for Children ........................(605) 381-9717 ....23 Stop & Grow After-School Activity Program ............(605) 717-3884 ....43

CHILDREN/YOUTH RESOURCES Badlands Early Head Start ........................................(800) 598-5859 ......9 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Black Hills ................(605) 569-0828 ....11 Black Hills Birth to 3 ................................................(800) 219-6247 ....11 Boy Scouts of America ..............................................(605) 342-2824 ....13 C.A.T.’s (Community Action Teams in the Northern Hills) ..(605) 717-1921 ....13 Deadwood Public Library ........................................(605) 578-2821 ....15 Deadwood Recreation Center ..................................(605) 578-3729 ....15 Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center ............(605) 642-6096 ....19 Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizon ....................................(800) 658-3391 ..19 Grace Balloch Memorial Library ..............................(605) 642-1330 ....19 InfantSEE Program ..................................................(888) 396-3937 ....21 Job Corps-Nemo ......................................................(605) 348-3636 ....21 Kids Club Kids ..........................................................(605) 717-1220 ..21 Lawrence County Child Protection Team ................(605) 642-6916 ....21 Lawrence County Extension Services ........................(605) 642-6200 ....21 Lawrence County Teen Court ..................................(605) 722-8889 ....21 Leaddeadwoodkids.com ............................................(605) 584-1461 ..21 Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT) ......(605) 584-1461 ....21 Northern Hills CASA ................................................(877) 505-7500 ....23 Northern Hills Family Recreation Center ................(605) 584-1113 ....23 Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library ..............................(605) 584-2013 ..23 REALTORS for Kids. Inc. ........................................(605) 722-0181 ....25 SD Voices for Children ............................................(605) 721-0699 ....36 Spearfish Community Coalition ................................(605) 569-0828 ....37 Spearfish Elementary Teammates ..............................(605) 717-1205 ..37 Spearfish Parks and Recreation ................................(605) 642-1333 ....43 Spearfish Recreation & Aquatic Center ....................(605) 722-1430 ..43 The Stop & Grow After-School Activity Center ......(605) 717-3884 ....43 Whitewood Public Library ........................................(605) 269-2616 ....45 Youth & Family Services-Head Start ........................(800) 568-0202 ....45 Youth & Family Services-Early Head Start ..............(800) 568-0202 ....45 YouthWise ................................................................(605) 717-1212 ..45

COMMUNITY RESOURCES Access to Justice-State Bar of South Dakota ............(605) 791-4147 ......9 American Red Cross ................................................(888) 271-3130 ......9 Artemis House Victims of Violence Intervention Center-Spearfish ..(605) 642-7825 ......9 Artemis House Victims of Violence Intervention Center-Lead ..(605) 584-3560 ......9 Black Hills Center of Hope ......................................(605) 717-4673 ....11 Black Hills Special Services Cooperative ..................(605) 347-4467 ....11

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Boy Scouts of America ............................................(605) 342-2824 C.A.T.’s ..................................................................(605) 717-1921 Consumer Credit Counseling of the Black Hills ......(800) 568-6615 Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc. ..........................(800) 742-8602 Deadwood Public Library ......................................(605) 578-2821 Deadwood Recreation Center ................................(605) 578-3729 Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center ............(605) 642-6096 Early Childhood Connections ................................(888) 999-7759 Girl Scouts- Dakota Horizon ..................................(800) 658-3391 Good Shepherd Clinic, Inc. ....................................(605) 642-0660 Grace Bulloch Memorial Library ............................(605) 642-1330 Habitat for Humanity ............................................(605) 348-9196 HELP! Line Center ......................................211 or (605) 339-4357 HELP! Line Suicide Prevention ..............................(800) 273-TALK InfantSEE Program ..................................................(888) 396-3937 Job Corps-Nemo ....................................................(605) 348-3636 Lawrence County Child Protection Team ................(605) 642-6916 Lawrence County Extension Offices ...................... (605) 642-6200 Lawrence County Teen Court ................................(605) 722-8889 Leaddeadwoodkids.com ..........................................(605) 584-1461 Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT) ....(605) 569-0822 Lutheran Social Services ..........................................(800) 260-1439 Meade, Butte, and Lawrence County Housing ........(800) 568-4306 Neighborhood Housing Services of the Black Hills (605) 578-1401 Northern Black Hills RSVP ....................................(605) 642-5198 Northern Hills CASA ..............................................(877) 505-7500 Northern Hills Family Recreation Center ................(605) 584-1113 Northern Hills Training Center ..............................(605) 642-2785 Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library ............................(605) 584-2013 Prairie Hills Transit ................................................(605) 642-6668 Queen City Literacy Council ..................................(605) 642-4089 REALTORS for Kids, Inc. ......................................(605) 722-0181 Salvation Army of the Northern Hills ....................(605) 722-4321 SDA Thrift Store ....................................................(605) 642-3425 SD Driver Licensing Program-Lawrence County ....(800) 952-3696 SD Parent Connection ............................................(800) 440-1810 SD Parent Information and Resource Center ..........(800) 219-6247 SD Parents as Teachers ............................................(605) 347-6260 SD Risk Pool ..........................................................(605) 773-3148 SD Vocational Rehabilitation Services ....................(605) 642-6817 SHARE ....................................................................(605) 642-2827 Spearfish Community Coalition ..............................(605) 569-0828 Spearfish Nutrition Site/Meals on Wheels ..............(605) 642-6613 Spearfish Parks and Recreation ..............................(605) 642-1333 Spearfish Recreation & Aquatic Center ..................(605) 722-1430 Stop and Think SD ..................................................(605) 642-1959 SunCatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy ..............(605) 673-2935 Twin City Clothing Center ......................................(605) 584-2074 Western SD Community Action ..............................(605) 348-1460 Whitewood Public Library ......................................(605) 269-2616 Youth & Family Services-Head Start ......................(800) 568-0202 Youth & Family Services-Early Head Start ............(800) 568-0202 YouthWise ..............................................................(605) 717-1212

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DISABILITIES Communication Services for the Deaf-Main Office (800) 642-6410 ....13 Communication Services for the Deaf-Adult Education ....(888) 304-2311 ....13 Communication Services for the Deaf-Employment Services ..(888) 304-2311 ....13 NAMI South Dakota ..............................................(800) 551-2531 ....23 Northern Hills Training Center ..............................(605) 642-2785 ....23 SD Advocacy Services ..............................................(800) 658-4782 ....30 SD CARES ..............................................................(800) 592-1852 ....30 SD Parent Connection ............................................(800) 440-1810 ....31 SD Vocational Rehabilitation Services ....................(605) 642-6817 ....36 SunCatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy ..............(605) 673-2935 ....44 Western Resources for DisABLED Independence ....(888) 434-4943 ....44

EDUCATION/GED SERVICES Badlands Early Head Start ......................................(800) 598-5859 ......9 Black Hills Birth to 3 ..............................................(800) 219-6247 ....11 Career Learning Center of the Black Hills ..............`(605) 394-6083 ....13 Deadwood Public Library ......................................(605) 578-2821 ....15 Early Childhood Connections ................................(888) 999-7759 ....19 Grace Balloch Memorial Library ............................(605) 642-1330 ....19 Job Corps-Nemo ....................................................(605) 348-3636 ....21 NAMI South Dakota ..............................................(800) 551-2531 ....23 Northern Hills AEL/GED Program ........................(605) 347-4467 ....23 Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library ............................(605) 584-2013 ....23 Queen City Literacy Council ..................................(605) 642-4089 ....25 SD Parent Information and Resource Center ..........(800) 219-6247 ....31 SD Parents as Teachers ............................................(605) 347-6260 ....36 Spearfish Foundation for Public Education ............(605) 717-1201 ....37 Students for Educational Excellence (SEE) ..............(605) 645-1976 ....44 Whitewood Public Library ......................................(605) 269-2616 ....45 Youth & Family Services-Head Start ......................(800) 568-0202 ....45 Youth & Family Services-Early Head Start ............(800) 568-0202 ....45 YouthWise ..............................................................(605) 717-1212 ....45

EMERGENCY SERVICES Police Department-Deadwood ................................(605) 578-2623 ....25 Police Department-Lead ..........................................(605) 584-2623 ....25 Police Department-Spearfish ..................................(605) 642-1300 ....25

EMPLOYMENT/JOB TRAINING Career Learning Center of the Black Hills................(605) 394-5120 ....13 Communication Services for the Deaf-Employment Services .. (888) 304-2311 ....13 Job Corps-Nemo ......................................................(605) 348-3636 ....21 Northern Hills Training Center-Job Shop ................(605) 642-8217 ....23 SD Department of Labor-Employment Services........(605) 642-6900 ....30 SD Department of Labor-Migrant/Seasonal Work....(605) 642-6900 ....30 SD Department of Labor-TANF ..............................(605) 642-6900 ....31 SD Department of Labor-Lead ................................(605) 584-1361 ....31 SD Department of Labor-Unemployment Insurance (605) 626-3179 ....31 SD Vocational Rehabilitation Services......................(605) 642-6817 ....36

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FOOD ASSISTANCE

PREGNANCY/FAMILY PLANNING

Calvary Temple Assembly of God-Community Pantry..(605) 394-6083 ....13

Bella Pregnancy Resource Center ............................(800) 560-4140 Catholic Social Services-Unplanned Pregnancy Services ....(605) 348-6086 Lawrence County Community Health Nurse-Deadwood ..(605) 578-2660 Lawrence County Community Health Nurse-Spearfish (605) 642-6916 Stop and Think SD ..................................................(605) 642-1959

Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital ........................(605) 722-6101 ....21 Lord’s Cupboard ....................................................(605) 584-3263 ....21 Salvation Army of the Northern Hills ....................(605) 722-4321 ....30 SHARE ....................................................................(605) 642-2827 ....37 Spearfish Food Pantry ............................................(605) 645-7802 ....37 Spearfish Nutrition Site/Meals on Wheels ..............(605) 642-6613 ....37 Western SD Community Action ..............................(605) 348-1460 ....44 Whitewood Food Pantry ........................................(605) 269-2646 ....45

HEALTH

RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM Canyon Hills Center-Lutheran Social Services ........(605) 642-7188 Northern Hills Training Center ..............................(605) 642-2785 Timberline Treatment Center-Spearfish-Black Hills Special Services ....(605) 722-3501 Wellspring, Inc ........................................................(605) 342-0345

All Women Count-Department of Health ................(605) 394-2516 ......9

SENIOR SERVICES

Bella Pregnancy Resource Center ............................(605) 642-4140 ......9

Adult Services and Aging-Deadwood-Dept. of Social Services ....(605) 578-2402 Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital ........................(605) 722-6101 Lead-Deadwood Regional Medical Clinic ..............(605) 719-6431 Medicare Assistance Program ..................................(800) 822-8804 Northern Black Hills RSVP ....................................(605) 642-5198 Senior Companions of South Dakota-Black Hills ....(605) 721-8884 Senior Health Information and Insurance Education (SHIINE) ....(605) 642-5123

Black Hills Pediatric Dentistry..................................(605) 341-3068 ....13 Deadwood Recreation Center ..................................(605) 578-3729 ....15 Delta Dental Plan of SD ..........................................(800) 627-3961 ....15 Family Health Education Services ............................(800) 305-3064 ....19 Good Shepherd Clinic, Inc. ......................................(605) 642-0660 ....19 InfantSEE ................................................................(888) 396-3937 ....21 Lawrence County Community Health Nurse-Deadwood ..(605) 578-2660 ....21 Lawrence County Community Health Nurse-Spearfish (605) 642-6916 ....21 Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT) ....(605) 569-0822 ....21 Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital ........................(605) 722-6101 ....21 Lead-Deadwood Regional Medical Clinic ..............(605) 719-6431 ....21 Ronald McDonald Care Mobile ..............................(605) 336-6398 ....25 SD Risk Pool ..........................................................(605) 773-3148 ....36 Spearfish Community Coalition ..............................(605) 569-0828 ....37 Spearfish Regional Hospital ....................................(605) 644-4000 ....43 Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic............................(605) 644-4170 ....43 Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic-East ....................(605) 644-4460 ....43 Spearfish Recreation & Aquatic Center ..................(605) 722-1430 ....43 Western SD Community Action ..............................(605) 348-1460 ....45 WIC-Lawrence County-Deadwood ..........................(605) 578-2660 ....45 WIC-Lawrence County-Spearfish ............................(605) 642-6915 ....45

Adult Services and Aging-Deadwood - Dept. of Social Services ....(605) 578-2402 Child Care Services-Department of Social Services ..(877) 268-0007 Child Protection-Deadwood-Dept. of Social Services ........(605) 578-2402 Department of Social Services-Main Office in Pierre ........(800) 286-9145 Division of Child Support-Dept. of Social Services ..(605) 394-2440 Economic Assistance-Dept. of Social Services ..........(605) 578-2402 Employment Services-Spearfish-SD Career Center ............ (605) 642-6900 Low Income Energy Assistance Program-Dept. of Social Services ..(800) 233-8503 Medicare Assistance Program ..................................(800) 822-8804 Migrant/Seasonal Farm Worker-Spearfish-SD Career Center ......(605) 642-6900 SD CHIP-Dept. of Social Services ............................(877) 268-0007 Social Security Administration ................................(605) 342-1819 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) ........................(822) 772-1213 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families-Spearfish - SD Career Center...... (605) 642-6900 Unemployment Insurance-SD Career Center ..........(605) 626-3179

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Artemis House-Victims of Violence Intervention Center-Spearfish (605) 642-7825 ......9

Catholic Social Services-Outreach Office ................ (605) 727-2401 Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT) ....(605) 584-1113 Northern Hills Alcohol/Drug Services - Spearfish ..(605) 642-7093 Northern Hills Drug Court ....................................(605) 347-7648 Spearfish Community Coalition ..............................(605) 569-0828 Timberline Treatment Center-Spearfish-Black Hills Special Services .... (605) 722-3501 Wellspring, Inc ........................................................(605) 342-0345 YouthWise ..............................................................(605) 717-1212

Behavior Management Systems ..............................(605) 642-2777 ......9 Black Hills Center of Hope ....................................(605) 717-4673 ....11 Black Hills Counseling Services ..............................(605) 722-8090 ....11 Catholic Social Services-Outreach Office ................(800) 727-2401 ....13 S.M.I.L.E. ................................................................(800) 727-2401 ....13 Family Support Program ........................................(800) 283-7109 ....19 HELP! Line ............................................................(800) 273-TALK ....19 Lutheran Social Services ..........................................(800) 260-1439 ....21 Lutheran Social Services-Canyon Hills Center ........(605) 642-7188 ....23 NAMI South Dakota ..............................................(800) 551-2531 ....23 Wellspring, Inc. ......................................................(605) 342-0345 ....44

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MENTAL HEALTH Artemis House-Victims of Violence Intervention Center-Lead (605) 584-3560 ......9

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PARENTS:

Your Child is Influenced

by You and Your Actions

by YouthWise

Perhaps the old adage, “Do what I say; not what I do,” is instructive when thinking how we, as parents and other influential adults, influence the behavior of our youth.

The teen years are pivotal developmentally for establishing the person’s sense of self. Teens look for people in their lives, in the media, and among peers to emulate.

This knowledge can be helpful to those adults who want to help shape the identity of a teen they love. Do you want your son or daughter or student or young neighbor to emulate a popular media personality? If not, whose behavior and values do you want them to emulate? Teens have a large capacity to “tune out” those messages they don’t want to hear or which are delivered in a nagging, overbearing way. They are much

more responsive, as are we all, to kindness, positive regard, and respect. They are also much more likely to notice if what we say matches what we do. For instance, do you instruct them to not use substances, but you yourself overuse alcohol? They will notice this discrepancy. Already sometimes suspicious of adult authority, they seem to look for dissonance between words and actions.

This is a time of life, too, where teens are looking to their peers as sources to base their own life decisions. Up until this point, the youth usually “fell in line” with family values, but now, this is the developmental point where teens want to assemble their own sense of identity. That does not mean it is too late to influence your teen, but it is much harder if you have not

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It can be hard for a parent to know if their child might be abusing drugs because teens, as a general rule, become more secretive as they strive to achieve autonomy. It is good to follow the guidelines for ensuring that your teen does not access internet information that might be harmful or dangerous. It is also good to observe for any changes in your teen’s behavior that might go along with drug use; such as, spending more time alone, change in friends, drop in grades or school attendance, change in mood.

It is important as well for you to monitor your medicine cabinet, as more teens are turning to prescription drugs to achieve an altered state. This can be very dangerous, especially when combined with any other drug – to include alcohol. Modeling judicious use of prescription drugs yourself is also recommended.

What are some other things you can do to detect and intercept drug use?

Stay informed. Be aware of teen slang for drugs, and that may be easier said then done because by its very nature teen slang changes rapidly. Currently, teens might use Dex, Robo and Triple-C to talk about cough medicine, an increasingly abused substance.

Monitor your medicine cabinet; checking amounts, etc. Properly dispose of unused prescription drugs or outdated ones. Teach your children to use medications only as prescribed, and teach

them of the dangers of misuse.

Communicate: A key factor in families who function well is clear, direct, respectful, open communication. That includes: Listening.

Listen to your teen; be interested in what interests them. Be aware of the dangers of drug use and discuss those dangers with your teen. Studies demonstrate youth are 50% less likely to use alcohol or other drugs if their parent discusses with them the dangers.

Internet: Always be aware of what your teen is doing online.

Your teen’s friends: The best way to know what your teen might be doing with his/her friends is to get to know the friends. Have your house be the house the youth hang out at. Attend activities your teen attends or participates in.

Checking in: With the prevalent use of cell phones, have your teen check in regularly. Know where your teen is, with whom, and what time he/she will be home. Let your teen know that you will be awake until he or she is home safely. That way you will see for yourself in what condition they arrive home.

School Prevention Programs: Be aware of what the school offers to prevent drug use and attend some of those functions with your teen.

Family rituals and fun: It is important that teens still be part of family activities. Perhaps you might want to look at doing new activities that interest the teen. Hiking, boating, fishing, movies, plays, sports: All are ways to have fun and interact as family members. Find out what your teen likes to do and plan that into the family fun.

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!"#$%&'()&*+& ,#--&./ If you must exit

the marriage, do so with the honor and grace that you entered, not just for yourself, but more importantly, for your children.

Family Mediation Group offers a family based, team oriented approach to divorce intended to keep the family unit together, despite the parents’ separation.

A team of professionals, including a psychologist, financial planner and law trained mediator, work with the couple to achieve equitable, mutually beneficial and agreeable resolution to the dissolution of a marriage.

For a free initial couple’s consultation and to learn more about this alternative, innovative, family based approach to divorce, contact us.

FAMILY MEDIATION GROUP

P. O. Box 596 Belle Fourche, SD 57717 605-892-5844 • FMG@rushmore.com

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DIRECTORY INFORMATION Access to Justice State Bar of South Dakota

PO Box 495 Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone: (605) 791-4147 Dakota Plains Legal Services - Local (605) 342-7171 Person in Charge: Patrick Donavon, Director Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Program is for low-income people who are unable to get help from the two legal services organizations in the state (East River Legal Services and Dakota Plains Legal Services). Individuals will be able to apply for Access to Justice, a program which will seek to match them with lawyers who have agreed to volunteer.

All Women Count Department of Health

PENNINGTON COUNTY 909 E. St. Patrick Street, Suite 7 Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-2516 Person in Charge: Linda Marchand, Regional Manager Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday Friday LAWRENCE COUNTY Deadwood Office 9 Kirk Road Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-2660 Spearfish Office 930 10th St. Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6915 Person in Charge: Wade Huntinton, Regional Manager Hours: 8:00am - 12:00pm & 1:00pm - 5:00pm , Monday - Friday Services Offered: All Women Count! - the state’s breast and cervical cancer control program pays for mammograms, Pap smears, and other related exams for South Dakota women who meet age and income guidelines. All Women Count! serves women 40-64 years of age without insurance to pay for screening but cannot pay the deductible or co-payment for exams. The All Women Count! expanded program reimburses health care providers for screening, diagnosis, and patient education for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

American Red Cross Black Hills Chapter

1221 N. Maple Avenue Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-4010 (888) 271-3130 Toll Free Internet Address: www.blackhillsredcross.org Person in Charge: Richard Smith, Executive Director Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday Services Offered: Provides disaster education and volunteer disaster training, damage assessments, disaster response and preparedness, emergency shelters, first aid personnel, stationary and mobile feeding center, emergency financial assistance, and casework in a time of disaster.

American Red Cross - Health and Safety Programs Black Hills Chapter 1221 N. Maple Avenue Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-4010 (888) 271-3130 Toll Free Internet Address: www.blackhillsredcross.org

Person in Charge: Richard Smith, Executive Director Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm Monday - Friday Services Offered: The Health & Safety programs offered include: Babysitters training, Basic Aid Training(BAT), Community First Aid and Safety, First Aid for Children Today(FACT), Professional Rescuer Training, Infant and Child CPR, Adult CPR, Community CPR, Automated External Defibrillation(AED) Training, Sports Safety Training, Workplace Safety, and Preventing Disease Transmission.

Artemis House - Victims of Violence Intervention Center

PO Box 486 Spearfish, SD 57783-0486 Phone: (605) 642-7825 PO Box 549 Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-3560 (800) 999-2348 Toll Free Crisis Line for all locations Person in Charge: Donna Fischer, Executive Director Hours: 24 hours a day / 7 days a week Services Provided: Beyond safety, the Artemis House provides many services to persons in abusive relationships including: support groups for women; referrals for medical, legal, housing, employment, training, and other social services; legal advocacy; and a 24 hour crisis line offering confidential support by trained volunteers and staff to all family members and friends of violent families. Also provides individual support and practical information about battering and public education. Outreach center also available in Belle Fourche.

Badlands Early Head Start

101 5th Avenue Belle Fourche, SD 57717 Phone: (605) 723-8837 1-800-598-5859 Email Address: aderanleau@badlandshs.org Services Offered: Early Head Start services are provided in the child’s home weekly. Parents and children are invited to program activities called socials.

Transportation to program activities may be provided when necessary through a ride provided by staff.

Early Head Start provides support to prenatal women and families of children from 0-3. Free programs for income eligible children and families.

Behavior Management Systems Main Office in Spearfish 623 Dahl Road Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2777

Behavior Management Systems Family Outreach Services - Spearfish

623 Dahl Road Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2777 Internet Address: www.behaviormanagement.org Person in Charge: Linda Gross, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday; evenings by appointment Fees: Based on income and family size. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare and other insurance Services Offered: Family outreach services, also known as home-based services, is a method of providing mental and behavioral health care treatment to children and adolescents with serious emotional or behavioral problems in the family setting and with family participation.

At Behavior Management Systems those services are provided through the Family Pathways Division and are available to the child,

their parents or guardian, and any siblings or other household members that meet certain eligibility requirements.

Behavior Management Systems Mainstream/IMPACT - Spearfish

623 Dahl Road Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2777 Spearfish Office Internet Address: www.behaviormanagement.org Person in Charge: Linda Gross, Chief Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday; evenings by appointment Fees: Based on income. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and other insurance Services Offered: The backbone of the program is CARE services (continuous assistance, rehabilitation, and education) services but also include life skills and social activities; vocational services; and residential and housing services. Also provide psychiatric assessment, medication management, and educational information.

Behavior Management Systems Outpatient Counseling - Spearfish

623 Dahl Road Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2777 Spearfish Office Internet address: www.behaviormanagement.org Person in Charge: Linda Gross, Chief Executive Officer Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday; evenings by appointment Fees: Based on income. Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and other insurance Services Offered: Offers outpatient counseling for children, adolescents, adults and families in the following areas: depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), grief and loss, marriage and family issues, relational violence/abuse, teen problems, suicide intervention/crisis stabilization, adjustment to divorce, and psychological evaluations.

Behavior Management Systems Reducing Relational Violence

1340 10th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2777 Internet Address: www.behaviormanagement.org Person in Charge: Mark Ventrella, MA, LMFT Hours: 6:00pm - 7:30pm, Thursdays (call for dates) Fees: Medicare, Medicaid, insurance accepted; reduced fee based on income may be available Services Offered: Therapy group is intended for perpetrators of relational violence and is designed to prevent further incidences of violence. During this eight-week program, individuals receive an intake evaluation, six weeks of educational/therapeutic group work, and an individual exit interview. The goal is to intervene where physical violence between adults has taken place and assist individuals in better managing their emotional and behavioral states.

Bella Pregnancy Resource Center

119 E. Grant Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-4140 (800) 560-4140 Person in Charge: Jodie Baxendale, Clinic Director, Roxie Johnson, Director Hours: 12:00pm - 4:00pm, Monday, Wednesday 10:00am - 3:00pm, Tuesday, Thursday Fees: All services are free and confidential

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Dear Northern Hills Residents, This publication is a protective factor for children and their families. Protective factors are activities, policies, laws, programs, friends, neighbors, schools, family members, programs, positive attitudes, healthy perceptions and expectations, churches, our environment and community members who actively hold regard for and take action for the best interest of our children and youth, because together we can do more and we all win when our children and young people are thriving.

Please take this publication and utilize it for you and your family or a youth you care about. If you don’t have children, please explore the many opportunities contained within this publication to volunteer and get involved, we’ll all be better for it. Preparing for Success is Prevention at its Best!

Jon Pochop, President

YouthWise

SAMSHA. The programming of YouthWise includes transition, prevention, and diversion services to over 2,775 youth annually. YouthWise is an independent, local non-profit community organization whose mission is to provide educational services to the youth of the Northern Black Hills on healthy lifestyle choices with an emphasis on alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention Our non-profit organization has a strong partnership with Spearfish and LeadDeadwood Schools. The leadership of Steve Morford, Jackie Rans, Marcia Aiken, Dan Leikvold, Dave Peters, Dan Olson, Elaine Doll-Dunn, Paul Soriano, Tom Riedel, Nick Gottlob, Lori Jeffery, Lori Enright, Tim Kosters, Ron Pray and Dusty Petz have made this cooperative project possible.

To the leadership of YouthWise, our voluntary board members, thank you for your leadership and commitment to our youth. I am proud to have you as champions for our mission. Thank you, Jon Pochop, Gail Tysdal, Joe Anglin, Kip Mau, Danielle Osloond, Nyla Griffith, Jackie Rans, and Wayne Klein. To my professional colleagues, it is a pleasure to serve our mission with you. Thank you for all the ways you are building capacity of our organization and for your passion for our youth. Thank you Trish Davis, Amy Vande Velde, Mandi Scott, Kathy Kirby Eide, Kelly Klein, Jodi Oliver, and Tye Johnson.

Please explore the many opportunities contained within this publication to get involved, receive support and/or contribute to our community. We are each an asset and together we have more resources and we all win when our children and youth are thriving.

Respectfully, Angie King, MS, NCC, CCDC III

YouthWise

Dear Friends, On behalf of YouthWise, I would like to thank Danielle Osloond and the entire team from the Black Hills Pioneer for their investment in our directory. Thank you for your willingness to provide this resource listing for our community and for being a mighty voice for our children and youth.

Special thanks to Jodi Oliver and Kay Cox for all of her efforts with the directory listings and for being a partner in adventure.

I am proud to share that the services of YouthWise have gained national attention and is currently being researched by

When recent research showed that a serious need existed in Lead-Deadwood for better early childhood education and quality, affordable child care, the community responded. The School District stepped up and created a preschool to fill the critical early childhood education gap

for three- and four-year-olds in the area.

The School Board, and Dr. Dan Leikvold, are to be commended for their vision and commitment to our children and the future of our communities. But our community still lacks an essential element to continued economic growth and stability - quality child care.

The Northern Hills Alliance for Children, a non-profit organization, was formed specifically to address this critical need. Working together with community partners such as Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital, Black Hills State University, Youth and Family Services, City of Deadwood, City of Lead, Lead-Deadwood School District, Youthwise, and a variety of local businesses, the group plans to open a first-class child care facility in 2010. The center will be large enough to accommodate 60 children, have flexible hours, an income-based fee scale and provide a safe and educational environment for the children of working parents.

But we can’t make this child care center a reality alone, it will take the support of the entire Lead-Deadwood community to realize this goal. An ambitious fund raising goal of $600,000 was established. And, while this may seem unattainable, the organization has already realized over half of this amount! Through grants and donations we have raised $303,000, more than half the amount needed to provide the early education and care critical to the economic growth of this area.

Heartfelt thanks is extended for the generosity of the John T. Vucurevich Foundation, the Lead-Deadwood School Board, Bill Walsh, the South Dakota Community Foundation and a few residents for their generous donations.

Now it is time for the businesses and other residents of Lead and Deadwood to make a contribution.

As Art Rolnick, Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank has stated, “Helping our youngest children develop their life and learning skills results in better citizens and more productive workers.

Compared with the billions of dollars spent each year on high-risk economic development schemes, an investment in early childhood development is a far better and far more secure economic development tool.”

Projections show that employment in Lawrence County is expected to grow by more than 1,000 jobs by 2012. And, that growth could result in an equal number of secondary industry jobs. Child care is an essential element to the continued economic growth of Lead and Deadwood.

Thank you to all who have helped and all who will contribute to the future of our community.

Nyla Griffith, Chair

Northern Hills Alliance for Children

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Services Offered: Offers compassionate support and practical assistance to anyone facing a pregnancy or experiencing post-abortion stress. Bella services are free and confidential. Free pregnancy tests and limited obstetrical ultrasounds.

Big Brothers, Big Sisters of the Black Hills - Northern Hills Office

PO Box 842 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605)-569-0828 Internet: www.bigmentors.com Hours: Call for information Contact Person: Jodi Oliver, Coordinator Services Offered: The mission of Big Brothers, Big Sisters is to help children reach their potential through one on one, professionally supported, mentoring relationships, that have a measurable impact. Programs in Spearfish include the traditional community mentorship program, and a weekly Campus Kids Program for youth ages 5-15 in Lead, Deadwood and Spearfish.

Black Hills Center of Hope

PO Box 534 306 Main Street Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605)717-4673 Internet Address: www.blackhillscenterofhope.org Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Our mission is to give hope to those who feel hopeless. Provide a safe, comfortable environment where people who are overcoming addictions and adversity can be surrounded by positive influences. Offer 12-step programs for those who are struggling with gambling, alcohol and/or drug abuse. If you are interested in enjoying a night of music, games, movies, food and conversation in a smoke free,

alcohol free, and gaming free environment come to the Center of Hope.

Black Hills Counseling Services

146 W. Illinois St. Suite A Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605)-722-8090 Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5 p.m.; Saturdays by appointment Services: Black Hills Counseling services offers a variety of counseling services including: individual, couple, and family therapy services; employee assistance programs; court ordered services; supervised visitation services; critical incident and stress management services; as well as specialized trainings.

Black Hills Special Services Cooperative Main Office in Sturgis 2885 Dickson Drive PO Box 218 (Mailing Address) Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone: (605) 347-4467

Black Hills Birth to 3 - Sturgis Black Hills Special Services

PO Box 218 Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone:(605) 347-6260 Main (800) 219-6247 Toll Free Person in Charge: Karin Haxton, Service Coordinator Hours: Call for information Fees: None Services Offered: Provides support to families with children birth to three years of age with developmental delays to identify needs and access

community services. Services include: audiology, assistive technology, family training, counseling and home visits, health service, medical services for evaluation, nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, social work services, service coordination, special instruction, speech and language, transportation for services, vision, and other services identified by the team.

Black Hills Special Services Timberline Treatment Center Spearfish

2910 4th Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 722-3501 Internet Address: www.timberlinetc.org Person in Charge: Connie Kiplinger, Program Director Hours: 24 hours for inpatient treatment, Monday - Friday / 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday for outpatient services Fees: Call for information Services Offered: The Timberline Treatment Program offers adolescents with substance addictions four levels of treatment, depending on individual need. Inpatient treatment for males, ages 13-17, happens in Spearfish. Outpatient Services are also provided for males and females. Outpatient levels include Intensive Outpatient Treatment (60 hours of activities, including both group and individual counseling), Day Treatment (five meetings per week plus a family component), and Continued Care (six months of counseling for those who have completed other treatment levels). Most referrals come from the court system, but there are private placements as well, self-paid or covered by insurance or Medicaid.

No one is denied services because of inability to pay.

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Family Eye Care Our doctors want your children to experience a lifetime of excellent eye health.

That’s why we use a gentle touch when helping our younger patients to see better. After all, your child’s health is very important.

Regular dental checkups and cleanings are important for every member of your family. Not only will these steps help maintain a beautiful smile, they’ll also help prevent painful and expensive dental procedures down the road.

Dr. Lennard Hopper Dr. Dennis Mills 578-3810 1-800-641-2035

Dr. Michael Guilbert Dr. Brian Gill 578-1761 1-800-666-0454

Creekside Clinic • 88 Charles Street • Deadwood, SD 57732

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YouthWise Prevention Pays Public and private investing in addiction prevention programs yields a ten to one return for society, according to research from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization.

YouthWise, a local nonprofit community organization that is an accredited youth drug and alcohol prevention program has been providing services to youth in Spearfish and Lead-Deadwood since 2005.

As an independent, local non-profit community organization whose mission is to provide educational services to the youth of the Northern Black Hills on healthy lifestyle choices with an emphasis on alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention, YouthWise provides transition, prevention, and diversion services to over 2,775 youth annually.

YouthWise has been praised by independent evaluators and scientists who report statistically significant progress in the outcomes of YouthWise prevention, diversion and transition services for youth attending Spearfish and Lead-Deadwood Schools. “YouthWise is making substantial progress toward the goals of implementing strategies for an academic environment that fosters safe and healthy learning opportunities that are leading to successful completion of academic

goals for all students in the Spearfish and LeadDeadwood Schools” said Roland Loudenburg, a scientist with Mountain Plains Evaluation.

Research supports the economic investment when money is allocated to prevention. “Society pays in many ways when our children fail,” Angie King Executive Director for YouthWise says.

“Study after study finds and affirms that intervening with young people is a promising approach to preventing drug use and other problem behaviors.

The service delivery of YouthWise provides no barriers for services for youth because of cost or transportation issues.

The comprehensive, interactive service delivery and partnership of our school administrators awards local youth with a prevention program that starts in kindergarten.” said King. Society, she maintains, has a choice.

Invest now or invest later.

“We can allocate money to build more penitentiaries or we can reallocate the funds we do have and invest that money with the highest economic return and where research says it is most effective, in the play pen and early childhood.”

Or more information about YouthWise visit www.youthwiseonline.org or call 717-1212.

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Black Hills Pediatric Dentistry

700 Sheridan Lake Road Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone: (605) 341-3068 Internet Address: www.bhpediatricdentistry.com Person in Charge: Jim Dickerson Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 3:00pm Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Pediatric dental office providing dental services to children.

Boy Scouts of America Black Hills Area Council

144 North Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-2824 Internet Address: www.BlackHillsAreaCouncil.com Person in Charge: Jim Bethel, Executive Director Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: The mission of the Boy Scouts is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral decisions over their lifetime by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.

Calvary Temple Assembly of God Community Pantry PO Box 579 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-3844 Hours: Call for information Fees: None Services Offered: Food Pantry for Lawrence County.

Career Learning Center of the Black Hills

730 East Watertown Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-5120 Fax (605) 394-6083 Evenings: (605) 394-5125 ext. 240 Website Address: clcbh.org Services Offered: The mission of Career Learning Center of the Black Hills is to empower individuals to become self sufficient through education, training and employment. GED prep and testing, career assessments, career counseling, résumé and interviewing development, parenting education, computer courses, child development assessments, children’s special health services, community education, driver’s education, medical billing and coding courses, alternative high school education.

English as a second language, adult education and literacy programs and adult basic education support are available through the Career Learning Center of the Black Hills.

Catholic Social Services Outreach Office in Spearfish

918 5th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (800) 727-2401 Toll Free Internet Address: www.catholic-social-services.net Person in Charge: Jim Kinyon, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday and Wednesday Fees: Vary, call for information Services Offered: Catholic Social Services serves all faiths in Western South Dakota. Individual, marital, family and group counseling services are available.

Experienced master level therapists are available at in Rapid City and the outreach offices. Chemical dependency evaluations, employee assistance programs, adoptive and free crisis pregnancy services are also available. Education available on family prevention and counseling related topics.

Catholic Social Services Adoption Services - Spearfish 844 Fifth Street Spearfish, SD 57783

Phone: (605) 348-6086 Main Office in Rapid City (800) 727-2401 Toll Free Internet Address: www.catholic-social-services.net Person in Charge: Jim Kinyon, Executive Director Hours: Call for hours Fees: Vary, call for information Services Offered: Catholic Social Services serves all faiths in Western South Dakota. CSS offers domestic and international adoption services. Licensed by the state, CSS can help to support individuals coping with the many emotions and decisions that come from choosing adoption. Whether you choose adoption, open adoption, or semi-open adoption CSS keep your confidentiality a priority. Birth parents have the opportunity to interview and select the adoptive family. Catholic Social Services works under the provisions of “Baby Moses” law. Home studies and foster care services available.

Catholic Social Services S.M.I.L.E - Spearfish

St. Joseph’s Church 844 Fifth Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 348-6086 Main Office in Rapid City (800) 727-2401 Toll Free Internet Address: www.catholic-social-services.net Person in Charge: Jim Kinyon, Executive Director Hours: Call for information Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Catholic Social Services serves all faiths in Western South Dakota.

CSS offers an education program for separating and divorcing parents with children under the age of eighteen. The program is designed to provide information to help parents better understand the effects of divorce, assist parents to understand then needs of their children, help parents learn what they can do to create a nurturing and safe environment so their children can recover and feel good about themselves, provide information to prevent destructive game playing that is so common among divorced couples and their children, helps parents gain problem solving skills, and let parents know they are not alone.

Catholic Social Services Unplanned Pregnancy Services Spearfish

844 Fifth Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 348-6086 Main Office in Rapid City (800) 727-2401 Toll Free Internet Address: www.catholic-social-services.net Person in Charge: Jim Kinyon, Executive Director Hours: Call for hours Fees: Vary, call for information Services Offered: Catholic Social Services serves all faiths in Western South Dakota. CSS will help support mothers as they experience the many emotions and decision that come with facing an unplanned pregnancy. Caring and licensed social workers are available to travel and meet mothers involved in a crisis situation. Crisis pregnancy meeting sites will be kept confidential and be convenient for the mother. CSS will help those facing unplanned pregnancy to understand the magnitude of decisions that are involved with unplanned pregnancies and help find the options that will work the best. Assistance with medical costs associated with pregnancy may be available. Some infant items are also available (layettes, infant clothing, etc.).

C. A. T’s. (Community Action Teams in the Northern Hills) 236 Jackson Blvd.

Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1921

Person in Charge: Emmy Rollins Hours: 10:00am - 1:00pm, Tuesday, Wednesday Services Offered: Some of the projects that CATS are involved with include: clothing centers, commodities, fans/air conditioners, FEMA, food pantries, garden kits, medical supply lending, personal hygiene necessities, school supplies, senior food boxes, weatherization and summer youth programs.

Communication Services for the Deaf Main Office in Sioux Falls 102 N. Krohn Place Sioux Falls, SD 57103 Phone: (605) 367-5760 (800) 642-6410 Toll Free Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

Communication Services For the Deaf Adult Education & Literacy Rapid City

150 Knollwood Drive Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-6864 (888) 304-2311 Toll Free Internet Address: www.c-s-d.org Person in Charge: Brenda French, Unit Manager Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday (MST) Fees: None Services Offered: Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) instruction is designed to teach persons 16 years of age or older to read and write English and to substantially raise their educational level. The purpose of this program is to expand educational opportunities for adults. Participation in the AEL Program will enable adults to acquire basic skills necessary to function in society and provide training that will enable them to become more employable, productive and responsible citizens.

Communication Services For the Deaf Employment Services - Rapid City

150 Knollwood Drive Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 394-6864 (888) 304-2311 Toll Free Internet Address: www.c-s-d.org Person in Charge: Brenda French, Unit Director Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Vary, call for information Services Offered: Communication Services for the Deaf has several employment services available to consumers. The consumer will first be referred to the Vocational Rehabilitation office for determination of eligibility, which requires proof of disability. Once eligibility is confirmed the consumer is given a choice of which agency they prefer to be referred to for services.

Consumer Credit Counseling of the Black Hills

111 Saint Joseph Street PO Box 817 (Mailing Address) Rapid City, SD 57709-0014 Phone: (605) 348-4550 (800) 568-6615 Toll Free Internet Address: www.lsssd.org Person in Charge: Vonnie Spain, CEO Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 8:00am - 9:00pm, Tuesday - Thursday 8:00am - 3:00pm, Friday Services offered in Spearfish twice per month Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Offers comprehensive budget and credit counseling, debt management programs, pre-purchase counseling for prospective homeowners, HUD counseling, and educational seminars. There is a minimal contribution requested for counseling and most of the educational programs are free and open to the public. Credit report review services is available-access fee is charged for this

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service. The mission is to assist clients in budgeting money and repaying debt by helping them reduce payments on bills. Consumer Credit Counseling Service has several satellite offices. Call for more information.

Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc. Rapid City

528 Kansas City Street, Suite 1 Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-7171 Main (800) 742-8602 Toll Free Person in Charge: Paul Brankin, Managing Attorney Hours: 8:30am - 4:00pm, Monday-Thursday / 8:30am - 12:00pm, Friday / Services offered in Spearfish once per month Fees: None Services Offered: Provides civil legal services to low income clients, as well as information and legal services regarding tenant/landlord issues.

Deadwood Public Library

435 Williams Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-2821 Internet Address: www.dwdlib.sdln.net Hours: 10:00am - 8:00pm, Monday - Wednesday / 10:00am - 5:00pm, Thursday - Friday / 12:00pm 4:00pm, Saturday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Bestsellers, audio books, videos including children’s videos and foreign films, local history collections, children’s programming, interlibrary loan service, Deadwood Reader’s Club, meeting facilities, free internet access, online newspaper index and GED classes. Call the main library for more information on the GED classes.

Deadwood Recreation Center

105 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-3729 Internet Address: www.cityofdeadwood.com Person in Charge: John Tridle, Director Hours: 5:00am - 9:00pm, Monday - Friday / 7:00am 5:00pm, Saturday / 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Sunday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Deadwood Recreation Center offers many recreation services for individuals, families, and youth including a swimming pool, swim lessons, weight room, basketball, aqua aerobics, and much more.

Delta Dental Plan of SD

720 N. Euclid Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605) 224-7345 (800) 627-3961 Toll Free Internet Address: www.deltadentalsd.com Person in Charge: Carrie Mikkonen Hours: Call for consultation Services Offered: Delta Dental Plan of South Dakota is dedicated to providing dental care programs of superior value. In fulfilling our mission, purchasers, providers and patients are provided with dental programs that are affordable, easy to administer, offer rate stability, and encourage regular professional care. Delta’s primary purpose is to increase the availability of dental care to the public.

Department of Social Services Main Office in Pierre 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605) 773-3165 (877) 268-0007 Toll Free

Department of Social Services Adult Services and Aging - Deadwood 20 Cliff Street PO Box 607 (Mailing Address)

Deadwood, SD 57732-0607 Phone: (605) 578-2402 (877) 268-0007 Toll Free - Local DSS Office Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/social/ASA Person in Charge: Dawn Grey Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: Adult Services and Aging provides information and referral and in-home services. These services are available to prevent or delay unnecessary or premature institutionalization of elderly/disabled clients. Homemaker Services are available to provide household tasks that an individual or family/friend is unable to do themselves.

Personal Care Services are provided to an individual who is Medicaid eligible and has a medical problem. These services must be ordered by a physician. Respite Care Services offer temporary relief to person providing daily support and care to an elderly or dependent adult on cost sharing basis. Reimbursement for transportation to and from Medical providers is available for persons eligible for Medicaid. They also provide adult protective services. Ombudsman services seek to accept, investigate and resolve complaints involving institutionalized individuals. APS provided to elderly/disabled clients living in any environment in the area of abuse, neglect, exploitation, assessing services, networking, advocacy, assessment of need and/or plan of care. They have placement services such as adult foster care, adult day care, nursing facility placement, etc. Caregiver program offers assistance to caregivers of individuals 60 and over with caregiver relief, training and other services.

Department of Social Services Child Care Services - Pierre

700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2291 Phone: (605) 773-4766 Main (800) 227-3020 Toll Free in state only (877) 268-0007 Toll Free - Local DSS Office Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/social/ccshome.htm Person in Charge: Pat Monson Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: The Office of Child Care Services helps improve affordability, accessibility and quality of child care by offering: 1) Child Care Assistance - financial help for child care costs for families who are working, going to school, parents with disabilities, or a combination. Families may be required to pay a portion of the cost based on their income. Eligibility is based on a sliding fee scale. Child care providers are paid directly for their services from the Child Care Services office. 2) Monitoring and Licensing of Child Care Programs - Compliance with licensing and registration requirements is a priority.

Technical assistance is provided by the licensing staff throughout the state. 3) Training ECE - Child Care Services contracts with 5 regional Early Childhood Enrichment agencies to provide ongoing training, technical assistance, on-site developmental, vision and hearing screenings, etc. for child care providers.

Child Care Services also manages the SD Infant-Toddler Training Initiative and the SD CDA project coordinated regionally by the 5 ECE’s. 4) The SD Child Care Apprenticeship Program is coordinated through CCS. The program offers affordable training and mentoring to those working with children in licensed centers and Head Start programs.

5) Offers assistance to providers that need funds to upgrade their facilities due to compliance issues, and has provided grants to school-age programs as well.

6) Provide ongoing technical assistance and information to start-up school-age programs.

7) Provides a list of child care providers who are state registered to the public 8) Project 8 - Governors

Child Seat Program keep kids safe by making sure they are in the bet seat for their height and weight.

Project 8 also distributes seats to income eligible families. Call 800-227-3020 to find the program nearest you. Child Care Assistance Applications are also available at the local DSS Office.

Department of Social Services Child Protection - Deadwood

20 Cliff Street PO Box 607 (Mailing Address) Deadwood, SD 57732-0607 Phone: (605) 578-2402 Main (866) 847-7334 Toll Free Child Abuse Reporting (877) 268-0007 Toll Free - Local DSS Office Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/social/CPS/ Person in Charge: Annamae Blume, Supervisor Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: Investigates child abuse and neglect cases by working with the State’s Attorney, law enforcement and community resources to determine extent of alleged child abuse or neglect. Also work with adoptions and licensing of foster homes.

Department of Social Services Division of Child Support - Rapid City

510 N. Cambell PO Box 2440 Rapid City, SD 57709-2440 Phone: (605) 394-2525 (800) 286-9145 Toll Free Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/social/ Person in Charge: Larry Herman / David Larson, Supervisors Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: $5.00 application fee (waived for TANF or Medicaid recipients) Services Offered: This office is responsible for location of absent parents, establishing support orders and enforcing existing support orders. This office also establishes paternity of a child and support obligations or have the forms necessary to modify support obligations.

Department of Social Services Economic Assistance - Deadwood

20 Cliff Street PO Box 607 (Mailing Address) Deadwood, SD 57732-0607 Phone: (605) 578-2402 (877) 268-0007 Toll Free - Local DSS Office Person in Charge: Jack G. Davis Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: Provides Food Stamps, TANF, and Medicaid programs Food Stamps - A supplemental food program that enables eligible households to obtain a more nutritious diet. Eligibility is determined by income, resources and household size. Food stamps are used just like cash at stores for edible, nutritious food items only.

TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is financial assistance for children when one parent is absent from the home; both parents are absent and the children are living with a relative; or both parents are in the home but one is unable to work for medical reasons or one is unemployed under certain criteria.

Medicaid - Medicaid is a medical assistance program for certain low income people who are aged, blind, disabled or members of families with dependent children. Title XIX or Medicaid covers most health services such as hospital, physician, dental, mental health, family planning, home health services, limited optometric services etc. Also covers Nursing Home Care not covered by a person’s own income, or by other State and federal programs. Nursing home care may be provided in skilled, intermediate nursing facilities, intermediate mental retardation facilities or psychiatric nursing homes.

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YouthWise Earns High Marks in Fourth Year An independent evaluator has given high marks to YouthWise, a local nonprofit community organization that is accredited for drug and alcohol prevention for youth of the Northern Hills. YouthWise is in its fourth year of providing services for the youth of Lead-Deadwood and Spearfish. A scientist with Mountain Plains Evaluation, Roland Loudenburg, reports statistically significant progress in the outcomes of YouthWise prevention, diversion and transition services for youth attending Spearfish and Lead-Deadwood Schools.

“YouthWise is making substantial progress toward the goals of implementing strategies for an academic environment that fosters safe and healthy learning opportunities that are leading to successful completion of academic goals for all students in the Spearfish and Lead-Deadwood Schools” said Loudenburg.

Research supports the economic investment when money is allocated to prevention. “Society pays in many ways when our children fail,” Angie King Executive Director for YouthWise says.

“According to the US Department of Labor, the number one reason adults are fired from a job is not poor job performance, but poor social skills.

Youth who have weak social skills or aggressive (bullying) behavior are also more likely to be poor academic performers. The number one reason youth drop out of school is not because of poor academic performance, but a lack of or a negative school/peer attachment. These youth are more likely to use drugs, commit crimes and land in prison. Society, she maintains, has a choice. Invest now or invest later. “We can allocate money to build more penitentiaries or we can reallocate the funds we do have and invest that money with the highest economic return and where research says it is most effective in the play pen and early childhood.”

According to research by the American Journal of Public Health and

the National Institute on Drug Abuse, fifth-grade students who took part in comprehensive, interactive school-based prevention programs starting as early as first grade were half as likely as their peers to use alcohol or other drugs, act out violently, or engage in sexual activity.

“This research provides strong support for our local needs assessment on providing information and resiliency skills for youth prior to the age of onset.

Locally, youth report experimentation before the age of eleven with drugs and alcohol. This research supports our desire for providing programming before most children have begun to engage in problem behaviors.

Intervening with young children is proving to be a promising approach to

preventing drug use and other problem behaviors” said King.

An independent survey of youth attending high school in Lawrence County over the last four years has measured a 10% decrease in youth reported alcohol use. “While the efforts of YouthWise, in concert with local law enforcement, parents, our schools, coalition members, community members, state policy and environmental strategies and school administrators has shown great progress in creating healthier behavior in our youth, locally, our youth are still reporting above the national average for drug and alcohol use.

Statistically our youth do report that the number one deterrent for them in not using alcohol or other drugs is clear rules and expectations from their parents.

Out of all the people in the lives of our young people, this is one clear indicator that nothing replaces the role of an engaged parent”.

For more information and/or to become involved or make a donation, community members are encouraged to contact YouthWise at 717-1212 or visit us at www.youthwiseonline.org.

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I Want

YOU!

by Judith Kennedy, YouthWise

Perhaps few people born after 1968 remember this Uncle Sam slogan. It was the call of the draft to the military: Uncle Sam on a poster pointing his finger out with the slogan, “I want YOU.” We ended obligatory draft in America, but we should not be fooled into thinking our young people are not still being drafted. U.S. companies spend billions each year targeting our youth in their advertising.

Industries know that youth have money, and those companies spend huge amounts to be competitive and get our teens’ business. The cell phones you buy, the jeans you wear, the new video game just coming out. All of these items are carried to you via advertising. Perhaps you think that you only wanted that cell phone because your friend got it, but how did that person hear of that phone?

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We are all influenced as well by other forms of media: movies, websites, music videos, music lyrics. These sources sometimes portray using drugs, to include alcohol, in appealing ways. Companies hire psychologists to help them come up with themes and images that appeal to whoever they are targeting for their advertising. Advertising for teens often shows teens having fun, being included, looking beautiful; and all focused around using a certain product. One strategy effective in America is to say or imply that the viewer “deserves” this product. That strategy seems effective in alluring the American public. Websites and blogs can contain helpful information, but there is nothing to regulate that information and much of it is erroneous.

Since this is a muti-billion dollar business for industry, it is not feasible to think about changing their approach. A better thing is to change our response to advertising. One way to do this is to think about a particular ad you like and consider what about the ad is appealing to you.

You will essentially be doing the same thing the psychologists are hired to do for the company; you will be discovering what aspects appeal to you personally in a given ad. For instance, is the message, “everyone is using this” or “do you want to be happy

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and included with your friends?” or “you work hard for your money, you deserve this.” These are themes often found in advertising. To which ones are you susceptible?

You can then apply this consideration to other forms of media: movies, tv, music.

Is what you are seeing or hearing actually what would be likely to happen in reality?

Are the lifestyles being shown ones that support what you value in life?

In music it is sometimes helpful to really listen to the words to determine if the song is trying to sell you on some type of lifestyle. Perhaps casual sex, drugs?

With websites you might want to do some investigating. Who sponsors the website? What is their source of information? Is it reliable? What is the purpose of the website? Why might the people who made the website want your attention? What is in it for them?

Do the movies or tv shows you watch have advertising that promotes drug/alcohol use?

Thinking about what influences you and why is the best way to become an informed consumer; one who thinks for him or herself. Someone who buys products based on their being a good value and supplying what we need and want; not someone who buys something just because someone else has it.

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Department of Social Services Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEP)

206 W. Missouri Ave. Pierre, SD 57501-4517 Phone: (800) 233-8503 Toll Free Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/social/ENERGY/application.htm Person in Charge: Sharon Sonnenschein, Administrator Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: The program assists with household heating costs for propane and fuel oil July 1 through April 30. For electric and gas, meter readings October 1 to April 30 are eligible for payment. The program is designed to provide a supplemental payment to the primary heating cost of a home. Eligibility and assistance amount is based on household income, heating type and region, and number of persons in household. In heating crisis situations, such as disconnect for primary heating source, refusal to deliver or cash on delivery, eviction (if heat is included in rent), or furnace problems, contact the office for emergency assistance.

Department of Social Services SD CHIP

811 E. 10th Street, Dept. 1 Sioux Falls, SD 57103-1613 Phone: (605) 367-5444 Main, press 1 (800) 305-3064 Toll Free (877) 268-0007 Toll Free Local DSS Office Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/chip People in Charge: Supervisors Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 7:00pm, Tuesdays Fees: None Services Offered: SD CHIP is insurance for children up to age 19 at no cost to the family if the income is below certain income levels found on the Federal Poverty Guidelines. If the family income is below 140%, the children may be eligible with or without private health insurance. If there is insurance, CHIP will pay the deductibles, co-insurance, and possibly some medical services not covered by the private insurance. If family income is between 140-200%, the child is not eligible if there is private health insurance. To promote good health care for children, the coverage includes such things as doctor, hospital, prescription drugs, counseling, dental and glasses.

Contact local DSS Office for an application.

Donald E. Young Sports & Fitness Center - Black Hills State University

1200 University Spearfish, SD 57799 Phone: (605) 642-6096 Internet Address: www.bhsu.edu Person in Charge: Teri Royer, Event Director Hours: 5:00am - 9:00pm, Monday - Thursday / 5:00am - 8:00pm, Friday / 8:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday and Sunday / Aquatic Center: 6:00am - 8:00am, Monday - Friday (lap swim) / 12:00pm - 1:00pm, daily lap swim / 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Monday - Friday (lap/rec swim) / 1:00pm - 4:45pm, Saturday and Sunday (lap/rec swim) Fees: Call for information Services Offered: The Young Center is a sports and fitness center providing recreational opportunities for BHSU students and the community. The facility houses a gymnasium, field house, aquatic center and fitness room as well as academic classrooms.

Memberships and day passes are available.

Early Childhood Connections 809 South Street, Suite 304 Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-6464 (888) 999-7759 Toll Free

Internet Address: www.earlychildhoodconnections.com Person in Charge: Autumn Gregory, Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Vary depending on program; call for more information Services Offered: Provides ongoing training and technical assistance to adults who are involved in day-to-day care of young children and offers services to support child care providers, teachers and others involved in early care and education. Services include: early childhood education on issues such as child development, age appropriate activities, effective guidance and program management; CPR/First Aid Classes; convenient and affordable onsite vision, hearing and developmental screenings for children ages 3 - 5 years old; resource lending libraries with professional resources, information, early childhood publications, and a developmental toy and equipment library; Child Development Associate (CDA) training and mentorship; and child care referrals for parents looking for licensed and registered child care provides.

Family Health Education Services

SD Department of Health 930 10th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6337 (800) 305-3064 Toll Free Referral Information Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/doh/famhlth/famplan.htm Person in Charge: LeAnn Sorenson, Director Hours: Call for information Fees: Based on income and family size Services Offered: Provides confidential education, counseling, nursing and medical services including gynecological services, birth control services, and family planning counseling.

Family Support Program Black Hills Area Department of Human Services

PO Box 295 Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-3298 (800) 283-7109 Toll Free Person in Charge: Maryls Feist, Coordinator Hours: Call for information Fees: None Services Offered: Family Support is a wide array of services and supports provided to families of children with a developmental disability. Supports are designed to help families get what they need to stay together. Family Support means different things to different families. No two families are alike and neither are their needs. Services may include, but are not limited to the following: incontinence supplies, medications, formulas/special foods, transportation costs, recreational opportunities, special clothing, adaptive equipment, housing modifications, information and referral, service coordination, advocacy services, respite care, family counseling, parent/sibling education, travel expenses for medical care, and vehicle modifications.

Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizon

140 North Street Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone: (605) 343-6355 (800) 658-3391 Toll Free Internet Address: www.gsdakotahorizons.org Person in Charge: Linda Muise, District Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday Wednesday 8:00am - 7:00pm, Thursday 8:00am - 12:00pm, Friday 10:00am - 1:00pm, 2nd Saturday a month Services Offered: Girl Scouts is an all-girl organization

for girls ages 5-17 (grades K-12). Girl Scouts helps girls achieve four important goals on their way to becoming girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place!

Good Shepherd Clinic, Inc. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

1020 State St. Spearfish, SD 57783 Person to Contact: Helen Merriman Hours: Mondays 6:00-9:00 p.m. The Clinic is closed Mondays holidays; from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day; and during the entire month of August.

The Good Shepherd Clinic is a walk-in clinic, no appointments are necessary.

Services Offered: The Good Shepherd Clinic offers quality medical care to the uninsured. The clinic is staffed by medical professionals and lay volunteers from various area churches and communities and partners with Spearfish Regional Hospital for those patients who qualify.

Grace Balloch Memorial Library Spearfish City Services Building

625 Fifth Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-1330 Internet Address: www.Spflib.sdln.net Hours: Winter hours: Labor Day to Memorial Day: 9:30am 8:00pm, Monday - Thursday / 9:30am - 5:00pm, Friday / 9:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday / 5:00pm 7:00pm, Sunday Summer hours: Memorial Day to Labor Day: 9:00am 7:00pm, Monday - Thursday / 9:00am - 5:00pm, Friday / 9:00am - 2:00pm, Saturday / Closed Sunday Story Book Time for Preschool: 10:00am, September May every Tuesday and Wednesday, Tuesday is Baby & Toddler Fees: None Services Offered: Children’s Services including preschool story and craft time and a summer reading program, books, magazines, videos, DVD’s, computer classes, internet access, individual study rooms for research and tutoring and the South Dakota History Room. GED classes are held at the library as well. Call the main library for more information on GED services.

Habitat for Humanity - Black Hills Area

611 Herman Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 348-9196 Internet Address: www.blackhillshabitat.org Person in Charge: Scott Engmann, Executive Director Hours: 9:00am - 3:30pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Uses volunteer labor to build homes in partnership with low income families in needs.

Families contribute sweat equity and receive a nointerest loan. Volunteer opportunities.

HELP!Line Center

1000 N. West Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Dial 2-1-1 or (605) 339-4357 211 HELP!Line Phone: Dial 2-1-1 or (605) 339-4357 Internet Address: www.helplinecenter.org Hours: 24 hours a day / 7 days a week Person in Charge: Carol Muller, MA, LPC Services Offered: 211 HELP!Line is a 24-hour community crisis, information, and listening/support telephone line. 211 HELP!Line maintains a comprehensive listing of social service, non-profit, and governmental programs to which referrals can be made.

HELP!Line - Suicide Prevention 1000 N. West Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Phone: (800) 273-TALK (8255) Toll Free

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Private Practice Mental Health Practitioners KAREN GRIFFITH Black Hills Counseling Services 146 W. Illinois Street, Ste. A Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 722-8090

JUDITH NEIGHBOURS, PH.D. Hill Top Plaza 125 E. Colorado Blvd. Ste. 2D Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 642-5030

JAMES PABST Black Hills Counseling Services 146 W. Illinois Street, Ste. A Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 722-8090

NANCY SPRYNCZYNATYK 208 Ponderosa Drive (4 miles north of Spearfish in Church of Christ building) Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 645-8885

TERRY TRUCANO Lead-Deadwood Regional Medical Clinic 71 Charles Street Deadwood, SD 57732 (605) 717-6431

CHERYL WALES 112 W. Pine Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 642-2900

SALLY WEYER, PH.D. 125 E. Colorado Blvd.

Spearfish, SD 57883 (605) 722-0030

We offer friendly, comprehensive dental care services for children and adults.

DANA DENTAL ARTS A Family and Cosmetic Dentistry Practice 1306 Main Street • Spearfish, SD 605-642-7727 or 888-826-7470 • www.danadentalarts.com

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Internet Address: www.suicideprevention.org Hours: 24 hours a day / 7 days a week Person in Charge: Carol Muller, MA, LPC Services Offered: The Suicide Prevention HELP!Line provides a variety of prevention services. These include providing direct crisis intervention services through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1800-273-TALK) for the entire state of South Dakota.

Other services include trainings ranging from a 2hour awareness training called SafeTALK to a 2-day suicide intervention skills training called ASIST. The Suicide Prevention HELP!Line also provides direct services to survivors of suicide, those who have lost a loved one to suicide. These services include a monthly support group, a quarterly newsletter, informational packets and an outreach team.

InfantSEE Program

Phone: (888) 396-3937 Toll Free Internet Address: www.infantsee.org Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Central Time Fees: None Services Offered: InfantSEE is a public health program designed to ensure that eye and vision care becomes an integral part of infant wellness care to improve a child’s quality of life. Under this program, member optometrists will provide a comprehensive infant eye assessment within the first year of life as a no cost public health service. Through InfantSEE, optometrists will provide a one-time comprehensive eye assessment to infants in their first year of life, offering early detection of potential eye and vision problems at no cost regardless of income. Call toll-free or visit www.infantsee.org to locate an InfantSEE doctor in your area.

Job Corps - Nemo

PO Box 110 Nemo, SD 57759 Phone: (605) 348-3636 Internet Address: www.sdjobs.org Person in Charge: Bonnie Fuller Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Job Corps is a training program for economically disadvantaged youth ages 16-24. Job Corps provides training toward GED or high school diploma and a skilled trade.

Kids Club Kids

525 East Elementary Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1220 East (605) 642-1236 (605) 641-1222 Cell Phone Person in Charge: Billie Jo Bakeberg, Director Hours: 6:45am - 8:00am, Before School / 3:00pm 6:00pm, After School Services Provided: Kid’s Club Kids is a non-profit organization providing school age care and activities for children in grades K-6 at both East and West Elementary Schools. Kid’s Club is open before and after school each day, is open all day on conference and in-service days, and for 10 weeks in the summer.

Kid’s Club offers many activities including computer skills, fieldtrips, lifelong recreation skills, art and craft projects as well as academic enrichment for the students who attend. Kid’s Club sponsors a tutoring program at East Elementary entitled “Study Buddies”; this program is open to all children who attend East Elementary.

Lawrence County Child Protection Team

930 10th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6916 Person in Charge: Mavis Potter, RN, President Hours: 8:00am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

Services Offered: The goal of the Lawrence County Child Protection Team is to develop a more coordinated county-wide system of delivery for services to children, to prevent child abuse and neglect, and to support those working in the area of child abuse and neglect by providing staffing opportunities and education. Some of the projects coordinated are: Making Christmas Memories each December where children have the opportunity to work on Christmas crafts, an annual Finger-printing event in April for Child Abuse Prevention Month, and a Diaper Pantry where parents can request assistance through a member of the Lawrence County Child Protection Team.

Lawrence County Community Health Nurses

DEADWOOD SD Department of Health PO Box 604 Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-2660 Person in Charge: Denise Rosenberger, RN Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Community Health Nurses provide WIC information for Women, Infants and Children, immunizations, injections, Baby Care information, support to high risk pregnancies, flu shots and special clinics.

SPEARFISH 930 10th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6916 Person in Charge: Mavis Potter, RN Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Community Health Nurses provide WIC information for Women, Infants and Children, immunizations, injections, Baby Care information, support to high risk pregnancies, flu shots and special clinics.

Lawrence County Extension Offices

1230 N. Avenue, Suite 4 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6200 Internet Address: www.sdces.sdstate.edu/ Hours: Vary; call for information Fees: Dependent on program; call for more information Services Provided: The Cooperative Extension Services (CES) disseminates non-biased, researchbased knowledge and teaches leadership skills to individuals and families to improve agriculture and strengthen family and community life. County residents, both urban and rural, look to their County Extension office for information on such issues as farm and ranch management, weed control, insect control, family consumer sciences (home economics), food preservation and safety, gardening, and community and youth programs including 4-H.

Lawrence/Meade County Teen Court

68 Sherman Street, Suite 213 PO Box 227 (mailing address) Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 722-8889 Internet Address: www.lawrencecountyteencourt.com Person in Charge: Marlene Todd, Director Hours: Call for information

leaddeadwoodkids.com (Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council)

Lead - Opera House 309 W. Main PO Box 595 Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-1461 Internet Address: www.leaddeadwoodkids.com Hours: 24/7 Fees: None

Services Offered: A website sponsored by the Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council featuring children’s activities sponsored by area organizations in the Lead/Deadwood and Northern Hills area.

Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT)

PO Box 433 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: 605-569-0822 Email Address: vvelde50@yahoo.com Person in Charge: Amy VandeVelde coalition facilitator Hours: meets monthly, call for time and date Fees: none Services Offered: The Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition (HALT) Healthy Alternatives for LeadDeadwood Task Force meets monthly to promote and plan events, campaigns and shape policies that promote health and wellness for the Lead-Deadwood Area. The Annual Spearfish Health Fair and several healthy youth alternative day events are projects this group supports. Currently the Lead-Deadwood Community Coalition has a tobacco grant to promote tobacco cessation, prevention and to reduce exposure of secondhand smoke to children.

Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital

61 Charles Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 722-6101 Internet Address: www.regionalhealth.com Person in Charge: Sherry Bea Smith, CEO Hours: 24 hours a day / 7 days a week Fees: Insurance Accepted Services Offered: Lead-Deadwood Regional Hospital has served families in Deadwood, SD and the surrounding communities since 1878. Provides 24hour emergency services and ambulance service, outpatient surgery, radiology, respiratory care, physical therapy, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and durable medical equipment services. Also provides a Meals on Wheels Program.

Lead-Deadwood Regional Medical Clinic

71 Charles Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 719-6431 Internet Address: www.regionalmedicalclinic.com Person in Charge: Traci Matthew, Clinic Administrator Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Some of the many services offered include: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, cardiology, urology, general surgery, audiology, counseling, diabetic education, gynecology, and geriatric care.

Lord’s Cupboard

111 S. Main Street Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-3263 Person in Charge: Sharon Narem, President Hours: 9:00am - 11:30am, Monday / 3:30pm-5:30pm, Thursday Fees: None Services Offered: Food pantry and commodity distribution site for the Lead and Deadwood area.

Lutheran Social Services Main Office Rapid City

2920 Sheridan Lake Road Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone: (605) 348-0477 (800) 260-1439 Toll Free Services Offered: Lutheran Social Services cares for, supports and strengthens individuals, families and communities. LSS serves numerous people each year

Music & Lights 7pm to 11pm Saturdays & Sundays 1pm to 10pm

Reserve lanes for your birthday party, anytime during open lanes.

Packages include use of lanes, rentals and party corner for your determined amount of time.

Tuesday Fun League (Beginners)

Elementary - 3:30pm

High School League Wednesdays - 3:30pm

Thursday Keglers League

Middle School - 3:30pm

Saturday Strikers Mixed Ages 10:30am

All at one Location: 1740 Ryan Road • Spearfish, SD • 605-642-7367

Open Daily 1pm to 10pm (weather permitting)

18 Holes of Challenging Mini-Golf!

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with a variety of programs and services in dozens of South Dakota communities. LSS serves people of all ages, races, faiths and economic levels.

Lutheran Social Services Canyon Hills Center - Spearfish

2519 Windmill Drive Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-7188 Internet Address: www.lsssd.org Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Residential services 24 / 7 Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Residential treatment center licensed to serve 30 boys and girls ages 11-17 years old, with emotional, behavioral, and educational programs. Offers a comprehensive treatment program, specialized education program, extensive outdoor recreation, and opportunities for community involvement.

Meade, Butte and Lawrence County Housing

1220 Cedar Street #113 Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone: (605) 347-3384 (800) 568-4306 Toll Free Person in Charge: Sharon Scudder, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Assists families, elderly, and disabled individuals with housing or housing assistance.

Medicare Assistance Program Main Office in Sioux Falls

335 N. Main Avenue, Suite 300 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Phone: (605) 336-2475 (800) 822-8804 Toll Free Person in Charge: Candise Gregory, Program Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Program educates Medicare beneficiaries to be aware of health care fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid system. Also offers educational materials to make beneficiaries aware of other types of consumer fraud they may encounter.

Volunteers provide general information on: Medicare and Medicare Savings Program. Volunteers also teach beneficiaries how to read their Medicare Summary Notices, sort through their confusing health care paperwork, and make referrals to assist beneficiaries in prescription drug costs and their options.

Volunteers can meet with clients in their homes if necessary.

NAMI South Dakota

PO Box 88808 Sioux Falls, SD 57109 Phone: (605) 271-1871 Main (800) 551-2531 Toll Free Person in Charge: Phyllis Arends, Executive Director Hours: 9:00am-2:00pm, Monday-Thursday Fees: Fees are not required to join, however, there are dues one can pay if they choose to; no one is excluded Services Offered: NAMI South Dakota offers practical support, useful education, sympathy and understanding to people who are living and coping with neurobiologically based brain diseases and their family members. In addition the NAMI South Dakota works to increase public awareness and to advocate for increased research and improved services for the victims of serious mental illnesses.

Neighborhood Housing Services of the Black Hills

795 Main St. Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-1401 Internet Address: www.nhsblackhills.org Person in Charge: Joy McCracken, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Vary Services Offered: Goal is to assist in providing decent, safe, affordable housing and revitalizing neighborhoods in local communities. Able to provide affordable apartments in Deadwood for low-income individuals, and assist with down payment/closing cost assistance, rehab loans, credit counseling, and home-buyer education.

Northern Hills Alliance for Children First Step Child Care Center

PO Box 10 Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 381-9717 Contact Person: Nyla Griffith Email Address: nyla@tdgcommunications.com Services Offered: Promoting economic development through affordable, quality care and educational services to families with young children in the Northern Hills.

Northern Hills AEL/GED Program Ceci Estes Adult Education/GED Coordinator Black Hills Special Services

2885 Dickson Drive Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone: (605) 347-4467 Cell (605) 381-5598 Fax (605) 347-5223 Email Address: cesstes@clc.tie.net Website: www.clcbh.org Services Offered: An affiliate of Black Hills Special Services Cooperative providing on-site AEL/GED instruction in the Spearfish and Lead-Deadwood communities.

Northern Black Hills RSVP

1200 University Street, Unit 9089 Spearfish, SD 57799 Phone: (605) 642-5198 Internet Address: www.bhsu.edu.RSVP Person in Charge: Nancy Wietgrefe, Director Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: RSVP (Retired senior Volunteer Program) provides opportunities to anyone 55 and older to make a difference in their community through volunteer service. There is no minimum time requirement and volunteers have total flexibility with scheduling. RSVP offers supplemental insurance while volunteering and training through the agency or organization where volunteers are placed.

Northern Hills Alcohol/Drug Services Spearfish

115 E. Hudson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-7093 Person in Charge: Mary Wood-Fossen, Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Sliding fee scale, self pay, private pay, insurance accepted Services Offered: Individual outpatient counseling, evaluations, adult evening outpatient treatment program, continuing care; group and individual services available.

Adolescent prevention groups, designed for adolescents between the ages of 13-18 who have experienced some harmful consequences due to their alcohol or drug use; community prevention services and follow up and referral services are offered.

Northern Hills CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate)

1940 North Avenue, Suite 6 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 722-4558 (877) 505-7500 Toll Free Internet Address: www.nhcasa.com Person in Charge: Gypsy Pets, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: The Northern Hills Area CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Program seeks to promote and protect the best interests of abused and neglected children involved in court proceedings through the advocacy efforts of trained volunteers.

Northern Hills Drug Court

1425 Sherman Street Sturgis, SD 57785 Phone: (605) 347-7648 Person in Charge: Michael Pisciotta, Coordinator Internet Address: www.ujs.sd.gov/drugcourt.htm Hours: Call for information Services Offered: The Northern Hills Drug Court program is a post-adjudication intensively supervised treatment court for offenders charged with drug related crimes, and the crimes related to the offender having a substance abuse disorder. Serves Lawrence County and the 4th Circuit court.

Northern Hills Family Recreation Center

845 Miners Avenue Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-1113 Internet Address: www.northernhillsfamilyymca.com Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday (office hours), call for information Fees: Call for information, youth scholarships available Services Offered: The recreation center builds strong kids, families and strong communities through a variety of programs that include after-school activities, youth and adult sports, aquatics, health and wellness for all ages, childcare, summer day camping, teen activities, and youth outreach activities throughout the community.

Northern Hills Training Center

625 Harvard Street Spearfish, SD 57783-1897 Phone: (605) 642-2785 Internet Address: www.nhtc.org Person in Charge: Fred Romkema, CEO Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Adjustment training center that provides residential, living skills, and pre-vocational training to adults with disabilities.

Northern Hills Training Center Job Shop

625 Harvard Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-8217 Internet Address: www.nhtc.org/services/vocational.php Person in Charge: Rhonda Erickson, Ryan Bush Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: The role of the Northern Hills Job Shop is to provide support and a variety of work options and ultimately place people in their dream jobs.

Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library

315 West Main Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-2013 Internet Address: www.leadlib.sdln.net

Exit 10 • 1920 N. Ave. Spearfish, SD 57783 605-642-1900• 1-800-657-8016 www.prestigeautosales.com

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Person in Charge: Cyndie Harlan, Director Hours: 11:45a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Wednesdays 11:45pm Storytime for pre-school / 1:30pm Home School Hour Fees: None Services Offered: Story time for pre-school through homeschool first grade, children’s books, foreign language books, free internet access, large print books, local historical archives, magazines, newspapers, special programs, videos, and genealogy research with Ancestry Plus accessible on library computers. GED classes use the library for their classes. Call main library for more information on GED classes at this location.

Prairie Hills Transit Administration Office

430 Oriole Drive Spearfish, SD 57783 Dispatch Office 436 E. Colorado Boulevard Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6613 Administration (605) 642-6668 Dispatch Office Internet Address: www.prairiehillstransit.org Person in Charge: Barb Cline, Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday (Office Hours), call for schedule information Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Prairie Hills Transit is a public service dedicated to providing cost-effective, reliable transportation in the Black Hills area. Whether you need to catch a ride to school, or have a doctor’s appointment, Prairie Hills Transit can get you there!

Police Department - Deadwood

100 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: 911 (605) 578-2623 Non-Emergency (605) 578-2230 Lawrence County Sheriff Dispatch Person in Charge: Kelly Fuller, Chief of Police Hours: 24 hours a day for dispatch, Office hours 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday Fees: None Services Offered: The Deadwood Police Department is responsible for protecting and serving the citizens of Deadwood.

Police Department - Lead

801 West Main Street Lead, SD 57754 Phone: 911 (605) 584-2623 Non-Emergency (605) 578-2230 Lawrence County Sheriff Dispatch Person in Charge: John Wainman, Chief of Police Hours: 24 hours a day Fees: None Services Offered: The Lead Police Department is responsible for serving and protecting the citizens of Lead.

Police Department - Spearfish

625 5th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: 911 (605) 642-1300 Non-Emergency Person in Charge: Pat Rotert, Chief of Police Hours: 24 hours a day Fees: None Services Offered: The Spearfish Police Department is responsible for serving and protecting the citizens of Spearfish.

206 Ellison Ct., Lead • 584-2482

Queen City Literacy Council

PO Box 1093 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-4089 Internet Address: www.readsd.org Person in Charge: John Berglund, President Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Goal is to help people receive educational help in a confidential setting.

REALTORS for Kids, Inc.

1230 North Avenue, Suite, 1 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 722-0181 Internet Address: www.RealtorsforKids.org Person in Charge: Brandy Purcell Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: Assists children in the Northern Hills communities that are victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment; have either a temporary or ongoing medical condition that requires money beyond what the child’s primary caregivers are able to provide or wish to participate in school and community programs and do not have the funds to do so.

Ronald McDonald Care Mobile Main Office in Sioux Falls

Ronald McDonald House Charities of SD, Inc. 2001 South Norton Sioux Falls, SD 57105 Phone: (605) 336-6398 Main (605) 338-0779 Administration Internet Address: www.rmhcsouthdakota.org Person in Charge: Mary Schmidt, Executive Director Hours: Call main office for information, check website for schedule Fees: None Services Offered: Through a clinical partnership with Delta Dental of South Dakota and the SD Dept. of

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ADDICTIONS:

Something For Us All to Consider

by Judith Kennedy, YouthWise Thinking about addictions can be similar to thinking of any tragedy: it can’t happen to me. That is one of the deceptive things about addictions: Any one can become addicted. All is takes is for a person to overuse an addictive substance or activity. Some substances are so addictive that a person is addicted after a single or very few uses.

There are a number of definitions of addiction. Some in the field of drug and alcohol use and abuse say that a person has an addiction if they continue using a substance or doing an activity that is creating problems in their lives. Another definition of an addiction is that it is a disease of the brain that is demonstrated by a person continuing to use the substance despite harmful effects. Some think that people with an addiction

should just stop. It often seems obvious to the person who is not addicted, the harm that is being wreaked by the uncontrolled use of the substance in the life of someone they love. Using an addictive substance actually changes the brain. The person whose brain is changing is often unable to see for him or herself the damaging effects of their use.

The current thinking is that for someone, who is addicted to a substance, it is difficult or impossible to “just stop”.

They often need good information and support to stop using the drug.

It is especially concerning for teens who use addictive substances. Current study of the brain tells us that the teen’s brain is still forming, especially the prefrontal cortex, which is the seat of reason and logic. Using alcohol or any

drug during the teenage years can disrupt the normal and healthy development of this very important part of the brain.

If alcohol and other drugs are so dangerous, why does anyone use them?

The reasons are complex. Some people take drugs to “numb” out, to not feel the feelings they have, to not have to handle the problems in their lives. Some people take drugs to get “high”, to feel euphoric. Some people take drugs because they believe they will be able to do something better; like be creative, make new friends, excel at sports or school.

But perhaps the biggest reason people use alcohol and other drugs is to fit in.

One of the most basic needs of humans is to belong. If the group of people we want to hang out with are using drugs,

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we are far more likely to use drugs too. We all want to have fun, if a person perceives that using drugs is fun, they are much more likely to do so. Perhaps that was why the substance field once used scare tactics as part of their information; showing the horrible effects of crack use or lungs ravaged by cancer from smoking. Currently, the thought is to provide people with evidencebased, accurate information on substance use to help them avoid substance use, but it may be good for us to remember the extreme downside of using drugs. Using drugs causes a person to be less inhibited and sometimes to engage in high-risk behaviors they would not usually do. People using drugs can become depressed, violent, and often lose focus on the important things in life they value; like family, doing well in school, participating in activities.

The tricky thing about drugs is that they register in the pleasure center of our brains. We would not even consider using drugs if this were not so. As one continues to use the drug, thinking they can control whether or not to use it, the drug changes the brain’s ability to stop using the drug. Both psychological and physical cravings increase. The speed with which this happens varies with the drug and how it is delivered into the body. But, over time and with use and overuse, the drug changes the brain. The groundwork for an addiction has been laid.

All drugs interfere with the brain’s ability to communicate. This is especially dangerous for teens who are in some of their prime years to learn and to establish who they are in the world. A dangerous aspect of using drugs is that a person’s brain learns that the drug was pleasurable and wants to have it again. As the addiction process continues, the brain is further altered so that the drug which could be relied upon to be pleasurable, no longer delivers that pleasure.

Not everyone who uses a drug will become addicted. But we cannot determine who will become addicted and who will not. Isn’t that a tremendous risk to take while you are trying to establish your young adult life goals and learning?

For more information about the science of addiction, visit www.nida.hih.gov or www.youthwiseonline.org.

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Risks and Side Effects of Specific Drugs

by YouthWise Parents: Be aware of what is in the medicine cabinet.

A Scary Fact: Illicit use of prescription drugs is the most common substance abuse by the youngest teens.

Alcohol: can cause liver damage, falls and accidents are more frequent and fatal, can cause memory losses.

Marijuana: decreases male hormones in males and increases them in females, disrupts memory, ability to focus attention and comprehension. Marijuana is more potent than in the 1960’s and is often laced with other addictive substances.

Cocaine: causes extreme highs and lows, extremely addictive, even causing person to commit crime in order to purchase the next use.

Crack Cocaine: Even a few uses can cause an addiction or even kill a person.

Causes hallucinations, like thinking insects are crawling on your skin.

Inhalants: Cause irreversible brain damage. IQ (the measure of how well a person may be able to learn) actually plummets from inhalant use.

Ecstasy: Since it is made illegally, there can be anything added to it.

Tranquilizers: When used as a doctor prescribes them, these medications can help with anxiety. But over used, these medications slow heart and breathing rates, cause confusion and difficulty concentrating. When taken with alcohol, both depressants, it can be fatal.

Methamphetamines: Other names used are meth, ice, crank, speed. These cause

your heart and breathing rate to increase.

Use can give a person excessive energy, cause weight loss and inability to sleep.

Even if one takes a stimulant prescribed by a doctor for a medical condition, for instance Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, overuse can cause serious physical damage.

Motion Sickness Pills: Taken in excess, these can cause hallucinations.

Pain Relief Medication: Have caused more addictions than inhalants, heroin, cocaine, and hallucinogens combined.

Sleep Aids: Can cause extreme drowsiness and overuse can increase heart rate and cause death.

Cough Medicine: When taken in large amounts, this medicine can cause a high; which when combined with alcohol or other drugs, can cause serious physical side effects. A concern is that only about half of teens surveyed believed that abusing cough medicine was risky.

Hallucinogens: LSD, angel dust, PCP, peyote and magic mushrooms cause a person to see things which are not really there. They can also cause heart damage and death. Even years after using a hallucinogen, a person may still experience hallucinations.

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Spearfish Community Coalition The Spearfish Community Coalition has been in existence since 1993 and pioneered the development of the Spearfish smoke free restaurant campaign and guide, tobacco education banners and billboards and youth training in Improv and TATU. Now as a Drug Free Community Grant recipient, the Spearfish Community Coalition will focus on development and strengthening of ATOD environmental strategies and social norming campaigns as well as coalition capacity building and development.

Spearfish Community Coalition DFC goals were formulated through analysis of the local South Dakota Kids Count Data, 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Poverty Despite Work Handbook, Spearfish School District Annual Report,

South Dakota Highway Safety, Black Hills Community Needs Assessment, The Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, 2007 SD Coalition for Children Report, 2008 Institute for Educational Leadership and Evaluation student surveys, Community Readiness Surveys 2007, South Dakota Youth Tobacco Survey 2007, Key Leader interviews and focus groups, and SAMHSA Reports.

The DFC goals through the Spearfish Community Coalition are: To establish and strengthen collaboration and capacity among Spearfish Community Coalition partner organizations in support of the community’s effort to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.

To reduce substance abuse among youth in Spearfish and over time, among adults, by addressing the issues in our community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the protective factors and/or assets that contribute to resiliency while minimizing the risk of substance abuse.

The Spearfish Community Coalition planning efforts during the past year indicate a high degree of community readiness for targeted substance abuse

efforts to reduce alcohol, tobacco, methamphetamine and marijuana use.

Through a series of monthly training sessions for community members and agency staff, our Coalition has worked to increase community awareness of substance abuse issues facing local youth. As a result, all of our Coalition members have signed Memoranda Of Understanding that indicate their readiness to assist with the implementation of work plans that comprise measurable goals and objectives. Our membership consists of individuals who provide accountability and advisory skills on community board, banks, foundations and committees. The Spearfish Community Coalition members are skilled in systemic planning and adaptability and have years of experience in planning and coordinating community and social service events.

The fiscal agent for the Spearfish Community Coalition is the Family Services Center DBA: YouthWise.

To learn more about Drug Free Community Grants, please visit: http://www.ondcp.gov/DFC/ For more information, contact Sue Konstant at 645-1379.

30 Youth Directory Health, Ronald McDonald House Charities is providing complete oral health care and immunizations to under served children via the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, a 40-foot-long, dental clinic on wheels. Immunization records must be brought for immunizations.

Salvation Army of the Northern Hills

320 Ryan Road Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 722-4321 Persons in Charge: Major Audrey Whitlock and Captain Debra Thompson Hours: 8:30 to 11:30 AM and 12:30 to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Provides temporary lodging for fire, flood or disaster victims, rent eviction and utility bill disconnection assistance, clothing/shoes or household items, emergency food pantry, emergency prescriptions, seasonal food, toys or clothing items, and pastoral counseling.

SDA Thrift Store

340 W. Nevada street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-3425 Person in Charge: Linda Purdy Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Thrift store for Spearfish. Also able to assist with other needs as they are available.

SD Advocacy Services

1575 N LaCrosse Street, Suite K Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (800) 658-4782 Central intake office-new clients (605) 342-2575 Rapid City office

Internet address: www.sdadvocacy.com Person in Charge: Robert Kean, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Provided: South Dakota Advocacy Services is South Dakota’s designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System. Federal law provides that each state have a system for protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. South Dakota Advocacy Services (SDAS) is the independent, private, non-profit, tax exempt corporation designated by the Governor to assist in providing protection and advocacy services to eligible South Dakotans.

SD CARES

2800 Jackson Boulevard, Suite 401 Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone: (605) 224-5879 Main (800) 592-1852 Toll Free Internet Address: www.sd.easterseals.com Person in Charge: Shirley Allen Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Easter Seals is a mini-health not-forprofit agency whose mission is to help adults and children with disabilities achieve independence by offering programs that are flexible and responsive to their individual needs. These programs and services are made possible through the concern and generosity of individual contributors and corporate sponsors as well as state and federal grants and fundraisers. An annual statewide conference is offered that provides training, support, resources and information concerning the needs of family and professional caregivers. In addition, afternoon workshops are offered in rural towns throughout the year.

SD Department of Labor Employment Services - Spearfish

1300 North Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6900 Internet Address: www.sdjobs.org Person in Charge: Lisa Johnson, Manager Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Wednesday; Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm, Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm Fees: None Services Offered: Assistance is provided free of charge to all individuals seeking local labor market information and employment through the use of job listings from local employers. There are job listings from local area employers, employers across the state, and federal and state government agencies. Provide access to SDWORKS, America’s Job Bank, and Internet usages for the purpose of job search.

Telephone numbers and addresses are also available for employment agencies across the United States and One-Stop Career Centers.

SD Department of Labor Migrant/Seasonal Farm Worker Spearfish

1300 North Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6900 Internet Address: www.sdjobs.org Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Assistance is provided to qualified migrant or seasonal farm and ranch workers for the purpose of retraining and placement into unrelated employment areas.

Our mission is to distribute funds to children in the Northern Black Hills to be used for the betterment of children’s lives and to provide an opportunity for the Northern Black Hills Association of Realtors® members to give something back to the communities that they serve.

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SD Career Center - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Spearfish

1300 North Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6900 Internet Address: www.sdjobs.org Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: TANF is an employment and training program designed to assist TANF applicants or recipients to prepare for and secure full-time employment leading toward economic selfsufficiency. Applicants may be placed in community service or employment in exchange for public assistance, which provides basic work skills that will improve their chances of being successful in the workforce.

SD Department of Labor Lead

308 Julius Street, Suite A Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-1361 Internet Address: www.sdjobs.org Hours: 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Monday and Wednesday Fees: None Services Offered: Assistance is provided free of charge to all individuals seeking local labor market information and employment through the use of job listings from local employers. There are job listings from local area employers, employers across the state, and federal and state government agencies. Provide access to SDWORKS, America’s Job Bank, and Internet usages for the purpose of job search.

Telephone numbers and addresses are also available for employment agencies across the United States and One-Stop Career Centers.

SD Department of Labor Spearfish Office 1300 North Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6900

SD Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Call Center - Spearfish

Phone: (605) 626-3179 Internet Address: www.sd.uiclaims.com Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday (CST) Fees: None Services Offered: Temporary financial assistance is available for persons who have lost their job through no fault of their own.

SD Driver Licensing Program Lawrence County Dept. of Public Safety

Fire Station 737 Main Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Fire Hall 622 Canyon Spearfish, SD 57783 Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/dps/dl/FAQs/Stations.asp Hours: 7:45am - 5:00pm, Tuesdays (Deadwood) 8:00am - 5:00pm, Wednesdays (Spearfish) Fees: $8.00 for new or renewed license Services Offered: The South Dakota Driver’s License Program is responsible for individuals that are applying for a South Dakota Drivers License or Identification Card.

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SD Parent Connection

150 Knollwood Drive Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 348-0305 (800) 440-1810 Toll Free Internet Address: www.sdparent.org Person in Charge: Rosa Herman, Coordinator Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Provides information, training, resources, and assistance to parents, educators, and service providers caring for children with disabilities.

Services include: lending library, quarterly newsletter, linking parents for support, individualized technical assistance, parent/professional information workshops regarding disability issues, and various volunteer/educational opportunities for individuals/families/professionals.

SD Parent Information and Resource Center

PO Box 218 Sturgis, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 347-6260 (800) 219-6247 Toll Free Internet Address: www.sdpirc.org Person in Charge: Lori Laughlin, Statewide Coordinator Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Provides information and training to effectively engage families in the educational success of children. SDPRN has developed informational materials and training opportunities designed to help parents understand the provisions and opportunities of the No Child Left Behind Act, build the capacity of parents to support their children’s development and academic achievement from birth through high school, and assist schools to create partnerships and

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How to Talk to a Friend in Need of Help

by Mandi Scott, YouthWise

If you are concerned about a friend, brother, or sister who is using drugs or alcohol, this article may be of interest to you. Discussing a friend’s drug or alcohol use is not any easy thing to do. It is normal to worry about how a friend or sibling will react to your concerns. There are many specific strategies that you can use to help a friend in need, and start the discussion.

People with drug or alcohol problems usually defend their use or make excuses for it. However, 68% of teens said they would turn to a friend or brother/sister about a serious problem related to substance abuse (NHSDA Report). This means that when you talk, your friend will listen.

Make a plan.

It is important to prepare for the conversation with your friend before having it.

You will want to think about where and when you will have the conversation as well as what you will say. It is a good idea to organize your thoughts and reflect on the facts of the situation.

Remember that you will want to have the conversation at a time and place that is both comfortable and safe for you and your friend.

Follow these steps as you plan to talk to your friend.

Always remember that your friend’s drug/alcohol us is NOT your fault.

Never confront your friend when he/she is drunk or high.

Keep the situation calm. If your friend becomes angry, leave the situation and bring it up later when he/she is calm.

If you are nervous about having the conversation with your friend, practice with someone to help you with what you are going to say.

If you need help talking to your friend, don’t be afraid to seek professional and confidential help from an adult (parent, counselor, teacher).

Write a note.

You may feel more comfortable writing your friend a note to begin the process of helping them.

This can be a great way to start the path towards helping your friend or loved one. You may want to point out to them that you have seen some changes in their mood or behavior lately and are concerned about them. It is important to let him/her know that you are there to help and that you would like to talk to them about your concerns. If you get no response, then you will want to initiate a conversation when it is appropriate.

The conversation.

When you and your friend are ready to talk, choose a place where you are both comfortable and will not be interrupted. Keep in mind that how you say something is just as important as what you say.

You will want to use a supportive, caring tone and be clear in what you are saying. It is important to be assertive, not aggressive.

Be sure to have a balance in your conversation. Your friend may think you are just being critical of them, so try to give some examples of how you feel and the changes you see when he/she is using drugs or alcohol. For example: “You are one of my best friends, but when you are high you act differently and are not the same person. This makes me sad and it is disappointing.”

Try to personalize the conversation, put in your feelings and observations.

Sum it up by saying things like “You just aren’t the same anymore. I miss you. I want the old you back.” By doing this you are showing how much you care for the person and that you truly want to help them.

Key talking points.

I don’t want anything to happen to you, or for you to hurt yourself.

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We all care about you and count on you. Your family and friends look up to you, as I do.

What would we all do if you were gone?

Drugs and alcohol can ruin your future… your chance to graduate, go to college, or get a job. Look at all the things you would.

I want to support you….What can I do to help you?

Are there any other problems or concerns you want to talk about?

Let’s talk about why you use; are you feeling pressured?

I love you and I won’t give up on you.

If you need someone to talk to, an adult or professional, I can help you find someone. I will be here to support you and help you along the way.

If you feel the friend’s problem is more than you can handle or want to try to handle, it is a good time to seek help from a parent, counselor, or other supportive adult. If you

are not sure how your parents or your friend’s parent will react, then talking to a counselor is a good idea.

Listen.

After you talk to your friend or loved one, ask that person what he or she thinks.

What is their response to the information you have just shared with them. Listen to your friend. Do not interrupt them to make a point of your own, really listen. Being a good listener is just as important as talking to them. Let them know you are listening by nodding your head in reassurance or make short comments that show you understand and hear what they are telling you. If say they want to stop using drugs, offer your help. Ask if they want to see a counselor who can help during times like these.

Keep at it.

Talking to your friend is a continuous process, not a onetime conversation. Before you end your first conversation you may want to decide when you

will check in with each other to talk about how things are going.

This is important even if your friend has already decided to seek professional help, you are still a support for him/her.

Remember that you cannot solve your friend’s problems, and you may not have the power to convince your friend to change his or her habits. If you have tried your best and you run out of options, you need to think of your own best interest.

You may want to seek support from other friends or trusted adults. It may also be important for your own well-being to limit the time you spend with your drug or alcohol-using friend.

They may also be putting you at risk.

Sources: www.Abovetheinfluence.com, www.drugfree.org

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Ready for Kick Off

by Jodi Oliver

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Black Hills is ready to kick off the “mentoring” season in Spearfish. The program’s expansion is currently progressing well as Northern Hills office is seeing an increase in referrals and in volunteers.

Big Brothers Big Sisters will start by implementing two programs in Spearfish in this inaugural year: the traditional community mentoring program, and “Campus Kids”.

The traditional community mentoring program occurs when a Big Brother or Big Sister is matched with a Little Brother or Sister. Once the mentoring match is made the pair will meet once a week for two to four hours to enjoy an activity that will be fun and engaging for both of them. The match is supported by the program in terms of helping to identify activities and mutual interests as well as doing monthly updates to ensure there are no problems that need to be addressed. The Campus Kids program is a once a week activity in which volunteers from Black Hills State University come to lead team building and leadership development activities, tutor if needed, and eat with the younger students . The younger students who will participate in the program are brought in from the waiting list of referrals, so that no child or youth that is referred is not engaged in a mentoring relationship for an extended period of time.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has seen significant success in preventing substance use and abuse as well as helping children and youth to succeed in the classroom. Studies have shown that out of the children who participate in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program 46% are less likely to begin using illegal drugs and 52% are less likely to skip school. With successes like this, the expansion of the program into the Northern Hills is even more exciting as it provides a great opportunity for the children and youth of our community as

well as for our adult volunteers.

The volunteers, or mentors, who will be participating in the program will be thoroughly screened to ensure that the children and youth who will be participating in the program will be in a safe, positive environment. The prospective mentors will go through two interviews, one in the office and one in the mentor’s home, and they will also go through a background check.

The process of making a match takes about eight hours, and then the mentor will be on their way to making a positive impact on the life of a child.

The process of becoming a mentor begins by visiting the Big Brothers Big Sisters website, www.bigmentors.com, to fill out an application.

Any child or youth, in 2nd through 9th grades, are welcome to participate in the program. There are no eligibility requirements. The referral process also starts by visiting the website, www.bigmentors.com, to fill out a client application. Once the application is set the interviewing starts with the parent/guardian to decide what type of mentor would be the best fit for the child.

While the Northern Hills Office is an extension of the Rapid City office, there is an advisory board in place in the Northern Hills. The advisory board has seven members, including Nancy Wietgrefe, Michael Trump, Alecia Hoffman, Danielle Osloond, Lori Jeffery, Holly Stillson, and Keith Wintersteen.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is currently seeking “Bigs” and “Littles” in the Northern Hills.

If you’d like to make a positive difference in the life of a child or know a child who could use a positive influence please visit our website www.bigmentors.com or contact Jodi Oliver at 605-569-0828 or nhbbbs@bigmentors.com

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SD Vocational Rehabilitation Services Department of Human Services

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1300 North Avenue Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6817 Internet Address: www.dhs.sd.gov/drs/vocrehab/vr.aspx Person in Charge: Mary Lesselyoung, Senior Counselor Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Wednesday and Friday 9:00am - 4:30pm, Thursday Services Offered: Vocational Rehabilitation is a program that provides individualized vocational rehabilitation and supportive services to assist eligible individuals with disabilities to get and keep jobs compatible with their skills and abilities.

SD Parents as Teachers

PO Box 218 Sturgis, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 347-6260 Person in Charge: Patsy Locken, Lori Laughlin Hours: Call for information.

Services Offered: Free parent education and support program based on the philosophy that parents are their child’s first and most important teacher. This program is available to all families that are either expecting a child or who have a child under the age of four.

SD Risk Pool

C/O Bureau of Personnel 500 E. Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 Phone: (605) 773-3148 Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/bop/RiskPool.htm Person in Charge: Jill Kruger, Risk Pool Program Manager Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: To be eligible for the SD Risk Pool insurance coverage, you must: be a resident of SD, apply within 63 days of losing prior coverage, have at least 12 months of continuous creditable coverage, have used up COBRA or state continuation coverage, have not had your most recent coverage terminated due to nonpayment or fraud, and not be covered under a group health plan, Medicare, Medicaid, or any other form of health insurance.

SD Voices for Children

808 N. West Avenue PO Box 2196 (Mailing Address) Sioux Falls, SD 57101 Phone: (605) 367-9667 Fax: (605) 335-3836 1641 Deadwood Avenue PO Box 9575 (Mailing Address) Rapid City, SD 57709-9575 Phone: (605) 721-0699 Fax: (605) 341-3902 Internet Address: www.sdvoicesforchildren.org Person in Charge: Dr. Susan M. Randall, Ph. D., Ex. Dir. Hours: Call for information Services Offered: The mission of South Dakota Voices for Children is to improve the lives of children through policy and program advocacy. Our vision is that the needs of all South Dakota children are met, including food, clothing, shelter, health care,

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Senior Companions of South Dakota Black Hills

2040 W. Main, Suite 213 Rapid City, SD 57702 Phone: (605) 721-8884 Person in Charge: Jennifer Bauman-Holec, Program Coordinator Hours: Call for information Fees: None Services Offered: Provides friendship and free in-home assistance with daily activities such as meal preparation, light housekeeping, transportation, and respite care to homebound elderly or disabled individuals to prevent premature nursing home placement.

Senior Health Information and Insurance

Education (SHIINE) Phone: (605) 642-5123 (800) 536-8197 Toll Free Hours: Call for information Services Offered: The purpose of the SHIINE program is to educate Medicare beneficiaries and their families on Medicare and Medicare Advantage issues, as well as private health insurance policies like long-term care insurance and Medicare supplemental insurance. Information provided is free and confidential. SHIINE counselors can answer questions about benefits, help with complicated forms and provide referrals to the appropriate agencies. Counseling topics include: Medicare Part A and B, Preventive Benefits, Medicare Appeals, Medicare Savings Program, Medicare Supplemental Insurance and Medicare Advantage Plans, Long-Term Care

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Insurance, Prescription Drug Insurance (Medicare Part D), and Organizing Medical Bills for Payment.

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1306 10th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2827 Main (605) 642-2093 Main (800) 933-7427 Main office in Colorado, Toll Free Internet Address: www.sharecolorado.com Person in Charge: Jerri Heggum, Coordinator Hours: Call for information on order and pick-up dates Fees: vary, depending on order, call for information Services Offered: The goal of SHARE is to help families save about 50% on their groceries, while encouraging the building of relationships with their neighbors in the community. Any one from the affluent to those with struggling budgets can participate in SHARE. SHARE selected about twenty items that you are most likely to buy at the grocery store, including fresh vegetables, and frozen meals. Through a national affiliate network, SHARE purchase’s massive quantities of these items at very low prices. Items can be ordered at different host site locations throughout Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming. There are registration times listed for each host site, call the host site if the registration time has passed.

Social Security Administration Rapid City

605 Main Street, Suite 201 Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-1819 Main (800) 772-1213 National Toll Free Hotline Person in Charge: William H. Ouellette, District Manager

Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: The office administers the full range of social security benefits, including supplemental security income benefits to the western third of the state of SD.

Spearfish Community Coalition

PO Box 433 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 645-1379 Email Address: spfccdirector@gmail.com Person in charge: Sue Konstant, coalition facilitator Hours: Meets monthly. Call for date Fees: none Services Offered: The goals of the Drug Free Comunity Grant are to: (1) establish/strengthen collaboration among various governmental, business, social service, public and private entities to increase coalition and community capacity by 2) recruitment, retention and cultural competency and build community partnerships; 3) involve businesses, schools and government in supply reduction of alcohol and drugs.

Spearfish Elementary Teammates West Elementary School

525 E. Illinois Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1205 Internet Address: www.spearfish.k12.sd.us Person in Charge: Barb Peterson, Coordinator Hours: Call for information Services Offered: Teammates is a mentorship program coordinated between BHSU preservice teachers and Spearfish elementary students. The mentors meet with a paired teammate about one hour per week within the school day to provide support and friendship to those who are in need. The

program provides valuable experience for the BHSU students and invaluable support for students who may be struggling in any number of ways.

Spearfish Food Pantry

Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 645-7802 Hours: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday Services Offered: Food Pantry for Spearfish.

Spearfish Foundation for Public Education

PO Box 1351 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1201 Hours: Call for information Services Offered: The purpose of the Spearfish Foundation for Public Education (SFPE) is to support and promote excellence in education in the Spearfish Public Schools. Funds raised from donations are used to promote innovative educational programs, support quality classrooms and build an outstanding future for the children of Spearfish.

Spearfish Nutrition Site / Meals on Wheels

430 Oriole Drive Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-6613 Person in Charge: Jack Robinson, Dietary Manager Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Offers congregate meals for lunch and dinner, and offers home delivered meals for lunch in Spearfish.

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SCHOOL INFORMATION Lead-Deadwood School District #40-1

320 S. Main Lead, SD 57754 Dr. Dan Leikvold, Superintendent Mr. Mike Sanders, Director of Special Services Internet Address: www.lead-deadwood.k12.sd.us Phone: (605) 717-3890

Lead-Deadwood Elementary School

716 Main Deadwood, SD 57732 Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: (605) 717-3884 Contacts: Mr. Tim Kosters, Principal Ms. Lori Enright, Counselor Mrs. Phillips, Office Manager Mrs. Craiger, Secretary

Lead-Deadwood Middle School 234 S. Main, Lead, SD 57754 Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: (605) 717-3898 Contacts: Mr. Nick Gottlob, Principal Mr. Steve Rice, Dean of Students Mr. Tony Biesiot, Activities Director Ms. Lori Enright, Counselor Mrs. Lynn Jones, Secretary Mrs. Deonne Bloomberg, Secretary

Lead-Deadwood High School

320 S. Main Lead, SD 57754 Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Phone: (605) 717-3899 Contacts: Mr. Nick Gottlob, Principal Mr. Steve Rice, Dean of Students/Activities Director Mr. Ron Pray, Counselor Mrs. Lori Aberle, Secretary

Meade School District #46-1 Mr. James Heinert, Superintendent Ms. Chrissy Peterson, Director of Special Services

Whitewood Elementary School Meade School District #46-1 603 Garfield Whitewood, SD 57793 Phone: (605) 269-2264 Internet Address: www.meade.k12.sd.us Services Offered: Serves grades K through 6.

Contacts: Ms. Bev Rosenboom, Principal Ms. Karen Speed, Office Secretary Ms. Katie Heckenliable, Behavioral Aid, Office Assistant Ms. June Reilly, Counselor Ms. Ginger Johnson, School Social Worker

Middle School Spearfish School District #40-2 Spearfish School District 40-2

Mr. Dave Peters, Superintendent Ms. Keyra Comer, Director of Special Services Mr. Paul Soriano, District Title I Coordinator

Spearfish East Elementary School Spearfish School District #40-2 400 E. Hudson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1210 Internet Address: www.spearfish.k12.sd.us Services Offered: Serves grades 3-5 Contacts: Mr. Dan Olson, Principal Ms. MaryJo Retzl, Secretary Ms. Shirley Ann Povandra, Principal's Secretary Mr. Dusty Pentz, Counselor

Spearfish West Elementary School Spearfish School District #40-2 920 King Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1205 Internet Address: www.spearfish.k12.sd.us Services Offered: Serves grades Pre-K-2 Contacts: Mr. Paul Soriano, Principal Ms. Deb Parsons, Administrative Office Assistant Ms. Sue Seykora, Administrative Office Assistant Ms. Lori Jeffery, Counselor

1600 Canyon 525 E. Illinois Street (Mailing Address) Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1215 Internet Address: www.spearfish.k12.sd.us Services Offered: Serves grades 6-8 Contacts: Mr. Tom Riedel, Principal Mr. Chad Johnson, Dean of Students Mrs.Rogers, Administrative Office Assistant Ms. Amy Leppert, Administrative Office Assistant Dr, Elaine Doll-Dunn, Counselor Ms. Kerry Bell, Counselor Amanda Gail, School Social Worker

High School Spearfish School District #40-2

1725 N. Main 525 E. Illinois Street (Mailing Address) Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1212 Internet Address: www.spearfish.k12.sd.us Services Offered: Serves grades 9-12 Contacts: Mr. Steve Morford, Principal Ms. Jim Seyer, Assistant Principal Ms. Karen Hahn, Activities Director Robi Apland, Secretary to Principal Pam Waterson, Attendence Ms. Jackie Rans, Counselor Ms. Marcia Aiken, Counselor

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Web site helps South Dakota parents with children’s mental health needs

by SD Voices for Children Fostering a child’s mental health is as important to overall well-being as shelter, nutritious food and health care. Good mental health allows children to think clearly, develop socially and learn new skills.

A new Web site — www.sdkidsmentalhealth.org — developed especially for South Dakota parents, includes information about mental health disorders that can affect children, available services, and how and where to get help. The Web site includes: • A Parent’s Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services in South Dakota, • And because not all parents get their information from reading, a companion video to the

Parent’s Guide can be viewed on the site, • The Wings for Life parent newsletter series, with information and tips relating to children from kindergarten to 8th grade, • Searchable directory of mental health providers throughout South Dakota, • Searchable bibliography of helpful children’s books, • Other resources.

This Web site was developed

by South Dakota Voices for Children with the guidance of experts in the field and a Mental Health Advisory Group. We are grateful for The Wellmark Foundation’s funding support in developing the Web site and for sustaining support from Avera and from Sanford Health.

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Spearfish Parks and Recreation

Phone: (605) 644-4170 Internet Address: www.regionalmedicalclinic.com Person in Charge: Angela Leonard, Clinic Administrator Hours: 7:30am - 6:00pm, Monday - Thursday 7:30am-5:00pm, Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic provides the following services: family medicine, general surgery, lab services, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, psychology, radiology and ultrasound services.

625 Fifth Street, 2nd floor Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-1333 Fax: (605) 642-1337 Internet Address: www.spearfishparksandrec.com Person in Charge: Keith Hepper Services Offered: The Spearfish Parks and Recreation offers many opportunities for all ages. Spearfish has 10 city parks, a city campground, city skate park, Youth Sports Complex, and baseball and soccer fields.

Spearfish Recreation offers summer programs for children, youth activity days during school months, family events and youth and/or adult sports opportunities. The City partners with sports associations, Spearfish school district, Cooperative Extension, youth service organizations, YouthWise, and Black Hills State University to promote and offer healthy activities.

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Spearfish Regional Hospital

2479 East Colorado Boulevard Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 644-4460 Internet Address: www.regionalmedicalclinic.com Person in Charge: Angela Leonard, Clinic Administrator Hours: 8:00am - 7:00pm, Monday - Wednesday / 8:00am - 5:00pm, Thursday - Friday / 9:00am 2:30pm, Saturday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic East provides the following services: family medicine, fullservice lab, radiology, Urgent Care, and walk-in appointments.

1440 N. Main Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 644-4000 Main hospital switchboard Internet Address: www.regionalhealth.com Person in Charge: Larry Veitz, Administrator Hours: 24 hours / 7 days a week Fees: Insurance accepted Services Offered: Spearfish Regional Hospital is a 40 bed hospital serving Spearfish and the surrounding area. Services include: 24-hour Emergency Services, labor and delivery, laboratory, wound care, nursing services, pharmacy, medical imaging, rehabilitative services, cardiac rehabilitation, home health, and hospice.

Spearfish Recreation & Aquatic Center

Spearfish Regional Medical Clinic

122 Recreation Lane Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: 605-722-1430 Fax: (605) 722-1436 Internet Address: www.spearfishparksandrec.com Person in Charge: Alecia Hoffman Hours: 5:30 am – 9:00 pm M-F, 8:00am – 6:00pm Sat

1445 North Ave. Spearfish, SD 57783

1:00pm – 6:00pm Sun Fees: Various Daily & Annual Membership rates along with special Youth and Senior rates available.

Services Offered: Spearfish Recreation & Aquatic Center provides a complete indoor athletic and exercise facility including a double court gymnasium, suspended three lane walking & jogging track, aerobics room, open fitness area, and multi-purpose & party rooms. Party room and athletic facility rentals are available for private events. Rec Center offers an Hourly Care Program for infants and children up to age 8. Youth activities include game bikes, batting cages, Wii, billiards, table tennis, foosball, arts & crafts, arcade games, basketball, and much more! The outdoor Aquatic Waterpark features a splash pad with interactive play features, zero depth entry pool with geyser spray, lazy river with sprays and bridge, 25 yard - 3 lane pool with wheelchair access, double flume slides, drop slide, climbing wall, floating adventure walk, and bubble pit vortex. The concession area provides a full range of snack foods and beverages to enjoy while exercising in the Rec Center or lounging by the pool.

The Stop & Grow After-School Activity Center

716 Main Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 717-3884 (elementary office) (605) 641-5150 (program cell phone) Person in Charge: Deana Ward, Director Hours: 3:00pm - 6:00pm, school days Fees: Call for information Services Offered: The Stop & Grow Activity Center is an after-school enrichment program available to elementary and 6th grade students in the LeadDeadwood community. The Stop & Grow Activity Center offers students and safe, supervised,

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Stop and Think SD

119 E. Grant PO Box 1178 (Mailing Address) Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-1959 Internet Address: www.stopthinksd.net Person in Charge: Roxanne Johnson, Program Director Hours: 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: Provides the following services: peer counseling, information for teens regarding abstinence and sex, information for parents regarding discussion tips and statistics, family activities such as the father/daughter ball, and mentoring programs that pairs teens (13 years and up) with adult mentors

Students for Educational Excellence (SEE)

236 Jackson Boulevard Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 645-1976 Person in Charge: Everett Follette Services Offered: Students for Educational Excellence is a free math and reading tutoring program for children in grades 3-5.

Tutoring occurs on Tuesdays and Thursdays immediately after school until 5:00pm. Tutors are former educators and/or professionals who volunteer their time to help young people improve their reading and math skills.

SunCatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy

Hours: Monday & Tuesday 10:00am - 4:00pm, Wednesday 12 - 6pm and Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm

PO Box 3975 Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone: (605) 673-2935 Internet Address: www.suncatchertra.org Hours: Call for information Fees: Call for information Services Offered: SunCatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy is a non-profit organization providing therapeutic riding services to people with disabilities.

SunCatcher Therapeutic Riding Academy utilizes a trained team of horses, instructors and volunteers, to carry out its primary mission of providing a comprehensive equine therapy program for children, teens, and adults with disabilities. A physicians referral and/or appropriate release agreements are required.

Weatherization - Western SD Community Action

1844 Lombardy Drive Rapid City, SD 57703 Phone: (605) 348-1460 Person in Charge: Linda Edel, Executive Director Hours: 7:00am - 12:00pm; 1:00pm 5:00pm, Monday - Thursday Services Offered: Weatherization of the home or mobile home includes, but it not limited to, windows, doors, sealing vents, etc. This allows for the home to be more cost efficient to the homeowner or renter. The client must be within income guidelines

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Western Resources for DisABLED Independence (WRDI)

2400 W. 49th Street, Suite 100 Sioux Falls, SD 57105-6558 Phone: (800) 453-0494 Toll Free (800) 772-1213 Toll Free National (800) 325-0778 Toll Free TTY Internet Address: www.socialsecurity.gov Person in Charge: Randy Lueking, District Manager Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program pays benefits to disabled adults and children who have limited income and resources. SSI benefits are also payable to people 65 and older without disabilities who meet the financial limits.

5 Galena Street Lead, SD 57754 Phone: 584-2074 Person in Charge: Valerie Meiners

1205 E. Saint James Street Rapid City, SD 57701 Phone: (605) 342-0345 Internet Address: www.wellspringrc.org Person in Charge: Jay A. Van Hunnik, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Wellspring provides family based therapeutic services for youth who cannot function in their family, the open community and the open school setting due to mental, emotional, and/or chemical dependency problems.

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Internet Address: www.wrdi.org Person in Charge: Lauri White Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday Services Offered: Offers an array of services such as advocacy, independent living skills training, peer support, information and referral; must meet income guidelines for home modifications and adaptive devices. Advocacy services include assistance with SSI, SSDI, medications, food stamps, housing, and more.

Western South Dakota Community Action - Main Office in Rapid City

1844 Lombardy Drive Rapid City, SD 57703 Phone: (605) 348-1460 Internet Address: www.dss.sd.gov/ea/communityassistance/western.asp Services Offered: The Western South Dakota Community Action Agency’s purpose is to make a positive impact upon the causes and effects of poverty. It supplies those living in poverty with the tools and assistance necessary to help themselves overcome these conditions. Services include the commodities program, food pantry services, personal care items, information and referral services, and medical equipment lending.

Whitewood Food Pantry Black Hills Baptist Church

12205 SD Highway 34 Whitewood, SD 57793 Phone: (605) 269-2646 (605) 269-2360 Internet Address: www.manta.com Person in Charge: Jeff Sackett Hours: 9:00am - 12:00pm, 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Food Pantry for Whitewood.

Whitewood Public Library

1201 Ash Street Whitewood, SD 57793 Phone: (605) 269-2616 Internet Address: www.manta.com Person in Charge: Rea Weyrich Hours: 9:30am - 11:30am and 1:00pm - 5:00pm, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday / 1:00pm 5:00pm and 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Tuesday and Thursday Services Offered: Videos, magazines, bestsellers, meeting facilities, interlibrary loan program, summer reading programs, free internet access and Whitewood archives.

WIC - Lawrence County Dept. of Health

Pluma School, 9 Kirk Road PO Box 604 (Mailing Address) Deadwood, SD 57732-0604 Phone: (605) 578-2660 Deadwood (605) 642-6915 Spearfish Internet Address: www.state.sd.us/doh Hours: Call for information Fees: None Services Offered: The Women, Infants, and Children program is available to pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants and children up to 5 years of age.

Participants must also meet income, residential and nutritional guidelines. The program provides nutrition education, supplemental foods, and health care referrals to its participants. A nationwide program, it is administered in South Dakota by the State Health Department. The ultimate goal of WIC is to improve the nutritional status of its participants through education and early intervention.

Youth & Family Services - Head Start

1920 Plaza Boulevard P.O. Box 2813 (mailing address) Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone: (605) 342-4195 (800) 568-0202 Toll Free Internet Address: www.youthandfamilyservice.org Contact: Denise Bakke Hours: Call for information Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Head Start and Early Head Start are federally-funded child development programs that serve low-income families with children ages prenatal to 5. The overall goal of the program is to increase the social competence of young children and the selfsufficiency of families. Youth & Family Services recognizes the parent as the child’s primary educator, nurturer and advocate.

Youth & Family Services Early Head Start

1920 Plaza Boulevard P.O. Box 2813 (mailing address) Rapid City, SD 57709 Phone: (605) 641-4770 (800) 568-0202 Toll Free Internet Address: www.youthandfamilyservice.org Contact: Michelle Ugland Hours: Call for information Fees: Call for information Services Offered: Head Start and Early Head Start are federally-funded child development programs that serve low-income families with children ages prenatal to 5. The overall goal of the program is to increase the social competence of young children and the selfsufficiency of families. Youth & Family Services recognizes the parent as the child’s primary educator, nurturer and advocate.

YouthWise

PO Box 433 Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 717-1212 Internet Address: www.youthwiseonline.org Person in Charge: Angie King MS, NCC, Executive Director Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday Fees: None Services Offered: YouthWise is a local, nonprofit, state accredited prevention organization providing evidence based curriculum with endorsements by the S. D. Department of Human Services-the Division of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.

Services provided by YouthWise include classroom instruction and presentations utilizing Getting to Know You, Life Skills, Healthy High Schools and Character Education. YouthWise offers support groups, individual assistance and education to individuals, classrooms, groups and family members with referrals to other resources in the community.

Programs and technical support offered through YouthWise include: Prevention, Transition and Diversion.

CHAMBER INFORMATION AND MINISTERIAL INFORMATION Deadwood Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau

735 Main Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Phone: (605) 578-1876 Internet Address: www.deadwood.org Lead Chamber of Commerce 160 W. Main Street Lead, SD 57754 Phone: (605) 584-1100 Internet Address: www.leadmethere.org

Spearfish Chamber of Commerce 106 W. Kansas PO Box 550 (mailing address) Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-2626 Internet Address: www.spearfish.sd.us

Lead-Deadwood Ministerial Association Lead Assembly of God 107 S. Wall Lead, SD 57754 Phone: 584-2960 Person in Charge: Rev. Paul Thompson, Services Offered: The Lead-Deadwood Ministerial Association meets to foster the ecumenical spirit in Lead and Deadwood and to provide on a limited bases emergency referrals for families in need.

Spearfish Ministerial Association

115 7th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Phone: (605) 642-0874 Person in Charge: Darren Turdy, President Services Offered: The Spearfish Ministerial Association meets to foster the ecumenical spirit in Spearfish and to provide on a limited bases emergency referrals for families in need.

Area Support Groups

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) - Bend Enders Homestake Opera House 309 Main St. Lead, SD 57754 Meets Thursday at 12:00pm

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Center of Hope 306 Main St. Lead, SD 57754 Meets Mondays & Fridays at 7:00pm

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Deadwood St. Ambrose Catholic Church School

750 Main Street Deadwood, SD 57732 Meets at 10:00am on Sundays and 7:00pm on Thursdays.

Al-Anon - Spearfish United Methodist Church

845 N. 5th (basement) Spearfish, SD 57783 Mondays at 7:30 pm Hudson Hall 222 W. Hudson, Rm. B Spearfish, SD 57783 Wednesday at 12:00 p.m.

United Methodist Church 845 N. 5th (basement) Spearfish, SD 57783 Saturdays at 11:00 am Our Saviors Lutheran Church 1020 State St. (North basement entrance) Spearfish, SD 57783 Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) - “Spearfish Group” Episcopal Church 129 W. Michigan Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Meets at 8:00pm on Mondays, 8:30pm on Wednesdays, 8:00pm on Fridays, and 7:30am on Saturdays.

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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) “Men’s Literature Study” Hudson Hall 222 W. Hudson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Meets on Sundays at 8:00pm.

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Whitewood

Immanual Lutheran Church 920 Fillmore St. Whitewood, SD 57793 Meets Wednesdays & Saturdays at 7:00pm

Alzheimer’s Support Group

Hickory House 430 Oriole Drive Spearfish, SD 57783 Meets the 4th Tuesday of each month at 5:00pm

Caregivers Support Group

Spearfish Regional Hospital 1440 N. Main Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 644-4238 Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 2:00pm.

Depression and Bipolar Alliance Support Group

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 1020 State Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 722-8282 Meets every other Monday at 7:00pm.

Domestic Violence Support Group Artemis House Meets at Artemis House Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 642-7825 Meets Mondays from 6:30pm - 7:30pm.

Gamblers Anonymous (GA) - Lead First Presbyterian Church 12 Baltimore Street Lead, SD 57754 (605) 722-3461 Meets at 7:00pm on Thursdays.

Men Encouraging Men Support Group

Cedar House Restaurant 130 Ryan Road Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 644-4421 Meets the last Thursday of each month at 7:30pm.

Multiple-Sclerosis (MS) Support Group

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 844 N. 5th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 644-8921 Meets the second Friday of each month at 10:00am.

Hospice of the Northern Hills Bereavement Support Group

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) - Spearfish

Spearfish Regional Hospital - Crow Peak Conference Room 1440 N. Main Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 644-4421 or (605) 644-4444 Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 3:00pm.

Hudson Hall, Suite D 222 W. Hudson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 Meets on Wednesdays at 12:00pm.

Overeaters Anonymous

Lead-Deadwood Diabetes Support Group

Deadwood City Hall 108 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732 (605) 717-6431 or (605) 719-6456 Meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:00pm.

Little B.I.T. of Comfort Group

Spearfish City Hall Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 664-4421 Meets the second Monday of each month at 7:00pm.

All Angels Episcopal Church 1044 N. 5th Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 642-1150 Meets Mondays from 5:30pm.

YANA, Anorexia/Bulimia Support Group

Hudson Hall, Room D 222 W. Hudson Street Spearfish, SD 57783 (605) 717-2356 Meets Mondays from 7:00pm - 8:00pm.

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For Community Organizations: www.mediacampaign.org www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov www.findtreatment.SAMHSA.gov www.methresources.gov www.youthwiseonline.org www.twloha.com/vision/

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