Services provided include: case management, civil legal advocacy (protection orders, accompanying to court hearings), civil legal assistance (provided by attorney or paralegal), criminal justice advocacy, crisis intervention, employment assistance (job training, coaching, supported or sheltered employment), forensic exam assistance (provided by nurse or forensic examiner), hospital/clinic accompanying, language services (interpreters and translators), long term Care (assist with connecting to services for daily needs), peer support connections, personal planning (assist victim/ survivor with goal-setting and develop plans to accomplish), respite (connect to short term care to victim/survivor to relieve primary caregiver[s]), transportation, and victim/survivor advocacy (actions designed to assist victim/survivor in obtaining support, resources or services, including housing, employment shelter services, health care, and victim's compensation).

Financial Assistance: Utility Assistance for past due and disconnection notices including water, lights, and heating. To be screened for utility assistance or for information about current eligibility guidelines, please call 605-342-0982. Non-Financial Assistance Programs: Food Pantry: For those needing assistance with food. Clothing Vouchers: For those needing assistance for clothing. Assistance may only be given 1 time every 6 months. Household Boxes: For those needing assistance with items used to cook and eat a meal. A lease must be shown to the caseworker in order to receive assistance. Assistance is limited according to what is available at the time. Pathway of Hope: Program for eligible families. Long term case management program to help families move beyond crisis into stability and becoming self-sufficient. Families will be required to meet with a caseworker to design a plan to meet goals, needs and objectives (ex. goal setting, assistance getting healthcare, educational opportunities, etc).

Pathway of Hope guides families with children 18 years and younger through crisis and instability to a place of security. Offers strengths-based casework, providing services such as: financial counseling and planning, goal setting with action steps, job training, referrals and employment assistance, assistance with securing housing and child care, and emotional and spiritual support. Pathway of Hope works with people where they are, offering practical guidance to help families overcome obstacles one step at a time.

Provides peer support and financial assistance to individuals and families who have lost a loved one to suicide. Examples consist of financial assistance for grief counseling, burial expenses, clean-up costs, legal fees, and other suicide-related expenses. The Program Coordinator supports clients with referrals and resources to additional financial assistance programs and/or therapeutic support if needed. Also provides peer and emotional support and resource referrals for a year. Peer support is provided through telehealth meetings and check-ins.

For anyone facing an unplanned pregnancy, All About U provides crisis pregnancy counseling, help finding emotional support, help finding necessary resources, emotion support throughout adoption and beyond, if adoption is chosen, emergency transitional housing available, and general case management for resources: connection to prenatal care, housing, food, clothing, addiction, and more. For adoptive families, All About U provides training to help them through the adoption process and prepare them to be an adoptive family, home studies, and on-going support for adoptive families.

Strategies to Embrace Living with Lupus Fearlessly (SELF) is a self-care program for people with lupus to manage their symptoms, stress, medications, and work with their health care team.

Services provided include: case management, civil legal advocacy (protection orders, accompanying to court hearings), civil legal assistance (provided by attorney or paralegal), criminal justice advocacy, crisis intervention, employment assistance (job training, coaching, supported or sheltered employment), forensic exam assistance (provided by nurse or forensic examiner), hospital/clinic accompanying, language services (interpreters and translators), long term Care (assist with connecting to services for daily needs), peer support connections, personal planning (assist victim/ survivor with goal-setting and develop plans to accomplish), respite (connect to short term care to victim/survivor to relieve primary caregiver[s]), transportation, and victim/survivor advocacy (actions designed to assist victim/survivor in obtaining support, resources or services, including housing, employment shelter services, health care, and victim's compensation).

ICAP offers a wide variety of services to qualifying individuals to promote self sufficiency: Referrals; VITA; personal care; school supplies; case management; payee services; thrift stores; youth recreation; medical/medicine; food vouchers; rent/utilities; and angel tree.

Provides one-on-one coaching over the phone to transition out of poverty. Clients work with a coach to identify their needs and map the necessary steps to meet those needs. Coaches then support clients as they take steps and make progress towards their goals. The Transition to Success mindset is that poverty is not a character flaw, but rather a treatable condition caused by negative circumstances. The coaching process is nonjudgmental and client-led. To sign up, please fill out the form.

An early intervention program that follows the Wraparound approach to service delivery. Provides case management in a strengths-based, family-driven model as well as monthly care planning meetings where families and identified teams will meet to identify needs and a plan to address those needs.

Community Health Worker services providing case management and peer to peer support to face immediate challenges and discover holistic solutions to achieve balanced lives.

ICAP offers a wide variety of services to qualifying individuals to promote self sufficiency: Referrals; VITA; personal care; school supplies; case management; payee services; thrift stores; youth recreation; medical/medicine; food vouchers; rent/utilities; and angel tree.

Coordinates resources and referral services for young families. Facilitates case management services and dedicates its efforts to providing parents with support during their childbearing and child-rearing years to focus on the important of health families. Offers the following prenatal and parenting education classes: Childbirth Class: Provides childbirth information. Topics include warning signs and progression of labor, relaxation breathing and other relaxation techniques, comfort and pain management, and newborn care. This is a 3-hour, in-person session. Breastfeeding Class: Provides education to families on the advantages of breastfeeding, guides them on getting started, addresses common issues, discusses milk storage, and offers tips for returning to work. This is a two-hour, in-person session. Sibling Readiness Class: Provides siblings and their parents or caregivers valuable information about becoming a big brother or sister. Tours of the Avera St. Mary's Women's Center may be available to learn about the place where mom and the new baby will stay. This class is especially appropriate for children 3 years of age and older. Common Sense Parenting Class: Provides parenting education to parents or caregivers with children and adolescents of all ages who want to enhance their parenting skills. Skills learned can be used with any parenting style and with any single parent, two-parent, or multi-parent set of rules. Topis covered include parents as teachers, effective praise, teaching self-control, preventing teaching, and corrective teaching. Participants will learn how to reduce family stress, support success in school, diminish yelling and fighting, reduce problem behavior, increase confidence, and enrich their relationships with their children. SMILE (Start Making it Livable for Everyone) Class: An educational program for separating/divorcing parents with minor children. Helps parents to better understand the effects of separation and divorce, the needs of their children, and the roles in promoting their children's healthy adjustment to separation or divorce. This program is approved by the judicial system for parents involved in custody or visitation cases. Pregnancy Education and Support for Teens: Provides prenatal education about nutrition and exercise, decision making skills, building self-esteem, adoption information, educational planning, Lamaze breathing and relaxation techniques, parenting skills, tour of an Obstetrics Wing, and newborn care. Young women are invited to attend and bring their family supporters to learn more about labor, delivery, and parenting a newborn. Parenting Education and Support for Teens: Provides parenting education about the challenges of parenting, child care, nutrition and medical care, play and discipline, community resources, goal setting, school and/or work, decision making skills, coping skills, communication and relationships, and finance and legal concerns. Young moms, their babies, dads, and family supporters are invited to attend.

ICAP offers a wide variety of services to qualifying individuals to promote self sufficiency: Referrals; VITA; personal care; school supplies; case management; payee services; thrift stores; youth recreation; medical/medicine; food vouchers; rent/utilities; and angel tree.

The Connection Center is a place for people in the community to call in and feel heard. Connection Center volunteers help assess the needs of the caller and are able to provide a referral to the most appropriate help source. Once their need is verified and understood more fully, participants work side-by-side with church volunteers. The end goal is that once their resource or need is met, they have a relationship built and they feel like they have strength to step out of their situation. The Connection Center coordinates the following programs within Love INC and ministries from partner churches: Furniture: Couches, mattresses, bed frames, dressers etc. Furniture Ministry Team helps with pick-ups and deliveries. Some volunteer service required to receive furniture. Household items provided as available. Linens: Items provided as available. Includes bedding sheets and blankets.

Community Health Education / promotion / wellness and disease / accident prevention. ​Provides transportation for medical purposes for individuals who qualify, transit tickets for medical appointments for able bodied individuals and Dial-A-Ride tickets, Community Health Worker services for high risk clients, and medication delivery for qualified individuals. There are 3 CHR Specialists and 1 CHR Generalist that help with medical transportation and case management for high-risk populations.

LSS Independent Living Services offers a strong and consistent support system to young adults ages 16 - 21 while they learn skills to be self-sufficient adults. Programs include a Community Resource Program and Young Voices Program. The Community Resource Program provides independent living skills through one-to-one education, workshops and conferences. It helps youth access funding for post-secondary education, housing assistance, and start-up support for graduating high school seniors. The Young Voices Program is a youth-led statewide group that seeks motivated individuals to provide VOICES - Vision, Opportunities, Ideas, Creativity, Enthusiasm, and Support - to those in foster homes, agencies or independent living arrangements.

Mental Health services include individual, couples and family counseling, 24-hour QMHP services, psychiatric evaluations and medication management, school consultations, and employee assistance programs (EAP). Alcohol and Drug Program treatment approach is based on the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous and reality therapy. Services offered include individual counseling, chemical assessments, DUI education program, outpatient treatment, prevention education program, and a relapse prevention group. Case Management and IMPACT Programs, designed to help clients with severe and persistent mental illness, services include case management and continued care, medication management with psychiatrist, crisis intervention assistance, and psychiatric rehabilitation which seeks to provide program services that assist clients in developing skills and manage resources needed to allow them to be successful in the community. A client centered, client directed form of treatment, the program consists of services designed to restore the disabled person to a level of functioning which permits a useful, meaningful life.

Offers outpatient counseling services for individual, couple, and families. Staff members work with the client to provide services in the home, community, or office at the discretion of the client. Substance use evaluation, assessment, and treatment is also provided. Walk in assessments and telehealth services are available during normal business hours at the Aberdeen location. Psychiatric services are also available to those over the age of 18 including assessments and medication management.

ICAP offers a wide variety of services to qualifying individuals to promote self sufficiency: Referrals; VITA; personal care; school supplies; case management; payee services; thrift stores; youth recreation; medical/medicine; food vouchers; rent/utilities; and angel tree.

ICAP offers a wide variety of services to qualifying individuals to promote self sufficiency: Referrals; VITA; personal care; school supplies; case management; payee services; thrift stores; youth recreation; medical/medicine; food vouchers; rent/utilities; and angel tree.

VA is committed to ending Veteran homelessness. No one who has served our country should ever go without a safe, stable place to call home. The HUD-VASH program exists to assist veteran's with establishing and maintaining housing. Intensive case management is provided to the veteran.

Provides shelter, case management, life skills, and education services to young people ages 16 to 21, who are preparing for independent living. The program provides young people with a safe, supportive environment while they learn the skills necessary to succeed on their own. The VOA Axis180 offers safe, affordable shelter, life skills education and training, interpersonal skill building, education completion, job preparation skills, mental and physical health care, and case management. 2-bedroom units available for youth who are parenting. ​The goal of the VOA Axis180 is to assist homeless young people in making a successful transition to self sufficiency, prevent long-term dependency on the social services system, and provide an option for older youth who need assistance in transitioning into adulthood.

Provides services to people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf/blind, and/or have a speech disability. Community Education and Support: Provides a variety of direct service programming to deaf and hard of hearing consumers and the general public, including advocacy, peer support, mentoring, independent living, deaf mentoring, social services, recreation and social activities, senior citizen services, and other services as available. Employment Services: Assistance is provided with seeking and keeping employment, including job search and applications, preparing for interviews, initial job training, job coaching, assistance with co-workers and staff meetings. Telecommunication Equipment Distribution: Providing installation, training, and equipment including amplified telephones, captioned telephones, ring signalers, and mobile phones/tablets. American Sign Language: Community based and contractual sign language classes, interpreter mentoring, information regarding ASL, deaf culture, and deaf history available to the public and private organizations.

The goal is to help older adults and caregivers in Douglas and Charles Mix counties access services and supports to successfully age at home. The program is open to help with identifying resources for many needs and focuses on transportation, food security, social isolation, safe housing, and healthcare navigation/referrals. In August 2024, the project will begin its expansion to Hutchinson and Bon Homme counties.