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Provides substance use prevention services through the evidence-based Project SUCCESS (Schools Using Coordinated Community Efforts to Strengthen Students), and provide safe driving presentations through a Highway Safety grant from the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety.

Provides coaching, education and mentorship services to both youth and adults in transition; life transition, work transition or transition from incarceration and homelessness. Support is provided to the vulnerable through group and individual life, character and career coaching classes.

South Eastern Council of Governments is a planning and development district providing staff support to local governments. Work revolves around economic development, community development, housing, transportation, geographic information system, and local capacity building. Services offered are Community Development, Business Lending, Affordable Housing, and Ag Finance Counseling.

Substance use programming providing chemical abuse assessments, groups, and individual services. Classes/workshops and prevention programming available for middle schools and communities. Walk-in assessments and telehealth services available.

The West River Area Health Education Center is committed to expanding the healthcare workforce in South Dakota, as well as offering creative, hands-on and innovative health career curriculums for pre-college level students.

The SEPRC works with others across the state to provide prevention resources, training and technical assistance through program development and training. Offers a 12-hour diversion class for individuals aged 17 - 20 years, designed for individuals who may be making high-risk choices and aim to change drinking and drug use behaviors.

Accredited substance abuse services includes Early intervention, Information and referral, Employee Assistance Program, Alcohol and drug assessments, DUI offender program, Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Substance Abuse (CBISA), Intensive Outpatient Treatment, Day treatment, Gambling treatment, Intensive Methamphetamine Treatment (IMT), Medically-Monitored inpatient treatment, Adolescent prevention and diversion program, Adult aftercare, and Community Prevention Project - provides information and networking with individuals, groups, and other agencies.

The main focus of Emily's Hope is treatment accessibility, support for families and prevention education. The Emily's Hope Fund, through the Avera McKennan Foundation, is getting people into treatment. Donations help offset insurance co-pays or support the uninsured. Donations will also support the families of those in treatment on a case-by-case basis who are seeing help at the Avera Addiction Care Center. Emily's Hope has developed a K-12 prevention education curriculum that aims to educate children on how substances affect the brain and how substance use disorder occurs. Emily's Hope publishes a weekly podcast on addiction and grief, holds a support group for those who have lost a loved one to overdose/fentanyl poisoning, publishes a blog on grief, and provides the latest news on addiction, overdose and the fentanyl crisis.

Caseworkers work with women who are going through an unplanned pregnancy. Support services are available to clients at no-cost. Includes: options counseling, evidence-based decision making, adoption planning, adoption parent selection, parenting preparedness program & courses, before & after birth support, mental health counseling, Medicaid & WIC applications, transportation assistance, case management, job application & resume writing, help with difficult family or partner communication, community & state resource connection, and referrals related to housing, substance use, and domestic violence.

The Carroll Institute adolescent program provides comprehensive behavioral health support. Offers a safe and supportive environment for students in their school to help them develop coping skills, build protective factors, assess safety, and prevent substance use. The program includes evidence based curriculums for K-12th grade in the area of substance use prevention and behavioral health; substance use screenings and assessments; threat assessments; small group sessions; individual counseling; student-led peer leader groups; school-wide awareness campaigns; and access to an addiction and prevention counselor.

Strives to be a responsible and caring coalition that promotes healthy lifestyle choices by offering resources, positive activities, leadership, character and ethical behavior education along with prevention efforts in hopes that all community members can learn to form lifelong habits so they can have healthy, contributing and rewarding lives.

Programs include the following: Energy Conservation - South Dakota Building Science Training Center provides energy conservation information to the community. Information & Referral - Available to help point people to programs who could help (i.e.. CHIP, TANF, etc.). Low Income Organizing - Community Action Teams are volunteers organizing people to help themselves and others in the community. Prisoner Support Group - Activities are held for family support and monthly South Dakota Prison events. Youth Recreation - Swim passes and scholarships for camps, or other youth recreation activities. Available activity depends on site location. Children must be income eligible.

To address the needs of the homeless and work toward the prevention of homelessness in the Black Hills Region and the state of South Dakota, by bringing in representatives from local nonprofit agencies to implement the following: - Implement the annual HUD Point in Time Count every January for the Black Hills region and Western South Dakota Non-profit agencies within the Black Hills region and Western South Dakota must work together in a combined effort to prevent homelessness Plan and execute the annual Community Connect Resource Fair - Identify service gaps within Pennington County (i.e. affordable housing, transportation, affordable healthcare, assistance with application fees, and deposit funds for homeless individuals) Create and implement an action plan and put actions steps in place with community partners Continue to develop Community Liaison Position with the role and job description to identify and secure funds for this position serving the BHRHC Continue to collaborate with Western South Dakota groups with similar missions and purposes and/or who are utilizing HUD funding to improve services and move toward a regional action plan and vision while improving partnerships.

Programs include the following: Energy Conservation - South Dakota Building Science Training Center provides energy conservation information to the community. Information & Referral - Available to help point people to programs who could help (i.e.. CHIP, TANF, etc.). Low Income Organizing - Community Action Teams are volunteers organizing people to help themselves and others in the community. Prisoner Support Group - Activities are held for family support and monthly South Dakota Prison events. Youth Recreation - Swim passes and scholarships for camps, or other youth recreation activities. Available activity depends on site location. Children must be income eligible.

The WPRC seeks to divert or delay those we serve from substance use and other high-risk behaviors to promote choices/behaviors resulting in lifelong mind and body wellness. The WPRC primarily focuses prevention support services to stakeholders in South Dakota's 22 westernmost counties, but often serves an even broader audience. The WPRC's services include providing education, technical assistance, training and other support to prevention service providers, youth, parents, educators, community groups, social service providers, health/wellness agencies, chemical dependency service providers, law enforcement and other community wellness stakeholders. WPRC staff can provide community education and information on a broad range of prevention topics. These topics include: Individual drugs (alcohol, nicotine, vaping, marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl, etc.) Trends in drug use Over the counter drug misuse The science of chemical dependence (brain and body) Risky behavior marketing 988/211 Helpline usage The WPRC maintains a traditional library of books and other media relating to prevention, health and wellness. Visit the website to create an account to access the e-library. Both are no cost and open to all.

Offers access to resources such as training, videos, curricula, and books on topics surrounding the issues of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and violence related issues. Training and resources are offered around mental health first aid and suicide prevention. Provides services to 21 counties in the N.E. region of South Dakota. Also, has opioid prevention resources such as DisposeRX packets, medication lock boxes, and Naloxboxes.

Provides for seasonal community worship services, a community youth group, summer vacation Bible school, and worship and pastoral care for nursing home residents. Also assists in promoting community feeding programs and other social service activities.

Offers suicide prevention and mental health presentations and trainings such as Questions, Persuade, Refer (QPR), Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA), and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). Also offers suicide prevention and mental health resources to health care professionals, youth servicing organizations, helping professionals and local businesses and organizations, as well as anyone who may come in contact with individuals experiencing mental health problems.​

Offers a state-wide strategic plan to end child sexual abuse and child maltreatment. The Center works with state and local agencies, as well as for-profit and not-for-profit agencies and organizations to support research, prevention, community awareness, and program development for issues surrounding child sexual abuse and maltreatment.

Community Gardens located on both the west and east sides of Yankton. Gardeners are encouraged to purchase a plot for gardening through the season. Tilling and water are provided.

Collaborative effort covering all of South Dakota; a network that exchanges ideas, best practices, and approaches to end homelessness. The Consortium serves as a Continuum of Care as designated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Much of the Consortiums business is in the management of HUD funded homeless assistance grants. Meetings are open to any individual or organization committed to addressing the issues surrounding homelessness; new members are welcome.

Develops statewide, intelligent, aggressive and serviceable Council for the purpose of promoting all activities found to be for the good of all veterans and their dependents. Provides a means of contact and communication among the members of the Council and veterans organizations. Does any and all things necessary or proper for the accomplishment of the foregoing business and objects of the Council, including, for such purposes, to contract and pay for personal and other services, to contract for, buy, take by deed, gift or devise, hold, posses, manage, borrow, rent, lease, loan, assign, convey, sell and dispose of in any manner real and personal property, and to act as trustee, or be a beneficiary of a trust. Provides a practical means by which veterans organizations throughout the state may effectively contribute to the betterment of all veterans in three principle phases, as follows: Legislation affecting veterans and their dependents. Concern for the general programs for all veterans and their dependents and all veterans' organization, principally hospital, labor and social. Make public information in behalf of all veterans and their dependents and veterans organizations represented and establish a system of public relations for this purpose.

Programs include the following: Energy Conservation - South Dakota Building Science Training Center provides energy conservation information to the community. Information & Referral - Available to help point people to programs who could help (i.e.. CHIP, TANF, etc.). Low Income Organizing - Community Action Teams are volunteers organizing people to help themselves and others in the community. Prisoner Support Group - Activities are held for family support and monthly South Dakota Prison events. Youth Recreation - Swim passes and scholarships for camps, or other youth recreation activities. Available activity depends on site location. Children must be income eligible.

The South Dakota Nonprofit Network (SDNN) is committed to providing the Nonprofits across South Dakota a network to support them. SDNN supports advocacy, education, and collaboration through annual meetings, training, connectivity, and other resources.

This is not a church, but a regional office for the 51 American Baptist churches in North and South Dakota.