The coalition carries out evidence-based environmental strategies which address substance use and other unhealthy risk-taking behaviors that impact youth within the Watertown, SD area. It also implements Project SUCCESS, which is school based prevention programming at the middle and high schools. Coalition also provides presentations, trainings, resource material, and technical assistance to assist community sectors.

Substance use programming as well as chemical abuse assessments, and groups and individual services available by appointment. Classes/workshops and prevention programming available for middle schools and communities.

Substance use programming as well as chemical abuse assessments, and groups and individual services available by appointment. Classes/workshops and prevention programming available for middle schools and communities.

Provides substance use prevention services through the evidence-based Project SUCCESS, and a Highway Safety grant from the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety.

Alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention services; educational and training opportunities in suicide prevention.

Providing prevention education to area schools, community events for both youth and adults on topics ranging from drug abuse awareness to mental health, distribute education and resources both online and in-person activities, and organize area citizens to educate, empower, and encourage involvement. Also able to provide access to mental health services.

Provides programming and evidence-based curriculum combining life skills, drug and alcohol education and Native American culture.

Provides information and referral on the Fentanyl Crisis and how to prevent it. Also has a comprehensive directory of addiction treatment centers across the United States.

Adolescent substance use prevention, early intervention, drug and alcohol assessments and outpatient treatment for all youth in the Rapid City, Box Elder and area communities. Lifeways has school-based Addiction and Prevention Counselors in the Rapid City Area School District and limited services in the Douglas School District. Addiction Counselors are also available at main office in Rapid City for all adolescents (public, private and home-schooled) who are experiencing problems with substance use and in need of screening and/or assessment and treatment.

A multi-disciplinary approach to address the issues of suicide prevention in the Sioux Empire Area. Members include professionals from Avera Behavioral Health, Sioux Falls Police Department, Southeastern Behavioral Health, Veterans Hospital, Minnehaha County Sheriff Department, Moms Demand Action, Compass Center, University of Sioux Falls, Sanford Health, AFSP, Lost & Found, The Link, South Dakota Urban Indian Health, 988, and Empire Mental Health. The task force works together to develop and implement initiatives to raise awareness about suicide and mental health through prevention, intervention and education strategies for preventing suicide.

An addiction wellness nonprofit that provides professional, compassionate peer coaching to anyone impacted by alcohol or other drugs, including loved ones. Peer coaching is a recovery support system where coaches draw on their lived experiences to help others on their paths to wellness. A peer coach is a wellness partner who provides knowledge, support, skills and accountability, depending on each person's individual needs. Coaches assist with all areas of a person's life, not just the use of alcohol or other drugs. Sobriety is not required, and members are supported in whatever wellness goals are meaningful to them.

A Prevention Counselor located in Aberdeen public schools who teaches in the classroom regarding project success and life skills curriculum and drug education.

School-based alcohol and drug prevention and intervention counseling services for students and families. Services include: individual and group sessions, family counseling, drug and alcohol screening, tobacco screening, drug and alcohol assessments, referrals, aftercare (post treatment), and prescription drug lock boxes. Offering tele-mental health services. Must have access to computer with camera and microphone.

The Coalition seeks to increase community awareness of substance use and related problems by informing parents and other community members about the issue. Strategies include: culturally specific experiential camps and weekend retreats, seasonal cultural events, Wicozani Patintanpi (healthy lifestyles) curriculum, Lakota cultural based equine assisted learning and life skills program, and Lakota based sustainable living practices. They also have a youth led social enterprise program that offers workforce development, job skills training, youth led cultural heritage tourism, entrepreneurial skills development, and and training initiative for youth.

The coalition was formed to address underage alcohol, tobacco, and other substances. The coalition funds and supports school based prevention efforts in various school districts in the rural Sioux Empire. Thanks to these efforts, schools have access to classroom education for K-12, substance use evaluations and threat assessments for students, small group sessions for at-risk youth, school-wide awareness campaigns, coordination of prevention programs like Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) and Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU), access to a prevention counselor, as well as information and trends for staff and community on substance use trends and other prevention topics. The Carroll Institute Rural Sioux Empire Coalition for Youth is now the Sioux Empire Coalition after joining forces with Health Connect and broadening their scope of interest.

A local non-profit, non-political coalition whose members come from all walks of life and are committed to creating and supporting a community where youth and young adults are valued and welcomed in an environment that encourages them to be drug-free and healthy without pressure to use alcohol, tobacco, and drugs.