The Division of Child Protection Services provides a number of services to support families and children in South Dakota.

Training programs are available to:

• Parents wanting to increase and improve their parenting skills.
• Foster and adoptive parents; assuring qualified placement resources for children
  through licensing services
  to ensure their well-being and safety.
  

Working together with families in difficult situations by:

• Receiving and assessing reports of child abuse and neglect.
• Connecting parents with the needed resources to help increase their ability to keep children safe.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month! Check out our page for links to Governor Dennis Daugaard's Executive Proclamation and other helpful sites.