Division of Adult Services and Aging
Provides programs and services to assist elderly individuals with daily activities; helping this age group continue to live in their homes.

Division of Child Care Services
Provides assistance to low income families who need help with child care costs while parents work or attend school. They also provide oversight, technical assistance and support in promoting safe, healthy and caring environments for children through licensing, registration and quality improvement activities.

Division of Child Protection Services
Provides parents the assistance they need to help keep their children safe through: parent training programs, parenting support services, assessment of child safety through receipt of child abuse and neglect reports, foster and kinship care, adoption services and child welfare agency licensing services.

Division of Child Support
Provides support for children in South Dakota by locating non-custodial parents, establishing paternity and enforcing child support orders.

Division of Economic Assistance
Provides medical, nutritional, financial and case management services to improve the well-being of lower income families, children, people with disabilities and the elderly.

Division of Finance and Management
Provides support services to oversee and manage the Department’s budget and financial operations; includes accounting and financial reporting, electronics benefits transfer and provider reimbursements and audits.

Division of Legal Services
Provides legal services to the Department Secretary as well as to other programs within the Department. This division also administers the following: Administrative Rules, Catastrophic County Poor Relief Program, Discrimination Complaints and HIPAA.

Division of Medical Services
Provides health care coverage to low income families and individuals who are eligible for Medical Assistance either through the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) or Medicaid.

Division of Operations and Technology
Provides support responsibilities for Department offices in the following ways: logistical administrative functions and operations; identifying and addressing Department technology needs; and providing centralized procurement support services.