Community Resource People

Community Resource People are located in Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Aberdeen to provide services and training for teens in the areas of employment, education, housing, connections, life skills and health. Services are available to teens age 16 to 21 who have been or are currently in foster care.

Community Resource People can help teens with the tools they need to find an apartment, explore job opportunities, finish their education, find the resources they need and maximize their potential.

• Tarralee Fischer
  110 6th Ave. SE., Suite 200
  Aberdeen, SD 57401
  Phone: 605.229.1500 or 800.584.9248
  Fax: 605.229.4357
  Email: Tarralee.Fischer@state.sd.us
  Serving: Aberdeen, Huron, Mobridge, Sisseton, Sisseton-Wahpeton, Watertown and Pierre
  
  
• Denise Bechard and Melissa Goeken
  Lutheran Social Services
  705 E 41st Street, Suite 200
  Sioux Falls, SD 57105
  Phone: 605.221.2346 or 800.584.9248
  Fax: 605.221.2404
  Email: Denise.Bechard@state.sd.us or Melissa.Goeken@state.sd.us
  Serving: Brookings, Sioux Falls, Vermillion, Yankton, Lake Andes, Chamberlain and Mitchell
  
  
• Shirley Conrad and Christopher Kelly
  Lutheran Social Services
  2920 Sheridan Lake Road
  Rapid City, SD 57702
  Phone: 605.348.0477 or 800.260.1439
  Fax: 605.348.0479
  Email: Shirley.Conrad@state.sd.us or Christopher.Kelly@state.sd.us
  Serving: Belle Fourche, Custer, Deadwood, Eagle Butte, Hot Springs, Martin, Mission, Pine Ridge, Rapid City, Sturgis and Winner