Cabinet Secretary
Matt Althoff
Community Assistance Program
The South Dakota Community Assistance Program consists of Community Action Programs that provide services to low-income South Dakotans. Services vary by agency and may include weatherization, community transportation, food pantries and emergency services.
Four Community Action Programs are located throughout the state in Rapid City, Sisseton, Madison and Lake Andes. These private, nonprofit agencies are funded by Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) dollars.
Western SD Community Action Agency - Rapid City
The Western South Dakota Community Action Program is the only Community Action Program working with the commodity program. The program's purpose is to make a positive impact upon the causes and effects of poverty. It supplies those living in poverty with the resources and assistance necessary to help them overcome these conditions.
| Service Area | ||
| Bennett | Butte | Corson |
| Custer | Dewey | Fall River |
| Jackson | Haakon | Harding |
| Lawrence | Meade | Pennington |
| Perkins | Ziebach | |
For More Information:
Western South Dakota Community Action Agency
Shawn Burke; Executive Director
1844 Lombardy Drive
Rapid City, SD 57703-4130
Phone: 605.348.1460 or 800.327.1703
Fax: 605.348.8440
Email: info@wsdca.org
Web: www.wsdca.org
Grow SD - Sisseton
Grow SD works to help individuals and families find ways to solve basic problems and assist people in improving their lives and becoming more self-sufficient. The major focus of the agency is housing and weatherization programs.
Grow SD has outreach offices in Aberdeen and Tulare. Grow SD is involved in property management through HUD and is managing several apartment complexes in Veblen and other small communities.
| Service Area | ||
| Beadle | Brown | Campbell |
| Day | Edmunds | Faulk |
| Hand | Hughes | Hyde |
| Marshall | McPherson | Potter |
| Roberts | Spink | Stanley |
| Sully | Walworth | |
For More Information:
Grow SD
Marcia Erickson, CEO
104 Ash St. E.
Sisseton, SD 57262-159
Phone: 605.698.7654 or 800.245.3895
Fax: 605.698.3038
Email: info@growsd.org
Web: www.growsd.org
Inter-Lakes Community Action - Madison
Inter-Lakes Community Action (ICAP) was chartered in 1966 as a private non-profit Community Action Program. ICAP originally served Lake and Miner counties and has expanded since then to Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha and Moody counties.
ICAP's central office is located in Madison. There is also an office in each of the counties served to make sure people can find it.
One-third of ICAP's Board of Directors consist of representatives of the low-income, who are elected by the low-income in each county. Public officials (county commissioners) and private-sector representatives make up the other two-thirds of the Board. Each county in the service area has an equal voice on the Board, as do each of the three sectors.
| Service Area | ||
| Brookings | Clark | Codington |
| Deuel | Grant | Hamlin |
| Kingsbury | Lake | Lincoln |
| McCook | Miner | Minnehaha |
| Moody | Lake | Lincoln |
| Turner | ||
For More Information:
Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership
Eric Kunzweiler, Executive Director
PO Box 268
111 N. Van Eps Ave.
Madison, SD 57042-0268
Phone: 605.256.6518 or 800.896.4105
Fax: 605.256.2238
Email: ekunzweiler@interlakescap.com
Web: www.interlakescap.com
Rural Office of Community Services - Wagner
Rural Office of Community Services (ROCS) focuses mainly on emergency services and homelessness prevention. They administer senior meals and transportation programs throughout the 20-county service area. ROCS also does weatherization and housing preservation. Outreach offices are located in Tripp, Yankton, Winner, Mitchell and Chamberlain.
| Service Area | ||
| Aurora | Bon Homme | Brule |
| Buffalo | Charles Mix | Clay |
| Davison | Douglas | Gregory |
| Hanson | Hutchinson | Jerauld |
| Jones | Lyman | Mellette |
| Sanborn | Todd | Union |
| Yankton | ||
For More Information:
Rural Office of Community Services, Inc.
Peter Smith, Executive Director
PO Box 547
106 SW West
Wagner, SD 57380
Phone: 605.384.3883 or 800.793.3290
Fax: 605.384.3737
Email: rocs@rocsinc.org
Web: www.rocsinc.org
Charitable Information
Community Action Agencies are private, nonprofit organizations governed by a board of directors whose members come from three diverse segments of the local community.
- One-third low-income sector
- One-third private sector
- One-third public sector
By combining resources from the local, state, private and federal levels, Community Action Agencies enable low-income people of all ages to secure the opportunities they need to obtain and maintain economic security.
Community Action Agencies appreciate financial and non-financial support from individuals and organizations. You can aid in the battle against poverty by making a donation or volunteering your time.