The Network is involved with many projects in the state. The Network believes that it is important to build coordinated relationships statewide to further assist victims of violence and their families.
Click on this link for resources and tips that have been created by grant projects facilitated by The Network: Resources and Tips
Training and Technical Assistance: The SDNAFVSA provides training and technical assistance to its member programs through quarterly meetings, training and annual conferences addressing the issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.
Free Civil Legal Services for Victims: (please note that the services are free, but clients may be responsible for court costs or other applicable fees)
The training team consists of a law enforcement officer, a prosecutor and a victim advocate. The team provides a 6 hour training on sexual assault and domestic violence issues. The team goes to the local communities and jurisdictions.
If you are interested in having a law enforcement training on domestic violence and/or sexual assault in your community, please Contact Us. For more information on training classes this year, please visit the Law Enforcement Trainings page on this site.
Rural Outreach Services: Rural outreach services are offered in many counties in South Dakota where there have not been services for battered women, their children and victims of violence. For more information, please contact The Network office.
Legislative updates: The Network provides weekly updates during the South Dakota Legislative session for the membership. Federal legislative updates are provided for the membership periodically.
Emergency Services Funding: The Network has limited funding to assist victims working with member agencies with emergency services needs such as bus tickets or gas cards to relocate to a safer location, hotel/motel rooms if there is a not a shelter in their area or they are not able to stay in the shelter, replacement of items that are broken during an assault, and other needs that are related to the abuse. To access funding, victims need to contact their nearest member agency for assistance and have no other resources to meet the emergency services need.
Interested in becoming a member? The Network has four options:
Agency Members ($200/year) – any organization in South Dakota whose purpose includes providing services with a specific program or focus on family violence, sexual assault, and serving victims of crime through: education, information and referral, and/or shelter and/or crisis intervention.
Voting rights of agency members are limited to
- the election of the Officers of the Board of Directors of The Network,
- the voting on the adoption of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation,
- the voting on the acceptance of a Restatement of Article of Incorporation,
- the right to referendum regarding amendments to the Bylaws
Agency Membership Benefits:
- E-mail listserv
- Weekly legislative updates during the South Dakota Legislative Session
- Information from the national level on topics related to the work
- Opportunities to network with others across the state
- Invitations to Network Quarterly meetings
- Invitations to trainings offered by The Network
- Funding to attend the trainings and/or meetings
Individual Members ($45/year) - any person or organization concerned with family violence and sexual assault in South Dakota is eligible for supporting membership. Individual members have no voting rights. Individual members may participate on Network committees and may vote within the committee process. Individual members may be reimbursed travel expenses to attend one Network meeting annually.
Survivors (No Annual Dues) - any person self- identifying as a survivor of violence may be eligible for limited membership benefits for no cost. Survivors have no board voting rights. Survivors may participate on Network committees and may vote within the committee process. Survivors may be reimbursed travel expenses to attend Network meetings and trainings as scholarships are available.
Students (No Annual Dues) - any person providing verification of postsecondary education may be eligible for limited membership benefits. Students have no board voting rights. Students may participate on Network committees and may vote within the committee process. Students may be reimbursed travel expenses to attend Network meetings and trainings as scholarships are available.
Individual, Survivors and Students Membership Benefits:
- E-mail listserv
- Weekly legislative updates during the South Dakota Legislative Session
- Information from the national level on topics related to the work
- Invitations to Network Quarterly meetings
- Invitations to trainings offered by The Network
Agency members are listed below. For more information about our member agencies: 2020-2021 Membership Directory
Aberdeen Police Department
Aberdeen
Contact: Chief David McNeil
605-626-7000
Artemis House--Victims of Violence Intervention Program, Inc.
Spearfish
Contact: Ayesha Meer/Mary Koens
605-642-7825
Augustana University
Sioux Falls
Contact: Francesca "Checka" Leinwall
605-274-4641
Beacon Center
Watertown
Contact: Dawn Sikkink
605-886-4304
Beadle County State's Attorney's Office
Huron
Contact: Mike Moore
605-353-8430
Bridges Against Domestic Violence
Mobridge
Contact: Melissa Heid
605-845-2110
Brookings County State's Attorney's Office
Brookings
Contact: Mandi Cramer
605-692-8606
Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter
Brookings
Contact: Margo Dempsey
605-692-7233
Brookings Police Department
Brookings
Contact: Dave Erickson
605-692-2113
Brown County State's Attorney Office
Aberdeen
Contact: Brittany O'Day
605-626-7130
Call to Freedom
Sioux Falls
Contact: Becky Rasmussen
605-221-4857
Caminando Juntos
Sioux Falls
Contact: April Ross
605-274-3735
Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Sioux Falls
Contact: Carrie Sanderson
605-357-1392
Central South Dakota Child Assessment Center
Pierre
Contact: Angela Lisburg
605-224-3229
Child Advocacy Centers of South Dakota
Pierre
Contact: Karen Cudmore
605-224-8118
Child's Voice
Sioux Falls
Contact: Dr. Nancy Free
605-333-2226
Children's Home Child Advocacy Center
Rapid City
Contact: Tifanie Petro
605-716-1628
Children's Inn
Sioux Falls
Contact: Amy Carter
605-338-0116
Clay County State's Attorney Office
Vermillion
Contact: Alexis Tracy, Linda Weber, or Jill Dotson
605-677-7107
Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD)
Rapid City
Contact: Katie Peterson
605-394-6864
Communities Against Violence and Abuse (CAVA)
Lemmon
Contact: Gladys
605-374-5823
Disability Rights South Dakota
Pierre
Contact: Tim Neyhart
605-224-8294
Domestic Violence Network
Madison
Contact: Christy VanDeWetering
605-427-7233
Domestic Violence Safe Option Services (DVSOS)
Vermillion
Contact: Sandi Sullivan
605-624-5311
East River Legal Services
Sioux Falls
Contact: Brent Thompson
605-336-9230
Ellsworth Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Office
Ellsworth AFB
Contact: Bernie McFarling
605-385-5233
Fallout Shelter
Watertown
Contact: Rich and Beret Ohm
Fall River County State's Attorney's Office
Hot Springs
Contact: James G. Sword
605-745-3866
Family Crisis Center
Redfield
Contact: Janelle Fortin
605-472-0508
Family Visitation Center
Sioux Falls
Contact: Luke Comeau
605-275-2071
First Circuit CASA Program
Mitchell
Contact: Jackie Horton
605-996-1212
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board
Rapid City
Contact: Sunny Colombe
605-719-5402
Helpline Center
Sioux Falls
Contact: Janet Kittams
605-334-6646
I CARE USD
Vermillion
Contact: Justin Bonstrom
605-658-3561
Jan Manolis Family Safe Center
Huron
Contact: Jan Manolis
605-554-0398
Lutheran Social Services of SD
Sioux Falls
Contact: April Bolton
605-444-7500
Meade County State's Attorney's Office
Sturgis
Contact: Morgan Pickett
605-347-4491
Missouri Shores Domestic Violence Center
Pierre
Contact: Sarah Reinhart
605-224-0256
Missouri Valley Crisis Center
Chamberlain
Contact: April LeBeau
605-234-5155
Mitchell Area Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Response Team
Mitchell
Contact: Colleen Smith
605-996-6622
Mitchell Area Safehouse
Mitchell
Contact: Nancy Wietgrefe
605-996-6622
Monument Health Rapid City Sexual Assault Response Team
Rapid City
605-755-8222
Native Women's Health Care
Rapid City
Contact: Roxanne Two Bulls
605-342-7400
Northern State University, Dept of Sociology--Criminal Justice and Human Services
Aberdeen
Contact: Courtney Waid-Lindberg
605-626-2601
Pennington County Sheriff's Office
Rapid City
Contact: Kevin Thom
605-394-6113
Pennington County State's Attorney's Office
Rapid City
Contact: Mike McCormick
605-394-2191
Resolutions Counseling & Mediation
Sioux Falls
Contact: Shanna Moke
605-679-3186
Restoring Hope
Lower Brule
Contact: Vicki Her Many Horses/Carmen O'Leary
River City Domestic Violence Center
Yankton
Contact: Stacy Starzl Hansen
605-665-4811
Sacred Heart Center Family Violence Services Program
Eagle Butte
Contact: Kirk Beyer
605-964-6062
Safe Harbor
Aberdeen
Contact: Gina Karst
605-226-1212
Sioux Falls CASA
Sioux Falls
Contact: Stacey Tieszen
605-339-9492
South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation
Pierre
605-773-3331
South Dakota Highway Patrol Crash Assistance Program
Pierre
605-773-3105
The Compass Center
Sioux Falls
Contact: Michelle Trent
605-339-0116
The Wholeness Center
Flandreau
Contact: Roxanne Giangrande
605-997-3535
Treasured Lives
Rapid City
Contact: Kelly Patterson
605-381-4867
un-Defined
Sioux Falls
Contact: Krissa Timmer
605-321-0077
Union County State's Attorney's Office
Elk Point
Contact: Jerry Miller
605-356-2666
Union Gospel Mission
Sioux Falls
Contact: Sarahjo Johnson/Eric Weber
605-334-6732
Volunteers of America - Dakotas
Sioux Falls
Contact: Melissa Jungemann
605-366-7803
Wac'ang'a Inc.
Agency Village
Contact: Evelyn
Watertown Police Department
Watertown
Contact: Lee McPeek
605-882-5255
Where All Women Are Honored--Winyan Wicayuonihan Oyanke
Rapid City
Contact: Norma Rendon
White Buffalo Calf Women's Society
Mission
Contact: Lindsey Compton
605-856-2317
Wiconi Wawokiya, Inc.
Fort Thompson
Contact: Lisa Heth
605-245-2471
Wild Horse Butte CDC--Sacred Shawl
Martin
Contact: Leslie Fergeson
605-685-1168
Winner Resource Center for Families
Winner
Contact: Shana Flakus
605-842-2736
Working Against Violence, Inc. (WAVI)
Rapid City
Contact: Linda Shroll
605-341-3292
Yankton Police Department
Yankton
Contact: Todd Brandt
605-668-5210
Youth and Family Services, Stronger Family Program
Rapid City
Contact: Mary Ann Slanina or Angela Roberts
605-791-5025
Zimbelman Evaluations
Sioux Falls
Contact: Judy Zimbelman
605-940-1150