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Rights & Reporting Complaints
While South Dakota doesn’t have a designated foster care complaint system or an Ombudsman to represent foster youth voices, you still have the right...
Rights & Reporting Complaints
In South Dakota, as a youth in foster care, you have the right to: Be involved in creating your case plan. Know your rights and receive a list of them...
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School-Based & Campus
The ETV Program is here to help you pay for college, a trade school, or a job training program if you were in foster care. You could get up to $5,000...
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Native American & Tribal
The South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) oversees child welfare services through its Division of Child Protection Services (CPS). CPS is...
Youth & Alumni Groups
The South Dakota Youth Action Board (YAB) is a group made up of young people who have lived experience in foster care or homelessness. YAB members...