General Expectant/New Parent Assistance Programs
FACE Program Program at Enemy Swim Day School
Waubay Site
An early childhood/parental parent engagement program for American Indian families in BIE-funded schools. Program services integrate language and culture, and provide resources and support for families with children from prenatal to grade 3.
Goals of the program include supporting parents/primary caregivers as their child's first and most influential teacher, to increase family literacy, to strengthen family-school-community connections, services for the early identification of children with special needs, parent engagement, whether it be full-time, part-time, or flex-time status, and to promote lifelong learning.
Family and Child Education Program (FACE) offers school readiness home-based program, assessments, center-based setting, meals and transportation provided for center-based families, parenting skills, adult education / GED completion, and career planning, college preparation, job readiness.
Earn While You Learn Program at Haven Center
Watertown Site
An education-based system for earning material items for your child. Offers lessons applicable to to any stage of pregnancy up until age 2. Participation in the program rewards clients with incentive points that can be redeemed for material items.
Pregnancy Services Program at Option 1
Brookings Site
Medical Services: No cost and confidential pregnancy testing and limited ultrasound services. Call for an appointment.
STI/STD testing: performed following a positive pregnancy test.
Support Services: One on one meetings with a trained volunteer, covering pregnancy & parenting topics. After each visit, clients earn baby supplies. No cost.
Post Abortion Support: Trained volunteers walk the client through a post-abortion healing curriculum.
Options Consultation: Patients receive facts on each pregnancy option.
Adoption Referral: Assists clients in finding agencies that will guide them through the process and answer any questions.
Responsive Parenting Classes Program at Child and Family Resource Network
Responsive Parenting Classes at Brookings Site
Responsive Parenting classes are designed for parents of children 3 years and younger. The free Understanding Me Up to Age 3 4-week series focuses on development and learning in the early years, understanding your child's temperament and balancing the stress and joy of parenting.
Pregnancy Services Program at Bethany Christian Services of Eastern South Dakota
Sioux Falls Site
A maternal program providing specialized case management to pregnant women with substance and opioid use disorders by equipping them for successful recovery before and after the birth of the child.
Pregnancy Support Services - Sioux Falls Program at Birthright
Sioux Falls Site
Free and confidential pregnancy tests, emotional support, maternity and baby clothing, diapers size 1-3, and community resource referrals.