Category Archives: United Way

CASA 7th Circuit A volunteer was able to support a mother working hard toward reunification who had deep mistrust of Department of Social Services. This mistrust was making DSS suspicious of the mother's actions/intentions. Once the CASA was able to identify the challenge and help get the mother connected with and advocate of her own,Continue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”

Prairie Hills Transit Hot Springs is a wonderful retirement community and has some great housing, assisted living and nursing home facilities as well as the Hot Springs Veterans Affairs Hospital. Many spouses are separated from their mate of many years due to disabilities or other conditions that require more care. Because many of these spousesContinue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”

Children's Home Society of South Dakota – Clinical Outpatient Services The children we serve struggle with emotional regulation. This can be due to a variety of reasons including trauma, abuse and neglect and/or mental health concerns. The Zones of Regulation group was offered for six weeks. Attendees were all boys, ages 6-10 with 15-16 boysContinue reading “Impact in Rapid City”

Black Hills Special Services Cooperative – Career Learning Center of the Black Hills Workforce Ready Program The CLCBH has been providing assessments to businesses, government entities and nonprofit agencies for over 20 years. We welcome approximately 1,500 test takers annually, people seeking a vast range of professional assessment, licensure, certification, and entrance into educational programs.Continue reading “Impact in Rapid City”

Working Against Violence Inc – Project THRIVE When Cathy arrived at WAVI with her three children from Hot Springs, they were tired, scared, and carrying the weight of months of fear and isolation. The children’s father had slowly cut the family off from loved ones and outside support. The children were rarely allowed to leaveContinue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”

And Another new trip type comes from the traveling nurses who use transportation services to get to/from their lodging to the healthcare facility. Fall River Health clinic has purchased trip vouchers to help assist any patients who need to get into the clinic but don't have the $2.00 fare for the trip to/from. The vouchersContinue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”

EmBe – Girls on the Run “My child really benefited from participating in Girls on the Run. She was excited about going twice a week and looked forward to her time there. I was impressed by the way the coaches were able to engage the group and unify the girls. It was neat to hearContinue reading “Impact in Rapid City”

Catholic Social Services – Uplifting Parents Gina moved to Rapid City to pursue her degree in general studies while working the night shift at Black Hills Works. As a single parent new to the area, she had no support network and no one to turn to for guidance or encouragement. Through Uplifting Parents, she wasContinue reading “Impact in Rapid City”

Meals on Wheels – Western SD From a Southern Hills participant, "Since I've had MOW, I eat all that I can chew. I'm getting stronger. I have never had so many fruits and vegetables in my life. Meat too. My vitamin D is back up… MOW is making a great difference in my health. GodContinue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”

SHIFT Garage Some of the requests we receive are a little unconventional, but we’re here to help people’s transportation needs any way we can. A few months ago, a man who lives west of Hill City called our Rapid City location. He spoke with our director and shared that he had an SUV on hisContinue reading “Impact in Southern Hills”