USD's CPCM Recognizes Child Abuse Awareness Month
Building a Resilient South Dakota Challenge
During the month of April, CPCM is challenging South Dakota’s 11 largest communities to schedule Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) or Enough Abuse trainings, an effort to train as many South Dakotans as possible. Currently 19,000 people have completed ACEs trainings in our state. ACEs can have a substantial impact on the mental and physical well-being of someone suffering effects because of abuse, neglect or another traumatic experience such as a pandemic. CPCM partners with the Children’s Home Society of South Dakota for these trainings.
National Wear Blue Day, April 1
Wear blue to show your support of the work being done across the state to create a healthier, safer and more resilient South Dakota for children and families.
Child Abuse Prevention Breakfast, April 1
This event is a chance for child advocates, CPCM partners and community members to join together to learn more about the CPCM mission of ending child abuse and neglect.
Child Welfare Legal Workshop, April 4
CPCM, the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, and the USD Knudson School of Law will host the Child Welfare Legal Workshop at the Muenster University Center Ballroom in Vermillion. This event applies to law students, legal professionals, social workers, medical students, nurses and anyone interested or involved in a child abuse and neglect case. Programming will walk attendees through the steps in a child abuse and neglect case.
Court Improvement Program Lunch and Learn – Role of a State’s Attorney in a Child Abuse and Neglect Case, April 27
CPCM partners with the Unified Judicial System for monthly lunch and learns. The goal of these trainings is to provide relevant and up-to-date information on the South Dakota child welfare system, while offering unique approaches and standards for best practices when working with children throughout the court process.
More information for these events is available at www.sdcpcm.com.
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