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Foster Care & Kinship

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Offering Safety & Belonging

We provide Foster Care and Kinship Services across South Dakota, ensuring children in need find safe, loving homes and supportive families.

Becoming a Foster Parent or Kinship Caregiver is more than opening your home—it’s offering hope, belonging, and a sense of worth.

We're with you every step of the way, providing education, training, and connections to community resources to help you succeed.
 


 

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“You all make an enormous difference in the lives of kids who would be lost otherwise.”

Kinship Services

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Kinship care is a powerful way to keep children connected to their family roots while providing them with much-needed love, stability, and security. When a child cannot remain with their parents, kinship caregivers—such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or close family friends—step in to offer a safe, familiar environment.

If you’re a relative or close family friend considering becoming a kinship caregiver, we’re here to support you.

Our Kinship Home Study Specialists work with family members, fictive kin, and other prospective caregivers to ensure their home and family system is safe, stable, and suitable for children. Our Kinship Locators help children who are removed from their homes and cannot return by identifying, locating, and engaging relatives who may be able to become kinship caregivers.

If you or someone you know is providing kinship care and could use supports, 
call 605-601-3410 or email Kinship@LssSD.org

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“We were determined to do everything in our power to save him and give him a good life.”

Read Sara and Ku's story

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