LSS of South Dakota was notified by the City of Sioux Falls on Friday, December 19, that the City would no longer financially support the Multi-Cultural Center. Current funding ends December 31. The elimination of financial support creates significant uncertainty for the future of the Multi-Cultural Center and the annual Festival of Cultures.
A chance meeting led two people to appreciate the significant impact that fostering and adoption has had on both their families.
LSS offers trainings for groups, from staff meetings to service clubs or church groups. In one or two hours, your team can walk away with potentially life-changing financial strategies or a new understanding of other cultures.
A casual conversation between two friends about canning became a community-driven collaboration empowering people with skills in gardening, food preservation and local food systems to foster self-reliance, wellness and economic opportunity. And in just a few months.
LSS of South Dakota hosted three large events in June to support adoptive families, lift up teens in foster care and celebrate cultural richness.
In these coming years, LSS will need to demonstrate our agency’s moxie to equip our clients to be resilient and thrive in strong, healthy families.
LSS of South Dakota’s vision is that all people in South Dakota will be healthy, safe and accepted. Since 1948, part of that important work has been welcoming refugees into our state and assisting them with integration into their new community.
Wyatt and Erica always knew they wanted to make a difference in the lives of children. As high school sweethearts, they often talked about adoption, but everything changed the day they heard a powerful message during a church service — one that planted the seeds that opened their hearts to an unexpected calling: becoming foster parents.
“Seeking out services when struggling is a strength.” That’s what Michelle Wiegand, clinical associate director of LSS Behavioral Health Services, reminded Stella, an eighth grade student, and her family when they reached out for support.
Swinging open the doors of The Coliseum on a Sunday afternoon, you encounter a sound unlike any other in Sioux Falls: hypnotic chants, thunderous booms, the snaps and cracks of wood against wood. Seven members of the Royal Drumming group Abatimbo move in sync, pounding handmade instruments from their native Burundi.
