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South Dakota State Profile

Single State Agency Information

Gilbert Sudbeck, Director 
Shawnie Rechtenbaugh, Prevention Coordinator; NPN Representative
Division of Alcohol & Drug Abuse
Hillsview Plaza, East Hwy. 34
500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
605-773-3123 (General)
605-773-7076 (Fax)
shawnie.rechtenbaugh@state.sd.us (Shawnie)

State RADAR Network Site

Shawnie Rechtenbaugh, Coordinator
South Dakota Department of Human Services
Hillsview Plaza, East Hwy. 34
500 E. Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
605-773-3123 (General)
605-773-7076 (Fax)
http://dhs.sd.gov/ada/prevention/prevent.aspx
shawnie.rechtenbaugh@state.sd.us (Shawnie)

Statewide Resource Center

South Dakota has four (4) Prevention Resource Centers (PRCS)

• Watertown (Human Service Agency)
  Dodi Haug, Prevention Coordinator
  Northeastern PRC
  123 - 19th St. NE
  PO Box 1030
  Watertown, SD 57201-6030
  605-886-0123 (General)
  605-884-3522 (Fax)
  http://humanserviceagency.org/neprc.htm
  hsaneprc@dailypost.com (General)

• Sioux Falls (Volunteers of America-Dakotas)
  Melinda Olson, Prevention Coordinator

Southeastern Alcohol and Drug PRC
1309 West 51st
P.O. Box 89306
Sioux Falls, SD 57109-9306
605-335-6474 (General)
605-335-5514 (Fax)
http://www.voa-dakotas.org
m.olson@voa-dakotas.org (Melinda)

• Rapid City (Youth and Family Services)
  Burke Eilers, Prevention Coordinator
  Western PRC
  202 E. Adams
  PO Box 2813
  Rapid City, SD 57709-2813
  605-342-1593 (General)
  605-342-4899 (Fax)
  wprc@rapidnet.com (General)

• Lemmon (Three Rivers MH/CD Center)

Deb Ruen, Prevention Coordinator

Northwestern PRC

11 E. 4th Street

PO Box 447

Lemmon, SD  57638

605-374-3862 (General)

605-374-3864 (Fax)

cpntmhcdc@yahoo.com       

Brief Overview of Statewide Prevention Plan

The Department of Human Services Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse proposes to concentrate its efforts on four specific outcomes:

1. To contain the percentage of our youth who have recently used alcohol at zero-growth per year through the year 2004.
2. To reduce the percentage of our youth who have ever tried marijuana by 1% per year through the year 2004.
3. To show no increase in the percentage of our youth who have recently used methamphetamines, through the year 2004.
4. To reduce the percentage of our youth who have recently used inhalants by 1% through the year 2004.
5. To reduce the percentage of our youth who were in a physical fight during the year by 1% per year through the year 2004.

To accomplish these outcomes, the Division proposes to prioritize funding in three areas:

1. Community Mobilization Projects expansion with parallel expansion of Community Prevention Networkers (CPN's).
2. Primary and Intensive Diversion Prevention Programming through maintenance and enhancement of these programs within the juvenile detention facilities and in each of the eight judicial circuits in the state.
3. Maintenance of 4 Prevention Resource Centers (PRC's) to provide substance abuse training opportunities, develop prevention activities, and disseminate information statewide through their respective resource libraries.

Single State Agency (SSA) is the organization designated by the State Governor to coordinate substance abuse prevention efforts in that state.

State Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) Network consists of state clearinghouses, prevention resource centers, Department of Education Regional Training Centers, and national, international, and local organization supporting substance abuse prevention activities.

The National Prevention Network (NPN), an organization of State alcohol and other drug abuse prevention representatives, provides a national advocacy and communication system for prevention. NPN is administered by NASADAD.