Local Programs
This page has contact information for programs that offer assistance and referrals to victims and survivors of abuse throughout your state. If you plan to contact a program by email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
We list the organizations by the county where the office is located, but many offices serve multiple counties. You can click “View All” to look through the complete list of organizations. If you are looking for an attorney to represent you in court or to give you legal advice about your situation, go to our Finding a Lawyer page instead.
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Meade
Crisis Intervention Shelter Services, Inc.
Sturgis, SD 57785Hotline: (605) 347-0050
Phone: (800) 755-8432 (Toll-free)
URL: https://sturgisciss.org/
Email: ciss@rushmore.com
Crisis Intervention Shelter Services, Inc. offers a 24-hr crisis line, emergency shelter, referrals, assistance with finding permanent housing and support groups for victims of domestic and/or sexual violence and their children.
Office hours: Mon - Fri 8 AM to 5 PM
Minnehaha
Catholic Family Services - Sioux Falls
523 North Duluth AvenueSioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone: (605) 988-3775
Phone 2: (800) 700-7867 (Toll-free)
Fax: (605) 988-3875
URL: https://sfcatholic.org/cfs/
Catholic Family Services provides a variety of counseling programs: grief, individual, family, and adoption services. Services offered in five locations across eastern South Dakota. Counseling is professional and confidential.
Children's Inn
409 North Western AvenueSioux Falls, SD 57104
Hotline: (605) 338-4880
Phone: (888) 378-7398 (Toll-free)
URL: https://chssd.org/shelter
Email: childrensinn@chssd.org
Children’s Inn provides shelter services victims of domestic violence, elder abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and child abuse & neglect. Services are provided, but are not limited, to the South Dakota counties of Minnehaha, McCook, Lincoln, Turner, and Union. Children’s Inn also provides the following services to victims (even if you are not in our shelter): assistance in the completion of protection order paperwork; counseling; support groups; and parenting groups. Services may be provided in your community as part of the Rural Outreach Program.
Moody
The Wholeness Center
Flandreau, SD 57028Hotline: (605) 997-5594 (collect calls accepted)
Phone: (605) 997-3535
URL: https://wholenesscentersd.weebly.com/services.html
Email: wcdirector@iw.net
The Wholeness Center provides several types of services to assist victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking, as well as offers the support and resources needed to make healthy choices. Services provided include: immediate 24-hour shelter, crisis hotline, crisis counseling, intervention, legal advocacy, assistance in obtaining protection/stalking orders, courtroom advocacy, referral services, assistance in accessing community resources and limited financial assistance.
Office hours: Mon - Fri 9 AM to 5 PM




