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Western South Dakota's Only Ranch Station
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rural America Initiatives (RAI) has received a $1 million donation from the John T. Vucurevich Foundation to formally launch a $4 million Capital Campaign, adding eight Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms to their school on South Valley Drive. This expansion will allow RAI to serve 80 more at-risk, poverty-level, […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Department of Social Services announced $12.5 million is available for childcare providers to apply for through the ARPA funds. South Dakota gave about $62 million in 2021 to childcare centers to curb costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, but those funds were quickly spent due to the rising cost of […]
PIERRE, SD – Child care providers’ annual training requirements would be cut in half, based on proposed changes to child care licensing standards by the state Department of Social Services. The state DSS also plans to distribute $38 million in federal COVID funds to child care providers before September 2024. Under current state regulations, child […]
