Ray of Hope: Child Abuse Prevention Event

Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment (CPCM) is committed to ending child maltreatment in South Dakota by empowering professionals, communities, and the public to know about, respond to, and prevent child abuse and neglect in South Dakota.

Child maltreatment prevention and response is a complex issue. Responsibility for prevention efforts and corresponding promotion of child wellbeing is shared across multiple agencies and programs in the child welfare system. CPCM brings unity to the work.

Power of Primary Prevention

Primary prevention of child maltreatment connects families to resources and supports in their community. The aim of primary prevention is to prevent child maltreatment before it happens. Examples of primary prevention can include parenting education, affordable-quality childcare, economic supports, and family-forward workplace policies.

Join Us

Learn more about the power of primary prevention from South Dakota decision-makers and business leaders. This event will discuss:

• Examples of primary prevention and how SD businesses and organizations can support primary prevention efforts.
• Update on primary prevention policies adopted in the 2025 legislative session.
• Economic benefits of family-forward workplace practices.
• Panel discussion with South Dakota business leaders with family-forward workplace practices, featuring Nan Poppen with First Bank & Trust and Carissa Schoffelman with Click Rain.