February 13, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The House Judiciary Committee scrapped the bill at the request of its main sponsor, Rep. Kevin Killer, D-Pine Ridge, who said state legislation needs to be delayed a year to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a South Carolina case dealing with the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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December 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic
SIOUX FALLS (AP) Two Democratic congressmen have written to the head of the Department of Interior’s Office of Indian Affairs to question why the government has not yet held a summit about Native American children in foster care in South Dakota.
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November 29, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Indian welfare directors say too many American Indian children placed in foster care with non-Indian families.
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October 29, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press
Douglas County has been given a grant that will allow Social Services to use a web-based program to search for relatives. This tool is intended to increase successful foster-care placement of children. Continue Reading
September 22, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
GRAND FORKS Mark Little Owl, hired in mid-August by the Spirit Lake Tribe to restore its embattled social services department, will not continue as director after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs takes over the department on Oct. 1, he confirmed Friday. Continue Reading
September 11, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
One child in virtually every classroom in Grand Forks is a possible victim of child abuse or neglect. And 28 percent of children who are treated for burns or bruises likely have fractures as well. Continue Reading
August 10, 2012 in The Daily Republic
A valuable resource for families and individuals in difficult economic circumstances, the Bridge to Benefits website (www.sdbridgetobenefits.com) has been just been updated.
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July 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Benefits specialists from the Department of Social Services’ Division of Economic Assistance will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, at the itinerant office, Armour. Continue Reading
June 21, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE (AP) The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to end a man’s parental rights to his daughter in a case that defines the efforts the state must make to prevent the breakup of an American Indian family.
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May 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Glenn and Cherie Taber fled a bad situation in Spokane, Wash., with two bus tickets for Minot, a city familiar to the couple who had lived there 15 years earlier. Unable to get housing in Minot, they made a brief stop in Fargo before finding themselves in Grand Forks. The Tabers found themselves on the street, sleeping outside near the bus stop in downtown Grand Forks. Continue Reading
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