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Prenatal to Five Head Start
Lakota Site: Rapid City
Preschool
612 Crazy Horse St. 605-341-3163
Infants and Toddlers
3200 Canyon Lake Drive, 605-343-4741
RAI Prenatal to Five is funded by the American Indian Programs Branch of Head Start to provide developmental and educational services to 115 low income, transient Native American children. It provides health care tracking, developmental screenings, and early intervention for children with disabilities. Extensive cooperation is maintained with the Department of Social Services, Rapid City Public Schools, and Sioux San Indian Health Service Hospital. We target those families who have recently moved from a reservation and are on TANF.
Dakota Site: Crow Creek
Preschool, Infant, and Toddlers
1008 Burton Stepp Loop, 605-245-2337 or 2185
The RAI prenatal to Five is funded to provide developmental and educational services to 113 children, aged 0-5, and their families. RAI prenatal to Five provides cultural education, health care tracking, special needs screenings, and referral for early intervention. The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe has designated RAI as its official grantee.
ATEYAPI (Fatherhood) Mentoring
Sexual Abstinence Ed
925 Dilger St.- Old Garfield School, 342-8917
Lakota Healthy Marriages
10 Van Buren St.-Gen. Beadle School, 391-4642
The Ateyapi Project matches sober adult role models with at risk Native youth. The mentors use Red Road Approach to sobriety to teach Native American youth to be proud to be Lakota, drug free and to stay in school. The ATEYAPI Project is currently funded by the Administration for Native Americans to help build healthy marriages and by the Family and Youth Services Bureau of the Administration for Children and Families to provide Community-Based Abstinence Education.
Drug Free Communities and Sober Truth
(605) 341-3339
In cooperation with the Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition, this project seeks to reduce substance abuse in the Rapid City Schools. The DFC Project sponsors alcohol and drug free activities, workshops and forums. The primary activities are The Red Ribbon Campaign, the Youth to Youth Conference, and the S.A.V.E. Youth Conference. With collaboration from Rapid City Schools, Lifeways, S.D. National Guard, Western Prevention Resource Center, City/County Drug and Alcohol Programs, we reach 9,000 students a year.