Emergency Services Impact Area

“It looked like my garage had vanished, like it had never been there. The rest was a blur.”

Helps Sioux Empire women, who are involved in abusive relationships, escape violence and develop independence.
Offers relief for victims of disasters and helps individuals prevent, prepare, and respond to emergencies.
Provides support for a 24-hour hotline and referral service which provides crisis support and community information.

Need: Children require ongoing relationships with the parents they both love and depend on. Children who grow up in father-absent homes are significantly more likely to do poorly on almost any measure of child well-being: 2 to 3 times more likely to be poor, use drugs, and experience educational, health, emotional, and behavioral problems.

Results: 3,137 hours of supervised visitation were provided to children and their parents in 2009. When provided time with a parent that is positive, a child will experience less trauma then if the parent was permanently removed from his/her life.

Need: In 2006, SD was 6^th among states with a rate of 16.6 suicide deaths per 100,000 people. Every three days someone in SD dies from suicide. It is estimated that every completed suicide intimately affects at least 6 other people.

Results: 669 people were trained as suicide prevention gatekeepers, now able to identify and refer individuals at-risk for suicide to help. 372 suicide survivors were provided assistance through outreach visits, support groups, classes or receipt of educational materials.

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Sioux Empire United Way Impact Areas
After-School * Basic Needs * Child Care * Counseling * Disabilities * Diversity * Emergency Services
Health & Healing * Seniors * SFACF * Success By 6 * Youth Development * Youth Outreach