Licensed mental health professionals, management and foster parents sought for the Simply Smiles Children s Village on the Cheyenne River Reservation drgnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from drgnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Jan 26, 2021 6:26 AM
A first-of-its-kind foster parent organization is looking for adults to become full-time, professional foster parents at the Simply Smiles Childrenâs Village on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota.
The Simply Smiles Childrenâs Village is an intentional community of foster families serving the children most at-risk on the Reservation. The Village offers child placement options that fulfill the spirit of the Indian Child Welfare Act by ensuring that Native children who have been removed from their homes can remain with kin and community.
President and Founder Bryan Nurnberger says the foster parents live at individual foster homes at the Simply Smiles Children’s Village in La Plant, SD. He says the adults will help raise Native children in an environment rooted in Lakota traditions and guided by trauma-informed, therapeutic healing practices. They work with the other foster parents in the Village and
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From Naugatuck native Bryan Nurnberger
I m writing to you from the kitchen counter at the new Simply Smiles Children s Village here on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota.
Kristen and I moved out here to help with the launch of foster home #1 and with the construction of the second home in the Village. As I glance from the screen to my surroundings, I can see the children in our care helping to prepare dinner as Netflix plays in the background. There are construction noises outside. And our incredible team is making all of this magic happen.