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Child-on-child abuse also a concern Written By: Danielle Ferguson / South Dakota News Watch | 3:50 pm, May 11, 2021 × The Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center planted blue pinwheels in front of the center on April 29 as part of a child abuse awareness event. The pinwheels represent the children who are in protective services in the county. (Photo courtesy of the Oglala Lakota Children’s Justice Center) Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child-abuse cases in South Dakota and that the abuse of children was more severe than in the past. They are also concerned that the pandemic led to an increase in child-on-child abuse that was more rare prior to the arrival of the coronavirus. ....
View Comments Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child-abuse cases in South Dakota and that the abuse of children was more severe than in the past. They are also concerned that the pandemic led to an increase in child-on-child abuse that was more rare prior to the arrival of the coronavirus. Recent statistics are unlikely to tell the whole story of how child abuse changed during the pandemic, and in fact may obscure what experts are almost certain was a rise in abuse cases. The fact that some cases went unreported during the pandemic may have inadvertantly allowed some child abuse to continue unabated. ....
Child protection advocates are worried that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a spike in child-abuse cases in South Dakota and that the abuse of children was more severe than in the past. They are also concerned that the pandemic led to an increase in child-on-child abuse that was more rare prior to the arrival of the coronavirus. Recent statistics are unlikely to tell the whole story of how child abuse changed during the pandemic, and in fact may obscure what experts are almost certain was a rise in abuse cases. The fact that some cases went unreported during the pandemic may have inadvertantly allowed some child abuse to continue unabated. ....
$100,000 United Way donation helps Sioux Falls School District families get through 2020 Shelly Conlon, Sioux Falls Argus Leader Sioux Falls School District officials are giving thanks this January after a local nonprofit helped more than 800 of the district s families make it through 2020. When COVID-19 hit South Dakota, the Sioux Empire United Way asked to help those struggling to get by. Thanks to coordination efforts between the nonprofit, and district counselors and social workers, $100,000 worth of Hy-Vee gift cards were distributed to more than 850 families across Sioux Falls schools, the district announced during a school board meeting Monday night. The last $100 gift card was delivered during early December. ....