$50,000 Awarded to Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment
March 3, 2023 // Grants, Beyond Idea Grant Program
The South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF) recently presented a $50,000 Beyond Idea Grant (BIG) to the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment (CPCM). Offered in partnership with the Bush Foundation, the BIG program supports innovative, community-based, problem-solving efforts.
“We are grateful for this exemplary and impactful investment in our CPCM. CPCM will now be able to expand its mission in building resilient communities, which are models for collective impact and sharing best practices to prevent traumatic and early adverse childhood experiences, such as child abuse and neglect,” said Haifa AbouSamra, Dean, USD School of Health Sciences
SD children face Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) that can lead to long-term social and health consequences. But what is knowable is preventable. BIG funding will support CPCM's “Resilient Communities: South Dakota” initiative. The initiative is a community-led, strengths-based approach to preventing ACES. Informed by the CDC, the state-specific, 5-stage process has been implemented in Coddington and Brookings Counties. Funding will expand the initiative and increase capacity of community members to prevent ACES for their children.
“Children are the future,” says Ginger Niemann, SDCF Senior Program Officer. “SDCF is grateful for CPCM’s work to strengthen communities and protect children.”
A total of $1.2 million will be available to nonprofits in 2023 through the Beyond Idea Grant program. To learn more about funding opportunities offered by the SDCF, please visit our website at https://www.sdcommunityfoundation.org/
SDCF is a public non-profit organization established in 1987. SDCF, with offices in Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Aberdeen administers 1,200 funds benefiting hundreds of charitable organizations annually. The Foundation distributed nearly $30 million in grants in 2022 which made a tremendous difference in communities statewide. This would not have been possible without the generosity of our donors. If you have a specific cause you would like to support or would prefer to give for the general good of our state, please visit https://sdcommunityfoundation.org/giving to learn more or call 1-800-888-1842.
The Bush Foundation invests in great ideas and the people who power them. Established in 1953 by 3M Executive Archibald Bush and his wife Edyth, the Foundation encourages individuals and organizations to think bigger and think differently about what is possible in communities across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geographic area.