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Children & Youth , Children & Youth Services , Youth Development Programs

Youth & family services, inc. Offers eight comprehensive programs woven together to provide assistance, support, educational and recreational activities for more than 14,000 children and their families in 24 western south dakota counties annually. Programs include: girls incorporated of rapid city. Girls participate in challenging and creative activities such as photography, crafts, swimming, computer applications, hands on math and science enrichment activities, homework help and tutoring, literacy, substance abuse prevention, health classes and pregnancy prevention. Health connections, a girls inc. Program that targets at-risk girls, ages 5-15, is an innovative, award-winning program that meets girls' physical, mental, and social health needs by connecting them with medical, dental, and mental health service providers in the community. Last year, 59 girls received services through the program. Girls inc. Operation smart (science, math, and relevant technology) is a highly acclaimed program that encourages girls to engage in science and math activities and investigate non-traditional, technical/vocational or scientific careers. Girls explore through hands-on activities, mentoring experiences, and laboratory experimentation. In 2016, more than 1,100 girls participated in girls inc. Programming. Yfs child development center. Offers quality care, a highly-qualified staff, reasonable rates for low-income families, and a welcoming atmosphere for children, ages four weeks to 14 years. Last year, 80% of families who enrolled their children in this program were low-income. Yfs child development center is open monday through friday year round and is one of only a few center-based programs in the area that accepts infants and toddlers, part-time children, and children whose parents aren't able to make a long-term commitment for child care. Nearly 450 children were served last year, including infants and toddlers, preschoolers, and school age children. Nutritious meals and snacks, planned by a registered dietitian, are served. Trained drivers transport children in kindergarten through eighth grade to and from designated rapid city schools. Children have access to a gymnasium, computer laboratory, library and teaching kitchen, in addition to an outdoor playground and their classrooms. The integration of yfs head start programming allows yfs child development center to offer high quality services, such as developmental screenings, family services assistance, counseling for children and families, parent trainings, and nutrition and health education for families of children, ages 4 weeks to 5 years. Yfs child develpment center accepts families who receive child care assistance benefits through the south dakota office of child care services. Discounted rates are available for families with more than one child enrolled and families who meet income guidelines. Yfs nutrition services. Provides or oversees the provision of nearly 830,000 meals and snacks to children within yfs programs, community children through the summer food program, and children in family child care settings in 21 counties in western south dakota. Yfs nutrition services implements the yfs summer food program, offering free breakfasts and lunches to children up to age 18 in rapid city. Nearly 32,500 free meals and snacks were provided to children during the summer in 2015. Yfs nutrition services staff are experienced, dedicated, and committed to promoting positive food attitudes, healthy eating habits, and awareness of the importance of nutrition to a child's physical, mental, and social health and ability to learn. Staff offer individual nutrition counseling and education services, nutrition education classes, and trainings for families and staff to instill the importance of healthy lifestyles. They use an extensive library of nutrition and wellness resources and implement the "i am moving, i am learning" approach designed to increase time spent in moderate to vi