Where Life Stories Take Shape
Last year, LSS helped to transform the lives of South Dakotans with diverse and vital services statewide. But to see the whole picture and truly understand LSS, you have to see what is missing. You may know us as one specific service, but there is so much more. LSS helps individuals, families and communities of all shapes and forms. All have a place at LSS.
LSS is accredited by the Council on Accreditation, a ministry of the South Dakota Synod, ELCA, a member of Lutheran Services in America, a United Way agency and licensed by the State of South Dakota.
LSS Services
Adoption Services • Alternatives to Detention • Behavioral Health Services • Better Together • Center for Financial Resources • Center for New Americans • Multi-Cultural Center • Childcare & Education • Disaster Response Services • Foster Care Services • Independent Living Services • Kinship Services • Mentoring Services • Pregnancy Counseling Services • Re-Entry Services • Residential Services for Children & Youth • Resource Family Services • LSS Cares Wraparound Services
News & Events
LSS offers trainings for groups, from staff meetings to service clubs or church groups. In one or two hours, your team can walk away with potentially life-changing financial strategies or a new understanding of other cultures.
A casual conversation between two friends about canning became a community-driven collaboration empowering people with skills in gardening, food preservation and local food systems to foster self-reliance, wellness and economic opportunity. And in just a few months.
LSS of South Dakota hosted three large events in June to support adoptive families, lift up teens in foster care and celebrate cultural richness.
