Mental Health

The Sioux Falls Police Department is relaunching its co-responder model program for the summer. It’s partnership with Southeast Behavioral Health that’s part of a larger city effort to address mental health issues.

Gov. Larry Rhoden is declaring June Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Month to recognize the "invisible wounds" carried by many veterans, first responders and trauma survivors.

A new art installation in Sioux Falls is looking at mental health through a different lens. Its primary goal is to show people struggling with their mental health they aren’t alone.

Marsh McLennan Agency is giving Sanford Children’s Hospital a $1 million gift.

Rapid City Area Schools have received a million-dollar grant to bolster local school safety. The money, and the associated changes, will be distributed over the next three school years.

With the investment of three-and-a-half million dollars into the Rapid City Area Schools mental health services, some say it’s a meaningful step in the right direction. Others, though, say there’s still a massive gap in local mental health care.

As research continues to demonstrate the need for youth mental health services, some schools work to fill the need. Now, the Rapid City Area School District has received a $3.4-million grant to address service gaps in its schools.

Minds Matter in Aberdeen seeks to address cognitive decline. We learn about the business and scientific aspects of the organization with owner Tiffany Hoeft.

The state of veteran health care in America is in constant flux, and under constant scrutiny from lawmakers and patients alike. Now, leaders of the network say they’re taking a hard look at local clinics and boosting mental care.

Noem joined the Department of Social Services as a speaker during a recent suicide prevention conference in Sioux Falls.