State Licensing Information
South Dakota Child Protection Services
http://www.dss.sd.gov/childcare/licensing/
Contact: Carol Forsch, 605-773-7176

Business Development
South Dakota Rural Enterprise, Inc.:  http://www.sdrei.org
SDREI is First Children’s Finance’s lending partner and a business development resource.

Child Care Policy &  Advocacy
South Dakota Voices for Children:  http://www.sdvoicesforchildren.org
South Dakota Kids Count  http://www.usd.edu/sdkidscount

Regional Early Childhood Enrichment
Early Childhood Connections, Rapid City: http://www.earlychildhoodconnections.com/index.html
Early Childhood Training Network, Pierre: http://therightturn.homestead.com
Early Childhood Partners, Aberdeen: http://www.earlychildhoodpartners.org
Family Resource Network, Brookings: http://frn.sdstate.edu/
C.H.I.L.D. Services, Sioux Falls: http://www.sanfordhealth.org/Services/Childrens/CHILDServices

South Dakota Association for the Education of Young Children http://www.sdaeyc.org

South Dakota Head Start Association http://www.sdheadstart.org/default.asp?page=home

Women's Business Center
EQUIP http://www.usiouxfalls.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1091&Itemid=121

Family Child Care Professionals of South Dakota, Inc. http://www.sdfcc.org/index.html

National Child Care Information Center
South Dakota state profile: http://www.nccic.org/statedata/statepro/display.cfm?state=South%20Dakota