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Youth & Family Services
120 East Adams St. STE 400
Rapid City, SD 57701
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605-341-7200
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Youth & Family Services
PO Box 2813
Rapid City, SD 57709-2813
Nutritious Meals and Healthy Lifestyles
YFS' Nutrition Services provides more than 622,449 well-balanced meals and snacks to children in YFS agency programs and to children receiving care from registered, in-home child care providers through the Family Child Care Nutrition program.
In addition to providing quality nutritious meals and snacks, staff offer nutrition counseling, resources, and education services to promote positive food attitudes and healthy eating habits.
Family Child Care Nutrition Program
YFS Nutrition Services offers support to family and group family child care providers enrolled in the Family Child Care Nutrition Program by reimbursing them for serving healthy meals and snacks and providing assistance in meal planning, meal preparation, nutrition education, and program management.
The Family Child Care Nutrition Program also promotes positive food attitudes and healthy eating habits. It supports providers in understanding the role nutrition plays in a child’s physical, mental, and social health.
YFS sponsors the program in 30 western South Dakota counties. Any registered/licensed family or group family child care provider my participate. The Family Child Care Nutrition Program is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Child & Adult Care Food Program. YFS has been a sponsor of the Family Child Care Food Program since 1984. To contact YFS' Family Child Care Nutrition Program, please call (605) 341-7205.
For more information on this program, or to obtain the necessary forms, please click here.
Nutri-Library
YFS Nutri-Library offers resources including established wellness curriculum books, videos, and DVDs, music, creative movement props and food models for demonstrations.
Nutrition Education and Counseling
Nutrition Services staff members promote wellness activities and encourage children enrolled in YFS programs to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity.
Non-Discrimination Statement
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
- mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
- fax: (202) 690-7442; or
- email: intake@usda.gov.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.