Available State Services

Department of Social Services
  • Emergency food, clothing, and medicine for displaced individuals
  • Child care assistance
  • Elderly services
  • Replacement Food Stamp Benefits

Department of Health
  • Technical assistance to renters and home and business owners regarding clean-up, food and water safety, general health and safety, and mold
  • Emergency assistance through the WIC program
  • Private well testing
  • Vaccinations
  • Disease surveillance and reporting

Department of Human Services
  • 24-hour access to mental health counselors and alcohol and drug counselors for assessments, evaluations, and therapy based on programmatic and financial eligibility
  • Crisis counseling *
  • Support and assistance for emergency and involuntary commitment of individuals with mental health and substance dependency disorders

Department of Labor
  • Unemployment insurance for eligible participants
  • Temporary labor for cleanup duties (at owners expense)
  • Disaster Unemployment Assistance *

Housing Development Authority
  • Home repair grants (through the Community Action Program agencies) and low-interest loans for home repair for income eligible applicants
  • Governor's House Program
  • Rental waivers for HUD subsidized apartment units *
  • Emergency Shelter funds can be used to help pay for motel stays, rent and utility assistance payments *
* Requires a Presidential Disaster Declaration for either Individual Assistance or Public Assistance.

Contact Numbers to Keep
State Assistance:      866-737-8998
www.disasterrecovery.sd.gov

Adult Services & Aging:      605-773-3656 / 866-854-5465
www.dss.sd.gov/elderlyservices

Attorney General -Consumer Protection:      605-773-4400 / 800-300-1986
www.state.sd.us/attorney

Food Stamps:      605-773-3493 / 877-999-5612

Medicaid:      605-773-3495

Housing Development Authority:      605-773-3181 / 800-540-4241
www.sdhda.gov

Disaster Legal Services - State Bar :      800-952-2333
www.sdbar.org

Revenue & Regulation:      605-773-3311
www.state.sd.us/drr2revenue.html

Vital Records:      605-773-4961
www.state.sd.us/doh/witalrec/vital.htm

Motor Vehicle:      605-773-3541
www.state.sd.us/rr2/motorvehicle/contact.htm

Dept. of Labor - Disaster Unemployment:      605-626-3179

The Salvation Army:   
     Aberdeen:  605-225-7410
     Huron:  605-352-3438
     Mitchell:  605-996-3964
     Watertown:  605-886-4030
     Sioux Falls:  605-338-6649

Farm Service Agency:      Contact your local office
www.fsa.usda.gov

U.S. Small Business Administration:      800-659-2955
www.sba.gov