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Before Michael ever saw the inside of juvenile lockup, caseworkers recommended he be sent home. The 13-year-old came from a stable, two-parent home in Columbia. He watched over his three younger siblings, did chores around the house, and enjoyed playing in his youth football league.
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Past a gravel road lined with old white wooden buildings is a new eight-acre village dotted with colorful houses, tepees and a sweat lodge. The Simply Smiles Children's Village, in this small town on the Cheyenne River Reservation, is home to a program aimed at improving outcomes and reducing trauma for Indigenous foster children.
The Simply Smiles Children’s Village is home to a program aimed at improving outcomes and reducing trauma for Indigenous foster children.
The Simply Smiles Children’s Village is a small town on the Cheyenne River Reservation that is home to a program aimed at improving outcomes and reducing trauma for Indigenous foster children.
A foster care program on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota is attracting attention from officials elsewhere as they search for ways to reduce trauma inflicted on Indigenous families,