At least Governor Noem found some local talent for the Department of Social Services. But in swiftly picking Matt Althoff to replace Laurie Gill to…
Tag: Department of Social Services
Four Kids Still at Koskan Home; Does DSS Need to Act to Protect Them from Rape and Incest?
Published 2022-11-07
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Joel Koskan appears in court this morning to answer to the charge that he continually raped his adopted daughter for several years. His wife Sally,…
Bills Begin! 2020 SB 2 Requires DSS to Support Mental Health Hotline, But Strikes Funding Mandate
Published 2020-01-05
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The first bills are in the hopper! Senate Bill 2 of the 2020 Session revisits an issue that fizzled in the 2019 Session, an effort…
Rules Committee Nixes DSS Online-Only Rate Publication
Published 2019-09-10
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Lest we get too efficient, the Legislature’s Rules Review Committee told the Department of Social Services they can’t just use the Internet to inform the…
Spreadsheet Errors at DSS Cost $6.7M in Overpayments to Hospitals
Published 2019-04-23
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The big FY2018 state audit report finds that the Department of Social Services miscalculated Medicaid reimbursement rates and overpaid hospitals $6.7 million: Several errors were…
DSS Forces Catheter into Three-Year-Old Boy; Avera Complicit in Torture
Published 2017-04-08
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
O.K., you tell me what evidence is so vital that it justifies the state forcibly inserting anything into a human being and draining bodily fluids? Kirsten Hunter said…
DOJ, EEOC Say South Dakota Discriminates Against Indian Job Applicants
Published 2015-11-05
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
USCIS is calling South Dakota corrupt; now the U.S. Department of Justice is calling us racist. On Tuesday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the…
SD Social Services Increased One Reserve Fund by 45% in FY2014
Published 2015-05-18
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
My neighbor Ken Santema gets me looking at documents on the agenda for Tuesday’s Government Operations and Audit Committee meeting, and I find one small fiscal note worth…