Survivor Support Groups in South Dakota

Survivor Support Groups in South Dakota

Rapid City

  • Journey On: Suicide Grief Education/Support Class meets for 8 consecutive weeks, twice per year, in the evenings. Group is facilitated by peers who serve on the organization’s LOSS team.
    • Pre-registration is required.
    • Donations are accepted but not required.
  • An ongoing Support Group meets the 4th Saturday of each month from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Family Medicine and Residency Clinic at 504 E. Monroe St., Rapid City, 57701.

Sioux Falls

  • Helpline Center: Surviving After Suicide Education/Support Class meets on 9 consecutive evenings from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. The class is held three times per year (January, April, September).
  • An ongoing Support Group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 6:00-7:30pm.
    • There is no fee.
    • Must be 18 years old to attend.
  • Our monthly virtual support group provides survivors with a powerful community that comes together to share, reflect on, and experience that complex grief that accompanies losing a loved one to death by suicide. Our support group is a safe & confidential space that looks to provide hope to survivors no matter where they are in their grief journey.
    • The monthly support group is held the 2nd Wednesday every month from 6:00pm-7:30pm
    • There is no fee.
    • Must be 18 years old to attend.
    • Register for the Survivor of Suicide Loss Virtual Support Group.
    • Contact: Erica Allen, 605-274-1416, griefsupport@helplinecenter.org

Yankton

  • Paul Taggart Foundation: Anchoring to Hope Suicide Bereavement Group is a support group for adults who have experienced suicide loss.
    • This groups meets every other week on Monday nights from 7:00pm-8:30pm.
    • Screening will occur before the group for new members, please come 30 minutes early (6:30).
    • There is no fee.
    • This is an open group located at Vision Real Estate in the Board Room.
    • Contact: paultaggartfoundation@gmail.com