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.
- Contact: Bridget Marshall; (605) 348-6692; bmarshall.journeyon@gmail.com
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).
- Pre-registration is required here.
- Donations are accepted, but not required.
- Contact griefsupport@helplinecenter.org
- 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