Mission Statement



The SDCEDSV’s work includes:  Coalition building at the state, local, regional, tribal and national levels; support for the community-based nonviolent alternatives, such as safe home and shelter programs for women who are battered/raped and their children; public education and technical assistance; policy development and innovative legislation; focus on the leadership of SDCEDSV’s caucuses and task forces developed to represent the concerns of organizationally under represented groups; and efforts to eradicate societal conditions which contribute to violence against women and children.