Barriers for Emerging Adults

The Barriers for Emerging Adults Task Force was created by HB 1063 during the 2023 South Dakota Legislative Session to examine barriers to service for “emerging adults” involved in the justice system in South Dakota. “Emerging adults” refers to individuals who are 18 to 25 years old. The goal of this task force is to:

1. Recommend best practices for supporting emerging adults that are involved in the adult criminal justice system.

2. Create joint training opportunities for justice system professionals and partners related to emerging adults.

3. Identify opportunities to expand diversion programming for emerging adults.

4. Explore ways to overcome barriers to housing and employment for emerging adults.

5. Explore supervision practices utilized through probation and parole for emerging adult offenders.

6. Recommend ways to develop culturally responsive, community-based mentoring programs for emerging adults.

7. Recommend alternative or additional funding structures for supportive services for emerging adults.

HB 1063 PDF

Barriers for Emerging Adults Task Force Members and Project Staff

Task Force Members

Name	Position
Greg Sattizahn	State Court Administrator
Judge Mike Day	Presiding Judge, 4th Circuit
Judge Natalie Damgaard	Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit
Molly Ramlo	Chief Court Services Officer-3rd Judicial Circuit
Lara Roetzel	Pennington County State’s Attorney
Daniel Haggar	Minnehaha County State’s Attorney
Ryan Brunner	Senior Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office
David Flute	Secretary, DTR
Tiffany Wolfgang	Division of Behavioral Health, DSS
Kellie Wasko	Secretary of Corrections
Laura Scheibe	Department of Education
Marcia Hultman	Secretary of Labor and Regulation
Rep. Tamara St. John	District 1
Rep. Chris Karr	District 11
Senator David Wheeler	District 12
Jordan Majeske	Detective, Aberdeen
Terry Dosch	SD Council of Community Behavioral Health
Belinda Nelson	CEO, Community Counseling Service
Erik Bringswhite	I.Am.Legacy
Mark Barnett	Chief Deputy, Attorney General
Betsy Doyle	Chief Deputy Public Defender-Minnehaha County
Eric Whitcher	Director-Pennington County Public Defender’s Office
Sheriff Doug Solem	Beadle County Sheriff