The following list of youth diversion programs or agencies has been approved by the Unified Judicial System and is used by States Attorneys across the state for diverting youth from the juvenile justice system. This list contains non-Court Services diversion programs and agencies.
Diversion Programs and Agencies by Circuit
Select a judicial circuit below for a list of youth diversion programs and agencies for that circuit. This information was last updated March 13, 2026.
- Clay County Diversion Program
- Davison County Juvenile Substance Abuse Prevention and Education
- Davison County State’s Attorney Diversion Program
- Hanson County Diversion Program
- McCook County Youth Diversion Program
- Mitchell Attendance Initiative
- Teen Court in Clay County
- Teen Court in Yankton County
- Union County Youth Diversion Program
- Yankton County Youth Diversion Program
- Lincoln County Youth Diversion Program
- Minnehaha County Diversion Coordinator
- Sioux Empire Boys and Girls Club – Teen Center
- Teen Court
- WE Connect Youth Program
- Why Try
- YMCA Youth program
- Moody, Brookings and Codington County Teen Court – Boys and Girls Club
- Beadle County Cornerstones Career Learning Center
- Beadle County Diversion Program
- Beadle County Positive Diversion Program
- Brookings County Youth Diversion Program
- Codington County Diversion Program through Boys and Girls Club
- Deuel County Youth Diversion County Program
- East Central South Dakota Diversion
- Grant County Juvenile Diversion Program
- Miner County Youth Diversion County Program
- Action for the Betterment of the Community in Sturgis, Belle Fourche and Deadwood
- Alive at 25
- Butte County State’s Attorney Diversion Program
- Teen Court DBA as Northern Hills Diversion
- Cell Phone Safety and Sexting Course
- East Central South Dakota Diversion
- Fifth Circuit Brown County State’s Attorney Diversion Program
- Jumpstart Diversion Program
- Oyate Court
- Teen Court in Roberts County
- Walworth County Diversion Program
- 3rd Millennium Classrooms Program (online drug/alcohol and shoplifting classes overseen by Court Services)
- East Central South Dakota Diversion
- Hughes/Stanley County Diversion Program
- Oglala Sioux Tribe and Bennett County Diversion Program
- Positive Action Program (via the MGM Coalition in Mellette County in conjunction with the White River School)
- Teen Court in Hughes/Stanley Counties
The State's Attorney refers directly to a variety of agencies for services such as:
- 3rd Millenium online classes
- Advent Oline Classes
- Adolescent Early Intervention
- Ateyapi Program – Rural America Initiatives
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Catholic Social Services
- Club for Boys
- Community Court
- Counseling – Any licensed to practice agency or individual.
- Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Programs
- I Drive Safely
- JUMP Class or any CBT Based Art Program
- Lifeways Drug and Counseling
- Lutheran Social Services
- Oyate Behavioral Health
- Oaye Luta Okolakiciye Programs
- Teen Court
- Truancy Intervention Program
- YouImpact
- Youth & Family Services
- West River Mental Health