PIERRE — This week, both the Pierre City Commission and Fort Pierre City Council made proclamations in support of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Mayor Steve Harding issued Pierre’s proclamation Tuesday night…
Statistics in the proclamation are from 2020 and The Right Turn executive director Nancy Schlichenmayer says they are improving on those numbers in 2021…
Commissioner Jamie Huizenga says the services of the The Right Turn benefit everyone in the end…
Schlichenmayer says awareness, like the proclamation helps in promoting how the Right Turn can help…
The 2020 stats from the Right Turn include 70-percent of students completing programs have found jobs. Since July of 2020 the Rigth Turn has served over 50 individuals with 14 earning G-E-D’s. Statewide a network of partners has helped the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation serve 2400 people with 234 earning G-E-D’s and 500 taking part in English as a Second Language programs.
