For over six decades, Black Hills Works has provided homes, employment, recreation, and social outlets for adults with disabilities. Today, we support almost 600 people with a wide array of disabilities, creating a community where everyone participates to achieve a life of full potential.
Above all, Black Hills Works is a person-centered agency. We put the people we support at the center of our agency and the decisions and planning that impact their lives. To help people self-direct their lives, we provide education, exposure, and experiences so that they can determine their own goals, and provide the supports they need to achieve their dreams.
Our Purpose
Mission
Creating a community where everyone participates to achieve a life of full potential.
Vision
A community where all people are good neighbors, valued friends, productive workers, respected leaders, and caring volunteers.
Values
Be my best
Be respectful of others
Be supportive
Be accountable
History
In 1958, parents of children with intellectual disabilities were faced with a decision: send them away to a state institution, or keep them home where they would have no access to education, employment, recreation, or social interaction.
It was this lack of choice that led Mrs. J. S. Kibben and other parents and friends of children with disabilities to start Rapid City’s first special education program in the basement of her home. That is when our journey began.
Board Leadership
Our agency is lead by a dynamic volunteer group of local professionals, community business owners, and advocates who believe in our mission and aspire to give of their time and energy to make a direct impact on what we do and who we are.
Annual Impact Reports
We publish an annual Community Impact Report sharing all that you make possible in the lives of nearly 600 people with disabilities in our wonderfully inclusive community. Read about the opportunities you create and the difference you make through the lives of the people we support. Thank you for all you make possible!
Locations
With offices, activity centers, and homes throughout Rapid City, we have been intentional about becoming a fully-integrated part of the neighborhoods we’re in.
Accreditation
Black Hills Works is an industry leader, offering high quality services and supports to adults with disabilities. Accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL), in 2023 Black Hills Works achieved one of the highest scores possible from CQL on our accreditation renewal.
Contact Us
Questions, comments, concerns, compliments: we welcome it all. Reach out at any time.
Legal
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