Coalition Mission

Partnering to improve health outcomes of those affected by diabetes in South Dakota

Coalition Vision

A dynamic and sustainable diabetes coalition impacting diabetes in South Dakota

Coalition Goals

1. Promote collaboration and coordination of efforts in the statewide diabetes network.
2. Promote access to quality diabetes prevention and control information and services in order to reduce the number of new diabetes cases and decrease the negative impact of diabetes on health and quality of life.
3. Provide advice and recommendations to the South Dakota Department of Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP).
4. Share expertise and insights into the needs, evidenced-based practices, and trends of persons and organizations impacted by diabetes.

What this coalition can do:

• Develop a statewide diabetes plan to facilitate the most effective use of resources.
• Develop performance improvement plans for statewide diabetes measures.
• Educate and learn from each other.
• Promote promising practices to SDDC partners and statewide diabetes stakeholders.
• Keep the membership fluid; be all inclusive.
• Solicit representation from all groups in the state.
• Solicit grants and oversee grant administration.

What this coalition cannot do:

• Enforce the use of information disseminated.
• Promote one program, registry, product, or organization over another.
• Mandate member organizations’ or individuals’ names on any specific project; groups may opt out of decisions, projects, lobbying, etc.
• Disseminate membership information to outside entities without membership approval.

For more information, please download and read the State Plan, available here.