2026-05-22T09:27:54-05:00 2025-12-31 822449762 LEE SUESS LLC PO BOX 1387 WILLISTON ND 588021387 990EZ 2025-01-01 454508610 DAKOTA FAMILY SOLUTIONS DAKO 7015704647 PO BOX 7050 WILLISTON ND 588030376 EVONNE HICKOCK PRESIDENT 7015704647 2026-05-19 1 CHEYANNE BLANCHARD CPA P01983771 7015772157 2026-05-19 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.DAKOTAFAMILYSOLUTIONS.ORG X X 94016 X 82000 12016 94016 54038 1200 7150 7417 9093 78898 15118 129600 0 144718 X 131022 143931 2216 2718 133238 146649 3638 1931 129600 144718 X COMMUNITY FAMILY SERVICES/SUPPORT/PREVENTION DAKOTA FAMILY SOLUTIONS (DFS) CONTINUES TO OFFER A VARIETY OF SERVICES FOR LOCAL FAMILIES, INCLUDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES/GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL/PREVENTATIVE RESOURCES/EVENTS, AND SOME MENTORING. SPECIAL EMPHASIS REMAINS ON TEEN MOMS/SINGLE MOMS/MOTHERS AND WOMEN (ALL AGES) IN OUR COMMUNITY.IN 2025, DFS PROVIDED TWO TEEN MOM CLASSES (TEEN MOM CLASS #1: INCLUDES PREGNANCY, LABOR AND DELIVERY, POSTPARTUM CARE FOR MOM, INFANT CARE, INFANT AND CHILD CPR, AND HEALTHY AND SAFE RELATIONSHIPS. AND TEEN MOM CLASS #2: INCLUDES HEALTH AND SAFETY, EMOTIONAL HEALTH, PLAY AND MILESTONES, SELF-CARE FOR MOM, ATTACHMENT AND BONDING, AND PARENTAL PRESENCE.) FOR CREDIT AT THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. 6 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN TEEN MOM CLASS #1, WITH 5 COMPLETING IT FOR CREDIT. IT INCLUDED 61 CLASS MEETINGS. 3 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN THE TEEN MOM CLASS #2, WITH 2 COMPLETING IT FOR CREDIT. THIS CLASS INCLUDED A TOTAL OF 22 CLASS MEETINGS. 9 TEEN MOMS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 83 CLASS MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.DFS ALSO OFFERED MOMS IN OUR COMMUNITY A WEEKLY GATHERING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT COVERED PARENTING AND SELF-GROWTH. WE HAD 13 MOMS PARTICIPATE IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE (11 SPRING/16 FALL MEETINGS), 27 MEETINGS, AND INCLUDED CHILDCARE PROVIDED BY DFS FOR 8 CHILDREN DURING ONE OR MORE OF THEM. THERE WAS ALSO A PLAYGROUP FOR THESE MOMS WITH 7 MEETING TIMES IN THE SPRING AND FALL, WITH 10 MOMS AND 17 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE OF THEM. OVERALL, IN 2025, THERE WERE 33 MEETINGS WITH 13 WOMEN AND 17 CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE OFFERINGS.A WEEKLY ENCOURAGEMENT GROUP WAS PROVIDED FOR SINGLE MOMS (10 SPRING/12 FALL SESSIONS) THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. 8 SINGLE MOMS ATTENDED ONE OR MORE OF THESE 22 MEETINGS, WHICH COVERED NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS, INCLUDING REBUILDING BROKEN TRUST, HOW TO ESTABLISH TRUST IN NEW RELATIONSHIPS, AND UNDERSTANDING AND IMPLEMENTING BOUNDARIES TO KEEP RELATIONSHIPS HEALTHY. 10 CHILDREN WERE PRESENT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE MEALS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED BY 7 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THESE MEETINGS. LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOSTED THIS WEEKLY GROUP IN THEIR HOME FOR OUR MEETINGS.THIS YEAR, DFS CONNECTED WITH 5 ORGANIZATIONS/COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO IMPLEMENTED 4 EVENTS FOR THE EMBER MOMS AND CHILDREN WE SERVE. THEY PROVIDED 2 PRAYER BOARD CRAFT NIGHTS (ONE FOR OUR SINGLE MOMS AND ONE FOR OUR MOMS), A PHOTOSHOOT FOR SINGLE MOMS AND TEEN MOMS AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND A YOGA AND CRAFT EVENT WHICH INCLUDED SUPPER FOR ALL OUR EMBER MOMS. DAKOTA FAMILY SOLUTIONS PROVIDED AND IMPLEMENTED 1 EVENT: OUR ANNUAL END-OF-YEAR CELEBRATION, WHICH INCLUDED A TACO BAR AND A TIME TO VISIT. 17 MOMS, 2 ADULT GUESTS, AND 25 KIDS PARTICIPATED (OR WERE CARED FOR WHILE THEIR MOTHER PARTICIPATED) AT ONE OR MORE OF THESE 5 EVENTS/OPPORTUNITIES CREATED JUST FOR THEM. 7 VOLUNTEERS AND 2 STAFF MEMBERS ORGANIZED AND IMPLEMENTED THESE EVENTS.IN 2025, DFS OFFERED 2 GROUPS FOR WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE WERE (10 SPRING/12 FALL) WEEKLY MEETINGS. 22 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THESE 22 MEETINGS. THEY STUDIED BOUNDARIES, HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM IN RELATIONSHIPS, AND HOW TO MOVE FORWARD ONCE BOUNDARIES HAVE DONE THEIR WORK. CHILDCARE WAS PROVIDED FOR 3 CHILDREN DURING ONE OR MORE OF THESE MEETINGS.WE ALSO PROVIDED ABOUT 23 ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS FOR THE WOMEN WE SERVE. A TOTAL OF 14 WOMEN/MOMS MET WITH DFS STAFF FOR ONE OR MORE OF THESE SESSIONS.IN SUMMARY, IN 2025, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 54 WOMEN WERE SERVED THROUGH THE ABOVE PROGRAMS/EVENTS, INCLUDING ABOUT 34 CHILDREN WHO WERE OFTEN INVOLVED WITH SERVICES AS WELL.IN 2025, WE CONTINUED OUR OUTREACH TO THE RESIDENTS OF 2 DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT LIVING HOMES. AT THE FIRST HOME, 15 RESIDENTS AND 4 VISITORS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 28 MEETINGS WE HAD IN THE YEAR; WE AVERAGED 7-8 PEOPLE PER MEETING. THERE WAS A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT 11 WHO WERE VERY COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. AT THE SECOND HOME, 11 RESIDENTS AND 1 VISITOR PARTICIPATED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE 28 MEETINGS WE HAD IN THE YEAR; WE AVERAGED 6-7 PEOPLE PER MEETING. THERE WAS A CORE GROUP OF ABOUT 7 WHO WERE VERY COMMITTED TO ATTENDING. OVERALL, IN 2025, THERE WERE 56 REGULAR MEETINGS WITH 26 RESIDENTS AND 5 VISITORS PARTICIPATING IN ONE OR MORE MEETINGS. WE ALSO HAD ONE ICE CREAM SOCIAL AT EACH HOME FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS. WE HAD OUR REGULARS PLUS SOME VISITORS JOIN US. THERE WERE 27 RESIDENTS (INCLUDING BOTH HOMES), 6 VISITORS, AND 2 STAFF MEMBERS FOR A TOTAL OF 35 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED!ALL OF OUR SERVICES AND MATERIALS FOR OUR GROUPS WERE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE. 0 70280 70280 EVONNE HICKOK PRESIDENT 0.75 0 0 0 COURTNEY RANSOM SECRETARY/TREASURER 0.75 0 0 0 RICH EGEBERG BOARD MEMBER 0.25 0 0 0 ALICE ETZEL BOARD MEMBER 0.25 0 0 0 ROBYN BEAUDOIN BOARD MEMBER 0.25 0 0 0 MELISSA SLAGLE BOARD MEMBER 0.25 0 0 0 MARGARET FETZER BOARD MEMBER 0.25 0 0 0 TERRY GOLDADE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7.00 11568 0 0 VALERIE GOLDADE PROGRAM DIRECTOR 17.00 27976 0 0 KELLY GRUNENWALD COMMUNITY OUTREACH 11.00 14494 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VALERIE GOLDADE 612 4TH STREET E WILLISTON ND 58801 7015704646 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 86185 86906 64641 80046 82000 399778 86185 86906 64641 80046 82000 399778 64012 335766 399778 40411 0.83990 0.60130 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: T&E LOCAL SUMMARY. AMOUNT: 885. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 1,914. DESCRIPTION: BUSINESS EXP. AMOUNT: 95. DESCRIPTION: MILEAGE. AMOUNT: 1,019. DESCRIPTION: PAYROLL TAXES. AMOUNT: 4,134. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 498. DESCRIPTION: SEMINARS & TRAINING. AMOUNT: 548. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 9,093. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: PREPAID EXPENSES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,216. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,718. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 500. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 475. DESCRIPTION: CREDIT CARDS. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,837. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 538. DESCRIPTION: PAYROLL LIABILITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 1,301. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 918. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.