Lifeways

05/27/2026

We are hiring counselors NOW for the 2026-2027 school year!
https://www.lifeways.us/staff-287281.html

05/26/2026

⭐️ The Loud American Food Truck will be parked in the Lifeways Parking Lot today at 11:30!!

https://loudamericanfoodtruck.com

📍 1010 9th Street

🫶 Stop by and support a great local business! 🎉

The Loud American Food Truck is on tour in the Black Hills with 100% all beef tenderloin steak tips and fries!

05/15/2026

Thank you for joining us this week to meet the Lifeways Team! If you or someone you know is looking to join our team of passionate, dedicated professionals, making a difference everyday... Lifeways is seeking a substance use prevention counselor for the 2026-2027 school year, position begins in August.

Check out our website for full details!

Together Lifeways staff has over 100 year of experience in helping students overcome addiction. Meet our amazing staff, counselors, and leadership.

05/15/2026

Today we meet Crystal, Michele & Kelsey.

Crystal is the Administrative Assistant who ensures the office and programs operate smoothly. She is the first person you see when you walk in the door, always there to greet you with a smile. She is the first voice you hear when you call our office, listening intently to answer your questions or schedule your appointments.

As the Executive Director of Lifeways, Michele can be found on most days in the office, juggling phone calls, emails, policies, grants, deadlines, human resources, fiscal management, marketing, fundraising and all the day to day operations of Lifeways. On some days you will even find her meeting with parents, facilitating parent education groups or doing clinical assessments. You will also find her in the community attending meetings helping to ensure there is always a voice for adolescents, prevention, and substance use disorder treatment at the table.

Kelsey is the Clinical Director who you can usually find on any given day in one of the many schools our counselors serve. She is tasked with ensuring quality care for all the clients, families and schools we serve through Lifeways. You may even see her in a school delivering classroom curriculum or facilitating an after school prevention group.

05/14/2026

Time to meet the Treatment Team! Lifeways offers alcohol and drug assessments as well as provides level 1.0 outpatient substance use disorder treatment giving students the opportunity to gain skills and create change in their current living environment.

Rebecca, Amanda, and Bill don’t just lead groups, do individual counseling and complete assessments, they have some additional roles as well.

Rebecca is the treatment supervisor. Amanda spends a portion of her day delivering prevention and services at Rapid City Alternative Academy. Bill supports classroom presentations at Central High School, leads 7th grade classroom presentations at Southwest Middle School and is also our classroom presentation support person, meaning he is there to be a co-counselor for all the Lifeways middle and high school counselors.

05/13/2026

The transition to high school can be difficult, Michelle and Kristene are there to help educate, guide and build the confidence needed to make healthier choices.
When they are not in the Freshman Seminar Classrooms at the high schools delivering curriculum, you can find them in their offices doing individual counseling with students or facilitating after school prevention education groups.
Combined this year in freshman only classes, they have impacted over 900 freshman.

05/12/2026

Beau, Nick, Chelsea, and Gina spend their days helping students navigate the challenges and pressures of those tough middle school years.

Each day can look a little different for a Lifeways Counselor, but you can find them in the classroom, meeting individually with students, facilitating peer-led leadership groups, facilitating after school prevention education groups, or in the lunchroom strengthening those relationships.

Combined this school year they have impacted over 2,000 middle school youth in the classrooms.

05/11/2026

Meet the Lifeways Elementary Prevention Team!

Michelle, Twila, and Jerome spend their days in the 4th & 5th grade classrooms delivering substance use prevention curriculum and meeting individually with students. Jean spends her time supporting the prevention team in the classroom and at our main office.

This school year alone in the classroom they have impacted over 1,200 youth in over 50 classrooms.

05/08/2026

Next week, during National Prevention Week, we are excited to introduce to you the dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to provide quality substance use prevention and outpatient substance use disorder treatment services to youth in the Rapid City and Douglas school communities.

Combined, as our staff wrap up the school year, they have 84 years of experience working at Lifeways!

05/06/2026

📣📣National Prevention Week is next week!!

This is a public education platform showcasing the work of communities and organizations across the country that are preventing substance use and misuse and promoting positive mental health.

Each year during the second week of May, dedicated individuals, communities, and organizations come together to celebrate the possibilities and brighter futures that exist thanks to prevention and promotion.

🎉 Stay tuned next week to see from Lifeways staff why they choose prevention and share their