Open Enrollment Meetings Coming Soon!

Open Enrollment starts next week: October 23 through November 1.

This is your time to add, cancel or update your benefits for 2025. There are a few changes this year–the major one is Active Open Enrollment, which means all employees must log in to Paylocity and select their benefits by Friday, November 1.

Please join representatives from Hub International and Human Resources for an Open Enrollment meeting highlighting this year’s benefit options. We will review the Benefits Guide, the Summary of Benefits and Coverage, and answer questions. Meeting dates and times are:

• Rockerville: October 23, at 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.
• Rapid City Campus: October 24, at 2 p.m.
• Shelter For Family Safety: October 29, at 8 a.m. & 3 p.m.
• Sioux Falls Main Campus: October 30, at 1:30 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.

Check out our Q&A for more information on this year’s Open Enrollment.

---

Black Hills Properties on the Market

If you’re driving in the Hills and go past the Messengers building or the Rockerville campus, you might notice “For Sale” signs on the properties. That’s because they are officially on the market.

We have entered an agreement with Phil Lampert with Lampert Properties, to list and sell our Rockerville campus and Chris Long with Keller Williams for our Messengers building. 

“The goal is...” Click here to read more.

---

ASK US: A Note From President and CEO Michelle Lavalle

Dear Team Members:

In the past week, we received eight Ask Us questions, which all arrived at the same time. They were submitted during the last four months, with some dated as far back as June. To ensure confidentiality, we use an external web hosting company to receive and forward the submissions. The same problem occurred with emails requesting adoption records and inquiries about volunteering; four months’ worth of emails arrived last week. The external company is working with our IT department to find out why the emails were not forwarded immediately.

Questions related to Residential and School matters will be addressed at all-staff meetings with Deanna and Malia on Wednesday, October 16.

Here are responses to the other questions:

---

CHS Scrapbook

Congratulations to Human Resources Representative Haley Sanow, and her husband, Tanner Burkman, who were married on Saturday,
September 14. The couple had a beautiful fairytale wedding and were glowing… literally. Click here to see more photos

Janice says she is “looking forward to traveling to Wisconsin to meet him.” Barrett is also the nephew of Residential Therapist Izzi Lee.
Congratulations, Lee Family! Click here for more scrapbook news.

---

ON THE RISE 

We know CHS is filled with GOOD employees, so let’s take a moment to celebrate some amazing achievements. 

• Congratulations to Linn Nelson on her promotion to full time Crisis Advocate. Awesome job, Linn!