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Welfare

Responsibilities

The Brown County Welfare Department duties are to provide necessary support to ensure the survival of indigent clients who are county residents. Through an application process determination of assistance is based on South Dakota Codified law and County guidelines.

Assistance programs are available for: ...

  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • Burial**
  • Medical*

* Medical Assistance must be pre-approved

** Application must be approved or denied before funeral home preparation.

Weed & Pest

The Brown County Weed and Pest Supervisor’s job is to control State and Local noxious weeds; respond to infestation complaints; input and recommend control measures; control noxious weeds on county roads, right of ways and other easements; and distribute flea beetles for biological control of leafy spurge.

2021 Auditors Report

We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards,
issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the modified cash basis of accounting financial
statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the
aggregate remaining fund information of Brown County, South Dakota (County), as of December 31,

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