SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A Sioux Falls nonprofit that has helped kickstart several community projects is shutting down.

Sioux Falls Thrive will end operations on Tuesday.

Sioux Falls Thrive launched in 2017.

It's described as a cradle-to-career-workforce development initiative.

"It's really been about how do we change the world one kid at a time," Sioux Falls Thrive President Michelle Erpenbach said.

The organization focused on three issues: food security, affordable housing, and out-of-school time.

Some of Thrive's projects included a grocery store on wheels and Kid Link.

"It became the foundation for what is now the Community Learning Centers in Sioux Falls, that idea of neighborhood-based support for children and families, particularly in that out-of-school time," Erpenbach sa

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