FamilyForward Early Childhood Center
Address
2780 North Lindbergh Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63114
(314) 968-2350
Description:
Preventing and treating all forms of child abuse and neglect and strengthening families through family-centered therapeutic, educational, mentoring, and support services. Services include psychological evaluations and trauma assessments, caregiver education, foster care, home visiting, therapy, therapeutic preschool, occupational therapy, and research and training.
ALSO KNOWN AS
CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
Hours:
Mon-Fri - 8:00am to 4:00pm
Handicap Accessible?
Yes
Is Shelter?
No
Related Resource
Date of Official Change:
February 22, 2024
Employer ID:
430652622
Year Incorporated:
1891
Address Listings
Physical (Primary)
2780 North Lindbergh Boulevard
Saint Louis, MO 63114
Contacts
Jenny Blevens
Primary Contact
Director of the Early Childhood Center
(314) 968-2350 x5298
Sharon Skidmore Stern
Phone Numbers
Main
(314) 968-2350
Fax
(314) 531-0372
Legal Status:
Non-Profit
Services
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Description
- Teen Parenting Mentoring - St. Louis Volunteer Resource Parents (SLVRP) and St. Louis County Volunteer Resource Parents (SLCVRP): Matches pregnant/parenting young women and young fathers with trained volunteer mentors to offer emotional support and parenting techniques during and after pregnancy. - Missouri Mentoring Partnership - Worksite Mentoring: Provides youth with guidance in interview skills and job readiness training, then connects the job-ready, motivated youth with the corporations who take them on as employees and mentees. - Drug Court Mentoring: Trained mentors provide teens guidance, advocacy and support as the teens navigate the St. Louis Court system. The goal of the program is to get the teens clean, sober and on the right track to a successful adulthood.
Hours
Mon-Fri - 8:30am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Referral Form
Eligibility
- Must be enrolled in some sort of educational program (high school, GED program, vocational training) Drug Court Mentoring: - Must be ages 14-17 years
Fees
No Fees
Intake Procedure
Teen Parenting Mentoring - St. Louis Volunteer Resource Parents (SLVRP) and St. Louis County Volunteer Resource Parents (SLCVRP): - Contact Sue Clauss at (314) 534-9350 ext. 238 or email the Mentoring Program at mentoring@frcmo.org Missouri Mentoring Partnership - Worksite Mentoring: - Accepts referrals from St. Louis Public Schools, Division of Youth Services, Missouri Children's Division, other community-based organizations, self-referrals from youth and their parents, call or email the Mentoring Program at mentoring@frcmo.org Drug Court Mentoring: - Accepts referrals from the City of St. Louis Family Court, call or email the Mentoring Program at mentoring@frcmo.org
Languages
English
Service Area
St. Louis City/County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Provides youth with guidance in interview skills and job readiness training, then connects the job-ready, motivated youth with the corporations who take them on as employees and mentees. Matches pregnant/parenting young women and young fathers with trained volunteer mentors to offer emotional support and parenting techniques during and after pregnancy.
Hours
Mon-Fri - 8:30am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Referral Form
Eligibility
Call For Details
Fees
No Fees
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
English
Service Area
St. Louis City/County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Foster Care Case Management: Provides assessment of placement situations, home visitation counseling and support, help with obtaining needed resources, reunification and permanency planning meetings, interventions to ensure that children who enter foster care have safe, stable, and permanent long-term caregivers.
Hours
- Mon and Wed - 8:30am to 7:00pm - Tue and Thu - 8:30am to 8:00pm - Fri - 8:30am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Referral Form
Eligibility
Families with children ages 0-21 years in foster care custody in St. Louis City/County through Missouri Children's Division
Fees
Call For Details
Intake Procedure
Referral required from St. Louis City/County Missouri Children's Division of Family Services
Languages
English
Service Area
St. Louis City/County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Provides skills children/adolescents and their caregivers on how to handle difficult emotions connected to trauma, how to anxiety, fear, flashbacks and nightmares that are common after a traumatic experience. - Cognitive Processing Therapy: An evidenced-based therapy that focuses on the individual's stuck points which must be resolved to recover including individual therapy sessions and daily practice between sessions.
Hours
- Mon and Wed - 8:00am to 7:00pm - Tue and Thu - 8:00am to 8:00pm - Fri - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Call For Details
Eligibility
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: - Children and adolescents ages 2-18 years who have experienced trauma and their caregivers Cognitive Processing Therapy: - Ages 18 years and older who have experienced trauma and symptoms of post-traumatic stress
Fees
Call For Details
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
- English - Limited Spanish
Service Area
St. Louis City/County and Jefferson County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy: Treats behavioral symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Therapists help clients activate their brain's own natural healing process by using eye movements or bilateral activity to assist in the emotional healing process.
Hours
- Mon and Wed - 8:00am to 7:00pm - Tue and Thu - 8:00am to 8:00pm - Fri - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Call For Details
Eligibility
Ages 0-18 years with behavioral problems and/or emotional distress
Fees
Call For Details
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
- English - Limited Spanish
Service Area
St. Louis City/County and Jefferson County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Provides support to parents as they learn new discipline strategies for handling their children's challenging behaviors.
Hours
- Mon and Wed - 8:00am to 7:00pm - Tue and Thu - 8:00am to 8:00pm - Fri - 8:00am to 5:00pm
Required Documents
Call For Details
Eligibility
Parents with children ages 2-7 years
Fees
Call For Details
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
- English - Limited Spanish
Service Area
St. Louis City/County and Jefferson County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Parenting Wisely: Parents learn new strategies to enhance learning for handling their children's challenging behaviors. A range of issues are addressed, including communication, getting chores done, school and homework compliance, handling conflict with siblings and peers.
Hours
Call For Hours
Required Documents
Call For Details
Eligibility
Parents with children age 2 years and older
Fees
Call For Details
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
- English - Limited Spanish
Service Area
St. Louis City/County and Jefferson County in Missouri
Geography Served
None
Description
Therapeutic Preschool: Helps children learn problem-solving skills, teaches new ways of coping with feelings and emotions, and school readiness skills.
Hours
Mon-Thu - 8:00am to 4:00pm
Required Documents
- Child(s) Immunization Record - Child(s) Health Records
Eligibility
- Children ages 3-5 years who are experiencing emotional, behavioral and development problems - Must be eligible for MoHealthNet (Medicaid)
Fees
No Fees
Intake Procedure
Call To Apply
Languages
English
Service Area
St. Louis City/County in Missouri
Geography Served
- Missouri
- Saint Louis County
- Saint Louis City County
- Saint Louis County
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