| Agency Profile |
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Family Resource Center |
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| Website |
www.frcmo.org |
| Phone Number |
(314) 534-9350 |
| Executive Director |
Greg Echele |
| Funded Projects |
| Project Name |
St. Louis County Child Abuse Prevention Project |
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| Project Description |
The St. Louis County Child Abuse Prevention Project (CAPS) is an initiative to help prevent child abuse and neglect within St. Louis County families as well as help children heal from the traumatic effects of victimization. This will be accomplished by implementing one of the following interventions: Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Parenting Wisely. Expected outcomes include improved relationships between parents and children; increase in parental knowledge; prevention of child abuse/neglect; and development of self-management skills. Services are offered in the home of the client or in an office or community setting. |
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| Service Area |
Individual, Group and Family Counseling Services |
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| Project Name |
St. Louis County Volunteer Resource Parents |
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| Project Description |
The St. Louis County Volunteer Resource Parents (SLVRP) is a mentoring model that addresses the challenges and issues faced by expecting and parenting teens by assigning program participants a trained volunteer mentor and a Youth Outreach Specialist who helps the youth set personal goals for health, education, parenting, and self-sufficiency. Youth participate in a monthly parenting and life skills classes, an incentives program and may have access to child Individual Development Accounts to help build financial assets. Services take place in the home of the client, or in a public setting such as a school or community center. |
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| Eligibility Criteria |
Teens expecting a baby, or who currently have a baby under the age of one year old.
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| Service Area |
Services to Unwed and Teen Parents |
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| Project Name |
PathBuilders |
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| Project Description |
PathBuilders leverages strategic partnerships within the St. Louis County community to address the underlying social and environmental problems and stressors (e.g. un- or underemployment, housing, childcare, healthcare) which are shown to lead to chronic, generational child maltreatment. It also provides families with the behavioral tools and emotional strength to sustain a positive, safe and successful future for themselves and their children. The goal, during this 12-24 month process, is to help families who are at risk of becoming chronic child abusers move from a state of perpetual crisis to a sustainable situation in which they possess the parenting and personal skills, knowledge, and resource accessibility to advocate for themselves in order to maintain a positive course toward a successful future. The model and the specific strategies selected for use with families relies heavily on Evidence-Based Practices. Evidence-Based and Promising Practices utilized include: • HomeBuilders • Motivational Interviewing • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy • Parenting Wisely • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. One of the foundations of PathBuilders is a team approach with the central focus on the family. Members of the Team include the family, a Family Coach, Community Partners, and a Licensed Therapist. Services are conducted in the home of the family, and within the community. |
| Eligibility Criteria |
PathBuilders specifically targets low-income families in St. Louis County already engaged in child maltreatment through at least one hotline call. These families may be at risk of more chronic maltreatment, as indicated by a minimum number of known risk factors, as determined through assessment. |
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Home and Community-Based Intervention |
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Project Name
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Therapeutic Preschool Day Treatment
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Project Description
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The Therapeutic Preschool Day Treatment program one of three such programs in the State of Missouri. It is designed to provide therapeutic preschool for children three to five years of age who are experiencing severe emotional disturbances and behavioral problems, often as a result of experiencing or witnessing abuse. These children are not able to attend a typical preschool setting due to these extreme behavior and/or sociability problems. The intent of the program is to help children realize that they can be successful learners by remaining in their present academic setting without disruption and then transition to their next academic location. Services include: classroom activities guided by the evidence based practice HighScope curriculum ( to assist in social-emotional development and school readiness); small group therapy; individual play therapy; family in-home therapy; literacy education; speech and occupational therapy. Van transportation is provided to pick up the child in the morning and take the child back home or to another day care facility in the afternoon. Lunch and breakfast also provided.
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Eligibility Criteria
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Children referred are three to five years of age and are not usually able to participate in a “typical” preschool setting due to their social, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Parents of these children are served through family therapy and parent education.
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| Service Area: |
Home and Community-Based Services |
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