St. Louis
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Utilizes funding from the Children’s Trust Fund prevent child abuse license plate to support the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School Links program. School Links is a voluntary family support program that addresses mental health, emotional, behavioral and educational needs of children and their parents up to age 17. A Master’s level licensed family therapist (LPC) works closely with each family and the school district with the goal of helping at-risk students and their families lead more stable lives by equipping them with parenting knowledge, community reesources, behavior management techniques and relationship building skills.
For more information:
Julie Reed/Chief Development Officer
314.918-3396
www.familysupportnet.org
Project First Step
Project First Step provides weekly home-based family support and mental health services to families that have multiple risk factors resulting in an unstable home. The program serves a large number of families where one or more members have a developmental disability. A licensed clinical social worker or professional counselor visits the family’s home for one hour each week with an average length of service of six to eight months. Some families with greater need will stay in the program for up to one year. Services include therapy, parenting education, community referrals and follow-up. Outcomes for families include a reduction in substantiated hotline reports, decrease in high risk factors and parental stress.
For more information:
Julie Reed, Chief Development Officer
314.918-3396
www.familysupportnet.org
