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Online Resources
(Constantly adding new links and resources! UPDATED 5/27)
Resources In Our Metro Area:
Foster Care / Foster Children / Foster Families
FAST (Foster and Adoptive Support Team)
Open to foster parents, and Adoptive parents who have foster children in Saint Charles County.
CASA - Court Appointment Special Advocates
Volunteers (You!) who serve as an advocate for children in foster care
Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
Supports (and Recruits) foster and adoptive parents
Fields of Hope
Provides a clothing closet and support to foster and adoptive families.
Healthcare
Nurses for Newborns
Home based healthcare and education for families with infants.
Sensory Solutions
Physical, Speech, Occupational, Feeding Issues (general sensory struggles), *Accepts Medicaid!, works well with foster children*
Leaps and Bounds
Occupational, Speech/Language, Physical, Food, General Groups *In Saint Charles County*
Suicide:
Saint Louis Survivors of Suicide Response Team
Support to friends & family affected by suicide.
KUTO - Kinds Under 21
Teen volunteer staffed hotline, agency provides services that are aimed towards suicide prevention and interventions.
BHR - Behavioral Health Response
24 hour / 7 day a week crisis hotline staffed by mental health professionals.
Eldery
Saint Louis Agency on Aging
MidEast Area Agency on Aging
Residents 60 + receive various forms of assistance
Children:
St. Louis Daycare Association
Assistance in helping families find childcare that meets their needs.
Macaroni Kid Saint Peters, Macaroni Kid West Saint Louis
These are great websites and newsletters that highlight family friendly activities
AMC Theatres
Offers Sensory Friendly Films to families.
TLC Nannies and Babysitting
Specialized caregivers for children with special needs
Crisis Nursery
Agency provides various services to abused or at risk children to prevent child abuse.
Mother to Mother
Telephone and support groups for postpartum depression.
Domestic Violence:
Women's Safe House
Crisis Hotline - 314-772-4535
Weinman Shelter for Battered Women and Children
Crisis Hotline - 314-423-1117
YWCA Transitional Housing Program
- Crisis Hotline - 314-533-9400
Legal Services:
Legal Advocates for Abused Women
Legal Services for Eastern Missouri (low income)
Utility Assistance:
Heat Up Saint Louis
Cool Down Saint Louis
Saint Charles Community Council
Saint Charles County
Gamling Addictions
1-800-BETSOFF
General Mental Health
Abuse / Neglect
Symptoms of Emotional Abuse
Informational Page on Abuse
Addictions:
Alcoholics Anonymous
Marijuana Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous
Al-Anon
(For family members who suffer through someone else's addiction)
Infertility and Loss:
Infertility and Adoption Support
SHARE
Couples
The Romantic
Depression / Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Anxiety (Emedicine)
Anxiety (Helpful information)
Depression (helpful information)
Professional:
National Board of Certified Counselors
Association For Play Therapy
National Alliance on Mental Illness
American Counseling Association
Missouri Division of Professional Registration (For Professional Counselors)
National Institute of Mental Health
Pregnancy / New Parents:
Single Parents Network
Postpartum Support International
Stress/Disorganization
Flylady (FLY = Finally Love Yourself)
Pharmacology
Pendulum - Free/low cost prescription programs
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