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SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES

 

 

FUTURE MEN

Christian program for young men, ages 16-19

417-546-4171

 

 

NEW HOPE,

helps young men and women, ages 13-25, build character, acquire self-discipline, develop stamina, increase accountability, and learn to appreciate others. The 21-day camps are available each month throughout the year

417-230-0381

 

 

Boarding Schools and Programs for Troubled Teens

 

Comtrea Community Treatment

Community mental health center for Jefferson County provides family and children's services, counseling,  and adolescent alcohol and drug abuse residential  treatment.

 

Domestic Violence Shelters in Missouri

 

Epworth Children and Family Services

314-961-5718

Emergency shelter, residential treatment, and educational day treatment  for youth, ages 11-21, who struggle with emotional or behavioral challenges, or who are making the transition from childhood to adulthood without family involvement or support. Located in Webster Groves.

 

Family Resource Center

314-534-9350

One of Missouri's largest family counseling agencies, specializing in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.  Services include individual and group counseling, sexual abuse group treatment, parent education, and mentoring.

 

Father Dunne’s Newsboys’ Home & Protectorate

314-837-0513

Emergency and long-term residential care for troubled teenaged boys aged 12-21 who are homeless as a result of neglect, abuse or are experiencing serious family problems.  Also provides independent living programs especially for young men aged 17 through 21.

 

Future Men

417-546-4171

Christian program for young men, ages 16-19, providing education, 12-step support, apprenticeships, conservation and wildlife rehabilitation, apiary science, auto shop classes, and recreational activities.

 

Job Corps

1-800-733-5627

The nation's largest and most comprehensive residential education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16-24.

 

Joshua Child and Family Development Center

816-763-7605

Services include counseling, clinical care, education support, and week-long residential camp for children diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome and who have completed 3rd through 8th grade.

 

Marygrove

314-837-1702

Psychiatric, residential, facility providing diagnosis, therapy and treatment, education, health care, recreation and spiritual value-building in a highly structured, closely supervised program.  Residents are emotionally disturbed boys and girls, age 6-19.

 

Missouri Community Connection

1-888-463-6221

Statewide database of community resources and consumer information.

 

Missouri Girls Town

573-642-5345

Residential and outpatient care for neglected and abused girls, ages 8-21.  Located in Kingdom City.

 

Missouri Volunteer Resource Mothers

573-884-0644

Mentoring program for pregnant and parenting teens.

 

Outdoor Programs and Summer Camps

 

Programs for Youth, 18 and Older

 

Presbyterian Children's Services

314-989-9727

Residential-based therapy programs for youth who are emotionally troubled due to parent/child conflict, separation/divorce, school behavior problems, dependency, trauma, neglect or abuse.

 

Rose Brooks Center

816-861-6100

Services for women and children struggling to flee domestic violence, including prevention programming, crisis intervention and support.

 

Safe Futures

314-534-5437

Provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services to at-risk and delinquent youth and their families, by linking them to a variety of free services within the St. Louis community.

 

Villa Maria

314-664-4715

Residential program for pregnant teens and young mothers with their children.

 

Youth Emergency Service

314-862-8276

Individual, group, and family counseling, family services, emergency youth shelter, 24-hour hotline.  Located in University City.

 

YouthBuild St. Louis

314-436-1400

Alternative education, construction training, employment, and leadership development program serving low-income St. Louis youths, ages 17-24, who have not completed high school.

 


 

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MISSOURI INFORMATION

 

 

African-American Boys: The Cries of a Crisis

Visit Adolescence.

 

 

Child Care Bureaucracy: Officials "kidnapped" teenager daughter

Visit Family Health.

 

 

Childhood Overweight in Missouri

Visit Moms! Help Your Overweight Daughter.

 

 

Domestic Violence and the Law

Report Child Abuse and Neglect in Missouri

You Can Stop Child Abuse: Legal Remedies

Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect.

 

 

Escalating the attack on meth

Visit Methamphetamine.

 

 

GED Testing in Missouri

Visit Youth Who Drop Out.

 

 

Guide to Parenting Education Resources for Hispanic/Latino Families

Visit Parenting Teens.

 

 

Juveniles and the Law

Visit When Your Teen is in Trouble with the Law.

 

 

Legal Rights Handbook for Missourians with Disabilities

 

 

Missing Children in Missouri

Find Christian Ferguson

Find Shawn Hornbeck

Find Ashley Renee Martinez

Visit Runaways and Missing Children.

 

 

Missouri Law on Juvenile Sex Offender Registration

Visit Adolescent Sex Offenders.

 

 

Missouri Sex Offender Registry

Missouri Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification

Barton County Sex Offenders

Cape Girardeau County Sex Offenders

Clay County Sex Offenders

Franklin County Sex Offenders

Greene County Sex Offenders

Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect.

 

 

New law on mental health treatment for children has surprising result

 

 

The perils of mouth piercing

Visit Family Health.

 

 

Stepping Out: Your Rights When You Become an Adult (Teen and Parent Guide)

Visit Adolescence.

 

 

Vaccine Law in Missouri

Visit Family Health.

 

 


ORGANIZATIONS

 

 

Child Abuse Prevention Association

816-252-8388

The mission of CAPA is to prevent and treat all forms of child abuse by creating changes in individuals, families and society which strengthen relationships and promote healing.  Counseling and support services in Independence.  Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual.

 

Institute for Peace and Justice

314-533-4445

An interfaith organization that offers resources, workshops, and advocacy that promotes a more just and peaceful society.  Located in St. Louis.  Visit Character Education.

 

Jim Eisenreich Foundation

1-800-442-8624

Working for the personal success of children with Tourette Syndrome through programs and services that address the needs of families, friends, and professionals.  Visit Tourette Syndrome.

 

Joshua Child and Family Development Center

816-763-7605

Non-profit organization that supports programs designed to improve the lives of individuals and families living with Tourette Syndrome and its Associated Disorders through research, education, social and clinical programs.  Visit Tourette Syndrome.

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Missouri

417-864-5110

Volunteer organization that benefits the learning disabled in Missouri.  Visit Learning Disabilities.

 

MC+ For Kids

1-888-275-5908

Health insurance program for uninsured children (ages birth to 19) of low-income families who do not have access to affordable health insurance.  Visit Family Health.

 

Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault
816-531-0233  24 Hour

Social service agency serving victims of sexual assault and child sexual abuse in the greater Kansas City area through prevention, education, intervention, treatment, and advocacy.  Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual.

 

Midwest Gang Investigators Association

Educational organization made up of law enforcement officers and other members of the criminal justice community to promote a closely coordinated relationship among gang investigators for extensive and rapid dissemination and exchange of information about gang-related, cult and extremist group activity.  Visit Gangs: Awareness, Prevention, Intervention.

 

Missouri Center for Safe Schools

816-235-5656

Promotes safe and orderly schools by providing assistance in the identification of resources and by facilitating networking of schools across Missouri as they develop effective ways of dealing with violence and other safety related problems.  Visit Characteristics of Youth Who Have Caused School-Related Violent Deaths.

 

Missouri Citizens Coalition for Freedom in Health Care

314-968-8755

Educates the Missouri public about their rights as health care consumers and defends these rights whenever threatened from any source.  Visit Family Health.

 

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence

573-634-4161

Grassroots organization of community-based programs providing services to battered women and their children.

 

Missouri Coalition Against Sexual Assault

573-636-8776

Provides resources to individuals and organizations working to end sexual violence.  Visit Abuse: Physical, Sexual, Emotional, Neglect.

 

Missouri Protection and Advocacy

573-893-3333

1-800-392-8667

Protects the rights of individuals with disabilities by providing advocacy and legal services.  Visit Special Education.

 

Missouri Victim Assistance Network

1-800-698-9199

Promotes the fair treatment of crime victims.  Visit Teen Violence.

 

ParentLink

1-800-552-8522

A network of people whose mission is to help Missouri's parents provide safe, healthy and nurturing environments for their children.  Visit Parenting Teens.

 

The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation

1-866-400-5353

Assists in the location and recovery of missing or abducted children.  Visit Runaways and Missing Children.

 

SNAP Midwest - Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

Self-help organization composed of those who were sexually abused by spiritual leaders -- priests, brothers, nuns, ministers, elders, teachers, etc.  Visit Abuse: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, Neglect.

 

St. Louis Attachment Network

Education, information and support to families and professionals to promote and facilitate healthy bonding and attachment in adoptive and foster care infants, young children, and adolescents.  Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of every month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Visit Attachment and Attachment Disorders.

 

The Stop Violence Coalition of Kansas City

816-753-8002

Promotes non-violence through education, programming and collaboration.  Programs include Kindness Education, Bullying Prevention, and Inmate Rehabilitation.  Visit What Should Parents and Teachers Know About Bullying?

HOTLINES AND HELPLINES

 

Behavioral Health Response

1-800-811-4760

314-469-6644 St. Louis

314-469-3638  TTY

 

Child Pornography Tipline

1-800-843-5678

 

ChildhelpUSA

Child Abuse Hotline

1-800-4-A-CHILD

1-800-422-4453

 

Life Crisis Services

314-647-HELP

 

Missouri AIDS Information Line

1-800-533-2437

 

Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline

1-800-392-3738

 

Missouri Elder Abuse Hotline

1-800-392-0210

 

Missouri Poison Control

1-800-366-8888

 

1-866-748-7047

 

Missouri Suicide and Crisis Hotlines

 

National Domestic Violence/Abuse Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE
1-800-787-3224
TDD

 

National Hotlines and Helplines

 

National Runaway Switchboard

1-800-RUNAWAY

1-800-786-2929

 

National Suicide Hotline

1-800-SUICIDE

1-800-784-2433

 

Parental Stress Helpline

1-800-367-2543

 

ParentLink WarmLine

1-800-552-8522

 

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)

1-800-656-HOPE

 

Report Child Abuse

1-800-392-3738

 

Toll-Free Numbers for Health Information

 

 


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SUPPORT

 

Self-Help and Support Groups

 

Al-Anon and Alateen: Getting In Touch

1-888-4AL-ANON

 

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in Missouri

 

AA - North St. Louis County

 

Alcoholics Victorious Support Groups

 

Anxiety Disorder Self-Help Support Groups

 

Because I Love You Parent Support Group

 

Bereaved Parents

 

Bereaved Parents - St. Louis Chapter

 

Co-Anon Family Groups

1-800-898-9985

 

Cocaine Anonymous - Missouri

314-361-3500 St. Louis

816-333-7766 Kansas City

 

CoDependents Anonymous

 

Compassionate Friends Chapters

1-877-969-0010

 

Compassionate Friends - Independence

816-531-6464

 

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

1-800-826-3632

 

Disabilities Support Groups in Missouri

 

Dual Recovery Anonymous

 

Emotions Anonymous

 

Families Anonymous

1-800-736-9805

 

Gamblers Anonymous

816-346-9230 KC

314-647-1111 St. Louis

 

Marijuana Anonymous Support Meetings

1-800-766-6779

 

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) - Mid- Missouri Area

1-800-945-HOPE (4673)

 

OCD Support Groups

 

OCD Support Group - St. Louis

314-842-7228

 

Overcomers Outreach Meeting Locations

 

Overeaters Anonymous

 

Parents Anonymous

 

Stepfamily Association of America Local Chapters

 

Support Groups for Survivors of Suicide

 


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