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10 St. Louis Activities to Keep Your Child Learning This Summer Yay, it’s summertime! This is what most school age children are yelling at the top of their lungs right about now.  This is exciting for parent ... [Read More]

From Chaos to Calm: Why Behavior Modification Doesn’t Work with Our Kids, and What Does, pt 1 June 2 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm CDT Event Navigation « Hope for Healing Online Training Series, Part 5 ... [Read More]

What is Mindfulness and why does it matter? Why did Time Magazine do a cover story on it recently? Mindfulness is the act of paying attention to what is happening in the present moment, with a non-judgmental ... [Read More]

LFCS Partners with Youth In Need in the Early Head Start Expansion Grant St. Louis, Missouri (May 25, 2016) – Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri (LFCS) is proud to be a partnering site for the ... [Read More]

To celebrate foster parents this final week of National Foster Care Month, we dedicate this poem to you – the families who graciously open their homes and hearts to children during a time of urgent need. Thank ... [Read More]

Mental illnesses are medical conditions that can alter a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, relationships and daily functioning. Like diabetes or heart disease, mental illness is a medical condition that can result in a diminished capacity for coping ... [Read More]

LFCS Community Services was recently awarded a grant known as Hands on Banking. The funding, provided by Wells Fargo and United Way of Greater St. Louis, supports a five-week financial education program for school-aged children. Aligned with ... [Read More]

Generosity broke the internet yesterday. Let’s try to do it again! Give STL Day has been extended due to technical issues that caused the St. Louis Community Foundation donation pages to malfunction during yesterday’s giving cycle. Because of ... [Read More]

May is Foster Care Appreciation Month! We offer heartfelt appreciation to our LFCS foster parents and all foster parents who open their hearts and homes to children who need their love, security, encouragement, healing and guidance.

Tony was referred to school counseling to address his problematic behavior issues in the classroom. He found himself in the office frequently, and was facing grade retention if he continued to be suspended for his behavior. Like ... [Read More]

Kayla was referred to LFCS by her mental health counselor. She was 18 and pregnant, living with her mom who also struggles with mental illness. Her boyfriend Matt was trying to finish his senior year of high ... [Read More]