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What are Open, Closed, Semi-Open and Semi-Closed Adoptions? An open adoption is an adoption where all identifying information is shared between the biological parents and the adoptive family, including last names, addresses, phone numbers and birth dates. ... [Read More]

You don’t need to be wealthy to make a plan for your assets. Some people think they don’t have enough assets to make an estate plan. But creating an estate plan can be beneficial even to those ... [Read More]

By 2016, most of us are now aware that children should be fitted in an age-appropriate car seat. But did you know that the CDC still estimates that more than 618,000 children ages 0-12 ride in a ... [Read More]

Have you heard the news? Rev. Alan Erdman has retired as President & CEO of Lutheran Family and Children’s Services, effective July 1, 2016.  As we close this amazing chapter in the history of LFCS, we would ... [Read More]

Advocacy Happenings: The Missouri Adoptee Rights Act In May, the Missouri legislature passed HB1599, the Missouri Adoptee Rights Act, granting Missourians who were adopted between 1941 and 1986 access to their original birth certificates. While this law ... [Read More]

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]