Annie Malone Children and Family Services Center
2612 Annie Malone Drive
St Louis, MO 63113
314/531-0120
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/anniemalone
Within recent years, this organization has modified its services to meet the challenges of treating children. They offer a wide continuum of services focusing on prevention and successful outcomes, including in-home and outpatient counseling, parent classes, adoption support services, case management services, as well as other long-term care. There is also an in-patient psychiatric division and a residential treatment program.

Camp Wyman
600 Kiwanis Drive
Eureka, MO 63025
636/938-5245
At the Kiwanis Camp Wyman, children from the City, and those with developmental disabilities and chronic illnesses, are able to attend summer camp. Programs include environmental education, living history, adventure education, conflict management, and arts and crafts.

City of St. Louis Office of Youth Development
4411 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63115
314/381-7438
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/princehall/oyd.htm
The primary responsibility of this office is to coordinate the services and programs of City agencies for children and youth. This means increasing their capacity to serve children better by re-designing existing programs or creating new ones. The office coordinates the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board, a panel of children, youth and youth services providers who develop ways to engage the youth of the City in improving the lives of everyone.

Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club (see Public Facility Needs - Neighborhood Facilities)
Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club provides a safe, fun environment for youth to develop skills, friendships and values. Herbert Hoover programs are managed by a professional staff dedicated to offering youth a sense of belonging, usefulness, competence, and power or influence. The programs and services are designed to help youth grow physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Mathews-Dickey Boys Club (see Public Facility Needs - Neighborhood Facilities)

Missouri Child Care Resource and Referral Network
4236 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/531-1412
The network serves as a connection for eight child day care associations operating in the state of Missouri.

Project Respond
2433 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/ 534-6015
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/projres
Project Respond is a research, advocacy, and direct service organization addressing the needs of metropolitan St. Louis area children facing serious socioeconomic risk. Project Respond focuses on children who are at risk primarily because essential childhood needs are not met.

SafeFutures
2433 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/ 534-5437
http://stlouis.missouri.org/safefutures
The SafeFutures program, funded by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, began in 1996. The Office of Youth Development of the City of St. Louis administers the program. It is designed to help reduce youth violence and delinquency and focuses upon strengthening families. SafeFutures provides prevention, intervention, and treatment services to at-risk, and delinquent juveniles and their families, by linking them to a variety of free comprehensive services within the St. Louis community. Neighborhood-based programs are targeted at youth that have not previously had trouble with law enforcement agencies. Services are provided at Carver, Williams, and Sherman Community Education Centers and includes family support, early childhood and parenting programs, after-school enrichment, one-to-one mentoring, and healthy behavioral development programs with a special emphasis on addressing the needs of young women. SafeFutures also focuses on the highest-risk youth – those who have already been involved with the Juvenile Justice system. As part of the overall program these youths receive education, job training and counseling. They are involved in restitution programs and employment programs where appropriate.

St. Louis Child Day Care Association (CDCA)
4236 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63108
314/531-1412
The CDCA provides job training to child care professionals and offers personalized, computerized child care referral service for all parents, including employees of contracted companies and low-income and special needs individuals.

St. Louis Public Schools Connections for Youth
21st Century Community Learning Centers Extended Day/After-School Program
4411 N. Newstead Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63115
314/535-2745
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the St. Louis Public Schools Summer/Evening & Night School/ Parochial & Private School Collaboration Office. The program’s goal is to provide students and their families with skills, resources, and support that will enable the young people to significantly increase their academic performance and develop, practice, and internalize responsible decision-making skills about drug use and violence. The program serves 700 students in grades four to eight. Activities include: after-school academic acceleration, enrichment, and recreation; a Saturday academy focusing on science, mathematics, and technology; parent education; and support programs. Participating schools are Clay Elementary, Carver Elementary, Columbia Elementary, Sigel Elementary, L’Ouverture Middle, Webster Middle, and Williams Middle.

Variety Club of St. Louis
1000 Des Peres Road
Suite 120
St. Louis, MO 63131
314/821-8184
The Variety Club of St. Louis, one of many Variety Clubs around the world, is established to aid children’s agencies. In March 1999, the Variety Club telethon and dinner raised $2.3 million. This is distributed to more than 150 agencies that provide services to more than 200,000 children. Money is also used to provide vans that transport children to medical and other services. The club also provides specialized medical and other equipment to children, and pays for physical therapy.

Vision for Children at Risk (VCR)
2433 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63106
314/ 534-6015
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/projres/vcr.html
The mission of the VCR initiative is to develop and promote a broad, coordinated metropolitan strategy for the St. Louis region that addresses the needs of children and families. VCR focuses particularly on the needs of children and families who face serious socioeconomic risk. Agenda setting is carried out through a broad-based, collaborative process that is open to all businesses, community organizations, and individuals with an interest in improving the well being of St. Louis area children and families. A major goal of the VCR initiative is to promote the best interest of children as a primary criterion for civic action. The vision that directs the VCR initiative is outlined in the Children’s Charter of Metropolitan St. Louis, which was developed in 1991. The first Metropolitan Children’s Summit was held in 1993 with approximately 250 participants. VCR has also published the biennial Children of Metropolitan St. Louis report providing zip code-level data on key indicators of child and family well being for the core counties of the St. Louis metropolitan area.