Monarch Immigrant Services

Social services - provided to missouri seniors and persons with disabilities: case management, care coordination, and referral services in various languages to clients as well as caregivers. Focus is primarily on foreign-born populations. Majority of clients fall well below the poverty line. Many clients are home-bound or otherwise isolated. Assistance includes applying for benefits, translations of mail or other documents, housing referrals, insurance counseling, contracted reassessments of mohealthnet recipients in both english and other languages. The st. Louis international senior center welcomes rotating groups of lep seniors for congregate meals, health education, and cultural programming. Served 544 clients in this fiscal year.

Citizenship and immigration legal services - are provided primarily to elderly refugees and elderly legal immigrants in the state of missouri. The agency provides exert assistance in the preparation of required paperwork and documentation, education and tutoring in the english language, usa history, civics, and represents clients at uscis and naturalization interviews. One-on-one tutoring is provided in clients' homes and at senior center. Ther is also a small fee-for-service component to this program for legal services related to naturalization/citizenship not funded by grant monies. Doj-accredited staff and attorneys advise, prepare, and represent clients throughout the entire process. Interpreters are also provided to facilitate the work listed above. 251 clients were served by the program in this fiscal year.