St Francis Community Services

St. Francis community services welcomed 737 unduplicated immigrants in fiscal year 2024. Of these, 219 people received case management; 158 started a new life in the st. Louis region via abriendo puertas; 122 children and adults participated in bilingual mental health counseling; 96 children attended after-school activities, tutoring and summer camp; and 143 senior adults visited the vietnamese health clinic or joined vietnamese elders meetings. During the year, 82% of children in tutoring advanced in reading; 92% of adults in counseling initiated and sustained healthy behaviors; and 84% of elders followed medication instructions.

Pathways to progress, a ccstl-st. Francis community services joint program, strengthens families to increase their ability to live safe, productive, sustainable lives; educates and supports families to make effective decisions that positively impact their future; and advocates for systematic and progressive change. This is achieved through long-term (2 to 3 years) personalized case management, legal aid, financial education, employment guidance and access to services from other ccstl ministries and community partners. In fiscal year 2024, pathways' two offices served st. Louis city (north and south) and north st. Louis county. Seventy families participated in the program during the year. Fifteen of these families were preparing to graduate, joining the 48 alumnae who successfully completed the program in the past. Since its inception in 2016, pathways to progress has served 173 families with 466 children.