St. Charles
Beginning as an orphanage in 1868, the mission of LFCS was to protect and nurture children without a home. Today the agency continues the mission of helping families, children and individuals in Missouri experience greater hope and wholeness of life. The services provided by LFCS are open to everyone regardless of race, faith, national origin, gender, or age. Over 80% of the clients served are not of the Lutheran faith.
SERVICES OFFERED
BIRTH PARENT COUNSELING
- Comprehensive pregnancy counseling to women and teens experiencing an unplanned or crisis pregnancy; services are also available to family members.
- Assistance with community resources that facilitate healthy parenting (medical care, day care, food, housing and utility assistance, etc.).
- Support to complete educational goals.
- Assistance securing employment and job training.
- Aftercare services for birthparents, whether parenting or making an adoption plan.
WINGS (Women In Need Growing Stronger) PROGRAM
- Free counseling services to pregnant and parenting families.
FOSTER CARE
- Emergency foster care for children up to age 5 needing a stable, secure environment during a crisis.
- Temporary foster care for parents needing time to make a permanent plan for the child.
- Temporary foster care for children awaiting adoption.
ADOPTION SERVICES
- Domestic infant placement and special needs placement.
- Post placement counseling and supervision.
- Home studies for international, independent, and relative adoptions, and for custody and guardianship placements.
- The services listed above are provided to approximately 165 individuals in St. Charles County each year.
COUNSELING
- Serves individuals experiencing a wide range of problems, including mental illness (especially depression and anxiety); marriage, family, and social relationship problems; mood/behavior disruption; difficulties with work/school; impaired functioning; problems with life satisfaction.
- Counseling office at Our Savior Lutheran Church in St. Charles County.
- Provides services to over 265 St. Charles County residents every year.
ELM POINT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
- Provides affordable, accessible, quality childcare, education and assistance to families in St. Charles.
- Serves special needs children including physical, behavioral, and learning disabilities.
- One of only two licensed child care centers in the Orchard Farm School District, and the only accredited center in the district.
- Kindergarten readiness program.
- Accredited by Council on Accreditation.
- Licensed by the Missouri Department of Health to provide child care, preschool, and after school services to 148 children, ages six weeks to twelve years of age.
Click here to email Elm Point Early Child Development Center
OTHER SERVICES
- Speakers are available for presentations to churches, service groups, and organizations about the services provided in St. Charles County.
EVENTS
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