Our Mission
Practicing the teaching, compassion, and love of Jesus Christ, St. Francis Community Services walks with our vulnerable neighbors to create opportunities, to build resiliency, and to advocate for justice.
Donate Request ServiceCase Management
Case management is an important tool in the effort to help people walk out...
Legal Aid
Attorneys at SFCS-CLAM work in courtrooms in the City of St. Louis, St. Louis...
Bilingual Mental Health Counseling
Imagine dodging violence every time you walk to school or the market … leaving...
Immigration Law Project
CLAM immigration attorneys and BIA accredited representatives offer legal aid to migrants facing challenges...
Veterans Advocacy Project
CLAM’s Veterans Advocacy Project attorneys are themselves currently serving or retired military and as...
Bilingual Youth Programs
St. Francis Community Services offers an array of bilingual youth services that help kids...
A Healing Family
After hearing the evidence and receiving the recommendation from the guardian ad litem (who waved his fee), the court awarded our client, Kathy, custody of her four young grandchildren. Kathy left the courthouse with certified copies giving her full legal and physical custody of the kids. She was very emotional and grateful to our lawyer, indicating how important it was for the children to know during this difficult time they will always be safe and taken care of.
Christmas Adopt-a-Family 2018
The Southside Center location of St. Francis Community Services is holding its annual Christmas Adopt-a-Family program. Each year individuals, schools, churches, and businesses “adopt” immigrant families we serve to help make their holiday season brighter, providing gifts and household essentials. This year we have more than 170 families in need. If […]
Continue ReadingGuardianship of a Minor
The staff attorneys at SFCS Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry recently were contacted by a grandmother, “Lottie,” seeking help in obtaining guardianship of her four-month old grandson who had been in her care since the day the child came home from the hospital. Our client’s daughter, the child’s mother, passed away […]
Continue ReadingRestoring Hope
“Anna” was widowed at the age of 30 with two small children. Already on the brink of poverty and emotional collapse, her small house was extensively damaged later that same year during the severe flooding of December 2015. Anna was completely overwhelmed, and could not afford to pay for the repairs. Our […]
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