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.
Veterans Advocacy Project: Removing Barriers to a Better Future
(Image above: St. Francis Community Services marching in the Stand Up for Women Veterans parade in November, 2018) Veterans Advocacy Project attorney Stephanie Lummus often spends her Thursdays away from the St. Francis Community Services Catholic Legal Assistance Ministry office. Preparing for City Diversion Court, she assesses the courtroom and […]
Continue ReadingRestoring Lives: Disaster Case Management
The weekend of April 29, 2017 held a difficult time for many residents of the greater St. Louis area: rainstorms swelled the tributaries of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, causing disastrous flooding. Many of these same areas had experienced similar damage just over a year prior in the winter 2015 […]
Continue ReadingHolidays at St. Francis Community Services
At St. Francis Community Services’ Southside Center location, Site Director and Therapist Meredith Rataj guides a mom through a small sea of Christmas packages to her family’s gifts. While staff try to determine if the many packages will fit in her car, the mother has other reflections. Looking at the […]
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View All EventsDía del Niño (Day of the Child)
Each year around International Children’s Day, Southside Center hosts a celebration of El Día del Niño, or the Day of the Child. This...
View DetailsSeeds of Hope 2019
A summertime soiree, celebrating good works and good people. Join St. Francis Community Services for its fourth annual summer gala on June 8th, 2019. Clayton...
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