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 empowering our community members. SFCS case managers...
Legal Assistance
Serving the St. Louis area for over thirty years, our legal aid office ensures...
Bilingual Mental Health Counseling
Many families and children who migrate to St. Louis have suffered trauma that impedes...
Immigration Law Project
Our Catholic Immigration Law Project attorneys and BIA accredited representatives offer legal aid to...
Veterans Advocacy Project
The Veterans Advocacy Project is focused on removing legal barriers to employment, housing, municipal...
Bilingual Youth Program
A 2018 Children of Immigrants study found that “one out of every four children...
Keeping Immigrant Tenants Housed
In one recent case, St. Francis’ Immigrant Housing Justice Project negotiated with a local landlord to secure housing for 11 tenants who were behind in rent and at risk of eviction. Our legal team was able to work with the landlord to reduce the amount that tenants were in arrears and provide tenants with direct aid assistance to satisfy their back rent owed. Because of this individualized advocacy, the IHPJ team was able to secure their housing.
Adopt a Family for Christmas 2021
Thank you for joining with immigrant families to make this a happier Christmas season! Whether newly arrived in the country or living here for several years, life in the U.S. for our immigrant neighbors can be full of challenges as well as hope. The pandemic added another layer of adversity […]
Continue ReadingMay is for Mental Health: An Interview with Evelyn Hernandez, Bilingual Therapist
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and so we spoke with Evelyn Hernandez, one of our great Bilingual Therapists, to see the importance of the department, how she became interested in mental health for immigrant Spanish-speakers, and the particular challenges faced by our clients in accessing services. How did you […]
Continue ReadingSF60: St. Francis Running Our Assisis Off
Six amazing St. Francis Community Services staff members who work across several sites and programs came together to form the St. Francis Running Our Assisis Off team to train to run the GO! St. Louis’s KT82 relay race…which was tragically canceled (thanks for nothing, COVID!). But we’re not letting that […]
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