St. Charles County Extension Center

Warm-lines

Available for non-emergency information.

Cardinal Ritter Senior Services/Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
314-961-8000 x 242
calls returned within 48 hours

Parent Link
1-800-552-8522 English
calls returned next business day

1-888-460-0008 Spanish
calls returned the next Friday

Gateway Grandparents/Kinship Network

The Gateway Grandparents/Kinship Network is a collaboration of organizations and agencies working in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area to help grandparents and relative caregivers meet the challenges of raising relative children. Resources include:

information on relevant topics through newsletters and support groups
connections to community resources
facilitation of services offered by organizations and agencies to better meet relative caregivers' needs

Support groups

Groups meet on a regular basis and newcomers are welcome.

St. Louis City
Carver House Grandparents Group
Contact: Brenda Manon, 314-652-8485

Keepers of the Flame
Contact: Kathleen McAleenan, 314-961-8000 x 302

Let's Start Caregivers Group
For caregivers raising children of incarcerated or chemically dependent parents
Contact: Cynthia Stevenson-Johnson, 314-241-2342

St. Louis County
Proud Grandparents
Contact: Kathleen McAleenan, 314-961-8000 x 302

Greater St. Louis Metro Area
Children's Home Society of Missouri
Contact: Sarah Boeker, 314-968-2350 x 235

Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
Contact: Nickie Steinhoff, 314-367-8373 x 35

Resources

LifeLines, a quarterly newsletter with relevant articles published by Children's Home Society of Missouri. Current issue (PDF)

Member agencies