St. Louis Children's Agenda

The St. Louis Family & Community Partnership is a strategy of the St. Louis Metropolitan Children's Agenda.

Partnership Workgroups

Communications

The Communications workgroup assures communication occurs between the St. Louis Family and Community Partnership and the St. Louis City community about our strategies and outcomes. This workgroup is the driving force behind Blue Ribbon month and the Partnership newsletter.

Chair:

Meeting Time and Location:

3rd Thursday of each month at 1 p.m.
Vision for Children at Risk, 2433 N. Grand, St Louis, MO 63106

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Disproportionality

The Disproportionality Workgroup was established to raise awareness, promote dialogue and explore solutions to racial disproportionality, disparity and other inequities facing families and children served by individual agencies and the child welfare system as a whole.

Co-Chairs:

Meeting Time and Location:

Quarterly, 3rd Fridays. Jan. 21, April 15, July 15, and Oct. 21.
Location varies; Contact co-chairs for time and location

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Making Connections

The Making Connections Workgroup was established in 2010 and creates a new group to explore some of the previous work of Building Community Partnerships, Strengthening Families, and Team Practice.

Co-Chairs:

Meeting Time and Location:

2nd Friday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
Vision for Children at Risk, 2433 N. Grand, St Louis, MO 63106

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Recruitment, Training, and Support

The Recruitment, Training, and Support workgroup finds and maintains local resources that can support children and families in their own neighborhoods by recruiting, training, and supporting foster, adoptive, and relative caregivers.

Co-Chairs:

Meeting Time and Location:

1st Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
Vision for Children at Risk, 2433 N. Grand, St Louis, MO 63106

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Safe Places for Newborns

This workgroup works with community and institutional groups concerned with the welfare of infants to ensure that services for families are known and available in order to prevent child abuse and neglect. Partnerships are formed with legislators to support the protection of infants.

Chair:

Meeting Time and Location:

3rd Thursday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
Vision for Children at Risk, 2433 N. Grand, St Louis, MO 63106

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Self Evaluation

This workgroup uses hard data linked to child and family outcomes to drive decision making and show where change is needed and progress has been made.

Co-Chairs:

Meeting Time and Location:

3rd Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m.
Vision for Children at Risk, 2433 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, Mo 61106

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