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The district has thousands of students who lack stable housing. Events like these are part of an effort to reach families and break down stigma.
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Restoration House STL provides age-appropriate mentoring and services for young adults 18 to 25. In June, the faith-based nonprofit opened its first “success center,” also called the Rock, in Dutchtown’s historic Melvin Theatre.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation altering when providers are mandated to report child abuse, stating that the fact that a teen is unaccompanied is, in and of itself, not sufficient basis anymore.
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Since the pandemic began, the number of teens and young adults waiting for a shelter bed at Covenant House Missouri in St. Louis has more than doubled — and many are experiencing homelessness for the first time.
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Jennings school students who are homeless and need a ride to school are arriving the way many suburban kids do: by minivan.The small north St. Louis…
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There’s a late-winter chill in the house. A space heater is trying to do the work of a busted furnace. Angelina rubs the sleep out of her eyes as her mom…
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Last summer, Chantil was forced to leave the townhome she shared with her two daughters and her mother in Des Plaines. (We’re withholding Chantil’s last...
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St. Lazare House, a permanent housing program in St. Louis, aims at giving older, homeless young adults with mental health needs a chance at stability.The…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 3, 2010 - If you planned to start a charter school for teens who are homeless or otherwise hard…