Social Services

St. Louis resident Harold Crawford is among many local college graduates who are celebrating major academic milestones this spring. The path he traveled…

Bobbi Len Taylor Mitchell-Bey's children were killed at the Clinton-Peabody housing complex in south St. Louis more than a year ago.On Friday, she asked…

Imagine that first you can’t afford to keep your water on, or your electricity. You’re already struggling to find or keep a job.Every month, you have…

On Nov. 8, Martha’s 8-year-old daughter didn’t want to go to school.“When I asked her why, she said she was worried that if [Donald] Trump won, I wouldn’t…

Your doctor can refer you to a specialist … but what if she could refer you to free legal help, too?In St. Louis, attorneys for Legal Services of Eastern…

A social service agency making cuts in the Metro East due to lack of state funding says even if Illinois legislators pass a stop-gap budget this week it…

Here are some numbers you wouldn’t have been able to find two years ago.Last week, 3,428 people from the St. Louis Metro Area called the United Way’s…

About 12,300 fewer children attended federally subsidized day cares in Missouri during fiscal year 2013 than in 2012. That marks the largest decline in…

When settlement houses were founded in the United States in the late 19th century, the idea was for educated middle-class or upper-class individuals to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 28, 2012 - When the Human Development Corp. went out of business this year as a result of…