The Family and Community Engagement Resource Guide is a comprehensive directory of local services and organizations thoughtfully organized alphabetically for easy navigation. This guide provides residents with quick access to essential resources ranging from healthcare facilities to educational support services to community centers and nonprofit organizations ensuring the community can easily find the assistance they need.

Click the resource to view more information, contact information, and links.

Ameren is an energy company serving many homes and businesses in the area. If you are having power outage problems or even need to discuss assistance with your monthly bill, you can find relief by contacting them by phone at 1-800-552-7583 or visit their website and log into your customer portal.

Unleashing Potential

Many buildings in the Ferguson-Florissant School District work with Unleashing Potential for before and aftercare services. Please contact them for more information regarding the programs they offer at your building or for the community. 

YMCA

Check out the programs offered by the local YMCA.

Chess

Check out the programs offered by the St. Louis Chess Club.

The Children's Service Fund shares local and national mental and behavioral health resources for St. Louis County residents, partners, children, and families. If you’re looking for a resource that’s not listed below, please consult our Who We Fund and Find a Service pages or simply call us for more assistance.

Explore the contacts below to stay informed and connected with the municipalities that make up our District. 

Community Action Agency of St. Louis County (CAASTL)

314-863-0015

Healthy families thriving in their community free from poverty and social exclusion. A wide range of opportunities and accessibility to education, healthcare, careers, and safe, affordable, energy efficient housing. Inclusive communities that sustain economic opportunities and business growth. Communities where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and the barriers of structural and systematic inequities have been removed.

Emergency Shelters:

In case of an emergency, find a shelter near you. To prepare for an emergency, find a shelter near you and record the location and contact information in an emergency kit.  

First Baptist Church of Ferguson

Pastor Chris Teague

314-521-1515

MERCY Neighborhood Ministry Resources

When people are struggling to make ends meet, they may have one overwhelming need. But most often, they need multiple types of assistance at once. Mercy Neighborhood Ministry provides the resources below to help agency workers when referring clients to seek additional help.

There are many resources available throughout the St. Louis area, but coordinating and accessing these services can be difficult if agencies do not know what services are in their area.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Emergency 

573-634-2436

Environmental response and spill line for immediate hazardous materials incidents or broken pipes or spills.

Operation Food Search

(314) 726-5355

Founded in 1981, Operation Food Search (OFS) is a hunger relief organization that provides free food, nutrition education and innovative programs proven to reduce food insecurity. With a strategic focus aimed at ending childhood hunger, OFS empowers families and increases access to healthy and affordable food. The agency provides food and services to 200,000 individuals on a monthly basis – one-third of whom are children – through a network of 330 community partners in 42 Missouri and Illinois counties.

People's Family of Corporations STL

The collection of these corporations have worked, in concert, to address the health care needs of the community, and also to remove the socioeconomic obstacles to that end.

Red Cross Humanitarian Services

314-516-2800 

Spire, a natural gas company serves many homes and businesses in the St. Louis area. For emergency services and any other inquiries, please visit their website or contact hem by phone at 1-800-887-4173

St. Louis Area Food Bank

314-292-6262

St. Louis Area Foodbank is building a stronger bi-state region by nourishing people, empowering communities, and transforming systems.

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This website provides general information, street addresses, phone numbers and websites for dozens of agencies, shelters, employment resources, food pantries and other organizations throughout the St. Louis area. Click on the Menu for Categories to start your search. Or you can enter your Zip Code in the SEARCH BAR on any page. 
Listings are alphabetical under each category

United Way 2-1-1 - For information on available resources to assist with housing needs due to the flooding (including flood cleanup and mold remediation). Dial 2-1-1.