St Louis Crisis Nursery

Family Empowerment Program
Designed around evidence-based approaches for families facing multiple risk factors, the SLCN's Family Empowerment Program [FEP] provides trauma-informed home/community based crisis stabilization, intensive case management, parenting support, counseling, and educational parenting groups for the highest risk St. Louis County families with children between 0-12 years. Services are delivered within the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework, with an emphasis on reducing key family risk factors for child abuse and neglect, while increasing family protective factors to help families achieve greater safety and stability.

Respite Care Services
The Saint Louis Crisis Nursery has been a leader in child abuse and neglect prevention in St. Louis for more than 33 years. Applying the core principles of Trauma-Informed Care within the framework of the Strengthening Families Approach, the Crisis Nursery provides immediate crisis intervention, parent support, and therapeutic Respite Care for children, birth through age 12, at high risk for abuse and neglect. Families seeking support from the Crisis Nursery frequently present with complex crises and multiple risk factors, with little outside support. SLCN services, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ensure our community's most vulnerable families have equitable access to services proven to reduce children's risk for child abuse/ neglect and build family resiliency.