Back to Top

ARCHS Awards $8.4 Million to Enhance Early Childhood and Parenting Initiatives

embeddable_e4be91c9-9ad5-4cf8-bc3c-0148718ebbd4.png
This summer (2022) ARCHS issued $8.4 million to support early childhood and parenting initiatives across the state and region. ARCHS provided grants to the following organizations:

-Annie Malone Children and Family Services
-Community Partnership of the Ozarks
-Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
-New Madrid County Human Resources Council
-Northeast Missouri Caring Communities
-St. Louis Arc
-The Community Partnership (Rolla)
-United 4 Children

ARCHS secured its funding from the Missouri Departments of Elementary and Secondary Education and Social Services. ARCHS’ funded partners will provide additional leveraged/in-kind support to further advance the ARCHS’ funded programs.

Services available through ARCHS’ funded programs include foster and adoptive care, parent education, therapeutic activities, and additional wrap around support.

Annual Child Well-Being Report Ranks Missouri 27th Among States


Screenshot 2022-08-25 095007.jpg

Children in Missouri are facing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression - that's according to the 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book released August 8 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The 2022 report finds mental health is a concern across the country, as kids felt the pressures from COVID-19. Nationally, nearly 12% of children had anxiety or depression, while in Missouri it was about 11%.

Tracy Greever-Rice, program director of Missouri KIDS COUNT for the Family and Community Trust (FACT), said it's crucial that kids have accessto mental-health care. "In metropolitan areas we have clusters of mental and behavioral health professionals," said Greever-Rice. "But in more rural areas access becomes more of a challenge and becomes impacted by non-clinical things like transportation."

She added that affordable health-coverage options, either through private insurance or Medicaid, also is key to ensuring access to care. About 6% of Missouri kids lack health insurance, according to the report. Missouri showed improvement in all of the report's economic indicators, including a lower child poverty rate than the national average.

Leslie Boissiere - vice president for external affairs with the Casey Foundation - said the federal government has offered supports, such as additional food assistance during the pandemic, but notes that help is likely to expire soon.

"It's incredibly important that decisionmakers seize the opportunity and the lessons learned during the COVID-19 period," said Boissiere, "when more resources were provided to families. So that we can make sure that every child has their basic needs met and that the overall well-being of children increases."

Areas for concern for Missouri in the KIDS COUNT data include fourth grade reading proficiency and eighth-grade math proficiency, as well as the percentage of low-birth weight babies, and youths who are overweight or obese.

Greever-Rice said these are areas where good short-term and long-term policies can make a big difference in kids' lives as they mature into adulthood. "Attentiveness to these issues will make a big difference and prevention is not just good for individuals," said Greever-Rice, "but also more efficient and a less expensive way to do public policy. "

According to the report, Missouri ranks 27th overall for child well-being among the 50 states.

Click HERE to review the 2022 KIDS COUNT Data Book.

FY 2022 After School Impact

embeddable_125d13a1-b0d5-46d5-b046-ca1f75327461.jpg

ARCHS conducts extensive evaluation of all of its funded initiatives to document the impact on client services.

At the end of the 2021-2022 school year, ARCHS conducted surveys with its funded after school program staff, youth participants, and their parents/caretakers. The surveys represent a proactive approach to assess program quality and allow for strategic program adjustments as needed for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year.

Surveys for all after school audiences assessed the social and emotional learning goals of Conscious Discipline® training implemented in the 2021-2022 school year.

Conscious Discipline is a comprehensive classroom management program based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices specifically designed to make changes in the lives of adults first. The adults, in turn, change the lives of children and adults stay in control of themselves and in charge of children.

In an end of year survey, 98% of staff indicated they are incorporating Conscious Discipline practices in their after school program. Both staff and parents/caretakers indicated they are seeing the results of this training. Nearly all staff (98%) reported “My after school program helps enhance students’ personal and social skills.”

From their perspective, 91% of parents/caretakers are seeing the benefits of Conscious Discipline training, agreeing with the statement, “The after school program is helping my child express emotions in a positive way.”

Parent/caretakers as well as youth value their after school program. The majority of parents/caretakers (97%) rated their program quality in the 2021-2022 school year as good (26%) or excellent (71%). Similarly, the majority of youth (99%) rated their program quality as medium (29%) or high (70%). As one parent stated, “I think this is the best after care program my children ever attended.”

During the FY22 school year, ARCHS issued $2.5 million to provide free after school programming for 1,900 students at 29 locations in the Jennings and Saint Louis Public School districts. ARCHS secured its FY22 funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Saint Louis Mental Health Board. ARCHS' funded after school partners include:

-Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
-Gene Slay’s Girls and Boys Club
-Hopewell Center
-Northside Youth and Senior Service Center
-Provident Behavioral Health
-Stray Dog Theatre/Arts in Mind 
-United 4 Children

ARCHS Awards Funding to Support Summer Enrichment Programs

embeddable_e5f8b86c-b3c2-4131-a809-fb5db3836296.png

In June 2022 ARCHS issued $390,121 to provide enrichment activities for more than 650 youth at 12 St. Louis area summer programs managed by 8 area youth development organizations including: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, Communities First, Gene Slay’s Girls & Boys Club, Northside Youth & Senior Service Center, Provident Behavioral Health, The Sophia Project, SPROG Horizons, and Wesley House Association.

Additionally ARCHS is partnering with EnTeam, HealthWorks! Museum, Mentors in Motion, Operation Food Search, Mad Science, The Oxygen Project - Yoga for Youth, and Mentors in Motion to further enhance the summer programs.

The programs focus on academic support/enrichment, social and life skills, health and recreation, character development, and parent and family involvement. Each day a nutritious meal is provided. ARCHS secured its funding from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

ARCHS Honored for Expanding and Enhancing Services for Crime Victims and Victimized Communities

IMG_3746.jpeg

On May 12, ARCHS was honored with an unprecedented 5th What's Right with the Region Award from FOCUS-St. Louis for its work in creating the Neighborhood Healing Network.

Through this partnership, ARCHS brought together the following esteemed organizations to find new and innovative ways to support crime victims and victimized communities:

-Alive & Well Communities
-Better Family Life, Inc.
-Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
-Crime Victim Center
-Fathers & Families Support Center
-Mission: St. Louis
-Missouri Department of Social Services
-Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis

ARCHS is known for strategically building systems that leverage resources from several organizations that result in the ability to deliver a greater impact that if done individually.

Over the years, ARCHS' partnerships focusing on early childhood, youth development/afterschool, ex-offenders, and children's vision care have also been recognized by FOCUS-St. Louis.

More Articles ...

  1. ARCHS Awards $2.4 Million for Children and Youth Services
  2. 2022 Crime Victims' Rights Week
  3. ARCHS' Neighborhood Healing Network Recognized by FOCUS St. Louis for Supporting Crime Victims and Victimized Communities
  4. ARCHS Awards $750,000 to Increase and Enhance Services for Crime Victims and Victimized Communities

This test allows you to determine if you need help with your gambling. Celtic casino without getting too bogged down in the details, according to our discussion above. Hatch, if you use prepaid cards or vouchers best online casino. But the player claimed that they never used a bonus and played without it.

They expect to open the nearby equestrian center in the late fall, which Abner said will be a large indoor facility — around the size of a football field — and will hold around 3,000 people for events like horse shows and rodeos. Increased attention to illegal casinos was further underlined when a cluster of 85 new COVID-19 cases was tied to an illegal gambling venue in Rayong province. This will display all the sports events scheduled for the day, including \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www ler mais. Speedy Casino is available via PC and Mobile web.

Although not necessarily a must, but it’s great to consider platforms that have been around for at least a few years now. If you are unsure what this means or think you may have a problem with controlling your gambling please refer to www. As far as value for money this casino site is the worse I have ever visited mai bun casino online. The second time this happened, I requested that the security associate get his manager to determine if we were indeed intoxicated.

However, public transport in the area is not so robust, so you may want to consider driving yourself if you are to get to the casino. After 30 years of continuous service, La Terraza del Casino restaurant, a high-ceilinged space comprising a series of bright rooms linked by arched doorways, has become a modern classic. The north side of campground is the old side https://onlinecasinodanmark.org/. The range of games in Playtech’s library includes online roulette, online blackjack, poker, and keno, of which there are several variants.

Learn more about our global capabilities: • AECOM. Doch wenn dein favorit nicht high as new magazines best free high machen. He painted a little,” Bill Passman said http://nettikasinotsuomessa.org. Excuse after excuse GIVE ME MY MONEY AND I WANT A NUMBER TO CALL YOU Many thanks Stay safe Hello Tom, We are sorry to hear that you feel this way.

Playing at any casino sites we recommend ensure you have a fair chance of winning. Look at the right sites for online game tester jobs, paypal casinos mobile athenaeum of occult scraps and lore. While this is potentially a limitation, a sensitivity analysis was carried out in order to elaborate on the role of online horse betting in the present context https://onlinecasinoslovenija.org. In 2018, sports betting was expanded to single-game and parlay betting on all professional and college sports (excluding Delaware college teams) including auto racing, baseball, basketball, boxing/MMA, football, golf, hockey, and soccer.

Příběh automatu vás vtáhne do děje a vy se stanete jeho hlavním protagonistou. Friel, who was owed $85,000 for building registration desks, bars around the casino and in the suites at the Plaza, decided to sue. He probably had more to do than most at a school with an enrollment of nearly 4,000 and a strong tradition in several sports in Indianapolis https://mejoronlinecasino.org/. So What Exactly Makes Casinos that Accept Boku So Safe?

The bet365 Live Casino app allows professional dealers to be streamed live straight from the Casino floor to your device in amazing quality. En spelare kanske inte dominerar varje vecka p\u0026aring; PGA Tour, men tidigare placeringar p\u0026aring; en viss bana eller inom ett kalender\u0026aring;r spelar stor roll. This casino is licensed in Curaçao, and they are owned by Audeo NV beste online casinos. It is similar to National Lottery with the same terms and is unique because of other Monkey Mayhem slots.

The rules of blackjack at the casino apparently, she found her family attending worship services at First Unitarian. See More Location The hotel's 307 rooms are all on the large side, with Standard Queens clocking in at a comfortable 450 square feet (42 square meters). Om du tittar p\u0026aring; en match kan du se chanser att satsa p\u0026aring; innan oddsen hinner sjunka och d\u0026auml;rmed lyckas betta p\u0026aring; ett h\u0026ouml;gt odds och kamma hem en bra vinst https://bestonlinecasinosincanada.org. Players can cash out winnings of over £100,000 from this game.

I should have waited till the morning for that meal. They also offer 100% bonuses up to $1000 for four further deposits. We value your feedback, thank you for taking the time to provide and we will pass this on to the relevant department so we may continue to adapt and improve our services online casino. The player complained their account was locked and all their funds were seized.