Participants in FFSC’s Employment Development & Mentoring Program focus on job skills and readiness and job retention strategies with an eye toward job placement. They pair with trained mentors who provide job and career guidance and counseling. This is a critically important program, as holding a job and supporting their children is an essential part of the parenting process.

Program Offerings

• Employment Readiness Training
• Resume Writing and Interview Coaching
• Employment Placement Services
• Therapeutic Services for Mental Health Support 
• Financial Education
• Occupational Training Opportunities

This highly effective program works closely with youth and young adults aged 14 to 24, many of whom don’t have active or fully involved parents in their lives. The program helps its participants stop cycles of negative behavior and develop successful paths to positive futures.

Program Offerings

• Scholastic Goal Setting
• One-On-One Mentoring
• Employment Preparation and Placement
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
• Group Bonding Activities

Operating at the Transition Center of St. Louis, FFSC’s Re-Entry Project helps people transition from incarceration to lives as responsible members of the St. Louis community. The program is conducted in partnership with the Missouri Department of Corrections. The model is similar to that of FFSC’s Family Formation program.

Program Offerings

• Housing Assistance
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Parenting and Healthy Relationship classes
• Employment Readiness Skills Training
• Job Placement

FFSC is proud to be a part of the Area Resources for Community and Human Services’ (ARCHS) Neighborhood Healing Network (NHN). Are you or someone you know suffering with Trauma caused by crime or violence? We are here for you! We can connect you with victim services, trauma workshops, and support services.

The program NHN, created for individual crime victims, as well as victimized communities, is closely affiliated with Alive & Well Communities and Crime Victim Center to offer educational programs focused on abuse, violence and trauma-informed care.

Program Offerings

• Crime Victim Services
• Case Management and Support Services
• Monthly Trauma Workshops

Fathers’ Rap is a peer-to-peer support group for program alumni and fathers who cannot participate in traditional program services for various reasons. Fathers’ Rap meets after usual work hours and provides supportive services for Family Formation alumni. Located at our downtown headquarters, 1601 Olive Street, Fathers’ Rap meets on Tuesday and Thursdays, 5:00p-7:00p.

Discussion Topics Include

• Responsible Fatherhood
• Communication Tools
• Relationship Building
• Parenting Skills
• Child Support Issues
• Visitation & Custody Issues
• Employment