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The Four Rivers Area YMCA Adult Literacy & ELL program provides supportive and enriching educational experiences to nurture the potential of everyone in our community, especially those who struggle with reading, writing, and English language skills. Students meet weekly with their tutors at a local library.

This program is provided at no cost to adults struggling with English language or reading skills.  You do not have to be a Y member to participate.

Monthly outdoor food pickup for any family who needs help.  No proof of income or residency needed.

Participants are required to sign up every month in order to plan accordingly.  Register at www.compasshealthnetwork.org, look for The Mobile Market under “Events”, then “Community Events.”   Online registration opens up during the 15th through the 19th of the previous month.

There are Mobil Market locations throughout the region:

Union: Third Thursday of every month, 9AM-10:30AM / Great 8 Cinema Parking Lot, 5 Prairie Dell Plaza Drive

Winfield: Third Tuesday of every month 9AM-10:30AM / Winfield First Baptist Church, 3700 E. Highway 47

Warrenton: Third Wednesday of every month 9AM-10:30AM / Warrenton Cinema, 265 W Veterans Memorial Pkwy

Wentzville: Third Friday of every month, 9AM-11PM / Compass Health Center, 1032 Crosswinds Court

St. Peters: Third Friday of every month, 1:15PM-2:30PM / Compass Health, 111 Mexico Court

What is given out?
Every family that comes through will receive roughly the same amount; family size has no bearing on the amount they will receive.
No worries, it is usually a lot!
How does it run?
St. Louis Area Foodbank brings food to the various locations the day of distributions. Clients line up in their cars and volunteers assist
with the repackaging and distribution. The clients do not even have to get out of their cars!
What if it’s cancelled?
This is an OUTDOOR distribution, which means weather is a primary factor when considering cancellations. A general rule we follow
is if schools are closed, MM is closed. Cancellations can happen for several reasons. Weather, truck issues, volunteer support, in any
instance we will follow the same protocol for the cancellation. An agency wide email will be sent out as soon as the decision is made,
an email will be sent to all clients who are sign up on the list, our Facebook page will have the cancellation information.

Free community meal every Saturday at 5:00pm, no requirements.

This is a free, walk-in clinic sponsored by the Muslim Community of St. Louis, Deaconess Nurse Ministry, and St. Peter’s United Church of Christ.

Basic medical services for adults 18 and over.  Includes screening, treatment and referrals, free of charge.  No insurance required, but a photo ID is required to be seen in the clinic.

Free food for those in need.

Click to view a map of the many free food resources available in Franklin County.

Map includes agencies that provide food pantry options, free meals provided by churches and other organizations, and stand-alone free little food pantries that hold basic needs and require no registration process.

Click Here to see the map.  Details about many agencies are also found under the Food tab on this website.

Early Connections makes navigating Missouri’s Early Care & Education (ECE) system easier for families and professionals. This website is a partnership between Missouri’s child-serving agencies who are working together to make it easier for families to access programs and resources for children from birth through age five. These agencies are also aligning policies and coordinating practices to make it easier for professionals to find information and training opportunities aimed at engaging families in their child’s safety, health and learning.  The regional hub for these services includes Franklin, Gasconade, Crawford, and Washington Counties.

What is an Early Care & Education System?

Missouri’s ECE system is comprised of multiple programs that work with families and professionals to improve early childhood experiences for all Missouri children. These programs include home visiting, child care and preschool. Through collaborative efforts with state agencies, providers and communities, Missouri is working to ensure that families and other caregivers have the knowledge, resources, skills and tools available to help children grow to be safe, healthy and successful learners.

On December 23, 2019, Governor Parson announced that the State of Missouri received a $33.5 million grant aimed at coordinating a more effective, high-quality early learning system that better prepares Missouri children for success. “This is great news for our state that will allow our agencies and programs to come together and focus on the same goals to better serve communities across Missouri,” Governor Parson said.

The Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five (PDG B-5) provides funding over three years to implement an interagency effort to provide regional access to coordinated early childhood services to better meet family’s needs, enhance and streamline training opportunities for ECE professionals, and improve systems to better inform decision-making about early learning.

The Franklin County Children and Families Community Resource Board is the administrator for the Putting Kids First: Community Children’s Service Fund and the Franklin County Domestic Violence Fund. The funds are dedicated for services to citizens of Franklin County, Missouri, and will be awarded to local agencies to provide services that address the unmet needs of our community.

Every Child’s Hope is a child serving agency based in St. Louis, with an office in Union, MO.  They

They provide two services  for Franklin County youth at no cost to children and families:

OUTPATIENT CHILD PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES

FAMILY SOLUTIONS FOR KIDS