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Caring for Kids immediately provides essential resources to meet the urgent needs of abused, neglected or at-risk children in St. Louis County...because kids' urgent needs can't wait!
Did You Know?
» In any given month, the Family Court of St. Louis County provides services to approximately 1,300 children?
» Children come under the Family Court jurisdiction because of neglect and/or physical or sexual abuse by caretakers or others?
» Untreated substance abuse by parent(s) or untreated depression can often lead to a referral to the Family Court?
» Tutoring services, once routinely provided by school systems, are no longer offered in many schools?
» Only $250 per year is made available for clothing vouchers for children ages seven and older in foster or residential care?
Caring For Kids brings hope to children and families by fulfilling these essential needs. The systems serving these children now have an organization to call upon when faced with unmet, immediate needs. With the help of Caring For Kids, children can be reunited with their families and leave foster care; sometimes this requires simply a bed.
Mission Statement:
Caring for Kids immediately provides essential resources to meet the urgent needs of abused, neglected or at-risk children in St. Louis County.
Latest News
Grant Awarded to Caring For Kids St. Louis
Caring for Kids is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund in their 2022 grant cycle for our Beds and Bedding program for kids in need. We are so grateful for the generosity of SOS. These funds will be so very beneficial for our St. Louis County children. Many, many thanks!!! Pictured is Caring For Kids Executive Director, Jan Abrams, and Board Vice President, Cindy Harcourt, at the SOS grant event in May 2022.
Ladue News 2021 Charity Award
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you one and all for voting for us!
CARING FOR KIDS has been chosen as one of the 5 LADUE NEWS CHARITY AWARD WINNERS for 2021 by YOU--the VOTERS OF STL!!!
We are proud and humbled. Helping kids is the best ever. We'll keep doing what we do till no kid has urgent, unmet needs. We appreciate your help towards our mission.
Kids Supporting Other Kids
Two young girls had a lemonade stand and donated part of the proceeds to Caring for Kids. So generous!!! We are so appreciative of our community. Thank you so very much.
Program Statistics 2009-2020
Number of Requests: 1,898
Number of Childrem Served: 3,731
Donations Given: $355,495.86
Number of Beds Given: 1,629
AVERAGE SPENT PER CASE: $92.00
Easy Ways to Give
- Did You Know...Payments are easy to make on-line now for Caring for Kids! Just go to any page on our website, find the DONATE BUTTON, click and make a donation--it's that easy!!!
- Did You Know...Every time you make a purchase on Amazon, you can help Caring for Kids without spending a dime? Just go to AMAZON SMILE, find CARING FOR KIDS ST. LOUIS, CLICK, and make your purchase as you would. Caring for Kids gets a % of what you spend , it's that easy!!!
- Did You Know...Every time you shop at Schnucks, Caring for Kids can get a % of your purchase price? Just get an ESCRIP CARD from any employee, use it every time you check out--it will cost you nothing, and Caring for Kids will benefit. It's that easy!!!
What Your Donation Provides
School Supplies
Help send a child to school with the supplies to be successful. Just $25 dollars is all it takes to equip a kid for a full school year.
All donations are tax deductible.
Bedding
With just $50 we can provide a child with a brand new set of bedding: blanket, sheets and pillow. Your donation provides the comfort a child needs to sleep well.
All donations are tax deductible.
Clothing
Often children are removed from bad situation quickly without many clothes. Your donation provides much needed clothing so kids can have some normalcy.
All donations are tax deductible.
Beds
Sometimes something as simple as a real bed to sleep in can make all the difference in the world to a child. Your donation can make that difference.
All donations are tax deductible.
Cribs
Cribs are essential for the care of infants and small children. Your donation ensures foster families can provide the basic needs to care for children safely.
All donations are tax deductible.
Bunk Beds
Often children are removed from bad situations quickly without many clothes. Your donation provides much needed clothing so kids can have some normalcy.
All donations are tax deductible.
School
Help send a child to school with the supplies to be successful. Just $25 dollars is all it takes to equip a kid for a full school year.
All donations are tax deductible.
Other News and Events
Charity Society for Children Award
Beds - Beds - Beds!!!
CARING FOR KIDS is so fortunate to be among 3 organizations to have been chosen by the MAC for their
CHARITY SOCIETY FOR CHILREN AWARD
2021
along with
SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE
And
SWEET BABIES.
All of us will help our kids help kids have safe places to sleep.
We will make sure children and babies have basic needs to ensure their lives are as good as possible in these uncertain times.
In December 2020 alone, Caring for Kids distributed 37 beds and cribs to deserving children and babies. Most of these kiddos had never slept alone before. Many of them were sleeping with mom or grandma, therefore in danger of being exposed to drug, alcohol and/or sexual abuse—perhaps even suffocation. No child should co-sleep. Some of our kids have been sleeping on the cold, hard floors of their homes. Kids need to be ready for school and work with good nights sleep. They need to be ready to face their peers with happy attitudes. None of this can happen when children are not well rested. We want all our kids to have the gift of a good night’s rest, and that is what we will give them in the gift of a bed.
Caring for Kids Amidst COVID-19
Caring For Kids recently had an article about the organization published in the Old Newsboys edition of the Post Dispatch:
For years, Caring for Kids has worked tirelessly to provide children with everyday needs. Social workers partner with this nonprofit organization to receive funds for ages newborn to 21. The funds provide children with essential needs such as beds, school supplies, uniforms and food.
“We give them anything that will make them feel like they’re just regular kids,” said Jan Abrams, executive director.
Caring for Kids focuses on lending a hand to children who have been involved in the St. Louis court system. They make all efforts to respond to requests within three days. The nonprofit has helped approximately 1,300 kids since its establishment in 2003.
Though Abrams believes the organization has always met essential needs in the community, since the outbreak of COVID-19 the needs and demands have grown tremendously. The pandemic ushered in an economic crisis for many families, and as a result, the children of St. Louis have suffered directly.
Caroling at Sunrise Senior Center
Caroling at Sunrise Senior Center; we had a wonderful time singing with more than 25 lovely residents and we’ve already been invited back for 2020!!!
Grant Received
A successful grant application to STL Books for Kids; we were granted 6 huge boxes of brand new beautiful books to give our kiddos!!!
Contact Us
Caring For Kids, Inc.
8000 Bonhomme Avenue
Suite 214
Clayton, MO 63105
Tel: 314.726.5437
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Web: http://www.caringforkids-stl.org
Board of Directors
Dianne L. Brncic, President
Cynthia Harcourt, Vice President
Molly Lamear, Treasurer
Victoria Foster
Al Levine
Herman Jimmerson
Christine Pennell
Tom Steffen
Donna Baker
Kenya Brumfield-Young
Eleanore Palozola
Debbie Smith-Franke
Advisory Council
Susan Block
Bill Grant
Sharon Mink
Joan Cheaney
Mark Utterback