Family Advocacy & Community Training (FACT)
Family Support Services / People First Self-Advocacy
The FACT Family Support program is designed to help families who have a child with a disability as they manage life’s challenges. A Parent Support Partner visits you at home and give you emotional and practical support to help you access community services such as health care, special education, recreation, housing, caretakers, employment and finances, and more. For adults with disabilities, FACT supports People First, a national organization that is run by, and for, people who have a developmental disability. Members of People First are empowered to self-advocate so that they can affect positive change at all levels of society.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
All Ages
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri
Youth Development and Outdoor Skills Program
Girl Scouts Council of Greater St. Louis is committed to helping all girls from every background to develop confidence, determination, and skills needed to thirive in today’s world. The Girls Scout programs is based on the Girl Scout Promise and law, and is adapted to meet the developmental, eudcational, emotional, and social needs and interest of firls at five levels of girls ages K-12 grades. All girls in Kindergarten throug 12th grade are encouraged to participate in Girls Scouts. Summer Residential Camp is Available.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Day Camps, Overnight Camps
Ages Served:
Teens, Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Both
Scouts-BSA
Youth Development and Outdoor Skills Program
ScoutsBSA (formerly Boy Scouts of America) proudly serves boys and girls ages 6-20. Youth join a Cub Scout Pack, Scouts-BSA troop, Venture Crew, or Exploring Post designed for their age group and follow the a structured year-round program that develops outdoor skills, service to our community, leadership, and personal skills. A special needs committee at the Council level offers support, leader training, and resources to help your Scout with a disability be more successful.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Day Camps, Overnight Camps
Ages Served:
Teens, Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Both
Paraquad Youth Services
Social Group
Paraquad’s Youth Services Program focuses on social and recreational activities that promote the development of social skills not acquired in segregated environments. Participants include young people with and without disabilities. Non-disabled youth develop an awareness and understanding of their disabled peers and learn to work and play side-by-side with people with disabilities, while youth with disabilities learn to participate within the community as an equal.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Inclusive
Pathways to Independence
Socialization, learning, self-advocacy, increase in self-confidence and esteem
Pathways to Independence supports the development of skills that positively impact the lives of adults with disabilities who seek greater independence and social success.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
EasterSeals Midwest
From child development centers to physical rehabilitation and job training, Easterseals offers a variety of services to help people with disabilities address life’s challenges and achieve personal goals. We support over 5,000 children and adults with disabilities, empowering all to live, learn, work, play and advocate in our community.
Live: We provide a variety of individualized programs including Autism Services, Community Living Services, and therapy.
Work: We offer a variety of training and placement services that help people prepare for the workforce.
Learn: Our programs help children and adults learn basic functions and master skills needed to develop and thrive at all stages of life.
Play: We offer fun, supportive programs where children and adults can relax, connect with friends, and gain new experiences.
Act: Through volunteering, advocating, donating, and participating in events, we offer everyone an opportunity to be inspired and take action.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
All Ages
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
OASIS St. Louis
Sports & Fitness Hobbies/Interests Social Groups
OASIS promotes healthy aging through lifelong learning, active lifestyles and volunteer engagement. Our vision is to see that adults age 50 and older in St. Louis have opportunities to pursue vibrant, healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Together as friends, a large goups, consisting of individuals with developmental disabilities and volunteers, goes out and about in the St. Lousi area to enjoy community programs and develop new skills. Some of the programs enjoyed by this group include taking classes, attending ballgames, going fishing, watching performances at the Muny, visiting health fairs, and playing bingo.
Service Area:
St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Recreation
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Inclusive
Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities
Challenges Unlimited Social Club
AADD provides support to adults of all ages with developmental disabilities, with an emphasis on those age 50 years and older in maintaining their independence and support them in continuing to be active members of their communities. Social Clubs is a large group socialization program that meets on Saturday nights and is open to adults age 21 and over with a developmental disability who reside in St. Louis City and County. Activities include dances, bowling, movies, dining out, sports events, plays and musicals. Challenges Unlimited is a group recreation program that meets after work and is open to adults age 21 and over with a developmental disability who reside in St. Louis City. Participants have the opportunity to participate in health and fitness classes, learn new skills, and attend community activities.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Adults
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
LifeBridge Partnership
Sports Activities, Socialization, Day Camp
LifeBridge Partnership responds to the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities by impowering them through Recreation Therapy in their community. They provide a variety of events including physical fitness, shopping, bowling, eating out, swimming, day camps, break camps and movies. Our summer day camp serves youth through age 18, and up to age 21 if still in school.
Service Area:
St. Charles County, St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Day Camps, Recreation
Ages Served:
Adults, Teens, Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
Delta Gamma Center
GRAD Groups
Recreation & support group for school age youth to make friends and enjoy new experiences in the community. Groups meet one Saturday a month throughout the school year, and take an exciting summer challenge trip.
Service Area:
St. Louis City, St. Louis County
Program Type:
Agencies/Organizations, Recreation, Social Groups & Family Support
Ages Served:
Youth
Season:
Year Round
Inclusive Specialized or Both:
Specialized
