Individual & Family Support

Access supports and services to assist with childcare, child development, physical health, and mental health needs. In addition, resources regarding employment services and income support can be found.

If you have children under the age of 5, you can use the Missouri Family Resources database to connect to resources, community programs, and childhood services as well.

Child Care

Find child care resources in the following areas:

• Child Care Aware of Missouri provides information for caregivers about the benefits of quality early learning for young children.
• Child Care Subsidy
• United 4 Children
• Missouri Early Head Start and Child Care Partnership Project is a nationally recognized effort to increase the capacity of and access to care for this vulnerable age group and to provide parents with a wider variety of quality child care settings from which to choose.

Child Development

Find child development resources in the following areas:

• Missouri First Steps services and assistance for children ages 0-3 with special needs.
• ParentLink Child Developmental Screenings provide information about behaviors and overall development for children ages 0-6.
• Home Visiting and Child Care Programs

Family Mediation

Mediation is:

• A flexible process that helps people communicate more effectively, so they can try to resolve issues that are causing conflict.
• Provides an opportunity for people to be heard, to clearly express their concern, and often helps parties to become better problem-solvers. The process can be tailored to the needs of a specific situation.

In family mediation, families are assisted by a neutral third party called a “mediator” who helps caregivers, biological parents, and others involved talk about their needs and concerns in raising the children.

Connect with a family mediator from the Association of Missouri Mediators by calling 833-KIN-4-KID (833-546-4543).

M.A.R.C.H. Mediation is a state-wide nonprofit that provides free supervised visitation, mediation, and legal services to eligible families with an active IV-D (child support) case through the state of Missouri.

• Kinship families may be eligible for up to four hours of free mediation services.
• Families that are eligible for free mediation are also eligible for free legal services to assist with court document filing and supervised visitation services.
• Mediation is available in-person, by phone, or by virtual methods. 

Call 800-595-9750 to request services and determine eligibility.

Employment

Find employment resources in the following areas:

• Career One Stop
• MO Job Centers
• My Next Move (for veterans)

Income Support

Find income support resources in the following areas:

• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provides cash benefits to low-income families for the household’s children, such as clothing, utilities and other services.
• Universal Service Administrative Co. Lifeline lowers the cost of phone and internet.
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is an income supplement program.
• Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reduces tax on earned income.

Physical Health

Find physical health resources in the following areas:

• MO HealthNet (Medicaid) covers qualified medical expenses for individuals who meet eligibility requirements.
• MO HealthNet (Medicaid) for Kids provides medical care for children under 19 years of age whose family income falls within certain guidelines.

Mental Health 

Find mental health resources in the following areas:

• KVC Missouri
• Mental Health American of Eastern Missouri