About Putting Kids First

Putting Kids First is a bi-partisan, non-sectarian effort whose sole purpose is to support the mental health and well-being of our children and youth. The campaign was initiated by a group of non-profit agencies serving children and families in St. Louis County; agencies that witnessed time and time again, children that needed help being turned away because of a lack of funding.

Non-profit social service agencies that support the initiative include:

• Behavioral Health Response (BHR)
• Better Family Life, Inc.
• BJC Behavioral Health
• Boys and Girls Town
• Catholic Charities
• Catholic Family Services
• Chads-Coalition
• Child Center Marygrove
• Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis
• Children’s Home Society of Missouri
• Community and Children’s Resource Board of St. Charles County
• Covenant House
• Crider Health Center
• Edgewood Children’s Center
• Epworth Children and Family Services
• Evangelical Children’s Home
• Family Resource Center
• Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
• Good Shepherd
• Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JF&CS)
• Kids in the Middle
• Kids Under Twenty-One (KUTO)
• Life Crisis Services
• Lutheran Family and Children’s Services (LFCS)
• Mental Health Association of Greater St. Louis
• Missouri Baptist Children’s Home
• NAMI St. Louis
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA)
• Nurses for Newborns
• Our Lady’s Inn
• Our Little Haven
• Preferred Family Healthcare
• Presbyterian Children’s Services
• Progressive Youth Center
• Provident, Inc.
• Saint Vincent Home for Children
• St. Louis Arc
• St. Louis Crisis Nursery
• Villa Maria Center
• Wyman Center
• Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA)
• Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)
• Youth Emergency Services (YES)
• Youth In Need (YIN)
• Youth Bridge Association