LFCS Receives Grant to Help St. Charles County Kids
Social services organization to provide multimodal emotional trauma treatment to students
Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri has received a $24,950 grant from the Children and Family Services Authority of St. Charles to provide individual and family counseling services to residents of St. Charles County.
The grant funds LFCS’ Multimodal Emotional Trauma Treatment project, which serves children and teenagers grades kindergarten through 12. METT is available to St. Charles County children and youth who are experiencing symptoms of emotional trauma.
“Children who are eligible for the METT program may have experienced several different kinds of trauma, ranging from news-making events like natural disasters, accidents or family violence to more common events like parents’ divorce or even a transfer to a new school,” said Paul Fullerton, an LFCS counselor.
Different than most counseling programs, the METT program focuses solely on youth affected by trauma. The program includes counselors going into schools to obtain records, talk with faculty and observe kids in their classrooms. In addition, participants are assigned an individual therapist who will work with the student and their family during their involvement in the METT program. LFCS welcomes referrals from pediatricians, public and private school counselors and other
professionals. Parents or guardians should call to initiate services.
LFCS has three counselors dedicated to the METT program in St. Charles and has already received a number of referrals. The St. Charles LFCS counseling office is located in the Old Parish House at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 2800 Elm St. The phone number is 636/949-5522.
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