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Causes: Child Abuse Prevention, Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Crime & Law, Domestic Violence, Education, Human Services, Residential Care & Adult Day Programs, Special Education
Mission: Our Little Haven is relentlessly committed to providing early intervention services for children and families. Our community of professional caregivers creates a safe, secure, and healing environment for those impacted by abuse, neglect, and mental or behavioral health needs. We make the hurting stop, the healing begin and the love last, one family at a time.
Results: Our Little Haven's accredited and professional services are able to positively impact children and families with a 94% success rate (as measured by third-party assessment, client surveys, and follow-up with families.)
Target demographics: Our Little Haven's primary purpose is to assess, treat and heal the children and families who are experiencing mental and behavioral health concerns as well as the youngest victims of child abuse and neglect.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 485 children and families
Geographic areas served: Through the Lindell Campus in St. Louis, MO, OLH serves in 5 counties on the eastern side of Missouri.
Programs: Our Little Haven's Foster Care Case Management Program provides services for children and families involved in the foster care system with the goal of establishing a safe, loving, and permanent home for foster children. Our Little Haven's Keystone Program provides for the improvement of the mental health and well-being of clients who traditionally have limited access to mental health care. Services offered include child and family outpatient assessment & treatment (counseling, psychological and psychiatric services) provided by licensed and credentialed professionals. Our Little Haven's Our Little Academy provides therapeutic treatment in a preschool setting for children ages 3 - 6 who cannot participate in a traditional preschool/daycare due to behavioral or emotional problems. Small class sizes and low child-to-therapist ratio provide needed support for children and their families. Services offered include individual therapy with play therapy techniques; group therapy; social skills development; and educational development.