Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Centene Center Ribbon Cutting
June 08, 2010
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Centene Center Ribbon Cutting
WHEN: Friday, June 11, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Ribbon Cutting - 3 p.m.
WHAT: Grand Opening - Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Centene Center
The official opening of the newest Saint Louis Crisis Center nursery, a 24/7 safe haven with a mission of preventing child abuse and neglect.
$500,000 funding for the new nursery provided by Centene Charitable Foundation.
WHO: Saint Louis Crisis Nursery board of directors, Centene executives, St. Louis City officials
William Siedhoff, Director Missouri Department of Human Services
Senator Robin Wright Jones
Stephanie Hall, VP Human Resources Centene
Rick Schlueter,VP and Chief Accounting Officer Emerson
WHERE: Saint Louis Crisis Nursery Centene Center - 1928 Gravois, St. Louis, Missouri
DETAILS: Crisis Nursery South receives an average of 232 calls for help each month through their 24-hour helpline. Thirty percent of the children from these families, nearly 2,000 children a year, are admitted to Crisis Nursery South for services. More than half of the families are in crisis due to severe emotional stress or a disturbance such as domestic violence. Others are experiencing homelessness, a health crisis or a utility/food crisis.
The renovated three-story nursery will serve 2,500 children a year, 500 more than the previous location at Forest Park Hospital School of Nursing, with separate spaces for babies and older children.
An entire floor of the building is devoted to programs that address the needs of parents, delivered by Crisis Nursery’s therapeutic team of Family Empowerment professionals.
The Crisis Nursery is an independent, not-for-profit agency that provides a short-term, safe haven for children at five metro St. Louis sites. The Crisis Nursery provides care 24-hours a day, 365 days a year for children, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with an emergency or crisis. For details, call (314) 292-5770 or visit www.crisisnurserykids.org.
Saint Louis Crisis Nursery 24-hour helpline, call (314) 768-3201.
Saint Charles Crisis Nursery 24-hour helpline, call (636) 947-0600.
Ribbon-cutting caption (l to r):
Rick Schlueter – CN Board Member, Emerson VP and Chief Accounting Officer
Bill Siedhoff – CN Advisory Board Member, City of St. Louis Director of Department of Human Services
Stephanie Hall – CN Board Member, Centene VP of Human Resources
Missouri State Senator Robin Wright-Jones
Janet Conners – CN Board President-Elect, Molina Healthcare
DiAnne Mueller - CEO |
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