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Grantee Spotlight: CAC-NEMO

The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri (CAC-NEMO) serves child victims of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and children who witness violence. Since opening their doors in 2000, CAC staff and community partners have been the front-line responders to reports of child abuse.

In 2022, the CAC held 1,110 forensic interviews. 15% of those involved human trafficking or the sexual exploitation of children. Marillac Mission Fund is a proud supporter of the organization’s Coalition to End Child Sexual Exploitation, which works to coordinate resources and services for these types of cases.

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Catchafire Capacity Building Opportunity

Beginning in August, MMF partners--the Missouri Foundation for Health and St. Louis Community Foundation--will be offering nonprofits in the St. Louis region a fully funded, year-long membership to Catchafire, a virtual capacity-building resource that saves organizations time and money by matching mission-driven organizations with virtual, skills-based volunteers on projects most critical for your organization’s success.

Ambulance Deserts

Access to timely ambulance service is an essential part of the emergency medical system. Yet ambulance access varies widely with significant gaps across the country. New research from the Maine Rural Health Research Center identifies places and people that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, known as an ambulance desert. Without ambulance services nearby, these are dangerous areas to have an accident.

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Aug 2, 2023, 4:06 PM

Advocacy Training Opportunity

Empower Missouri is again offering their virtual Advocacy 101 training on Thursday, September 7th - with three sessions to choose from focused on each of their priority issue areas. You will learn about the legislative process in Missouri as well as policy implications in the areas of either affordable housing, food security, or criminal legal reform.

May 26, 2023, 8:52 AM

UMSL Home Repair Study Published

From 2020-2022, researchers at UMSL worked alongside St. Louis City departments and the region’s largest home repair providers to shed light on a problem that, until now, has largely been hidden from public view: the enormous unmet need for home repairs for older adults in St. Louis.