A community-based emergency shelter and group home for boys and girls. Designed for residents needing a daily program of support, structure and direction in social and educational components meeting individual needs. Individual, group and family therapy services are provided. Clients live in an apartment that is supervised and coordinated by a Daybreak staff member who also lives in the building and who assists the clients with practicing a variety of independent living tasks, with transportation, job coaching and social relations.
Employment is required as well as continued education or job training.
Emergency and crisis intervention staff are available 24 hours a day. Daybreak Center is licensed by the Missouri Division of Family Services, and contracts with DFS and the Department of Mental Health for services and funding. Eligibility requirements Women and children victimized by domestic violence. None Basic service offerings Shelter, support group, court advocacy, transportation, parenting group, and a children's program. Services are free.