Bilingual International Assistant Services

Mental health services-provide counseling, psychotherapy, and crisis intervention primarily to Immigrant and refugee clients. Agency is certified by state department of mental health and all therapists are minimally provisionally licensed. Therapists are culturally competent, frequently Bilingual, and have access to professional interpreters to facilitate therapy as needed. Largest programs are the federally recognized survivors of torture program and the afghan compat survivor Services program, both include holistic wraparound Services (psychiatry, psychotherapy, clinical case management, employment assistance, and legal aid for eligible participants). Project safe space provides trauma-focused school-centered counseling for migrant and refugee youth in st louis city and county. Steps to better health focuses on improving diet and physical health in conjunction with improving management of diagnosed mental health conditions. 870 clients were served in this fiscal year.

Naturalization/citizenship Services are provided primarily to elderly refugees and elderly legal immigrants in the state of Missouri. The agency provides expert assistance in the preparation of required paperwork and doumentation, education and tutoring in the english language, usa history civics, and representsclients at uscis and naturalization interviews, one-on-one tutoring is provided in clients' homes and at our senior center. There is also a fee-for-service component to this program for legal Services related to naturalization/citizenship, not funded by grant monies. Doj accredited staff advise, prepare, and represent consumers throughout the entire process. Interpreters are also provided to facilitate the interviews and sessions noted above. 257 consumers were served by the program in this fiscal year.

Social services-provided to Missouri seniors and persons with disabilities: case management, care coordination, and referral Services in various languages to clients as well as their caregivers. Focus is on both us-and foreign-born populations, the majority of which fall well below the poverty line. Many clients are home-bound or otherwise isolated. Assistance includes applying for benefits, translations of mail or other documents, mental/physical evaluations, housing referrals, insurance counseling, etc. Contracted reassessments of mohealthnet recipients in both english and other languages. Stl International senior center welcomes rotating groups of lep seniors for congregate meals, health education, and cultural programming. Social Services programming served 672 clients in this fiscal year.