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Taurus is an intelligent, well-dressed, and soft-spoken young man. A client of Places for People for over two years now, he always speaks in glowing terms of his experiences here. Taurus said he also knows that he was very fortunate to have come to PfP when he did, for many reasons—not the least of which was his health....Learn More

Before working with PfP's Multisystemic Therapy program, Ty and her mother lived in separate worlds. Ty kept to herself, spending most of her time in her room. She and her mother didn't say as much as "Good night" to one another, let alone, "I love you." When they did interact, it was almost always negatively, frequently resulting in explosive fights.... Learn More

"What I experienced and went through as a child, I don't want that for my kids," says Kim, 29, a recent graduate of the Incredible Years program.

Kim's own childhood was difficult—she was raised by relatives where she experienced physical, emotional and sexual abuse, and she did not have a positive relationship with her mother... Learn More

Fourteen years ago, Hamdija came to St. Louis directly from a concentration camp in Zepa, Bosnia. Prior to release, Hamdija had been held there for six months, separated from his family, and tortured. Recently, with help from Places for People, he became a U.S. citizen. Learn More