Welcome to the Better Family Life Youth, Family and Clinical Services 

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Thank you for visiting the Youth Division website! Organized in 1983, Better Family Life, Inc. (BFL) is a 501 (c)(3) community development corporation dedicated to the prosperity and growth of the American family. BFL finds and creates holistic solutions that promote stability and self-sufficiency within the metropolitan St. Louis communities.

BFL is committed to providing quality and life enhancing services to all people, in particular low-to-moderate income individuals and families.

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Better Family  Life Facebook
Youth Department Facebook
National Teen Health News

Better Family Life's Summer Camps Featured on FOX 2 St. Louis and KMOV

St. Louis Student Travels To New York City
​Through BFL-America SCORES
Read the article at: The STL Spotlight

 Youth Empowerment Rally Tour to Visit Seven Area Schools
Teaching Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Good Life Choices

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​ST. LOUIS – May 16, 2016 – Better Family Life, Inc. is presenting a youth empowerment rally tour called “Getting Down 2 Business” from Monday, May 16 through Friday, May 20, 2016.  Thousands of students in grades six through 12 will have the opportunity to learn about teen pregnancy prevention, how to avoid HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and staying away from drugs.

Schools hosting the rally tour include East St. Louis Senior High School (with Mason Clark Middle School attending), Carr Lane VPA Middle School, Yeatman Liddell Middle School, Soldan International Studies High School, Roosevelt High School and Langston Middle School.  The final stop of the rally tour will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20, at Better Family Life, 5415 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63112.
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Upcoming
​Events
Ferguson Neighborhood Resource Center
2015 Better Family Life Youth Rally
Upcoming Programs
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Morning Tutoring Available & Transportation Provided!
In the wake of the alarming STD and violence rates in the St. Louis metro area, Better Family Life U.S. Office of Adolescent Health and Emerson hosted a day filled with education and entertainment designed to unite, empower and excite youth about making a brighter future for themselves and our community.
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On Chess And Hip Hop

St. Louisans reflect on how the strategies used in the game of chess can mirror the realities of navigating the hip hop industry, lifestyle and art.

Jihad Khayyam, youth advocate and educator with Better Family Life, discusses how the roles and pieces in chess mirror options for navigating life.

Continue the conversation on chess and Hip Hop at the exhibit Living Like Kings, October 9 - April 26 at the World Chess Hall of Fame.
http://www.worldchesshof.org/

Visit From
​Harvard University

BFL's Summer Youth Program Visits St. Louis' Cardinals Matt Caprenter

BFL Kids with Matt Carpenter at His Pro Camp on Monday, July 21st

BFL Youth Clean Up 
Ivory Park

We had the children that were part of the leadership academy, and had an opportunity for them to do furbished learning. 

We decided to clean up a park in our neighborhood.The funny thing is the kids actually thought we littered the park ourselves just to give them something to do.