About

Welcome to ARCHS

Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS):

ARCHS is a not-for-profit organization that designs, manages, and evaluates education and social service programs with an annual economic impact valued at $46.6 million. (FY2012 data).

ARCHS' network of 300 funding and program providers positively impacts the lives of thousands of the St. Louis area's most vulnerable residents everyday with a focus on lifelong learning (Pre-K, K-12, Family and Community Education).

ARCHS serves as the official "Community Partnership" for Greater St. Louis on behalf of Missouri - one of 20 similar organizations across the state.

ARCHS:

Assures its funding partners that their goals and outcomes will be met and/or exceeded.
Enhances the overall business and program practices of its program providers.
Benefits the region by leveraging resources and maximizing economies of scale -- and is the only organization of its kind in the region in both the size and scope of its work.
Uses a strategic funding management system to assure a balance between social and financial accountability.
Impacts the lives of the region's most at-risk and vulnerable children and families.

ARCHS' Mission:

To improve the lives of Greater St. Louis' residents by convening strategic community partnerships.

ARCHS' Vision:

To be the premiere builder of strategic community partnerships, known for advancing the human potential of Greater St. Louis.

ARCHS' Values:

Social Responsibility
Objective Evaluation
Financial Soundness
Accountable Results

ARCHS' Lifelong Learning Platform:

ARCHS promotes education as the key to personal and professional success. ARCHS is nationally known for creating programs that foster Lifelong Learning experiences that enrich the lives of the region's children and their families.

ARCHS' Programs Focus on:

Pre-Kindergarten: Building an educational foundation for infants and children.
Grades K-12: Ensuring youth are ready to become productive citizens.
Family Education: Promoting on-going education for parents.
Community Education: Fostering regional thinking and collaboration.

On behalf of its funders, ARCHS selects program providers that have the best skills and talents to deliver services (child care centers, after school programs, family education, etc.)

ARCHS meets and exceeds its funding partners expectations by using a strategic management system that enhances and supports client services.

This is the basis of ARCHS' motto:

Building Great Partnerships for the

Greater Good of Greater St. Louis.

ARCHS' Desired Outcomes:

Children & Families Safe
Children & Families Healthy
Children Ready to Enter School
Children & Youth Succeeding in School
Youth Ready to Enter the Workforce &

Become Productive Citizens

Parents Working

ARCHS' Info:

ARCHS' Brochure

ARCHS/FACT Brochure - FY 09 Data

LRM (Affordable Not-for-Profit Financial Services)

ARCHS' Impact

ARCHS' Collective Impact

ARCHS' Resume

ARCHS' Case Studies

ARCHS' Wikipedia Page