Community Engagement

The Community Engagement program works with community members and partner agencies to provide the knowledge, tools, and resources that community members need to thrive. Through this program, our experienced and passionate staff provides crisis support, advocacy efforts, resource connection, and wellness workshops.

Available Monday through Friday during normal business hours or by appointment. 

 We can help Hazelwood residents with:

Crisis intervention, referrals, and resource connection to:

  • Basic support needs such as food, clothing, etc

  • Signing up for benefits

  • Utility assistance

  • Employment

  • Finding housing or housing/rental assistance

  • Mental health and counseling connection support

  • News

    Community Events:

  • Wellness Workshops such as Art as Healing, info sessions with community partners, and various healing and mental wellness opportunities

  • Canopy Conversations: pop-up  resource connection through Hazelwood during the end of June through the first week of August

  • Chill Sessions/Beams to Bridges: Partnership with Steel Smiling focusing on Black Mental Wellness in Hazelwood. Please visit our friends at Steel Smiling to learn more

  • Annual Keystone Church/COL Turkey Drive

    Newsletter/Email blast:

  • Addition to our bi-monthly email blast list of local resources and events

    For Organizations:

  • Community outreach and program/event partnership

  • Contact for presentations on COL services

  • Newsletter/email blast of local resources and events

For more information about our Community Engagement program, reach out to community@centeroflife.org