Corporate Overview
Better Family Life, Inc. (BFL) is a community development 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the prosperity and growth of the American family. Organized in February 1983 out of a need to find internal solutions to the crises within the African American family, BFL's mission is to plan and establish social, cultural, artistic, youth, economic, housing and educational programs that help to promote positive and innovative changes within the metropolitan St. Louis area. Much of BFL's programming is geared towards people who are unemployed, underemployed, disadvantaged and skill-deficient.
Better Family Life, Inc. has spent the past twenty-eight years proving to be an effective administrative and programmatic vehicle offering a full spectrum of programs and services, including after-school, in-school and summer programs, career training and job placement services, housing counseling services and down payment assistance, cultural awareness/enrichment programs and services, youth programs and family support services and community festivals. Better Family Life, Inc. produces five special events annually: "BLACK DANCE - USA: A Celebration in Movement" (May 25-29, 2011), Family Week (August 8-14, 2011), Unity Ball (November 19, 2011), and Kwanzaa Holiday Expo (December 2011). These special events offer BFL an opportunity to nourish and support our on-going programs and initiatives. Our special events and community activities bring together families, youth, teachers, neighborhoods, corporate and civic leaders, community organizations and many others.
Better Family Life operates out of six locations: 5535 Delmar Blvd (headquarters), 6347 Plymouth Avenue, 5261 Delmar Blvd, 5225 Delmar Blvd, 26 North Oaks, and 6017 Natural Bridge.
Better Family Life, Inc. has spent the past twenty-eight years proving to be an effective administrative and programmatic vehicle offering a full spectrum of programs and services, including after-school, in-school and summer programs, career training and job placement services, housing counseling services and down payment assistance, cultural awareness/enrichment programs and services, youth programs and family support services and community festivals. Better Family Life, Inc. produces five special events annually: "BLACK DANCE - USA: A Celebration in Movement" (May 25-29, 2011), Family Week (August 8-14, 2011), Unity Ball (November 19, 2011), and Kwanzaa Holiday Expo (December 2011). These special events offer BFL an opportunity to nourish and support our on-going programs and initiatives. Our special events and community activities bring together families, youth, teachers, neighborhoods, corporate and civic leaders, community organizations and many others.
Better Family Life operates out of six locations: 5535 Delmar Blvd (headquarters), 6347 Plymouth Avenue, 5261 Delmar Blvd, 5225 Delmar Blvd, 26 North Oaks, and 6017 Natural Bridge.
