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ST. LOUIS — The city is set to open a temporary center aimed at connecting residents with relief resources, three weeks after a deadly tornado ripped through north St. Louis, killing five and destroying hundreds of homes.

The Disaster Assistance Center will allow residents to speak with various support organizations, including the American Red Cross, Americorps, the St. Louis Area Foodbank, the Missouri Department of Social Services, and others, according to a Friday press release.

It’s opening in partnership with St. Louis University and the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency.

“As we move from responding to helping residents put their lives back together, it is critical that a one-stop place like the Disaster Assistance Center makes it as convenient as possible for residents to get the resources they need on the road to recovery,� Mayor Cara Spencer said in the release.

The center will open its doors on Monday at St. Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena and be open every weekday except Fridays until June 26. in order to attend and bring a valid ID.

Additionally, a fair will be hosted on June 17 at the center to connect residents with alternative housing.

The center is similar to those by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in disaster areas, which help connect residents with housing assistance and federal aid.

But federal aid to the St. Louis area has been slow coming. And local and state agencies have picked up the slack, including a sweeping Thursday approval from the Missouri senate for $100 million into tornado disaster relief.

Still, Spencer said St. Louisans “desperately need FEMA assistance.�

FEMA has, however, for the March storms, in Phelps County.