We need your investment to help every child and family grow in Tampa.
When you say “YES” to joining our vision, you are saying “YES” to creating a better Tampa, like never before.
One More Child is ready to meet the urgent nutritional, educational, financial and spiritual needs of vulnerable children and working poor families at a brand-new campus in the heart of Tampa. We will build on our existing success and bring together nonprofit, church, and business partners to lead the way toward revitalization.
challenges
Where change is needed in Tampa Bay
Support, encourage and equip single moms to lead their families well.
- 27% of households with children in Hillsborough County are headed by single moms.1
- 80% of single-mom families in Hillsborough County do not bring in enough income to meet their family’s basic needs.2
Meet the needs of foster children and foster families.
- In 2022, more than 850 children were removed from homes in Hillsborough County due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect.3
- At our Tampa campus, we will make it possible for churches and community partners to help provide crucial wraparound support to foster families in the community.
Feed hungry children.
- In Hillsborough County, 13% of children are food insecure.4
- There are schools in the most economically disadvantaged areas of Tampa, including Sulphur Springs, where more than 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.5
Help vulnerable children and struggling teens find their true identity and blossom into their God-given potential.
- In 2022, Hillsborough County had the most juvenile arrests of any county in Florida.6
- In 2022, more than 1,600 youth (ages 0-17) in Hillsborough County were arrested, and more than 1,400 of those arrests were initially for felony charges.6
Sources
1: United Way, United for ALICE Florida Report (2021)
2: American Community Survey, United States Census Bureau (2022)
3: Florida Department of Children Child Welfare Dashboard (2023)
4: Feeding America, Map the Meal Gap (2021)
5: Hillsborough County Public Schools (2023)
6: Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Profile (2022)
solutions
The HopeStreet Tampa Campus for One More Child
Compassion Center
The campus will be anchored by a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center to meet tangible needs and provide life-changing services to children and working poor families locally. The Compassion Center model has thrived at our international headquarters in Lakeland. It has become a hub of vocational and professional skills trainings and courses, food distribution to children and families in need, and a safe space where families can build positive relationships and work toward long-term success. The Compassion Center will be a place where churches, businesses, organizations and individuals come together like never before to help struggling Tampa Bay area families get life-changing resources and develop vital relationships.
Projected 5-Year Impact:
31.6
meals provided
24,397
children and individuals impacted
Projected 5-Year Impact:
136
single moms
313
children served
Single Moms and Children Housing
Single mothers and their children will be offered sanctuary and support in the 16 new homes planned for the campus. Each home will offer a brave mom the opportunity to live with her children in safety and security while we walk alongside her to build family stability and long-term self-sufficiency. Our year-long residential Single Moms program provides practical skills training, spiritual mentorship, and an extended support system to connect single moms with life-changing resources and vital relationships to help their families thrive.
Child and Family Center
A 12,000-square-foot facility will provide recreational and educational opportunities for youth and families from the surrounding area. This includes high-quality, low-cost afterschool and summer programming, as well as training opportunities for local residents, including single moms. This space will be an ideal setting for churches or local businesses to partner with us to provide much needed assistance to their neighbors.
Projected 5-Year Impact:
1,250
children served
14,700
volunteer hours donated
Give like never before, so children and families can thrive like never before:
One More Child is seeking partners to invest in children and families across the Tampa Bay area. A total investment of at least $19 million is needed to bring the HopeStreet Tampa Campus vision to reality.
Generous partners have already donated to purchase, rezone, and begin laying foundation for the campus property on Rowlett Park Drive. Additional GIFTS AT ALL LEVELS are needed to help change lives!
Your financial investment can help to:
- build a compassion center to resource communities in the heart of Tampa
- open homes for hard-working single moms and their children
- provide youth and family programs needed to empower hard-working families in the community
Our Legacy
Leading the Enduring Mission of Impact
In 1904, Florida Baptist Orphanage opened in Arcadia, Florida to meet the needs of children enduring incredible challenges. 120 years later, the mission is the same – to provide Christ-centered services to vulnerable children and struggling families – but our methods and programming continue to evolve to efficiently and effectively share the love of Christ in transformative ways.
One More Child has been a leader in foster care for decades and has continued to expand its impact into many other important avenues related to child welfare. Incredible community partners and support have made it possible to increase the number of children we serve and also facilitate prevention programs that protect vulnerable children and strengthen the community. One More Child is exceptionally focused on meeting urgent needs and building lifelong relationships with children and families that point to the love of Jesus Christ.
Annually, One More Child impacts more than 250,000 children and families nationally and globally through its work to meet the needs of hungry children, foster children, trafficked children, single moms, and struggling families.
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