We provide career workshops, financial literacy workshops, parenting workshops and more for individuals striving to take the next step for their children.
We offer free tax return services, afterschool programs, spiritual mentors and tangible resources like clothing, diapers, household items and food for qualifying families.
We host events like Before the Bus that provide children school supplies, physicals, haircuts as a way to help families and get children excited about the upcoming school year. We even have a Birthday Kit program, where families are provided with all of the trinkets, decorations and ingredients needed to create a memorable birthday party for their child or children.
In 2019, we served 2,653 children and individuals through this program.
We partner with local churches and businesses to meet the distinct needs of children and families in the communities they are located in, working relentlessly to showcase the compassion of Christ in action.
There are more than 1.2 million children in Florida – nearly 30 percent of all children – who are part of a low-income working family (U.S. Census Bureau, 2015 ). And according to research, it would take 2.6 full-time jobs at minimum wage for a family to afford a two-bedroom unit at fair market rent (“The State of America’s Children”, Children’s Defense Fund, 2017). These are the situations we are swiftly running to with strategic solutions.
To sustain our Compassion Ministries program and provide for families, the following gently-used items are needed every day:
Help us transform a family before a situation goes from tough to traumatic.
