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HOPE FOR HER IS THERE IN TIMES OF
Hope for Her is a local nonprofit that provides a safe place for women experiencing crisis and trauma in their lives. Trauma can be as a result of abuse, divorce or loss of income. Hope for Her provides women in need with strength, skills and support they need to rebuild their lives.
How does Hope for Her do this?
It helps women rediscover their strength and self-confidence.
This is done by identifying and moving beyond barriers that limit financial, emotional, spiritual and physical healing.
Hope for Her connects women with a licensed counselor. It also ofers classes on coping, Bible study, support groups and exercise classes.
The first step on the path is to make sure that the afected women and their children have the basic needs, such as food, clothing and housing. Hope for Her works with other local nonprofits and community resources to accomplish this.
Moreover, Hope for Her ofers oneon-one coaching and individualized programs, including an employment program. An individual in need will receive a
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personal job coach who will help them create a resume, search for a job and get ready for interviews, as well as provide appropriate clothing. Once a job is secured, she will receive two weeks of clothing appropriate for a business setting. Women also receive financial coaching, which is customized for their situation. During this time, they learn how to create an appropriate budget, how to save and, most importantly, how to shop within their means. The women basically learn how to take control of their own finances.
In addition, Hope for Her ofers courses on nutrition and parenting.
Hope for Her was formed 16 years ago by Cheryl Hickman, who had it all until she lost it.
Her personal experience led her to create Women’s Resource Center, which is now known as Hope for Her. Over the years, Hope for Her has helped over 4,500 families.
For more information, please visit www.hopeforherfl.org.
On June 14, dignitaries and the community came together for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at A Kid’s Place. They were cutting the ribbon on some major renovations at the campus.
A Kid’s Place ofers a unique and safe home at its 60-bed campus, which is located on five acres in Brandon. The organization serves a large number of sibling groups.
Brad Gregory, CEO for A Kid’s Place, said, “It is important that children brought to A Kid’s Place after being removed from home feel safe and normal. The homes the children live in are strong, clean and beautiful, which allows them to have a peaceful night’s sleep, keep their personal possessions close, do homework without being interrupted and eat meals and visit with friends in an open space.”
Renovations were done on all five home interiors. The Stepping Stones Independent Living house was remodeled from top to bottom.
Specifically, as part of the improvement project, interior and exterior renovations were made to seven buildings and the surrounding grounds to provide a more suitable living environment for youth in foster care and those aging out
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of foster care. The improvements include the installation of new windows in five foster care homes; new kitchen and laundry room cabinets and countertops; a new roof at the aging-out facility, as well as interior painting of walls and ceilings; renovations to a kitchen and one bathroom; and new flooring installed throughout the home.
Additionally, the renovation included upgrades to the flooring and interior doors in the administrative building and classrooms. Finally, multiple trees were trimmed or removed.
The renovations cost $448,000. Hillsborough County contributed $340,000 from Community Development Block Grants.
The remaining amount was contributed by others, including Florida Medical Foundation of Caring, White Family Foundation and Homes by Westbay, KeHe Cares, Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation and the Mabel and Ellsworth Simmons Charitable Foundation.
Gregory said, “For the last 14 years, we have rescued almost 2,000 abused and neglected children and provided them a safe, loving and nurturing environment in which to live. Our great success would not be possible without the generous support in all ways from the county and local community.”
For more information, please visit https://akidsplacetb.org/.
Care partners of those with any type of memory loss, whether family, friends or professionals, need to be equipped with the knowledge to best support their loved one. Gain this knowledge at our NEW hybrid support groups being held via Zoom and in person at Tessera of Brandon.
