Program Partners

Program Purpose: To provide one-on-one tutoring to help students overcome academic challenges, maximize academic potential and promote student success. We use a variety of strategies which are tailored to each student’s learning style so the students can become confident, independent learners.

Program Purpose: Through their Summer P.A.Y.S program, Career Source helps Village youth build essential career skills, explore high-growth industries, and gain real-world experience.

Program Purpose: To ensure each of our youth impacted by foster care can celebrate their birthday and receive a present, regardless of personal or financial circumstances. Celebrate Birthdays ensures that each of our youth feels seen, valued, and celebrated on this very special day. Creating these positive childhood experiences cultivates positive self-worth, a sense of belonging, and further fortifies those connections they’ve made with the community.

Program Purpose: To foster emotional resilience and character development through monthly sports mentorship.

Program Purpose: To reduce Caregiver stress, burnout, and improve overall wellbeing through monthly Caregiver Support Groups. These groups provide free, safe childcare, and create a space where Caregiver gain emotional support and practical guidance.

Program Purpose: Through their Summer Feeding Program, we ensure all Village youth have access to free, nutritious meals during the summer months when school is closed.

Program Purpose: To build confidence, develop life-saving skills, and promote physical fitness. Swim lessons also provided an additional opportunity to foster social connections.

Program Purpose: To empower Village teens impacted by foster care by providing them with essential skills, resources and support for a successful transition into independent adulthood. Skills such as resume building, interview skills, and budgeting.

Program Purpose: To provide all residents with age-appropriate tools to prevent sex trafficking. Selah Freedom’s training has increased the awareness of trafficking; educated our community on the common tactics and red flags of exploitation; and equipped our households with the tools to have effective conversations with youth around healthy relationships, boundaries, body safety rules, and how to report unsafe behaviors to a safe adult.

Program Purpose: To reduce caregiver stress and burnout and improve overall well-being by providing free, safe childcare and a welcoming space for caregivers to receive emotional support and practical guidance through a monthly Caregiver Support Group.

Program Purpose: To provide Village children access to horse care and safety camps and horseback riding lessons. Sisco Stables teaches children how to bathe, groom and tack horses. During riding lessons, they learn how to mount, ride, post, walk, trot and canter with their horse. Working with the horses and trainers has been found to soothe children’s anxiety and develop their confidence and self-esteem. Children also get to practice patience while building trust and a bond with their horse, Millie. Children participating in this program look forward to their weekly lesson with excitement and anticipation.

Program Purpose: To introduce at-risk youth to performing arts with a focus on rhythmically attuned movements. This employs the social engagement part of a child’s brain, fostering positive social interactions, healthy communication, and improved mental health. Stageworks Theatre’s master drumming instructor, Alvon Griffin, uses his “Math Music” method – which helps children of all ages learn rhythms, and create their own compositions in a format flexible enough to take advantage ofeveryone’s talents, which may include improvisational rap, spoken word, step or dance.

Program Purpose: To support character development and build resiliency. The String Program has been shown to increase youth self-discipline, emotional regulation, improve communication skills and foster a greater sense of achievement. Youth participating in the String Program share their progress with the community through performances at various New Life Village events.

Program Purpose: To increase access to developmental opportunities (health & wellness, recreational, educational) for trauma-impacted children and provide a respite break for Village caregivers through the provision of transportation. Hillsborough County’s Sunshine Line transports Village residents to field trips and community service projects around the County throughout the year. Children enjoy building community with each other and interacting with the Greater Tampa community in ways they otherwise wouldn’t be able to.

Program Purpose: To support NLV residents who are interested in homeownership through counseling and education. TBNHS prepares prospective homeowners to navigate the process and any obstacles they might encounter. They provide information on topics including how to obtain a mortgage; fair housing practices; home inspection; and more. Supporting residents with homeownership furthers our goal of ensuring that families are able to provide children with permanency.

Program Purpose: To provide trauma-informed parenting workshops to support caregivers in meeting the needs of their children. Family Specialists bring an attachment-based framework known as Trust-Based Relational Intervention (T.B.R.I). These attachment-based parenting techniques have helped our families reduce stress, increase caregiver/child connection, and teach behaviors that support child development.