At Tampa Crossroads, our goal is to provide support to the local community. We assist people with homelessness, disabilities, veterans & military families, and those going through a crisis in their lives. Our volunteers, staff, and team members are diverse; ranging from mental health professionals who have attended some of the top psychology programs in Florida, to veterans who have recovered from their own struggles. The vital work we carry out, providing social and mental health services to the community, goes far beyond benefiting those that we directly help. Here at Tampa Crossroads, the work we carry out benefits the community as a whole.
Reduce Homelessness
At Tampa Crossroads, one of our most vital roles is to assist those dealing with, or facing, homelessness. We have an affordable housing program that helps to get people away from a life on the streets. We want everybody in Tampa to have a place that they can call home, and we won’t stop until we’ve made that happen.
By helping get people off the streets, we can provide people with the leg-up they need to integrate into the community. Often, providing people with affordable housing can lead to long-term benefits such as employment, and gaining a larger income. It can also help people to feel safer in the community.
Reduce Crime
Study after study has demonstrated that making people feel supported, and providing the resources they need to thrive, can help to reduce crime levels. At Tampa Crossroads, we have a variety of programs that assist with this. All of our programs are designed to ensure people get the support that they need, and deserve. Our programs can help to tackle unemployment. They can help to tackle mental health issues. They can help to tackle poverty. All of this has been proven, repeatedly, that crime levels will fall. Our goal is to make the community safer for everybody.
Reduces Drug & Alcohol Abuse in the Community
It is no secret that drugs and alcohol can decimate communities. Drug and alcohol dependence can lead to a rise in crime. It can lead to unemployment and homelessness. It can tear families apart. Here at Tampa Crossroads, we can offer much-needed support for those who may be dealing with addiction. We provide drug & alcohol testing, both for individuals and for organizations. We believe our resources here can benefit the community as a whole, just like every community around the world has benefited massively when the residents have a lower dependency on drugs and alcohol.
Assists Veterans & Disabled People with Gaining Employment
One of our core philosophies is to help veterans and disabled people in the local area. At Tampa Crossroads, we have a variety of programs to assist people that fall into these two groups, providing them with support that they may struggle to get elsewhere. We take great pride in the fact that we have helped many people, most of whom may have struggled without us, take up vital roles in the workplace.
In addition to this, we can provide mental health support, and other types of support, for those that fall into these categories. This can benefit both the individual and the community as a whole, helping to stamp out any issues before they become a major problem.
We Help People Feel Supported
Sometimes, people just need to feel supported. They need to feel like somebody is there fighting in their corner. It is this support that gives them the drive for life. It is this support that keeps them away from crime, drugs, and loneliness. We like knowing that the vital work carried out by Tampa Crossroads is helping people get the support they would not have received elsewhere. We want to foster a much more supportive community, one where everybody looks out for one another, and we accomplish this. Many of the people we’ve worked with have gone on to do brilliant things in the local community.
We Help People, and Their Families, Heal
Above all, we help people, and their families, heal from the crises that they are having to deal with on a daily basis. Our work helps to repair families. It helps the local community by creating an approach where people start to keep an eye out for one another. As we said before – when people feel supported, it benefits everybody.