Welcome to Take Stock in Children

Take Stock in Children is a statewide education initiative serving students in all 67 Florida counties. Take Stock in Children is emerging as one of the country’s most successful public-private initiatives to overcoming child poverty, academic failure and youth crime. Predicated on the belief that children living in poverty face such daunting challenges that only a comprehensive, long term, widely-supported effort will produce widespread improvement and corresponding changes in public policy, Take Stock in Children makes an unusual commitment to children, lasting from a child’s initial selection in grade school to his or her first post-collegiate experiences in the workforce.

Each Take Stock Scholar Receives…

· A 4-year Florida Prepaid tuition scholarship;

· A volunteer mentor who meets the child at his or her school for one hour a week to provide support and motivation;

· Continuous monitoring and intervention services;

· The active engagement of parents in the child’s academic and personal development; and,

· Career and educational counseling

Did You Know...

· Over $78,000,000 has been obtained and used by Take Stock in Children to fund college scholarships for 11,018 Florida students.

· Over 700,000 hours of volunteer time have been provided by 11,000 private citizens who serve as Take Stock in Children mentors.

· Six months after high school graduation, Take Stock in Children students were attending college at a higher rate than Florida students as a whole.

· TSIC has awarded scholarships to over 100 Clay County students so far. Over 650 children in Clay County meet our criteria for entry into the program.

· There are MANY more students in our community who could benefit from Take Stock in Children’s mentoring and scholarships!


With just an hour a week of your time, you can make a difference in the life of a Clay County Child.

Change a child’s life, change your own – become a mentor!


To get involved, contact The Take Stock office at (904) 272-8144

 

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