About Us
Our Children
Having suffered overwhelming circumstances of abuse, abandonment, sex trafficking and other extreme family dysfunction, the girls are placed in juvenile justice or foster care residential programs to receive intense therapy, life skills, and educational services for up to a year or more.
Research shows these girls experience extremely high rates of sexual abuse (80 - 90% - some estimates are closer to 100%) as well as being sex trafficking victims. Traffickers purposely troll foster care and juvenile justice residential programs because they know the vulnerability of these girls.
Girls in foster care and juvenile justice programs are disproportionately victims of the most horrendous acts - often by the adults who should have been protecting and caring for them.
Broken in the course of relationships, they can only be healed through relationships. Steadfast connects these precious children to a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ through caring.
What We Offer
Live Out Loud!
Youth group for teen girls in foster care group homes. Our goal is to show them that Jesus loves them through radical hospitality. We have good food and fun activities for the girls each week. We meet Sundays, 4:30-6:30pm at Bay Hope Church, Lutz, FL.
Group Mentoring
We provide group mentoring to young ladies in juvenile justice residential programs. We bring snacks and an activity for the girls to have. We have 2 programs where we are currently providing group mentoring: Hillsborough Girls Academy, located in Brandon - Saturdays 11:00am - 12:00pm / Lake Girls Academy, located in Brandon - Wednesdays 11:30am - 12:30pm, Thursdays 6:00pm - 7:00pm & Saturdays 9:30 - 10:30am
1:1 Mentoring
At Les Peters Girls Academy in Tampa, we provide one on one mentors for the girls. We also have a weekly bible study on Tuesday evening and 2 pancake breakfasts a month (one on the 2nd Saturday and one on the 4th Saturday). Les Peters is located near Raymond James Stadium. Mentoring times are Tuesdays and Fridays - 11:30am - 12:30pm / Saturdays and Sundays - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Elementary Program
We are starting a brand new program with elementary children at 2 different group homes. We will be going to the homes twice a month to spend time with the kids doing games, arts & crafts and dessert.
The Children's Home: Boys & Girls - 10909 Memorial Hwy., Tampa 33615 - 2nd & 4th Thursdays - 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Joshua House: Boys ages 6-12 - 1515 Michelin Ct., Lutz 33549 - 2nd & 4th Wednesdays - 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Bay Hoops
Every other Wednesday we have a group of volunteers that meet at the Children's Home with the boys in the teen cottage. They have dinner, play basketball, share a devotion and hang out together. For more information about Bay Hoops please email Spencer Urban at surban@bayhope.com. 6:15-8:30 Wednesday Nights.
Steadfast Mentoring Staff
Cheryl Jackson, Senior Director Of At Risk Kids : cheryl@steadfastmentoring.org
Mary Krause, Steadfast Director :mary@steadfastmentoring.org