With funding from the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, we expanded our Parents As Teachers (PAT) child development and parenting program and case management services. Expanded PAT services also include lactation consultations and ongoing breast-feeding support in accordance with Florida Breastfeeding Coalition standards. We added a designated classroom for Alpha House Academy, our on-site life-skills, literacy and self-sufficiency program, with support from the Mary Alphonse Bradley Fund.

The successful “A Room of Her Own” renovation project continued with the transformation of the three-bedroom semi-independent living apartment for

our teen moms in foster care working toward independence with funding from Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal and Family. Contractor John

Martinez of JSM Custom Builder recruited a team of committed and generous subcontractors and suppliers who donated and/or deeply discounted materials and labor. A grant from the 4 Girls Foundation made possible renovations to the two community bathrooms serving 20 moms in the maternity residence.

The Third Annual Alpha House of Tampa Parent Conference at Hillsborough Community College Ybor Campus in September featured keynote speaker Florida Representative Janet Cruz, herself a teen mom.

The inaugural Alpha Challenge Field Day and Family Fun benefit at George M. Steinbrenner Field on October 19th gave 33 teams of over 200 co-workers, fami-lies and friends from through-out the bay area the chance to re-live the glory days of grade school field day while support-ing the mission of Alpha House of Tampa. The new Special Events Committee raised over $40,000 with this inaugural event and is planning an even bigger, better 2014 Alpha Challenge.

The Artemis Guild exceeded the $6000 fundraising goal of their signature wine-tasting event on October 3rd at Synovus Bank Westshore.

Holiday gifts valued in excess of $10,000 in the 2013 Alpha Angels holiday giving program were donated under the outstanding leadership of long-serving volunteer Kim Christmas. The revised program supports our larger goal of self-sufficiency with spending limits on wish lists and gift cards for moms to shop for their own children, perhaps for the first time ever. Area businesses, church and civic groups hosted a variety of holiday activities for our moms and babies throughout the month of December.

The 2014 budget was approved by the Board at its Annual meeting in December and reflects the agency’s growth with increased revenues from a mix of public and private sources.

Community Impact 2013

Accomplishments: Goal: Each woman in

the program will deliver a healthy appropriate

birth-weight baby.

Goal: Each woman will advance her education and/or

improve her ability to become and remain

employed. All Alpha House residents are

required to participate in an educational or employment/

volunteer program.

“ Alpha House affords the opportunity to channel hard work and effort toward fulfillment of dreams. Here I am able to commit all my time to getting myself on track and work out all the barriers in my path to self-sufficiency.”— Donna

Motivated Mom

“Ally,” age 19, is one of 14 children. Her mother died when Ally was 7. Ally’s father threw her out of the house when she became pregnant because she wouldn’t give him her social security check. Ally went to live with her sister where she was sexually assaulted by the sister’s boyfriend. When Ally arrived at Alpha House,

she was quickly enrolled in a range of public benefits, including Medicaid, WIC, financial assistance and food stamps through the agency’s resources as a Department of Children and Families Access Site. Ally had a healthy, full-term 7 lb. 2 oz. baby girl. Motivated to improve her circumstances, Ally has already passed the GED exam and enrolled in Hillsborough Community College. Ally is working hard with her counselor at Alpha House of Tampa to the address the impact of her mother’s death and the assault and abandon- ment she has experienced. Exceptionally bright and extremely gifted in math, Ally enjoys reading Black urban fiction and attending church.

Student, Employee, Parent“Kelly” quit school in the 9th grade. Her single mom wanted her daughter out of the house when Kelly became pregnant at age 17. Kelly arrived at Alpha House homeless, unemployed, with limited job prospects, struggling to support herself and her 2-year-old son. Kelly expresses sadness that she could not provide a stable environment for her son and is often

stressed and upset. She worries about not reaching her goals. She lost hope in friendships after her last “friend” stole money from her.

After Kelly moved into Alpha House she immediately began looking for work and soon landed a job at Taco Bell. Her manager has given glowing feedback about her job

performance. She is preparing for the GED exam and has begun the enrollment process for Hillsborough Community College. Knowing that her son is doing very well in pre-school helps her focus on college, her job and her future. She prays every day and likes to read and write in her journal.

Getting Extra Help

“Mary” always knew that education was her ticket out. Growing up in a chaotic environment with a mother addicted to drugs and an alcoholic stepfather, Mary still got her GED at age 17. She became homeless when she fled from her abusive boyfriend to the streets in fear for her life and those of her unborn baby and her 2-year-old son. Then she found Alpha

House of Tampa. Her baby was born healthy at 8 lb. 10 oz. The Parents As Teachers program at Alpha House helped assess her toddler son’s developmental issues. He is receiving Social Security disability benefits and specialized schooling. Mary, now 23, is earning

A’s and B’s in her technical school classes to become a Dental Assistant and now has her driver’s license.

A Better Life “Brenda” was placed in foster care when her mother was arrested for trafficking Brenda in the sex trade. Brenda was 14 years old and six months into a pregnancy resulting from trafficking when she found a safe home at Alpha House of Tampa. Brenda entered therapy as a victim of sexual trauma at the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, one of over 100 partner agencies. Through the on-site Parents As Teachers Center and

Alpha House Academy, this young mother learned about her baby’s development, childbirth and breastfeeding. With the support of the staff and services of Alpha House of Tampa, a doula (trained labor coach/partner) with United Cerebral Palsy

of Tampa Bay, and a full medical team at the hospital, Brenda gave birth to a healthy, 6-pound, 10-ounce baby girl. Brenda and her baby returned briefly to Alpha House of Tampa before being placed together in a group home with specialized security, care and services to help Brenda heal and recover from the severe trauma she experienced as a trafficking victim.

Mission Outcomes 2013

Goal: Children will be able to reach

their highest level of achievement.

Goal: Each woman will have safe appropriate

housing for herself and her child(ren) when

she leaves Alpha House.

I have never felt better about myself or my future for me and my daughter. I do not

know where I would be today if it weren’t for Alpha House and its staff being there to help me and to push me when I needed it. —T.A.

Client Data:4 26% White;

57% Black; 16% Hispanic

4 Average age: Adult moms-24 years old; Teen moms-16

4 Total families served: 132 Moms, 134 Babies

100% were homeless or living in unsafe conditions

80%have a history of domestic violence, sexual violence and/

or trauma at some point in their lives

50% of residents 18 and over had not graduated high school or

received their GED prior to admission

28% of moms are teens in the foster care system

8% participated in substance abuse recovery programs

95% healthy births

Healthy birth-weight babies saved Hillsborough County

$754,000.(Institute of Medicine 2006/March of Dimes)

Savings to the community:

$256,230. (Housing and Urban Development Report: 3/25/10)

97% safe housing

obtained

100% received

preventive health

care

94%achieved/exceeded

developmentalmilestones

20% job placement/

volunteering

100% Life-skills training

63%advanced education

Community Impact:

Savings to the community for the 65 Alpha House of Tampa families who moved into safe housing instead of a homeless shelter is estimated at $256,230. (HUD Report. 3/25/10) The 26 healthy/appropriate birth-weight babies born to Alpha House of Tampa residents saved Hillsborough County $754,000. (Institute of Medicine 2006/March of Dimes) Children of program participants who receive developmental milestones assessments, preventive health care and referrals for intervention will reach their highest level of achievement and will be ready to be successful in school. Each woman who improves her ability to become and remain employed is less likely to live in poverty or become dependent on welfare.

2013 Board of DirectorsTonja Brickhouse – PresidentCynthia Keenan – Vice President Glenn “Buck” Jones, Jr. – TreasurerJoan Wagner Zinober, Ph.D., MBA – SecretaryEd Mierzejewski, Ph.D. – Past PresidentErich Wyckoff, M.D. – At LargeGelsomina Lipscomb – President, Artemis Guild Charles ChristmasJennifer HoltvluwerJustin LevingstonHaley MapleCeleste PerrinoRoxanne G. SimmondsNatalie Thomas John TurnerEnrique “Henry” Woodroffe

Community Impact 2013

Revenue$1,937,399

Expenses$1,744,328

Children’s Board of Hills. Co. $403,034

Government Grants $355,187

Dept. of Children and Families $308,756

Foundations $277,561

Investment Earnings $231,984

United Way Suncoast $150,418

Individual Donations $135,890

Special Events $47,623

In-kind Gifts $26,946

21%

18%

16%

14%

12%

8%

7%

2%

1%

Administration $134,108

Fundraising $150,554

Transitional Housing $413,671

Parents As Teachers $322,122

Maternity Residence $723,873

8%

9%

18%

24%

41%

Alpha House of Tampa • 201 S. Tampania Avenue • Tampa, FL 33609 • Phone: (813) 875-2024Email: info@alphahouseoftampa.org • Website: www.alphahouseoftampa.org

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