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second Chances Month
The Month of Second Chances
Second Chance Spotlight: Thad Bereday
Second Chance Spotlight: Thad Bereday
April is second chances month! We believe that people grow and change over time and should not be judged by a mistake they made in their past. What do second chances mean to you? #SecondChances
Second Chance Spotlight: Thad Bereday
Second Chance Spotlight: Thad Bereday
Second Chance Spotlight: Thad Bereday
"I am grateful for the second chances I have received, and I am hopeful that I can pay forward to others the many gifts of mercy shown to me" - Thad Bereday
Redemption Radio Host and returning citizen
Florida Cares Art Exhibition
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There are many talented artists within the Florida Department of Corrections and we would like to showcase their artwork! If you have a loved one that wants to participate, send an email to danielle@floridacarescharity.org to have their art featured on our website.
You can view the gallery by clicking the yellow button directly below.
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If it seems like we are behind other states in our criminal justice and prison system, it's because we are. One of the reasons we are is because we need help educating the public and spreading the word about our broken system and how we can make it better.
Beat The Heat Challenge
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Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
Our Beat The Heat challenge is an event to raise awareness of the extreme heat conditions that incarcerated people endure in Florida's prisons due to the lack of air conditioning and ventilation. To stay informed on the latest events, click the button below.
Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
With the holidays around the corner, Florida Cares staff and other guests read letters from incarcerated parents to their children!
Florida Cares Presents: MLK Day of Action
Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
Florida Cares Presents: MLK Day of Action
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Day of Action Movement, we at Florida Cares ask everyone to take action today and help raise awareness for HJR39 by Representative Dianne Hart and its Companion Bill SB392 by Senator Bobby Powell, Jr. #EndPrisonSlavery
Back To School Success!!!
Florida Cares Presents: Letters Home for the Holidays
Florida Cares Presents: MLK Day of Action
A HUGE thank you to all of you for your help in providing back to school back packs to 222 children of the incarcerated and making a positive impact on these families and their children. We've also received numerous thank you calls from the guardians. This would not have been possible without all of you!!!
Another HUGE thank you goes to Laurette Philipsen for her tireless efforts on this project and to Catherine Ragonese who spent an entire day packing up each backpack and stuffing them with school supplies.
An article was also written about the Back To School Drive, which in return brought in donations from the Hillsborough County Firefighters!
We look forward to doubling the number of children next year as we continue to improve the lives of the incarcerated!
Computer Class Graduates of '21
Computer Class Graduates of '21
Computer Class Graduates of '21
Florida Cares has cause to celebrate! We partnered with The Reentry Center of Rivera Beach, FL to conduct a Basic Computer Skills Class. Our first class of re-entering citizens completed their Basic Computer Skills Class taught by our own Don Stephens II! 16 weeks and they had perfect attendance! We took them to The Melting Pot to celebrate their accomplishments. Congratulations to the inaugural graduating class of '21!!!
2022 Legislative session
2022 Bills to Watch
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What's going on this session?
Stay up to date on the bills to watch this legislative session!
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What's going on this session?
What's going on this session?
Stay up to date with our weekly session wrap up!
Cares act stimulus relief
IRS Free File
MARCH 2021 UPDATE: The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service has announced that the incarcerated are eligible for all three payments of $1,200, $600, and $1,400. To file your taxes for free, Click the button below.
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Florida Cares Charity Corp. is a Florida Non-Profit Corporation dedicated to improving the lives of incarcerated individuals.
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Senator Brandes once said that criminal justice reform hasn’t happened in Florida because people haven’t presented it to be important to the legislator. Now is the time to act!