We Are Here to Help
If you want your child cared for while you get back on your feet, Hope Children's Home offers a safe, loving home in Tampa, and a team ready to walk with you through every step.A Safe Place While You Get Back on Your Feet
Sometimes life's circumstances put you in a rough place. If you are struggling with addiction, financial problems, health issues, incarceration, or a complicated family situation, and you want to make sure your child is well cared for until things are steady again, Hope Children's Home is here to help.
Children are loved and cared for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in family-style cottages with house parents. Because placement is voluntary, you never lose your rights as a parent. We partner with you to care for your child.
Are you pregnant or caring for a baby and need support?
Bundles of Hope, a ministry of Hope Children's Home, walks alongside expectant moms and moms of babies two and under with compassionate guidance, practical resources, and a loving temporary home for your baby, with no pressure.
Get Support From Bundles of Hope4 Easy Steps to Enroll Your Child
Our admissions team will guide you through each step and answer your questions along the way.
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Contact Us
We want to be here the moment you need us. Reach out whichever way is easiest for you.
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Phone Interview
After a few basic details, we'll set up a friendly phone call to learn more about your situation, understand your needs, and make sure we have the resources to help. The call is often scheduled within hours of your first contact.
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Application
If we can help you and your child, we'll send you a link to a simple online application. Fill it out right from your phone, tablet, or computer, and our admissions team will review it right away.
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Final Interview & Placement
Visit our home, meet our staff, and let us meet you and your child. Together, we'll decide if Hope Children's Home is the right fit for your family. When we both agree, we'll welcome your child into our care.
Everything Your Child Needs to Thrive
While you work toward stability, your child is cared for as part of a family.
A Loving Family
Children find the family structure they need, with unconditional love and focused, intentional time from house parents so they can thrive.
Meeting Physical Needs
Three meals a day, seven days a week, the clothes they need, and their own bed and personal space. Medical needs are met as well.
Pointing Them to Jesus
Every child learns they have a Heavenly Father who loves them and a Savior who died for them, so they can live a life of bold faith long after their time at Hope.
A Christian Education
Children attend Hope Christian School, a fully accredited K4 to 12 school right where they live, with a biblically based curriculum.
Mom and Dad always stay Mom and Dad.
Our ultimate goal is to bring families back together. A visiting and phone call schedule is set with every parent at placement, so you stay part of your child's life the whole time.
- Voluntary placement
- Regular visits & calls
- 1-year plan toward home
Reach Out Today
Share a little about your situation and a member of our admissions team will contact you to set up your phone interview. You can also call or email us anytime.
Everything you share is kept private and is only used to help our team understand how to serve you and your child.
Admissions Inquiry
The inquiry form asks for your contact information, your child's age, and a little about your situation. Once it's submitted, our admissions team will reach out to set up your phone interview.
Start Your InquiryFrequently Asked Questions
Yes. Placement is voluntary. Parents sign a placement agreement that gives Hope Children's Home the permission it needs to properly care for their child. Mom and Dad always remain Mom and Dad, and Hope Children's Home cannot remove your rights as a parent.
The full cost of room, board, and tuition is $1,754 per month. Thanks to generous donors, families pay based on what they can afford. For some families that may be full tuition, for others it may be $25 a month, and some families receive care at no cost.
Our mission is about helping families in need. Please never let finances keep you from reaching out.
No, we are not able to accept insurance for services provided.
We care for children ages 0 to 17. The youngest child we have welcomed was just 13 days old. If you are pregnant or caring for a baby two or under, Bundles of Hope may also be a good fit for you.
Absolutely. Keeping siblings together is one of the things we are most thankful to be able to do. We have welcomed families of 2, 3, 4, and all the way up to 8 children. Because of our cottage design, siblings are usually in the same cottage. If not, they live as next-door neighbors until they can be placed together.
Children live in family-style cottages on our 55-acre home in Tampa. Each 4,000-square-foot cottage has beds for up to 12 children and its own recreation area. Some have pool and shuffleboard tables, others have gaming areas, and one even has a movie theater.
Yes. Because our ultimate goal is to reunite families, visits are an important part of the program. A visiting and phone call schedule is discussed with every parent at the time of placement.
At placement, we sign a one-year agreement. In our experience, this is about how long it takes for a family to be in a position to bring their children back home. If needed, children can stay longer while a situation is being resolved.
Children attend Hope Christian School, our own private school located right here on our 55 acres. The school is fully accredited and recognized by the State of Florida. Grade levels completed and high school credits earned transfer to any school, and diplomas are nationally recognized.
Hope Children's Home receives its authority to operate under Florida Statute 409.176. We are a registered agency through the Florida Association of Christian Child Caring Agencies, which is fully recognized by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).
Hope Children's Home is a family-style home, not a lock-down facility. Because of the specialized care they need, we are not able to accept children or teens who:
- Are addicted to drugs or alcohol
- Have sexually abused others
- Have been diagnosed with severe psychotic disorders
- Are violent or have a criminal record of violence
Every family's situation is different. If you are unsure, please reach out and our admissions team will talk it through with you.
Take the Next Step
You don't have to figure this out alone. Reach out today and we'll walk with you from the very first call.