FreshPath students across Duval County.
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Mentoring, tutoring, and work readiness training for court-involved and at-risk youth in Duval County, ages 10 to 18. Finish the program, and eligible students may qualify to pursue a cleaner record.
FreshPath students across Duval County.
An arrest at thirteen can set the rest of a life in motion: school slips, work gets hard to find, and too often the next arrest is already waiting. FreshPath was built to step in early.
The program serves 60 court-involved and at-risk students a year, ages 10 to 18, across Duval County. It launched in 2014 with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, earned top rankings in its first cycle, and worked alongside the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the State's Attorney's Office, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, and Duval County Public Schools. Since 2020, the Kids Hope Alliance of the City of Jacksonville has carried it forward.
Every student gets a mentor and a tutor. There are field trips, work readiness training, and help landing a job. Counseling for mental health or substance use is there when a student needs it, and case managers work with the whole family to clear whatever stands in the way. Students who finish may qualify for dismissal or another favorable outcome, decided by the referring agency or the court. Depending on the case and Florida law, they may also become eligible to pursue expungement. Staff guide families through that process. They do not decide it.
Who can apply
Group mentoring
Tutoring
Field trips
Work readiness training
Academic support
Family case managementYour gift goes to work fast. It puts a teenager through a summer of real work. It stocks a greenhouse. It puts an adult through job training. Tell us your name and we will tell you exactly where it went.