One mission. Many pathways forward

A teenager. A father home from prison. A grandmother learning to grow food. Everyone arrives with different goals, and every one of them gets a door. Here is the work, and the door each one walks through.

Learn

A pipeline that points teenagers toward a paycheck instead of a corner, and walks the hardest cases all the way back to school and work.

A young FreshFutures participant smiling at a FreshMinistries event.

FreshFutures

A year with Duval County high schoolers: money skills, college prep, and real job training.

  • Money skills and college prep
  • Real job training
  • A six-week paid summer internship
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FreshPath participants together at a community outing.

FreshPath

Mentoring, tutoring, and work-readiness training for court-involved and at-risk youth, ages 10 to 18.

  • Mentoring and tutoring
  • Work-readiness training
  • An eligible student's record can be wiped clean
Explore FreshPath
The Weaver Center for Community Outreach in Jacksonville.

FreshFoundations

FreshMinistries' front door in Jacksonville: youth programs, job training, and counseling under one roof, with a working greenhouse out back. It is the sanctuary a young person walks into to find a mentor, a tutor, and a way forward.

  • Based at the Weaver Center for Community Outreach
  • Computer lab: a quiet workspace for homework, job searches, and resumes
  • Employment leads and community event space
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Earn

Job training that ends in a hire, and a roof for the small businesses that hire.

A LifePoint Career Institute graduate in cap and gown.

LifePoint Career Institute

Ten weeks of hands-on hospitality training for adults out of work, or stuck in work that will not pay the bills.

  • Hands-on hospitality training
  • Ten weeks, into a hotel job
  • Ends in a nationally recognized certification
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The Beaver Street Enterprise Center in Jacksonville.

Beaver Street Enterprise Center

A full-service business incubator in northwest Jacksonville: office space, coaching, and mentors who have been at this for years.

  • 52 businesses under one roof
  • Office space and coaching
  • Named Business Incubator of the Year
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Eat

Food grown with a fraction of the water and none of the chemicals, here in Jacksonville, and in greenhouses a world away.

Crops growing in the NativeFresh aquaponics greenhouse.

NativeFresh Aquaponics

A working aquaponics greenhouse behind the Weaver Center, growing food, training people, and supporting community impact in downtown Jacksonville.

  • The only USDA-certified aquaponics farm in North Florida
  • An off-grid food-production model built for education and replication
  • A hands-on training site for technical and professional skills
  • The bridge between our local work and the systems we help partners launch
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Rows of FreshMinistries greenhouses seen from the air.

The Global Work

Solar-powered food systems that help communities grow, store, and sell fresh food locally.

  • Off-grid greenhouses designed for local operation
  • Harvest Hubs that support storage, training, and markets
  • A model built in Jacksonville and adapted around the world
See the global work

Heal

We work with the whole household, because no kid succeeds in a home that is coming apart.

Outpatient Counseling

Substance abuse counseling for adults, led by master's-level licensed therapists. One on one or in a group, daytime or evening, in person or online.

  • Recovery, no insurance required
  • Master's-level licensed therapists
  • In person or online
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A father holding his two young children at a FreshMinistries family event.

FreshFamilies

Family strengthening built on Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. Parents and kids learn the same tools.

  • The 7 Habits at the kitchen table
  • Run a family meeting, keep your word
  • Help for the whole household
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The tools already exist. Help us put them in people's hands.

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Young people and families gathered at a FreshMinistries event.
Learn. Earn.
Eat. Heal.