USF Health Professions

Centre For Women, located in Tampa, Fla., is a nonprofit community. It offers a wide range of services for people of all ages. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors and is supported by other nonprofit agencies and grants from private and corporate foundations. Its staff includes licensed clinicians, degreed professionals, technicians and specialists. The community provides outpatients substance abuse treatment. It also offers various employment services, such as career planning, counseling, life management classes, job coaching, resume preparation, development workshops, interviewing techniques, and divorce and widow support groups. Additionally, the Centre For Women helps senior citizens by providing assistance with living conditions, nutrition and relational needs. It provides emergency home repairs for low-income elderly homeowners. Its services include carpentry, weatherization, plumbing repairs, wheelchair ramps and handicap retrofits and roof repairs and replacement.

Tampa Baptist Academy is a Christian school that was established in 1978. It provides academic, college preparatory and religious educational programs to students in prekindergarten through grade 12. The academy s elementary school program emphasizes on phonemics awareness, reading, creative writing and communication skills. Its middle and high schools academic curricula include English, language arts, mathematics, foreign languages, science and social studies. Additionally, it provides religious education that includes Bible study and spiritual classes, and emphasizes on character development. Its schools also organize various extracurricular activities, such as art, band, vocal music, piano lessons, karate classes, Christmas concerts and field trips. Tampa Baptist Academy s schools have libraries that provide curriculum books, referral sources, encyclopedias and the Internet search tools. It also offers the National Honor Society program and ACT and SAT test preparation classes. Tampa Baptist Academy provides various sports activities, such as basketball, football, soccer, cross country and wrestling. The academy is located in Tampa, Fla., and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International.