Providing Critical Coverage

The Bridge at Southwind Villas

The Bridge at Southwind Villas is located at the Southwind Villas Housing Community. This housing is a “high poverty pocket” i.e. a high poverty community in a more affluent zip code in the area adjacent to the Tinseltown area in Jacksonville’s Southside. The Bridge at Southwind Villas provides critical educational, social, nutritional and cultural enrichment services to the children ages 6-18 and their families living in this community.

The Bridge believes there is a critical need in this location for a safe haven with comprehensive programming and positive influences for the children and teens. The community’s issues of school failure, low test scores, lack of motivation, unemployment, drugs and lack of role models are directly addressed through the program’s services. 88% of the students attending The Bridge program at Southwind Villas were promoted to the next grade.