Our Services 

In 2012, if funds allow us to continue our work, STA’s goal will be to locate and help first, those who are Jesus’s Sheep, His Lost Sheep and those who hunger to learn about Him and His Father Jehovah God Almighty.  If someone does not want help and or is not one of Jesus’s Sheep, we will “Dust off our Feet” and move on to the next.  Of course there is always an exception as in if the person is in medical need, then we will make sure they get what is needed.  The goal here will be to promote the Glory of Jehovah God Almighty through His Son Jesus Christ.

Please Make a Donation Today to help STA continue providing these Life-Changing Services and help our Friends In Need move Straight Ahead to Taking Back Their Life.

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 Many times we get calls from Friends In Need who are in a different organizations program.  They are typically frustrated with the program and are on the verge of being terminated.  We provide a different eye on their issues and provide them with a reality check, emotional, physical support, financial support when possible and Hope.  We provide van loads of Hope.    If they happen to be in another program at a different organization we will help the Friend In Need keep on track, moving Straight Ahead so they can remain in and succeed within that program.  Simplicity is key.  Many times in this business each and every organization will get a negative review from some of those it helps.  Sometimes they simply need a different perspective and this is what we give them in order for them to succeed in their current program or living situation.

The benefits of this is the Friend In Need keeps it simple by not complicating his or her situation by leaving one program to go to another and another.  It allows the current program to finish what it started and retain their client, accomplishing what they set out to do.

When STA is assisting a Friend In Need who is homeless, on the streets, we do not expect them to get to us or get to appointments on their own.  We help them to get where they need to be in order for them to succeed.  We do this for as long as it takes.  Also, by STA getting them to appointments etc it also gives us more One On One, Face to Face Time with our Friends In Need. 

ALL of the services listed below are provided if and when funds become available. 

• 1)  Time: We spend extensive Time getting to know to our Friends In Need.  Providing much needed coaching, ideas, direction, emotional, physical and sometimes financial support when possible.

• 2) Resources: We help connect our Friends In Need with needed resources depending on their specific situations.  With this is mind, we at STA strive to move the Friend In Need towards doing things on their own accord rather than accessing the “System” when and where possible.  Our goal is to lift them Up & Out of the Chronic Assistance Cycle.
• 3) Transportation: Funds permitting.  Depending on the needs of our Friends In Need and their children, we will provide them transportation to local hospitals if we find them in a severe crisis mode, doctors appointments, jobs, interviews, food shopping, school, help them move and for just about any reason as long as it is something that helps them improve or move their life Straight Ahead.    
• 4) Food: STA supplies food when available. We try to always have something on board, whether it be a meal or a snack and water.   With Gift cards like McDonald’s, Burger King and Subway we typically go to the restaurant, purchase enough for about 20 – 25 people and drive around the City looking for those truly in need, one at a time.  STA will also help provide meals through donated food items to those we may have staying in a Motel.   Bringing food to a small group of 1-5 people at a time gives a more personal touch so we may get to know our Friends In Need and their needs and desires.  Bottom-line however, if we come across anyone in need who is hungry, we will feed them if we have food on our van or the ability to obtain it for them.
• 5) Laundry Services: We ourselves at STA will do our Friends In Need laundry as needed, depending on the situations.   We are 100% Mobile, so we take it to our personal home, do the laundry and deliver it back.
• 6) Clothing:  We locate free clothing on Craigslist and FreeCycle, pick it up, sort and launder the clothing and then stock it in our Mobile Crisis Van and give it free to our Friends In Need.  
• 7) Job Search: STA will assist in job searches by looking online for available opportunities and networking with companies familiar with STA.  We will provide transportation if needed so as to ensure our Friends In Need get to interviews.  Once hired, if needed and we have funds available, STA will drive the Friend In Need to work and pick them up again to assist in ensuring their success.
• 8 )  Appointment Accompaniment/Representation: If desired by the Friend In Need, STA will accompany and represent them to any and all types of appointments be they job interviews, doctors appointments, child care interviews, food stamp applications, drug/alcohol meetings or probation reporting, housing interviews and much more.  Anything, to increase their chances of success and keep them moving Straight Ahead to Taking Back Their Life.
• 9) Emergency Motel accommodations: From $40/night for a single bed to $300/week for 3 in a kitchenette, STA will provide emergency accommodations for our Friends In Need of whom display a strong desire to get off the streets and or who display an urgent medical need, yet non-life threatening, which would benefit from a safe, warm nights rest, without going to and or taxing the medical facilities.  In other words, a need which would prevent a medical emergency from occurring.  
• 10) Housing Search:  We assist in locating housing via computers, local papers and drive-bys.  We call the landlords, make appointments. Provide transportation to and from looking at the property and represent the Friends In Need to the landlord, showing our support and belief in the Friend In Need.  In addition, if the Friend In Need desires or if we feel they would be safer we will call the local shelters for bed availability and transport them if needed.
• 11) Computer Training: If the Friend In Need desires, we will provide training on how to use computers in a positive way to search for job opportunities, housing, entertainment and more.  In addition we will show them how to create word documents, spreadsheets and in general how to move around the computer itself and the internet.  We will also make sure they know the dangers and negative side of computer use and the internet.  Believe it or not, many do not know the dangers or ramifications of the internet or what all is involved.
• 12) GED Training:  If our Friends In Need have not had the opportunity to complete High School, being an approved vendor for Tomlinson Adult learning Center in St. Petersburg, FL., we encourage our Friends In Need to attend Tomlinson and work towards obtaining their diploma.  Tomlinson Adult Learning Center is an amazing learning center and environment.  The staff cares about what they do and about their students welfare.  This makes for a very uplifting, confidence building experience for our Friends In Need and enables them to stay on their path Straight Ahead.  We will utilize any GED program however which displays concern for their students success.
• 13) Furniture & Household Goods: Via searches on Craigslist and FreeCycle STA obtains these items and delivers them to Friends In Need.  We strive to locate individuals, families and Senior Citizens who have nothing or close to nothing and deliver these items for free.  
• 14) Bus Passes: As funds are available we will provide bus passes to those Friends In Need who display a responsibility, desire and need.  However it is our preference to provide the transportation ourselves, in order to give us more “face time” with our Friends In Need.
• 15) Toiletries:  We always have them available on board for free. 
• 16) Haircuts: If a Friend In Need, needs or wants a haircut, we will gladly provide it if funds are available and take them ourselves.
• 17) Showers:  If a Friend In Need, needs or wants a shower, we will gladly provide it if funds are available.  We don’t take them to a shelter for a shower, we take them to a motel or our personal home.
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• 18) Cell Phones and or Phone calls:  If the Friend In Need simply needs to make a call we will let them use our cell phones.  If they are a Friend In Need under our umbrella of assistance who has displayed a strong desire to get off the streets or displays a strong movement towards Taking Back Their Life, we will supply them with an STA, trackable cell phone when available funds allow.

**All the above services are performed on a One On One basis typically.  While we at STA find it may be more difficult, time-consuming and expensive, we find the benefits to our Friends In Need, far out weigh these.

***STA reserves the right to grant or deny any of our services at any time.  Even though we strive to help those who really appear to want to get off the streets, we understand there are numerous times when we may need  or will need to help someone who is simply in dire need of food, medical needs or other needs who want to remain on the streets.  We will help anyone and we do so in the name of Jesus Christ.