Take Stock in Children is a state-wide non-profit organization committed to promoting personal growth, self-responsibility, and academic success by providing scholarships, mentors and hope to Florida’s underprivileged youth.  The program offers a unique set of resources for deserving at risk students who must sign a performance contract to maintain good grades, exhibit positive behavior, and remain crime and drug free.  In turn, Take Stock in Children provides each student with a volunteer mentor, a student advocate, monthly workshops for students and parents on college readiness and transition, college campus tours, and a tuition scholarship to a Florida public college or university of their choice. In addition to the support Take Stock in Children provides while the students are in middle and high school, college placement, retention and completion services are also provided to ensure that each high school graduate uses their scholarship to obtain a college degree. The mission of Take Stock in Children is to help break the cycle of poverty in Miami Dade County by ensuring that students receive a college degree.