Dream Builders Mission was formed in 2013 in the City of Tampa by a handful of volunteers who cared about the plight of the needy and the homeless in our community. The primary focus was to reach out to the homeless and hungry on the streets of the City of Tampa and throughout Hillsborough County. We started out by taking bagged sandwiches to parks in the City of Tampa and other areas where the homeless congregated.

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Later with the help of numerous volunteers from the neighborhood of Sulphur Springs, from churches and other community based organizations who cared about the plight of the underprivileged, we would prepare hot meals and would feed up to 200 plus people at any given time. Of course, there was never enough food. the need was just too tremendous, but we were thrilled and honored that we were making a difference in the lives of the homeless population.

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Dream Builders Mission has evolved into a model organization, which is designed to provide service to diverse groups with maximum efficiency and impact. Dream Builders Mission has developed and fiscally managed several programs with grants from Corporations and Foundations and many generous individuals, Churches and Businesses.

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Dream Builders Mission, powered by community volunteers is to improve the quality of life  for all our neediest community residents, by empowering them with the tools necessary to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness and find a  pathway to self-reliance, self-empowerment and self-sufficiency.

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The Vision of Dream Builders Mission is to equip all members of our community living in poverty, to attain self-dignity, self-reliance, Self-sufficiency, and to transition back to mainstream society.

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Dream Builders Mission moved into our current 4500 sq ft location at 8145 N. Nebraska Avenue, Tampa Florida 33604 (in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood) in March of 2016 and have been providing Hot Meals, Clothing, Hygiene Items, Phone Access, Internet Access, Job Resources and referrals to supportive Services three (3) days a week to the Homeless in our neighborhood. The expansion to five (5) days a week will allow us to reach more homeless people daily by filling the gaps in supportive services that is lacking and needed for the homeless to eventually get off the streets find jobs and move into permanent housing.

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About the Sulphur Springs Neighborhood we serve

Sulphur Springs, with a population of approximately 6,000 plus residents, is located within the City of  Tampa and bounded on the north by Busch Blvd and on the south by the Hillsborough River, Nebraska Avenue forms its western most boundary and Rowlett Drive forms its east boundary.

• 57% of the households have income under $25,000 (compared to 43% in Hillsborough County)

• Per capita income is $10,600 (compared to $22,000 for the City of Tampa)

• 48% of all families live below the poverty line (5 times the county average)

• 1.326 of the 1,864 household in Sulphur Springs receive public assistance

• The incidence of no-car ownership is nearly 200% above the county average

• 50% of the households have children under the age of 18; the vast majority of those households are headed by single mothers

• 35% of residents are childdren under the age of 14 (compared to 21% for the county)

• Homeless in Sulphur is on the rise - We estimate that there are over 600 homeless living on the streets of Sulphur Springs. These are people sleeping on the streets, abandoned houses and buildings, in  parks and anyplace where they can lay their heads for the night. We are seeing anywhere from 30 to 50 homeless daily to visit our Center for the three days that we are opened.

• Those at risk of becoming homeless - These are those living with a friend or relatives, and sleeping on a couch, rather than sleeping on the streets, probably on the brink of becoming homeless.

• Motel-Dwellers- We have discovered that the majority of the motels in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood and nearby surrounding areas are occupied with people who were once homeless are probable on the the brink of becoming homeless again. These people are unable to afford to pay rent and utilities due to their limited fixed incomes.