Principal Dr. Shonda Ford explained that the school has traditionally served students through expulsions or referrals connected to the judicial system. However, she says more parents are now intentionally choosing the school because of its academic and behavioral support programs.

AMIkids, Inc. was selected for a 24-month FY 2026 Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant to implement a comprehensive farm-to-school initiative across seven child nutrition program sites in South Carolina.

AMIkids is taking its floating classroom into Tampa Bay for its United Way Week of Caring project.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—The Tampa Bay Rays recognize the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier with an annual investment of $100,000 to support nonprofit organizations breaking barriers in the Tampa Bay community.

AMIkids announces that Thaddeus Bullard—an internationally recognized philanthropist, community leader, and former Arena Football League player turned WWE Legend and WWE Hall of Famer, known as Titus O’Neil—will serve as the organization’s new national spokesperson.

United Way Suncoast celebrates Global Volunteer Month with its 34th Annual Week of Caring, April 20-25. Join corporate teams, civic groups, and individuals in service projects across the region, focusing on educational opportunity, financial security, and community resiliency. Partnering with organizations like AMIkids Pinellas, volunteers will make a real impact.

AMIkids, a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to helping young people discover their true potential, celebrated a historic milestone at its 55th Anniversary Gala, at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay.

A local nonprofit aimed at helping young people get on track for adulthood is celebrating more than 50 years of serving the Jacksonville community. Many of the students in the program credit AMI Kids with saving their lives.

AMIkids’ Dr. Shonda Ford talks Black History Month on Living Local.

The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office helped provide two new basketball hoops for students at AMIkids Gainesville.

The $3.1 million investment is part of an ongoing commitment by the Florida Blue Foundation to address mental well-being across the state. AMIkids’ Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) initiative provides preventative youth mental health education throughout Florida.

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF), is pleased to announce it has donated $3.4 million to 16 children’s charities in Northwest Florida following another successful year of fundraising.

Since 1973, AMIkids Jacksonville (formerly the Jacksonville Marine Institute) has changed the lives of more than 6,000 at-risk teenagers.

At-risk children around Tampa Bay receive a firsthand lesson in marine life, which is an effort to program to expose troubled kids to nature.

Jerome “JJ” Ross Jr., 18, had been kicked out of multiple schools and ended up in an alternative school, Camelot Academy of Escambia County, but still he wanted a second chance to “be somebody.”