Men's Development Program

iCare Foundation is developing a Men's Development Program specifically designed for men in Greater Tampa Bay who face the greatest barriers to economic stability — including disconnected young men, returning citizens, and working adults who cannot advance beyond low-wage employment. These men are not without potential. They are without access to the structured support that converts potential into progress.

Our program combines career readiness, personal accountability, financial literacy, and peer mentoring into a comprehensive development model — because research is clear that addressing only one dimension of a man's barriers produces short-term results. Addressing the whole person produces lasting change. And when men stabilize economically, entire families and communities stabilize with them.

When men are economically disconnected — unemployed, underemployed, or cycling through the criminal justice system — the consequences extend far beyond the individual. Children grow up without financially stable fathers. Families lose income. Communities lose contributors. The cost of disconnection is paid by everyone.

In Greater Tampa Bay, the men most likely to be disconnected are Black men, men with criminal records, and men without post-secondary education or credentials. iCare's program is designed explicitly for this population — meeting them with dignity, holding them to high expectations, and providing the structured support that makes those expectations achievable.