Gracepoint Careers in Tampa, FL

In 1949 (when postage stamps were 3¢, bread 14¢, gas 26¢ / gal, and the minimum wage a full 40¢ per hour),a group of Tampa citizens embarked upon a project that would continue more than 60 years later and literally impact thousands of lives in Hillsborough County. Admittedly, their initial mission was singular in scope. Since Tampa provided no psychiatric services for children, these forward thinking leaders began the Child Guidance Center. Its board attracted a broad range of Tampa’s leaders including women, clergymen, doctors and business people. The Guidance Center also benefited from the medical services of Rosalind Cummings Murray, Tampa’s first woman psychiatrist. Another local psychiatrist, Jerry Fleischaker, MD, served as the Guidance Center’s first full-time director. As history tells it, he was very well-spoken on mental health concerns.