For recovering single parents who need a safe, supportive place to live with their children, Change to Come is providing the answer.
Help us help single parents become whole again. Change to Come is a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization dedicated to helping Single Parents and their families during the most difficult and trying periods of their lives: the time during and immediately after recovery from abuse (either alcohol, drug, or physical/emotional). Our focus here is singular –we help single parents (usually single mothers) who have started their journey in overcoming momentous adversity (addiction and/or abuse.) We give a safe, supportive place for them and their children to call home – a place that will help foster new lives after recovery.
We do this for two reasons:
First and foremost, ours is a needed service. In most communities, there is simply “nowhere” for these single parents to go once they complete recovery.
Secondly, the aftereffect of what we do is apparent in the community as a whole. By helping single parents in their recovery, we help create stronger, more stable families. This in turn makes for a better community, one where everyone who lives there reaps the benefits.
We need your help In very simple terms, we need your help. Without this type of housing, single parents have a greater chance of falling back into addiction/abuse, and their children often follow suit. We need donations, both monetary and service-oriented. We will be purchasing (or accepting as donation) appropriate housing, and providing the support necessary for continued recovery. We invite you to peruse this website to learn a bit more about us, or if you want to help right now, you may click here to donate.
Did you know?
According to the California Department of Alcohol & Drug Programs, in 2006, 214,614 people were treated in a public treatment center. A full 40%- or 86,201- were parents. After half of the parents completed treatment, 13.7% were homeless and 43.6% went back to living with an abuser. All told, the total possibilities of parents relapsing were 57.3%-or 25,411. This study shows that more than half of parents who seek help for themselves find out that without proper housing, recovery is difficult.
