Time for Change is focused on dismantling structural and systemic barriers to equality and justice while building the community infrastructure needed to support low income families.
Since its inception in 2002, Time for Change Foundation has helped over 1,500 women make the transition from homelessness and incarceration into self-sufficiency, and has reunited close to 300 children back with their mothers out of foster care, using a three-pronged approach that includes direct services, advocacy and community development. Welcome to our community.” About Time for Change There but a much brighter future to their children as well. This organization does, is not only giving a new start to the women who stay In her remarks at the opening of Brighter Futures. Mission and the mission of Brighter Futures,” said Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday “The City of Hayward totally supports Time for Change’s Into permanent housing and stop recycling homelessness. Meet their self-sufficiency goals, Time for Change seeks to transition women By working closely with Brighter Futures residents to Not be able to afford housing or be able to manage the expansive requirements Incarcerated women reentering their communities in the Bay Area where they may The development will be modeled after Time for Change’s Phoenix Square, anĪward-winning low-income housing project in Southern California.īrighter Futures provides a crucial lifeline for formerly In addition to Brighter Futures, Time for Change isĬurrently in process to purchase additional property to develop into permanentĪffordable housing in Northern California to further its goal of helpingįamilies in the Bay Area to transition into, and maintain, permanent housing. “We are energized by the challenge of doing thisĬrucial work to help women and their families achieve self-sufficiency in theīay Area and excited to see what impact we can have.” Lives and the lives of their families and loved ones,” said Vanessa Perez,ĭirector of Time for Change. “We know that when we come together as a community, we canĮmpower women to use their own voices to make real and lasting change in their Brighter Futures finally provided Aisha with a safe TodayĪisha is a full-time student working on her nursing degree and has been Rehabilitation program and moved into Brighter Futures in January 2019. Aisha found the strength to enter a nine-month
Recognized that she was not being the mother her daughter Lilly, who lived withĪisha’s mother, deserved. One example is Aisha Esa, who suffered from addiction and Stay as long as they need until they are able to move out and maintain safe and Skills education and a host of other services. Incarceration, Brighter Futures includes onsite case management services, life Women and children with the tools they need to recover from homelessness, drugĪddiction, mental and physical abuse, family separation and the effects of Keeping with Time for Change’s goal of providing supportive services to equip Brighter Futures houses six women and their children. In Northern California, Time for Change has opened Brighterįutures, an emergency housing facility located in Hayward, close to schools and Timeįor Change has helped over 1,500 women make the transition from homelessness Housing, including emergency shelter, permanent-supportive and affordable. Today, Time for Change offers three types of Substance abuse issues before becoming a mother. Her own experiences as a formerly incarcerated woman who faced homelessness and I know we can make a real impact here.”Ĭarter launched Time for Change Foundation in 2002 based on Southern California achieve self-sufficiency, reunite with their families and Helps formerly incarcerated and/or homeless women and their families in In the Bay Area needed our help,” said Carter. The incarcerated women we worked with in Southern California that our sisters “Through our work in San Bernardino, we began to hear from Recovering from homelessness, addiction and incarceration through programs and Kim Carter, Time for Change Foundation works to empower women and families Model for helping families achieve self-sufficiency to the Bay Area. Time for Change Foundation is expanding its award-winning Homeless women and families turn their lives around Oda/Bay Area News Group) Founder Kim Carter isīringing programming and housing services to help formerly incarcerated, Time for Change Foundation provides support for women recovering from incarceration, homelessness and addiction, by providing them with a stable home and environment that enables them to reunify with their children. HAYWARD, CA – DECEMBER 7: Kim Carter, founder of Time for Change Foundation, poses for a photo in the new Brighter Futures home for formerly incarcerated women at the grand opening celebration in Hayward, Calif., on Friday, Dec.
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