Newsletter – A Year in Review January 2015

Happy New Year From
Time for Change Foundation
The Road To Change
Volume 5, Issue 1
A YEAR IN REVIEW
January 2015
CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE!
Tours, Tours, Tours
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Voices Were Heard,
Laws Were Changed
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Highlights of our Community
Impact and Events
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Thank You
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Partnering With The Community 6
C.A.L.T.
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Time for Change Foundation is excited to announce the launch of our new website!
With updated content, an interactive format and a new look, it reflects the expansive
changes our organization has gone through this past year. Please visit our website
often for upcoming events, our blog, the most current version of our quarterly
newsletter, volunteer opportunities, and various ways to contact us and stay
involved. Features include client successes and an exciting schedule of trainings
through our Center for Advocacy and Leadership Training.
www.timeforchangefoundation.org
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TOURS, TOURS, TOURS
2014 Hosted a Multitude of Visitors to the Time for Change Foundation Facilities
Visitor’s Log
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Mountain View
Emergency Shelter
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, Field Rep. Kevin
Chang, Legislative Analyst Crystal Martinez
Assembly Member Cheryl Brown
Betty Yee, California Controller
SB Mayor Carey Davis
County Supervisors Gonzales and Ramos
City Council Members Shorett, Mulvihill,
Barrios and Marquez
Kimberly Hughes, CIW Warden
Kaiser Permanente
Dr. Laura Joreteg, Loma Linda University
National Core
SB County Sheriff’s Dept. Homeless
Outreach & Proactive Enforcement Team
County of SB, Dept. of Behavioral Health
Mary Nash, Pitzer College Senior
Crown Prince, Inc.
Prof. Jim Appleton, Hedco Foundation
Kathy Patoff, Union Bank
Alan Parker, SB City Manager
Bill Manis, SB City Dev. Director
Brandon Mims, SB City Deputy Hsg. Dir.
Anthony Perez, Housing Partners 1
Homes of Hope
Permanent Supportive Housing
Phoenix Square
Affordable Housing
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VOICES WERE HEARD...LAWS WERE CHANGED
While involved in our Leadership Development program and thorough our E-Advocacy Website Take Action California (www.takeactionca.org) clients learn to find their voice in the community
through civic engagement, community responsibility and policy advocacy. Our women can proudly
be credited with contributing to many successes in 2014.
SB 1029 - Governor Brown
As newly trained leaders clients
lifted the lifetime ban on
travelled to Sacramento, the
CalWorks and CalFresh.
state’s capital to testify on
AB 218 - Ban the Box was
behalf of issues that affect
signed into law, which
women’s economic security
prohibits public employers
and community vitality.
from excluding persons
Clients attended the Mayoral
with past felony convicDebate, Mayoral Inaugurations during the initial job
tion, City Council Inauguraapplication.
tion, Statewide Day of
SB 1266 - Alternative Custody
Action, Community Input
Program
(ACP),
was
Session regarding voting
expanded to include men
barriers to formerly incarcerand implemented at the
ated individuals, two rallys,
County level through the
Civic Engagement workshop,
Governor’s budget.
Voter Education workshop
Prop. 47 - passed into law
and the AB149 Voting Rights/
allowing for the reclassifiVoter Registration Workshop.
cation
of
non-serious,
non-violent petty crimes
from felonies to misdemeanors and funnels the
savings to schools, mental Get Out The Vote Campaign - working
health and victim services. to engage community members to
register to vote and/or to actually cast
their votes, clients canvassed door to
door and phone canvassed reaching
out to over 10,309 registered voters
prior to the November 2014 elections.
Additionally, TFCF hosted a Civic
Lounge enabling over 500 community
members to meet political nominees.
Every TFCF client and staff
member eligible to vote is a
registered voter fully participating
in the voting process.
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HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT AND EVENTS
Client Success in 2014
Through our evidence-based programs and services, during 2014 Time for Change Foundation was able
to provide 112 adults and 93 children with a safe, warm place to call home. Of these families, a total of 62
adults and 37 children received homeless prevention services and we assisted 16 women and 24 children
with obtaining permanent housing. With a total of 5,095 shelter nights and 122,256 hours of services, our
clients were able to take the necessary steps needed to reach self-sufficiency. We know that in order to
create self-sufficiency and thriving communities our clients must have access to vital resources and
supportive services.
Clients received a total of 93 Certificates of Completion for the various educational classes they completed
through our program in 2014. These classes and services included:
332 Case Management sessions
332 Independent Living Skills process groups and Nutritional Awareness
126 Parenting Education Workshops
593 Relapse Prevention groups
52 Mommy & Me Child Bonding sessions
215 Financial Education and Money Management sessions
178 Family Healthcare visits
89 Mental Health counseling sessions
496 Life Skills Education groups
125+ Education and/or College Instruction sessions
We successfully assisted 22 women, whose parental rights were previously revoked, with re-establishing
family visits with their children and a total of 18 children were reunited with their mothers in a safe and
supportive environment. With a total of 34 children in our programs at one time during 2014, we needed
reliable transportation for them and their mothers. We were assisted by the community:
C a lib e r C o ll is i on , M a r k
Christopher Chevrolet,
Enterprise Car Rental and
other community businesses
refurbished our 2005 van
Hedco Foundation funded the
purchase of our second van
Positive Futures:
Awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA), Positive Futures provides
women reentering society post-incarceration with treatment and wrap around services using evidencebased practices, crime prevention strategies, mentoring, substance abuse and/or mental health treatment.
For participants in this program:
Our Recidivism Rate: 3% (compared to the national rate of 61%)
Housing Stability: 86%
Employment/Education: 78%
Abstinence from Drugs and Alcohol: 92%
Social Connectedness: 95.5%
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To all of our donors, sponsors, corporations,
government and private supporters. Without you,
we couldn’t do what we do. From all of us at
Time for Change Foundation, thank you and
may 2015 mark a year of more incredible progress
in our quest to create self sufficient citizens
and thriving communities.
From all of us!
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PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY
The Expanding Nonprofit Excellence Initiative
Annual Taking Time To Give Thanks Benefit Concert
with our National Spokesperson Makeda Francisco
1st Annual Family Fun Night
and Client Recognition
X103.9 FM Food Drive
Volunteerism
Volunteers play a huge role in the success of Time for Change Foundation, from special events to office
support they help our organization to achieve our mission. Utilizing volunteers is a win-win situation for all
parties as we ensure that they too receive the experience and support they need to help them reach their
altruistic goals. Throughout this year we had the help of 51 volunteers, some who received school credit
and others just interested in making a difference.
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An evidence based training subdivision of Time for Change Foundation, seeking to:
 strengthen non-profits and other community based governmental agencies
 provide empowerment through leadership skills
 build advocacy tools within underserved populations and the community at large
 support non-profits, and other social and governmental agencies
 acquire the best practices and incorporate evidence based programming with
measurable outcomes
WE SPECIALIZE IN DELIVERING EVIDENCE BASED TRAINING WITH PROVEN MODELS OF SUCCESS
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DONATION INFORMATION
We are always accepting
donations to continue servicing
those who need it most.
You can mail, call, or visit our website:
Time For Change Foundation
P.O. Box 25040
San Bernardino, CA 92406
Phone: 909.886.2994
Fax: 909.886.0218
www.timeforchangefoundation.org
E-mail: info@timeforchangefoundation.org
SAVE THE DATE
Friday, April 17, 2015 6 - 9 PM
“Celebrating Life’s Precious Jewels”
Awards Ceremony
For more information or to inquire
about being an event sponsor call
(909) 886-2994 or email
nwolfe@timeforchangefoundation.org
OUR MISSION
Time For Change Foundation seeks to empower
disenfranchised low income individuals and families
by building leadership through evidence-based programs
and housing to create self-sufficiency and thriving
communities.
How You Can Help
 Financial contributions to assist with shelter, program services,
clothing, childcare, transportation and educational supplies.
 Financial contributions/partnering to assist with low income
housing development projects.
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 Volunteering with office/clerical work, community programs,
special fund raising events.
 Remembering Time For Change Foundation in your will or trust.
 Donating residential property to house more women and
children.