Center For Transforming Lives

The center for transforming lives housing services are intentionally and strategically designed to be responsive to the immediate housing needs of women and children.services are evidence-based, research-informed, and designed to effect change and better outcomes for women and their children. Housing services works quickly to move families out of shelters and into homes of their own. Case managers then work to build a cycle of emotional and financial stability for each family, using a trauma informed, two generation approach. The center for transforming lives offers community-based housing paired with comprehensive support. From 9/1/23-8/31/24 ctl's housing program served 205 families.

Child and family development centers prepare children from birth to age 5 from at risk families for success in kindergarten with intensive early education. The child and family services team has been able to reach additional children through its head start and early head start collaboration. Ctl serves approximately 671 children enrolled in child development centers and community partnerships. Ctl believes that the dual general anti-poverty intervention is the most effective way to create economic mobility moving women and their children out of poverty. Ctl child and family services department is one of the very few providers in tarrant county for children between birth to five who are experiencing homelessness 12% of children cared for by the center are children experiencing homeless. If children are in the care of their mothers, mothers can work, receive training or go to school to assist them to improve their current situation.

Economic mobility services offers financial coaching, financial education, and microenterprise support. We served 325 adults with the average increase in income of $1,071 a month, provided $94,838 in funding to entrepreneurs to help them grow their small businesses. 22 small businesses were established through our microenterprise program.ctl's clinical counseling services (ccs) program is dedicated to increasing the emotional well-being of women, children, and families and utilizes evidence-based, trauma-informed therapeutic modalities. The therapeutic interventions utilized have been identified as effective in meeting the needs, behaviors, demographics, and symptomology of the individuals and families served. Ccs offers filial therapy with young children from birth to 4 years old, child-centered play therapy for children ages 4 and up, traditional talk therapy for adolescents, and traditional talk therapy for adults. In addition, ccs offers individual, couples, family, and group counseling. All services are provided at no cost to the participant. Therapy is provided by licensed therapists and/or master's level student interns under the supervision of an independently licensed clinician and is available to any ctl participant or member of a participant's household. In the last fiscal year, ccs served 168 individuals for a total of 2,217 hours of counseling/therapy. Additionally, ccs tracks outcomes such as numbers served, achievement of treatment goals, and reduction of trauma symptoms.