My Nonprofit Reviews

My name is Ilka Rosales. I am currently a client at a time for change foundation. i just wanted to let the public know what a BLESSING they are to me in my transition. i was incarcerated for 25 years and was released a month an a half ago. i came to a time for change foundation because i had to go to a transitional housing due to the lenth of time that i was incarcerated. i went to prison at 18 years of age and was released 25 years later. All i have ever dreamed of was coming home and enjoying freedom. Little did i know that after doing 25 years i was institutionalized. i had not realized that i was no longer in tune with the freeworld. i had anxiety attacks, i felt as if i did not belong in the public, and felt as if everyone was looking at me because i was from prison. Even after being free i did not feel free. A time for change foundation and all their staff held my hand through the ups and the downs never judging me or making me feel less than for not acclimating into the community with ease. they were there to constantly check if im ok and yet give me enough room to grow. The classes and groups that they offer here at a time for change helped me tremendously as they are a 24 hour staff assistant program. it did not matter what time of the day it was they always made themselves available and present. i am so grateful for their care, concern and their constant reminders that i do belong in the community and i can make a difference. Since my release and the help and aid from a time for change i am now on my way to a successful transition into self sufficiency. i am currently enrolled and attend Chaffey College, i have a job, and am able to go into stores and places with ease. There was no way i would have had the success that i have without the help of a time for change. i would have been another woman to increase the recividism rate of formerly incarcerated women. I just want to thank a time for change and the people who help fund this program because without programs like a time for change i would not have become the self-sufficient woman that i have become but another number with another violation.