Center for Transforming Lives

Please join us in welcoming Nadia Salibi, our new Chief Impact Officer. Nadia comes to us with 25 years of experience in the health and nonprofit sectors. She is passionate about our two-generation, wraparound anti-poverty model serving single mothers and children.

She most recently served as the Chief Impact Officer and Chief of Staff at Children at Risk, overseeing most programmatic areas, including early childhood and K–12 education initiatives. She also co-directed their health programs, with a focus on integrating efforts around long-term, generational impact metrics.

Prior to Children at Risk, Nadia served as Chief Program Officer for City Square in Dallas, managing all programs and approximately 25 public grants from city, state, and federal agencies, including HUD, USDA, Texas Workforce Commission, and multiple city and county contracts.

Welcome, Nadia!

A backpack can mean so much more than school supplies.

Thanks to our partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, a milestone 5,000 food-filled backpacks have been distributed to Head Start families since 2023, ensuring children have meals over the weekend. The packs are filled with non-perishable breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack items.

AKA members also share the joy of reading by visiting classrooms and sharing books.

Together, we're helping meet essential needs and creating brighter futures for families.

Meet the Pilots of the Pilot: a few of the strong women who joined our new Workforce Development Pilot program to pave a stronger path for their families!

This pilot program, offering forklift and logistics certifications in partnership with CLC, Inc. - Training & Employment Services, is creating a fast, practical pathway into high-demand careers. The program combines short-term certification opportunities with free on-site child care and transportation, removing the barriers that typically hold parents back.

"They help us with transportation by either giving us gas cards or ordering Lyfts to get us to and from sessions. For child care, we have the Kids Club, and they have been perfect with my children. If I could bring them here every day I would! But it's been very helpful, because my main things were transportation and child care. I was like, 'I really do want to do this, but I needed this to be able to do it.' I was very grateful when I saw that they helped with both of those."
-Tabatha, pilot participant

Forbes Nonprofit Council asks, "How should nonprofits define success in a changing world?"
President & CEO Carol Klocek shares a fresh perspective, check out response #9.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesnonprofitcouncil/2026/05/29/how-nonprofits-should-define-success-in-a-changing-world/

June opportunities for benefits enrollment, mobile health clinics and monthly events! Visit our website to learn more.

💚Benefits Enrollment: https://transforminglives.org/Benefits-Enrollment

🩺Mobile Health Clinics: https://transforminglives.org/Mobile-Health-Partners

📆Events: https://transforminglives.org/events

Center for Transforming Lives has distributed more than $1 million in rent and utility assistance to eligible Tarrant County households since launching the Community Outreach Fund in November.

We want to reassure you that funding is still available. We can accept 200 applications at a time, and then we pause the application portal so we can process those 200 as quickly as possible. It is not unusual for us to receive 200 applications within the first hour after the portal reopens.

Please check our website, https://transforminglives.org/Rental-and-Utility-Assistance, for information on the next open date as well as income and other requirements. If you need immediate assistance and the portal has been paused, we encourage you to contact 211 for other resources. https://www.211texas.org/

Since opening our Riverside Campus last May, we have served 4,000 individuals, helping more than 1,700 families move from crisis to stability. One of the biggest takeaways from our first year is simple. The model is working. When services are in one place, families use them. Our latest Impact Video highlights three inspiring stories of transformation.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDdpJNVy3Rc&t=15s

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We asked our Clinical Counselors one important question: what are your tips for protecting your mental health?
Therapist Alicia Scholl encourages us to give ourselves permission to grow slowly. Strong roots take time.
"Mental health and gardening have more in common than people realize. In gardening, you learn quickly that growth cannot be rushed. You water, nurture, protect, and trust the process. Healing works the same way.
Some seasons are for visible growth, and some are for strengthening roots where no one else can see. Just because someone looks “fine” on the outside does not mean important work isn’t happening underneath.
Pruning is also part of healthy growth. Sometimes letting go of unhealthy habits, relationships, or expectations is necessary to make room for something healthier.
Mental health is rarely about one big breakthrough—it is usually built through small, consistent acts of care: rest, boundaries, support, movement, sunlight, and connection."
Now we want to hear from you -- how do you care for your mental health?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. We asked our Clinical Counselors one important question: what are your tips for protecting your mental health?
Therapist Alicia Scholl encourages us to give ourselves permission to grow slowly. Strong roots take time.
"Mental health and gardening have more in common than people realize. In gardening, you learn quickly that growth cannot be rushed. You water, nurture, protect, and trust the process. Healing works the same way.
Mental health is rarely about one big breakthrough—it is usually built through small, consistent acts of care: rest, boundaries, support, movement, sunlight, and connection."
Now we want to hear from you -- how do you care for your mental health?

Our early childhood education program prepares young children to thrive in school and beyond.
In fact, 90% of our Pre-K graduates enter Kindergarten ready to succeed. One parent recently shared:
“I had to smile when you shared the percentages of kids that are ready for Kindergarten, because my daughter definitely was! In her Kindergarten year, she’s testing at 1st grade levels, and she just got the Top Dog Award in her class for April. I can’t imagine a better start for her!

Looking for quality, affordable child care that gives your child the best start possible? Register your child today for our traditional child development program at one of our campuses!
Learn More: https://transforminglives.org/child-care