Photos: Grand Opening of Comeric​a Community Resource Center in Historic Third Ward

Change Happens, formerly known as Families Under Urban & Social Attack (FUUSA), is a nonprofit that transforms the lives of families and children in the highest-risk communities of Gulf Coast region six. Change Happens is a premier provider of services designed to bring positive change to communities.

Since 1989, Change Happens has grown from one program to having more than 18 programs and 50 employees.  Similarly, its service area has expanded beyond the Third Ward to encompass 13 counties in the Gulf Coast region. Since its inception, Change Happens has been a dynamic program that strives to provide or restore whatever resources are most scarce in the broken communities it serves. Each year, Change Happens empowers and educates over 100,000 adults and adolescents, and continually positions itself to increase its impact in local neighborhoods. Today, Change Happens is headquartered in a new three-story, 27,000-square-foot building in Houston’s Third Ward. The building, erected on land once occupied by crack houses and condemned properties, is more than just the corporate office. Its presence in the community symbolizes the change and rebirth that much of the Third Ward is striving for.

Recently, Comerica Bank teamed up with Change Happens to create Comerica’s Community Resource Center & Library. Comerica Bank presented a $25,000 check to the organization to help restock the Change Happens Library with new children’s books and new computer stations. The newly revamped library also includes a financial literacy section and updated black history section.

Photography by @Alex_Green