In the Media

Dr. Kim Carter-Tillman joins Elizabeth Vargas after being awarded the Remarkable Woman of the Year 2025 by Nexstar. Celebrating Women’s History Month, this nationwide initiative shines a spotlight on the women who have shaped policy, sparked social change, and uplifted communities.

This video provides an in-depth overview of our foundation, programs, approach, and successes over the last 22 years.

Joe Richardson sits down with Dr. Vanessa Perez to discuss the nonprofit she co-founded, Black and Brown Opportunities for Profit (BBOP).

Kim Carter describes being in and out of jail before she turned her life around and started Time For Change Foundation. Jennifer Hudson welcomes Keisha Murphy, who achieved self-sufficiency thanks to help from Kim.

Watch the Time for Change Foundation 2022 Gala.

“I want to make sure their moms are right so they can be right,” says Kim Carter, founder of Time for Change Foundation, a non-profit that empowers disenfranchised low income individuals and families by building leadership through evidence-based programs and housing to create self-sufficiency and thriving communities. It is a “family-modeled program that brings the best to those who need it the most.”

Margaret and her sisters were raised in a home where addiction fueled violence and indifference. This created a chain of addiction in her own life, leading to the loss of herself, and her children.

We typically think that a homeless person is that 35 to 40-year-old guy… by the highway or under the bridge… begging for money, where in fact the average face of homelessness is that of a child. We can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to the suffering of so many.

Rosanna has worked very hard to attain sobriety, employment, and self-sufficiency. Now to fulfill her goal of reunification she needs to complete the next step: her own home. That’s were TFCF comes in.

We furnished her apartment, provided appliances, and décor, so she could keep on moving.

In this episode, Morris Adams interviews Executive Director, Dr. Vanessa Perez, of the Time For Change Foundation.

Since 2002 Time For Change Foundation has been dedicated to helping homeless women and children achieve self-sufficiency by using a strength-based approach to address their needs.

We were proud to be mentioned in the top 10 CNN Heroes for 2015. Here’s the 2015 Top 10 CNN Heroes from their Tribute Show.

Hey San Bernardino! New edition of Working in the Margins! Great interview!

Thank you Dr. Vanessa Perez of Time for Change Foundation for our very meaningful conversation. I enjoyed your expression of dedication to caring for our marginalized communities, especially vulnerable women.