SPARC (Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center)

WHO WE ARE

SPARC’s mission is to empower and equip single parents with the necessary tools, resources and support to enable them to create a healthy home environment and nurture their children into productive and successful adults.

It is SPARC’s Vision that single parents will be empowered and equipped to take their place among society’s most successful families!

SPARC Values:

• Single parents who are willing to take the extra steps necessary to ensure their children receive what they need.
• Communities that value single parent families, recognize their special needs and are committed to ensuring that those needs are met.
• Individuals who are willing to volunteer to stand in the gap and help fill the void left by a missing parent

WHAT WE DO

SPARC has developed a comprehensive assortment of programs that place special attention on both the single parent and the child residing in a single parent home. Recognizing that each has unique needs, SPARC provides two generation programs and services that cater to the needs of single parents and children individually.

While programs with a youth–only focus do provide children and teens with necessary developmental skills as well as positive activities, prevention, and intervention services, the positive effects of the program are undermined when youth return home to parents who remain unserved or underserved. To combat this, SPARC provides comprehensive programs and services that assist the needs of the entire single parent family.