Change Happens! Formerly FUUSA

Change Happens! is a community-based, non-profit organization that has been serving Houston's Third Ward Community for over 20 years. The organization was originally founded as an outpatient alcohol and drug prevention and treatment program in 1989 from a dream that Rev. Leslie Smith had in 1982. The dream consisted of Rev. Smith offering services in crack houses that he renovated. In the dream, people were lined up to get inside these houses for help with social issues that were afflicting them. They came in one way and left changed.

Change Happens! emphasizes education as the avenue to address issues that negatively affect the family. Through this understanding, families are taught ways of coping with change and uncertainties in society. Change Happens! applies an all-encompassing, humanistic approach to behavioral and emotional impairment caused by societal ills.

Since 1989, Change Happens! has expanded with an increase in educational classes, counseling, referral, resources, community training, and networking, resulting in a variety of programs and services that empower families to help themselves. In 1990, Change Happens! began receiving government funding from the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Change Happens! now receives funding from a variety of federal, state, and local agencies and foundations. In 2005, Change Happens! built a three-story, 27,000 square foot establishment which now houses over 18 programs serving over 100,000 individuals each year.