Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center

We have two amazing events happening THIS SATURDAY! From 10:30 am until 12:30 pm we are partnering with Center Peace of Life to connect expecting mothers and mothers with children 0-5. From 1 pm until 3 pm, we will be hosting SPARC in the Park at Lions Club Park!

Single does not mean alone! Team SPARC spent the day in Forest Park making connections and bringing partners to the new neighborhoods. We’d like to welcome Atlanta CID and Clayton County Public Library. Thank you Bradford Ridge for hosting the meeting. Sit tight Forest Park - New Neighborhood Initiative is here!

The deadline for the FAFSA application has been extended! SWIPE to see the new date and how to sign up for a 1:1 FAFSA session with us. 💛📚

At our latest New Neighborhood Initiative event, we partnered with SDIAE and Mercy Housing! Thank you for hosting this event and providing school supplies. Residents signed up for financial achievement club and advisory board. It is always a pleasure giving back at our longest standing partner apartment complex, Terrace at Parkview.

Next at Terrace at Parkview, we will launch Financial Achievement Club and Resident advisory board. We are seeking volunteers to host financially literacy workshops and academic enrichment youth programs! Please email us at [email protected]

Our founder, Joy Monroe, has been nominated for two Moxie awards! Visit the Gwinnett Chamber website or comment below to inquire about Moxie Awards tickets.

According to the Federal Reserve, nearly 4 in 10 Americans lack enough money to cover a $400 emergency. Our Financial Achievement Club graduates are beating this statistic. Each of our participants graduated with $1,000 in their emergency savings!

We are offering FREE FAFSA Workshops! Please email or text us to schedule your 1:1 Session. 📚✏️❤️

Thank you for having our Founder and CEO, Joy on your “Celebrating Powerhouse Women” episode!
Tune into to this episode for a candid conversation on single motherhood, single parent resources, and all things Joy!

Happy birthday to our founder and CEO! 💛 We love you, Joy. Keep inspiring 💫

We had an awesome time at the Innovation Forum: A Series of Learning and Sharing hosted by ! Thank you to our volunteers and for supporting us and sharing their perspectives.

We’d also like to thank Jory and ROOTS for their sponsorship.

We had a wonderful time at the Shoe Box Packing Event hosted by and . We can’t wait to see the looks on motel families faces when they receive our decorated shoe boxes filled with hygiene items and school supplies.
Thank you to our volunteers Alice and Whitney for their continuous support. We filled 100 boxes!

Complete our volunteer sign up form on our website singleparent411.org under “Join Us” to volunteer at our next event, outreach, or workshop ❤️

We love our partnership with Sunrise View Apartments!

We had a great time at Sunrise View Apartments with our cookies and coloring event. The paintings were so good, it’s possible we have artists in the making!! Thank you Sunrise for making us feel at home!

We’re Back! Motel to Home alliance has announced its goal of housing 1,000 Metro ATL families living in motels. Visit our website to learn more information, volunteer or donate!

Another successful Siemer Conference! It was great to connect and learn from other leaders about the innovative programs addressing homelessness, poverty and family stability. Single certainly does not mean alone and addressing these complex issues requires collaboration. This conference always excels at providing opportunities for connection.

Swipe to learn how children are affected by frequent moves and how SPARC’s New Neighborhood Initiative works to bring stability to apartment communities!

Whew! It looks like a time was had! Our CEO, Joy Monroe had a blast with SPARC friend Amy Barrow at the United Way of Greater Atlanta Women’s Leadership Breakfast last week! They were able to have the conversation about the challenges families living in extended stay motels face and all of the ways that you can get involved in Motel to Home and help. As you know, SPARC is committed to helping families in extended stay hotels transition from homelessness to stably housed. It was an amazing morning filled with inspirational speakers and a marketplace of women owned business of for your shopping pleasure. We already can’t wait until next year!

As we close out financial literacy month, we wanted to give a very special shout out to Alice Seal. became a volunteer with SPARC after sitting next to our CEO at a luncheon. After hearing about what SPARC does, Alice stepped up and began to volunteer. She coordinated a group of her friends to adopt our single parent families during the holidays, brought her friends with her to our Motel to Home Paint and Sip and brought her husband on board, not only as a sponsor, but as a volunteer with her for our National Single Parent Day event. Alice is especially passionate about financial literacy and was really excited to facilitate a workshop for our group of single moms currently enrolled in our Financial Achievement Club. At SPARC, single does not mean alone so we are grateful for the support of Alice and her entourage. If you want to volunteer like Alice, drop us a comment below!

Yesterday, thanks to Pinnacle Financial Partners, we gave our single moms a morning off. We invited them to drop their children off to do a Mother's Day craft while they took a couple of hours of me time. And yet... you see moms in the picture with their kiddies. Single moms are so unused to getting a break that they didn't know how to take one when it was offered! Single moms, I know it's hard, but let's start taking breaks when we can and practicing self care. We matter! Would you have been able to take the break if it was offered to you? Take the quiz and then add what you do for self care in the comments below.

SPARC in the Park is a FREE monthly event presented by SPARC to give single parents an opportunity to meet, connect and expand their social capital. Single does not mean alone so SPARC in the Park is our version of a family cookout for all single parents to relax, relate, and release.

It’s Monday and here's today’s SPARC moment that matters! This weekend, we spent our time doing the things that matter most at SPARC. We were able to do outreach at a couple of our extended-stay motels and get to know the families who live there and identify ways we can help. One of our partner hotels told us 200 children live there 😩 This weekend also gave us the opportunity to give our volunteers an up close and personal look at the work that we do to support families. We are forever grateful to United Way of Greater Atlanta for its ongoing support of our work with families living in motels. We truly appreciate Evelyn Lw Cooper Lisette Reyes Sue Fuller Sullivan for volunteering with us and a huge shout out to Ariel Ruffin, the coach who oversees this program and makes things happen. Of course, we would be nowhere without the amazing leadership of our Founder/CEO Joy Monroe. At SPARC, single does not mean alone so if you are looking for a way to get hands on and give back, we welcome your support. Feel free to leave us a comment or send us a message! Make it a magical Monday!

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Struggling to keep up with finances as a single parent? You’re not alone. At SPARC, we understand the importance of financial stability and the stress not having it can bring. That’s why we’re sharing a list of practical tips to help you cultivate good money habits and alleviate some of that stress. Share your go-to strategies in the comments below, and let’s support each other on this journey to financial empowerment! ” Share your best financial management tips with us in the comments! Let’s empower each other to thrive financially!

Guess who just added a little “sparc-le” to our day? Marlene Midgette Fosque, thank you so much for introducing us to the Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation. Their donation not only brightens our day but also lights the path forward for countless single parents in need. With their support, we’re able to make a meaningful difference in their lives and empower them to thrive.
Gwinnett Pearls of Service, we are honored to not only have you as a donor but excited to welcome you as a partner. Together, we can create a brighter, more inclusive future for single parents and their families. Thank you, Gwinnett Pearls of Service Foundation, for your commitment to making our community a better place for all.

Hey there, single parents! From time to time we can all use a little pick me up. Because we are single parents, we know that some of those times, we have to be the ones to pick ourselves up. When this happens, take a moment to acknowledge how much you have accomplished and how far you have come. Use that knowledge to regain your energy and keep your momentum going. Every obstacle you overcome is one step closer to success. So take a deep breath, stand tall and keep pushing forward. You’ve got this, and we’ve got you!