Tomaros Change
About Tomaros Change
Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E. starts with a simple truth: a family does better when emotional support feels accessible, culturally familiar, and actually built for real life. In Claymont and beyond, it offers wellness circles, therapy, memberships, school partnerships, and family support for youth, parents, caregivers, and adults, with options that help lower barriers to care. For donors, the case is clear, this is the kind of support that can meet people where they are and stay with them as they grow.
What sets Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E. apart is the way it brings cultural grounding into both non-clinical wellness and clinical care, so support does not feel split between identity and healing. Its Future-Rooted Transformation Counseling™ framework ties emotional wellness, belonging, and future goals together in a way that fits youth, families, and the settings they already move through.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Youth & Family Wellness Membership
Provides ongoing access to non-therapeutic wellness programs, circles, workshops, community-based services, and individual or family support.
Emotional Wellness & Empowerment
A non-clinical support option for youth ages 5 to 17 focused on coping skills, confidence, emotional regulation, communication, and cultural pride.
Wellness Circles
Guided youth and family groups that build emotional skills, mindfulness, confidence, communication, and peer connection in a culturally grounded setting.
Therapy Services
Clinical youth, family, and parent therapy offered with culturally centered, trauma-informed care, including individual, family, school-based, virtual, and community sessions.
A to Z Cultural Wellness & Education Program
A cultural enrichment and learning program that blends cultural education, academic support, social-emotional learning, creativity, movement, and mindfulness.
School & Agency Partnerships
Wellness and SEL programming for schools, organizations, districts, and community agencies, with optional therapeutic support and staff wellness offerings.
YES! Program
Financial support for low-income and underprivileged youth up to age 17 so they can access emotional wellness programs when funds are available.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E. strengthens the emotional, cultural, and relational well-being of youth and families through a hybrid, community-centered model grounded in the Future-Rooted Transformation Counseling™ framework. It provides accessible, high-quality behavioral health and wellness services that promote healing, foster lasting growth, and empower individuals and families to thrive.
Who they serve
Youth ages 5 to 17, teens, parents, caregivers, adults, and families, especially underserved, uninsured, underinsured, and low-income communities, including autistic youth and their families.
Their impact
- Since 2018, Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E. provided therapy and other services to over 760 children, adolescents, and families throughout Delaware and surrounding areas.
How your donation helps
- Journals, mindfulness tools, and youth activity supplies
- Youth participation in wellness workshops and circles
- Low-cost or free services through the YES! Program
- Mobile wellness pop-ups in underserved areas
- Program sponsorships, community initiatives, and resource expansion
- Books, mindfulness items, and educational resources
Our story
Tomaro’s C.H.A.N.G.E. was founded in October 2009 to stand in the gap for underserved youth, families, and communities facing barriers to emotional support, resources, and essential care. It began with grassroots outreach in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, St. Maarten, and Cameroon, where it supported homeless teen parents and provided food, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, books, and transportation help. Over time, that work grew into a Delaware-based behavioral and mental health support organization that now operates as a hybrid, community-centered wellness hub.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Tomaros Change’s services.
Families can request a free consultation and enroll in the program that fits their needs, including wellness circles, the A to Z Cultural Wellness & Education Program, therapy, or memberships. Services are offered year-round in person, virtually, in schools, in libraries, in community spaces, and through pop-up wellness experiences, and youth under 18 need parent consent for therapy.
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Tomaros Change has shared.
Current needs
- Journals
- Mindfulness tools
- Program materials and supplies
- Books
- Mindfulness items
- Educational resources
Volunteer opportunities
- Peer prevention/intervention
- Speakers
- Photographer/videographer
- Blog writer/social media specialist
- Teachers and coaches
- Dance, art, and music
- Parenting groups
- All sports
- Board members
- Fundraising and grant writing
- Special events coordinator
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
How are Wellness Circles different from therapy?
Wellness Circles are non-clinical groups centered on coping skills, communication, mindfulness, leadership, confidence, cultural identity, and healthy relationships. Therapy is clinical care, with assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning.
What ages can participate in Wellness Circles?
Youth Wellness Circles are offered for ages 5 to 17 in age-appropriate groups, including 5 to 8, 9 to 12, and 13 to 17. Family Wellness Circles are also open to parents and children together.
Where are services offered?
Services are offered in schools, libraries, community centers, partner sites, homes, virtual settings, and pop-up wellness locations.
What payment options are available?
Clinical therapy can be covered by insurance, self-pay, limited sliding scale options, the YES! Program when funds are available, and membership benefits when applicable. Non-clinical wellness services can also be accessed through memberships and other payment pathways.
What is the YES! Program?
The YES! Program, Youth Empowerment Support Program, provides financial support for low-income and underprivileged youth up to age 17 so they can access emotional wellness programs when funds are available.
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