Here in Northern Nevada, our nonprofit organization is busy helping low-income women struggling with addiction. Have you seen us in the news?
We hope you have.
Check out the media coverage below to learn more about what we’ve been up to. These links include stories about the individuals we’ve helped, our mission, events, recent expansion, and plans for what’s to come – at both our Empowerment Center women’s treatment facility and our sober living apartment complex at Marvel Way.
For press inquiries, email info@empowermentcenternv.org.
Marvel Way II opens, increasing TEC’s supportive housing to 88 units, News4, July 17, 2025
In honor of our 20th anniversary, an interview with TEC Executive Director Roxanne DeCarlo. Face The State, 2News Nevada, March 29, 2025
Sober Living Center is First NV Facility to get Rooftop Solar Under Legacy Biden Program, Nevada Current, July 14, 2025
Nevada Clean Energy Fund Commits Nearly $1 Million to The Empowerment Center’s New Sober Living Facility in Reno Under Solar for All Program, Nevada Clean Energy Fund, July 8, 2025
The Empowerment Center’s 20th Anniversary Event, KOLO8, June 16, 2025
Building Futures Together: University of Nevada, Reno Social Work Students Make an Impact at The Empowerment Center, UNR Today, June 4, 2025
National Prevention Week at The Empowerment Center, Fox11, May 8, 2025
Highlighting Local Women on International Women’s Day, KOLO8, March 10, 2025
The Empowerment Center: helping courageous women transition into their new lives, KOLO8, February 12, 2025
Season of Giving: The Empowerment Center, Fox11, December 11, 2024
Climate Investments Provide Affordable Housing for Community Members in Recovery, News4, August 16, 2024
Washoe County STAR program’s fight against fentanyl: ‘I probably would’ve been dead’, Reno Gazette Journal, July 19, 2024
Reno receiving $3.5 million in federal funds to tackle affordable housing and homelessness, Audrey Mayer, May 7, 2024
Spirit of Resilience on Marvel Way, FHLBank of SF, Oct 2023
Renown Health & Hometown Health Fund Grants for 74 Local Non-Profits, 2News, Aug 12, 2023
Sponsors, raffle donations needed for Mountain West Builders 4th annual charity golf tournament, KOLO8 ABC, July 27, 2023
New affordable housing units funded from ARPA dollars still at least 18 months away, Nevada Current, July 26, 2023
Senate bill would provide supportive, stable housing, ThisIsReno, March 8, 2023
Empowering women with long term sober living, ThisIsReno, Dec 22, 2022
First Independent Bank Donates $10,000 to the Empowerment Center, Nevada Business, Dec 19, 2022
Empowerment Center opens new sober living environment apartment complex in Reno, 2News, Dec 13, 2022
New Long-Term Sober Housing Project Opens In Reno, News2, Dec 13, 2022
Nevada Housing Division Completes Awards for Home Means Nevada Initiative, 2News, Dec 5, 2022
Peppermill Reno’s Pie it Forward Bake Sale to Benefit the Empowerment Center, 2News, Nov 20, 2022
Peppermill hosts 7th annual ‘Pie it Forward’ Bake Sale fundraiser benefitting local non-profit, KOLO8 ABC, Nov 20, 2022
Nevada Housing Division announces first funding awards for Home Means Nevada initiative, 2News, Oct 30, 2022
County receives $21.9 million Home Means Nevada grant, ThisIsReno, Oct 28, 2022
The Reno Empowerment Center, The Reno Podcast, June 3, 2022
Celebration for Olympian David Wise helps raise money for Empowerment Center, KOLO8 ABC, April 2, 2022
Dinner honoring David Wise to benefit local nonprofit, KOLO8 ABC, March 21, 2022
Season of Giving: The Empowerment Center, News4/Fox11, December 3, 2021
Inmates eligible for release stuck in Nevada prisons, Nevada Current, Aug 24, 2021
Empowerment Center Groundbreaking, 2News, July 14, 2021
Empowerment Center Breaks Ground on New Sober Housing Facility, KOLO8 ABC, July 14, 2021
Empowerment Center: Affordable housing for at-risk women breaking ground in Reno, Reno Gazette Journal, July 14, 2021
Someone 2 Know; Tom Fraze, 2News, July 14, 2021
Reno Rescue, Empowerment Center come together for emotional day of fun, hard work, KOLO8 ABC, June 19, 2021
Empowerment Center building new facility, Fox11, May 24, 2021
Empowerment Center Gets Funding, 2News, May 16, 2021
Crews Clear Way for Future Empowerment Center Project, 2News, May 10, 2021
Heroes Of The Addiction Crisis: How Roxanne Decarlo of The Empowerment Center Is Helping To Battle One of Our Most Serious Epidemics, Medium/Authority Magazine, April 15, 2021
Face The State: The Empowerment Center, 2News, April 15, 2021
The Empowerment Center expands its transitional recovery homes, KOLO8 ABC, April 7, 2021
Work to begin soon on low-income recovery housing, ThisIsReno, March 15, 2021
Empowerment Center Housing Project, 2News, March 12, 2021
Reno non-profit is ‘a blessing,’ helps women struggling with drug abuse, Fox11, March 8, 2021
Flint Street Farm – a one-time Reno parking lot now feeds the needy, Sierra Nevada Ally, Aug 6, 2020
Empowerment Center aims for expansion, KOLO8 ABC, Oct 27, 2017
Cerocke: 5 local charities to receive IT makeovers, Reno Gazette Journal, June 29, 2016
Good News: Silent auction to benefit recovering addicts, Reno Gazette Journal, Sept 3, 2015
Reno clean-living center gets green power, Reno Gazette Journal, May 21, 2014
United Methodist churches assist groups in Reno-Sparks, Reno Gazette Journal, May 18, 2014
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