# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free Support Group: Invitation to Change Approach
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: The Invitation to Change (ITC) Free Support Group is for people who care about someone struggling with substance use and want practical, compassionate ways to help. It is also open to anyone supporting a loved one with substance use or other compulsive behaviors.

The Invitation to Change (ITC) Approach helps families and professionals support a person struggling with substance use by offering evidence-based tools for change to everyone who cares about them. ITC takes the best science has to offer and translates it into a practical, compassionate, and accessible approach for helping.

These groups offer a space to share the difficult and often painful experiences that come with caring for a loved one, while also learning and practicing Invitation to Change (ITC) skills. Participants build tools for understanding substance use, communicating more effectively, and creating an environment that supports positive change.

ITC Free Support Groups meet weekly at The Spark of Hudson are led by trained peer facilitators who are required to complete a 27-hour training.

Sign up, drop in, or email jcooper@cmcffc.org.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hudson/free-support-group-invitation-to-change-approach/200029674475720
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 1

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029674475720?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=hudson-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Hudson
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 502 Union Street, Hudson, NY, United States, New York 12534
- **lat**: 42.24905
- **long**: -73.78711
- **full address**: 502 Union Street, Hudson, NY, United States, New York 12534

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Spark of Hudson (https://allevents.in/org/spark-of-hudson/21492614)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 502 Union Street, Hudson, NY, United States, New York 12534
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Spark of Hudson
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** nonprofit, workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Free Support Group: Invitation to Change Approach ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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