Established in 1971, Second Chance is a nonprofit, community-based counseling and recovery center that serves individuals throughout Alameda County, Calif., It provides psychological solutions for problems related to family, homelessness, marital difficulties, suicide, codependency, finances, legal issues, divorce, separation, domestic violence, stress, child abuse, and alcohol and drugs addiction. The organization offers parenting training and individual and family counseling services. It also provides training for the development of self-esteem, anger management, self-discipline, coping and life skills for children between the ages of 13 and 18. Second Chance specializes in offering a recovery program for pregnant, postpartum and parenting women. Second Chance maintains one of its offices in Newark, Calif.