OUR MISSION

"The mission of The Hope House Foundation is to nurture the well-being, independence, and faith of women and their children in the Lake Norman area by providing shelter, services and support.”

SERVICES

Support and Skill Offerings
In order for a woman to improve her employment status and find permanent housing, she and her children enter Hope under a professional social worker’s supervision and guidance. The house can accommodate up to 12 adults at one time for up to six months. Within a safe living environment, goals of Hope House residents can be pursued and include personal responsibility for taking care of the house, encouraging independent self-sufficiency through employment and educational objectives and working toward stable permanent housing. 
Life skills training and support services offered by community resources, case managers as well as Hope House staff and volunteers include:

• Employment
  • AT & T Learning Center with computer availability, internet use, free e-mail accounts,   computer skills training and resume writing
  • Career assessment and counseling with job search skills
  
  
• Healthcare Community Resources
  • Medical and dental treatment
  • Nutrition and wellness education
  
  
• Personal Aid and Skills
  • Legal services and referrals
  • Money management
  • Parenting classes
  • Self-esteem building
  • Stress management

ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS

Hope House provides a comfortable home environment and support services for single unaccompanied women or women with children (boys up to 8 years of age only) who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. With 12 beds in a pleasant congregate living environment, Hope House encourages transformative life choices and helps women from various backgrounds, experiences, age groups and from all walks of life who have no other network of support for success.

Each woman is reviewed for admission on a case-by-case basis and with a professional case manager’s assessment and several interview sessions from Hope House staff. Initial meetings are not scheduled at Hope House, but are saved for a second interview invitation only. Women accepted into our program must be drug-free, responsible for themselves and their children, capable of self-sustainability within six months and have a willingness to be employed (as well as adhere to all Hope House rules and regulations) and not be engaged, nor engage, in any illegal or criminal activity, including matters relating to immigration status.

Hope House is monitored 24/7 by trained community volunteer women who are supervised by a paid staff program director. Each resident has a case manager assigned to track her goals and objectives weekly. Our residents have the capability of empowering themselves toward independence and consequently are not defined as “the chronically homeless.”

Security and safety are foremost in our thoughts for our residents, volunteers and staff. We are not a battered women’s shelter, and therefore, we are careful not to admit a current victim of domestic violence into our program. In addition, an individual who has had a recent substance abuse problem and are active users, suffer from mental illness or whose behavior is illegal or dangerous to herself and others is ineligible for admission. Hope House does not admit illegal immigrants, nor do we serve women who have inappropriate criminal backgrounds. Residents must undergo a background check and may be asked to have sporadic drug tests during the stay.

Each resident is admitted into Hope House through a referral from a professional case manager/social worker or an organization that knows the individual and her circumstances and believes that she will have a successful exit from Hope House within our time limitation. Referrals are encouraged by calling Hope House at 704-464-2037 and asking for Val Daye, the program director.