Causes: Domestic Violence, Family Violence Shelters, Homeless & Housing
Mission: The mission of hope house is to break the cycle of domestic violence by providing safe refuge and supportive services that educate and empower those impacted by domestic violence. Hope house will advocate social change that protects and engenders a person's right to live a life free of abuse.
Programs: Established in 1983, hope house, inc. Provides safety, support, and hope for survivors of domestic violence and their dependents in the kansas city, missouri metropolitan area. Over time, hope house services have expanded along with its physical facilities as survivors identified and demonstrated the need for comprehensive, wrap-around care. In fy17, hope house services included a crisis hotline; emergency shelter; transitional housing; permanent housing; individual, group and family therapy; addictions counseling; children's services; supervised visitation and monitored custody exchanges; court, outreach, and hospital advocacy; and civil legal counsel. In fy2017, hope house provided shelter to 677 women, nine men, one adult with an unspecified gender, and 480 dependents. Survivors and their dependents benefited from a total of 37,760 bednights of safety. In addition, advocates provided support on 5,171 hotline calls. Through its outreach programming, hope house provided scattered site transitional housing to seven women and nine dependents and provided transitional housing follow-up services to five women. Hope house also assisted nine women and 17 dependents in the permanent housing program. Hope house provided outreach therapy services to 731 women, five men, and 167 children; outreach advocacy to 141 women, 11 men, one adult with an unspecified gender; and children's advocacy services for 421 children. Hope house's civil legal team opened 558 cases and 5,450 domestic violence cases were heard in the municipal courts in which hope house court advocates are present. Hope house advocates also provided assistance in 1,077 cases with female petitioners and 241 cases with male petitioners seeking full orders of protection. Furthermore, 139 women and six men were provided assistance with completing petitions for ex-parte orders of protection. Through hope house's partnership with local law enforcement, advocates revisited 49 female survivors and two male survivors in their homes and responded to 61 police call-outs to the scene of domestic violence incidents. Through the guardian program, a total of 67 families with 100 children participated in supervised visitation and/or monitored exchange services. Advocates responded to hospital call-outs with 82 women and one man through the bridgespan program. Additionally, hope house screened 1,988 survivors of intimate partner violence for lethality; 86% screened as being at high risk. Hope house personnel held 64 training events during fy2017 and reached 1,177 participants. Personnel also provided 13 educational presentations for 2,645 individuals. Three hundred and ninety-eight (398) individual volunteers and 59 volunteer groups contributed 9,735 hours of service to the agency. In august of 2017, hope house achieved national accreditation through the council on accreditation (coa). Coa accreditation ensures that hope house is providing the very best possible services to survivors and their dependents and is a mechanism that enables our agency to continually improve and evaluate the way we deliver services. Accreditation status highlights hope house's ability to ensure that the most vulnerable members in our community have access to high-quality services that have been independently evaluated by coa, a recognized leader in the field of human services. Founded in 1977, coa is an independent nonprofit organization that partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting appropriate best practice standards. Coa standards are formed through extensive literature reviews and a rigorous, multi-stage development and vetting process. Over 2,000 organizations--voluntary, public, and proprietary; local and statewide; large and small--have either successfully achieved, or are in the process of, accreditation. Achieving coa accreditation means our organization is among the best in the field. We are proud to be a part of this community of excellence.
Mission: The mission of hope house is to break the cycle of domestic violence by providing safe refuge and supportive services that educate and empower those impacted by domestic violence. Hope house will advocate social change that protects and engenders a person's right to live a life free of abuse.
Programs: Established in 1983, hope house, inc. Provides safety, support, and hope for survivors of domestic violence and their dependents in the kansas city, missouri metropolitan area. Over time, hope house services have expanded along with its physical facilities as survivors identified and demonstrated the need for comprehensive, wrap-around care. In fy17, hope house services included a crisis hotline; emergency shelter; transitional housing; permanent housing; individual, group and family therapy; addictions counseling; children's services; supervised visitation and monitored custody exchanges; court, outreach, and hospital advocacy; and civil legal counsel. In fy2017, hope house provided shelter to 677 women, nine men, one adult with an unspecified gender, and 480 dependents. Survivors and their dependents benefited from a total of 37,760 bednights of safety. In addition, advocates provided support on 5,171 hotline calls. Through its outreach programming, hope house provided scattered site transitional housing to seven women and nine dependents and provided transitional housing follow-up services to five women. Hope house also assisted nine women and 17 dependents in the permanent housing program. Hope house provided outreach therapy services to 731 women, five men, and 167 children; outreach advocacy to 141 women, 11 men, one adult with an unspecified gender; and children's advocacy services for 421 children. Hope house's civil legal team opened 558 cases and 5,450 domestic violence cases were heard in the municipal courts in which hope house court advocates are present. Hope house advocates also provided assistance in 1,077 cases with female petitioners and 241 cases with male petitioners seeking full orders of protection. Furthermore, 139 women and six men were provided assistance with completing petitions for ex-parte orders of protection. Through hope house's partnership with local law enforcement, advocates revisited 49 female survivors and two male survivors in their homes and responded to 61 police call-outs to the scene of domestic violence incidents. Through the guardian program, a total of 67 families with 100 children participated in supervised visitation and/or monitored exchange services. Advocates responded to hospital call-outs with 82 women and one man through the bridgespan program. Additionally, hope house screened 1,988 survivors of intimate partner violence for lethality; 86% screened as being at high risk. Hope house personnel held 64 training events during fy2017 and reached 1,177 participants. Personnel also provided 13 educational presentations for 2,645 individuals. Three hundred and ninety-eight (398) individual volunteers and 59 volunteer groups contributed 9,735 hours of service to the agency. In august of 2017, hope house achieved national accreditation through the council on accreditation (coa). Coa accreditation ensures that hope house is providing the very best possible services to survivors and their dependents and is a mechanism that enables our agency to continually improve and evaluate the way we deliver services. Accreditation status highlights hope house's ability to ensure that the most vulnerable members in our community have access to high-quality services that have been independently evaluated by coa, a recognized leader in the field of human services. Founded in 1977, coa is an independent nonprofit organization that partners with human service organizations worldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by developing, applying, and promoting appropriate best practice standards. Coa standards are formed through extensive literature reviews and a rigorous, multi-stage development and vetting process. Over 2,000 organizations--voluntary, public, and proprietary; local and statewide; large and small--have either successfully achieved, or are in the process of, accreditation. Achieving coa accreditation means our organization is among the best in the field. We are proud to be a part of this community of excellence.
Po Box 577, Lees Summit, MO 64063
816-461-4188
Domestic Violence
Lees Summit
