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Who does the
House of Hope serve?
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Homeless women with children |
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Q: |
Do you serve battered women only? |
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No. We serve any woman with children who feels that she
is ready to make the changes necessary to build a firm
foundation for herself and her child/children. |
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Q: |
How long has House of Hope been
serving the community? |
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Ten years this December |
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Q: |
How did House of Hope start? |
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A group of people from several churches and businesses
began meeting at Nazareth Lutheran to address the problem
of homelessness in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area. Reverend
Homer Larson originated the idea. |
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What ages of women do you serve? |
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Our program is designed to serve young women, but we
serve all age women who have young children. Our average
age of women served is 18-22 years. |
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Where does the program get its funding? |
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Grants, fundraisers and donations |
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What kind of services do you offer the women? |
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Assistance with employment and/or educational concerns
or goals. Budgeting, in-house food pantry, case management,
in-house women’s groups, community referrals, clothing
and household items, parenting, personal issues, etc. |
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How many women and children do you serve at one time? |
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Ten moms and twenty-five children at full capacity. |
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Do you have a waiting list? |
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Always! It averages between 30-65 families at any one
time. |
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Do you need volunteers? |
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Yes! We need mentors, babysitters, painters, office workers,
etc. We always need helpers! |
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Q: |
What donations do you take besides financial donations? |
A: |
Anything for women and children. Clothing, toys, items
for starting up a household, furniture, bedding, towels,
pots and pans, silverware, food items, paper products,
laundry soap, etc. |
