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Q:
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Who
does the House of Hope serve?
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Homeless women with children |
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Q:
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Do you serve battered
women only? |
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A:
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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:
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How long has House of
Hope been serving the community? |
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Since 1995 |
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Q:
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How did House of Hope
start? |
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A:
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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 18-25 years. |
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Q:
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Where does the program
get its funding? |
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A:
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Grants, fundraisers and
donations |
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Q:
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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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Q:
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How many women and
children do you serve at one time? |
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A:
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Ten moms and twenty-five
children at full capacity. |
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Q:
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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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Q:
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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:
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What donations do you
take besides financial donations? |
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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. |
