Hopeworks

TO PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE HOMELESS PEOPLE COULD COME AND GAIN PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS AND PROVIDE FOR MANY OTHER BASIC NEEDS, SUCH AS MEALS, SHOWERS, CLOTHING AND HEALTH CARE. ALSO, TO PROVIDE VARIOUS SERVICES TO HOMELESS PEOPLE SUCH AS COUNSELING AND HOUSING ALTERNATIVES.

HOPEWORKS IS A 501 (C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. FOUNDED IN 1985 BY A GROUP OF CONCERNED LEADERS, HOPEWORKS HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING (OR AT RISK OF) HOMELESSNESS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. EVERY YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 11,000 INDIVIDUALS SEEK SERVICES FROM HOPEWORKS. OUR MISSION IS TO ASSIST PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR NEAR HOMELESSNESS BY PROVIDING RESOURCES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND HOPE. WE AIM TO END HOMELESSNESS, ONE PERSON, ONE FAMILY AT A TIME. NO ONE IS TURNED AWAY. WE TREAT EVERYONE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE OFFER THEM HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. BUT, HOPEWORKS IS MORE THAN A HOMELESS SHELTER. OUR DAY SHELTER IS NOT ONLY WHERE MEALS ARE SERVED, BUT ALSO HAS: - A MAIL ROOM. - A PLACE TO SHOWER. - ACCESS TO HEALTH AND HYGIENE ITEMS LIKE RAZORS, DEODORANT, SUNSCREEN, UNDERGARMENTS, AND FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. - SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM STORAGE. - ACCESS TO TELEPHONE AND INTERNET. - A CLOTHING ROOM. WE ALSO OFFER: - BEHAVIOR AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP THERAPY. HOPEWORKS AS A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, WHICH MEANS WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR HOUSING SITUATION. -HOUSING. THROUGH OUR MYRIAD OF HOUSING PROGRAMS, WE HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXIT HOMELESSNESS ADN REMAINED HOUSED. DURING OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR: DAY SHELTER 5,489 UNDUPLICATED MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE WELCOMED INTO THE HOPEWORKS DAY SHELTER, A PLACE TO GATHER AND RECEIVE FOOD, SHOWERS, CLOTHING, AND ENTRY INTO OUR EXTENSIVE SUPPORT NETWORKS. HOPEWORKS STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SERVED 80,757 HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS.OUTREACH OUR DEDICATED OUTREACH TEAM ENCOUNTERED OVER 1,000 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND LIVING ON THE STREETS IN ALBUQUERQUE. WE PROVIDED THEM WITH FOOD, CLOTHING, HEALTH ITEMS SUCH AS HAND SANITIZER, AND ACCESS TO SUPPORT SERVICES.HOUSING OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT PROVIDED HOUSING SUPPORT TO A TOTAL OF 894 PEOPLE. HOPE FOUND SUCCESSFULLY GRADUATED 24 FAMILIES, AN 85% SUCCESS RATE. BEHAVIORAL/MENTAL HEALTH OVER 977 CLIENTS UTILIZED OUR ARRAY OF INTENSIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. OUR THERAPY PROVIDED ALMOST 3,501 THERAPY SESSIONS.HOPEWORKS; COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE ARRAY IS ABLE TO HELP MOST AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH SEVERE AND PERSISTENT MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS, MILITARY VETERANS, THOSE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND THE MEDICALLY FRAGILE.