STAR OF HOPE MISSION
4848 LOOP CENTRAL SUITE 500, HOUSTON, TX 770812356 www.sohmission.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: STAR OF HOPE MISSION IS A CHRIST-CENTERED COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN. POSITIVE LIFE CHANGES ARE ENCOURAGED THROUGH STRUCTURED PROGRAMS WHICH FOCUS ON SPIRITUAL GROWTH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, LIFE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OUR SERVICES TO SINGLE MEN ARE CARRIED OUT AT OUR MEN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER, AND OUR SERVICES TO SINGLE WOMEN AND SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES ARE PERFORMED AT THE WOMEN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY, A 48-ACRE COLLABORATIVE CAMPUS. THIS CAMPUS, ANCHORED BY THE 600-BED WOMEN AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (WFDC), IS ALSO POPULATED BY OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, JOB READINESS TRAINING AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. THE MISSION WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WFDC CAMPUS IN FUTURE YEARS AS DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES MATERIALIZES.

SERVE HOMELESS POPULATION

THE STAR OF HOPE DORIS & CARLOSS MORRIS MEN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER (MDC) IS A 328 BED FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES 24/7 EMERGENCY SHELTER AND LIFE-RECOVERY PROGRAMS TO HOMELESS MEN AT VARIOUS STAGES OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY. MEN WHO OFTEN HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE ARE HELPED TO STABILIZE, OVERCOME DEPENDENCIES, FIND EMPLOYMENT AND MOVE TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL AND INDEPENDENT LIFE. THE SHELTER OPERATED AT OVER 100% CAPACITY ON AVERAGE DURING 2019. THROUGHOUT 2019, MDC SERVED 4,127 MEN, PROVIDING 123,315 NIGHTS OF LODGING AND 257,672 MEALS. IN ADDITION, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ASSISTED 140 MEN IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT IN 2019.

SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE WOMEN & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CORNERSTONE COMMUNITY (WFDC) INCLUDE A MEDICAL CLINIC, A STATE-LICENSED DAYCARE AND PRE-SCHOOL, A TEEN PROGRAM FOCUSING ON EDUCATION AND HEALTHY LIVING PATTERNS AND TRANSITION TO COLLEGE, A COMPUTER LEARNING CENTER, WORK FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION TO HELP SET AND ACHIEVE EMPLOYMENT GOALS AND INDEPENDENT LIVING AND REFERRALS AND ASSISTANCE TO SECURE PERMANENT HOUSING. PARTICULAR ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO PROVIDING STABILITY TO HOMELESS CHILDREN, INCLUDING ENROLLING THEM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING VOLUNTEER TUTORS TO HELP THEM REGAIN LOST GROUND. THROUGHOUT 2019, WFDC SERVED 1,347 ADULTS AND 990 CHILDREN, PROVIDING 159,838 NIGHTS OF LODGING AND 246,823 MEALS. IN ADDITION, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ASSISTED 267 INDIVIDUALS IN FINDING EMPLOYMENT IN 2019.

STAR OF HOPE'S EXTENDED SERVICES PROGRAM PROVIDES A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES EXTENDING BEYOND OUR FACILITIES. WITH PROGRAMS TO HELP FORMERLY HOMELESS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS RECOVER AFTER A PERIOD OF HOMELESSNESS, AN OUTREACH EFFORT TO THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESS ON THE STREET, AND A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS AND CASE MANAGEMENT, STAR OF HOPE SERVES AN ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF HOMELESS, NEAR-HOMELESS AND FORMERLY HOMELESS THROUGH THIS OUTREACH. THERE WERE 16,736 ENCOUNTERS WITH INDIVIDUALS LIVING ON THE STREETS OF HOUSTON WHICH INCLUDED DISTRIBUTING 11,925 BOTTLES OF WATER AND 39,036 HYGIENE KITS/CARE PACKS. OUR OUTREACH STAFF HELPED 79 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OBTAIN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

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