During a stay at Hope House, each woman and child is given safe shelter, staff and peer support, and a family focused environment. Each woman receives assistance in finding employment and/or establishing her children in school or childcare and is guided through the processes of securing permanent housing and transportation. Hope House staff members serve as advocates to ensure every family receives social services and benefits essential to their new start to happy and healthy lives. Hope House provides dependable transportation to school, work, interviews, and appointments vital to establishing a new way of life.
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Hope House of McAlester Inc.
Hope House is a faith based homelessness recovery shelter for women and their children.
Baby Warrior will be here today!! We are so excited 😆 to have a newborn here at Hope House. Thank you to everyone who donated diapers, bottles, and clothes. This baby is already deeply loved and taken care of.
So many good things going on at Hope House!![]()
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We have 1 little and 2 babies. That means we need diapers and wipes. So we would like to do a diaper and baby wipe drive. ![]()
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Diapers 0-6 can be dropped off at shelter any time. 1210 E. Cherokee Ave. If you have no time for that Walmart will deliver!! 😆![]()
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We also have a young boy whose birthday is January 22, next Tuesday. If we could get a dinosaur 🦕 cake and dinosaur gifts that would be fantastic! ♥️
At Hope House of McAlester, every rule we create serves a purpose: to provide safety, stability, and hope for the women and children who come through our doors.![]()
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Rules ensure fairness, promote healing, and help rebuild trust in a world that often feels uncertain. They create the structure that allows our residents to feel secure as they take brave steps toward independence.![]()
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When we respect and follow these guidelines together, we foster an environment where everyone can thrive. Thank you for supporting our mission and helping us create a space where lives are transformed!![]()
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🌟 New Beginnings, Bright Futures 🌟![]()
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Right now, our shelter is a safe haven for 10 single women and 7 resilient families, including precious children who are full of hope for a brighter tomorrow.![]()
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Each day, these incredible women and families work hard to rebuild their lives, and with your support, they’re taking steps toward stability, independence, and joy.![]()
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💛 You can be part of their journey. Whether it’s donating, volunteering, or sharing our mission, your impact matters.![]()
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Let’s make this week one of hope and opportunity!![]()
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📣 Visit hopehousemcalester.us to learn how you can help.![]()
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Our Mission
Hope House of McAlester is a private, faith-based supportive shelter program that assists women and their children in breaking the cycle of homelessness. In addition to providing safe shelter, Hope House also provides a sense of stability, recovery support, job search assistance, transportation assistance, life-skills training, specialized classes, family reunification, and many more resources that empower women and their children for long-term, life-changing success!
Rescuing women from homelessness
According to a nationwide survey, more than 216,000 women are homeless on any given night in the United States.
85% of homeless families are headed by single women with children under 18. These women are often solely responsible for supporting the family financially as well as caring for the children. Without adequate access to transportation, affordable childcare, and a proper support system, the barriers a woman faces in maintaining employment and establishing a stable home become insurmountable and can lead to an endless cycle of homelessness. For children in these families, homelessness and the associated disruptions can have profound impacts on their life trajectories.
Studies indicate that children who do not have a consistent place to call home:
- Are sick at twice the rate of other children
- Go hungry twice as often as sheltered children
- Experience twice the rate of learning disabilities and are twice as likely to repeat a grade
- Have three times the rate of emotional and behavioral problems of non-homeless children
- Are substantially more likely to be separated or removed from their custodial parents, which is a predictor of future homelessness in adults
Building Hope
The programs at Hope House are designed to assist women and their children in healing and reclaiming their lives, building a foundation for a safe, secure, and better way of life, and truly breaking the cycle of homelessness. Because we believe in a long-term approach to ending homelessness, the length of stay of our residents is very individualized. The average stay for a resident at Hope House is 4 – 6 months.
Growing stability
Hope House recently partnered with two other local organizations, Shared Blessings and Rebuilding Together Kiamichi Country, to establish transitional housing opportunities for some of the women who successfully complete the Hope House program and are able to pay a reduced rent. In November of 2019, the first transitional housing residents moved into a rental home of their own. They will continue to pay a reduced rent for 12-18 months, enabling them to save for a more permanent future and end the cycle of homelessness for themselves and their children.
Hope House of McAlester is committed to ending child and family homelessness in our community, one family at a time!