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House of Hope programs

Martin County residents have access to HOH services at each of our four locations (Stuart, Hobe Sound, Indiantown and Jensen Beach):

  • Food Pantry

  • Clothes Closet

  • Emergency Financial Assistance

  • Case Management

Food Pantry Program

The House of Hope's Food Pantries are the leading source of food for the hungry in Martin County.  With answers to a few simple questions, people can receive a supply of nutritionally balance groceries. For example, a family of four will usually be given about 25 pounds of staples -- enough to sustain them for a few days.

As more people struggle with their monthly bills, they are increasingly turning to food banks to help stretch their dollars. About one-third to one-half of the food provided by House of Hope feeds hungry children in Martin County. Senior citizens on low fixed incomes also represent a large portion of the clients regularly served by House of Hope food pantries.

Service statistics for 2008 & 2009

Clothes Closet Program

Families seeking help from House of Hope often lack the resources to buy sufficient clothing and other necessities. The Clothes Closet provides clothing, household necessities, furniture and appliances free or a significantly low cost to people who would otherwise do without.

The Clothes Closets at each HOH location double as income-producing resale stores. Your donations and purchases help House of Hope provide services to people struggling through hard times.

Service statistics for 2008 & 2009

Emergency Financial Assistance Program

The Emergency Financial Assistance Program offers temporary financial assistance. It is designed to pay critical bills when families and individuals are struggling for stability at times of crisis.

The EFA program most often helps with housing payments and utility bills, and it targets Martin County residents who work hard but suddenly find themselves unable to make ends meet.  Typically, EFA clients are low-wage workers, low fixed-income seniors, single parents, and people facing a sudden life crisis (divorce, abandonment, abuse, death in the family, major medical issue, etc.). 

In today’s disastrous economic climate, many clients are newly unemployed middle-class wage earners who have exhausted their personal resources. They are suddenly desperate and unfamiliar with services and benefits that may be available to them. House of Hope can help them with short-term assistance as well as long-term guidance and counseling through its case management program.

Service statistics for 2008 & 2009

Read more about clients helped in the EFA program >>

Case Management Program

For more than 25 years, House of Hope focused on providing short-term aid to help people get through a period of crisis. In 2008, the agency’s leadership decided to create a longer-term solution by implementing a case management program to guide people toward economic stability and self-reliance.

In this program, case workers provide life-changing counseling services. They mentor clients to help them with planning, budgeting and accessing the resources and training they need to succeed and bring stability to their lives.

The program received a boost in autumn 2009, when House of Hope was awarded a grant to expand case management services in Martin County. The one-year, $146,855 grant is funded through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA, or federal stimulus package) and is the largest grant HOH has ever received.

The grant is designed to address the needs of low-income people — especially as it relates to their ability to obtain, maintain and/or increase their employment.

It provided for the hiring of two case workers and for financial assistance related to clients' housing, child care, transportation or certain medical expenses. 

The longer-term help, however, comes from the guidance that case managers provide. Case workers help clients make a plan for bringing greater stability to their lives -- and the lives of their family members.  Such planning involves helping clients access training and educational opportunities, referring them to other support services in the community, and helping them improve life skills such as managing their household finances.

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People needing assistance should visit or contact the location nearest them.

Stuart
Hobe Sound
Indiantown
Jensen Beach

People helped
through Emergency
Financial Assistance

Thank you notes
from donors & clients

Poverty statistics
in Martin County

Service statistics
for House of Hope

 
             
 

House of Hope + 2484 SE Bonita Street, Stuart, FL  34997-5004
772-286-HOPE (4673) + Fax: 772-286-7696 + www.hohmartin.org