Shelter of Hope, Inc.

Our Purpose, Mission, Vision, and Values

A mission, a vision, and a purpose!

Shelter of Hope's purpose is to provide temporary emergency shelter and housing assistance for individuals and families in need of transitional services leading them to self-sufficiency. Shelter of Hope, Inc services and programs are free of discrimination because of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, disability, national origin, familial status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Shelter of Hope serves households within the FIVCO community (Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Elliott, and Lawrence County) in Kentucky. Preference is given to literally homeless households, families with children, homeless veterans with or without children, adults with disabilities, and domestic violence victims unable to enter into the local Victim Service Provider. Individual cases will be evaluated upon intake for shelter and housing program assistance.

Mission Statement: Helping Homeless Families

Vision: Shelter of Hope strives to rapidly rehouse homeless families and individuals within 30 days.

Values:

Shelter of Hope, Inc. Core Values:

Respect: We value, listen to, learn from, and appreciate each other, our clients, our board, our donors and our community.

Enthusiasm: We value enthusiasm and determination to make a difference in the lives of the people we serve daily.

Flexibility/Adaptability: We encourage flexibility and fully understand that life happens, we empower our participants, staff, and AmeriCorps service members to be flexible and adapt to their situations.

Organization: We structure our programs to assist our participants in maintaining a routine to decrease burnout and foster ongoing engagement in their socio-economic development.

Creativity: All staff, volunteers, and service members are encouraged to ensure the participants are assisted in the best way possible to meet their needs, using a housing first, trauma informed, and person-centered approach to services.

Empathy: We understand it is difficult to be homeless, we understand it takes time and energy and effort. Additionally, we understand that homelessness is a crisis, and the individuals and families are not alone.

Shelter of Hope, Inc. Ethical Values:

Beneficence: At Shelter of Hope we believe it is important that our services are person centered, trauma informed, and housing first at the benefit of the participants.

Veracity: We value honesty when communicating with our community members, stakeholders, partners, and program participants.

Justice: Shelter of Hope, Inc is a social service agency which believes in fairness for all (homeless or not).

Nonmaleficence: Shelter of Hope, Inc staff and AmeriCorps service members abide by the Hippocratic oath, " Above all else, do no harm". We strive to promote our participants' and community's well-being.

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