Hope House, Inc.

Hope House, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missouri, has been registered to receive federal awards since February 2006 and serves as a domestic shelter provider specializing in comprehensive services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. With 40 years of experience addressing domestic violence and homelessness, Hope House delivers victim-centered transitional housing and supportive services to vulnerable populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area and surrounding Missouri counties. The organization operates as a prime federal grantee focused exclusively on grant funding, with no federal contracts, and has established itself as a trusted partner for federal agencies dedicated to victim services and housing assistance.

Hope House, Inc. has received substantial federal grant funding from multiple agencies to support its core mission. Through the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, the organization has secured funding under several programs including the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants program (CFDA 16.736), which provided $500,000 and $550,000 awards to deliver transitional housing and supportive services for up to 24 months to survivors experiencing homelessness; the Legal Assistance for Victims program (CFDA 20121), which funded comprehensive direct legal services; and the Justice for Families program (CFDA 16.021), which supported supervised visitation, safe exchanges, court-based services, and civil legal assistance in partnership with the 16th Circuit Court and Independence Police Department. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) has provided multiple awards ranging from $572,944 to $684,267 to support permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and homelessness prevention activities. The Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime awarded $100,000 under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) specifically for the Companion Animal Project, which ensures domestic violence survivors can keep their pets while accessing shelter and services through partnerships with Midwest Animal Resq and Mattie Rhodes Center. Hope House additionally receives federal funding through sub-grants from the Missouri Department of Social Services (administering VOCA, TANF, FVPSA, and American Rescue Plan Act funding), the Missouri Department of Public Safety, the City of Independence, and the City of Lee's Summit, through which it provides crisis intervention, crisis hotline counseling, safety planning, emergency shelter, case management, victim advocacy, lethality assessments, legal advocacy, and meal services to domestic violence survivors and their families throughout Eastern Jackson County and the Kansas City region.