The name and overall mission for Helping Other People's Enrichment, Inc. ("HOPE") exemplifies our philosophy--that our staff seeks to enrich children and families by helping with a child's development within a family. Our emphasis is on finding and developing strengths.

Children who have been raised for a significant portion of their lives with:

• Inconsistent parenting
• Frequent shifts from one caregiver to another
• Physical abuse and being amidst domestic violence
• Sexual abuse
• Substance abuse issues within the home
• Parents with their own mental and physical health issues
  
  
  
  Need consistency, nurturing, and safety in their daily lives to modify the sometimes troubled behaviors reflected in earlier life patterns.
  
  The HOPE staff members have skills and training to help these young people learn more appropriate behaviors.
  
  The foster parents of HOPE are specifically trained to work with children within the home setting to bring out the potential of each child which may have been hidden by earlier life experiences. Foster parents come from diverse backgrounds and are geographically dispersed throughout Hampton-Newport News and surrounding areas.
  
  Together, work is done on a team basis in the least restrictive environment to develop the best possible conditions for remedial work and strength development. Children between the ages of 0-18 are served.
  
  We formulate our treatment plans with emphasis on safe care and provide only as much supervision as needed to accomplish our goals. Clients may rest assured that their legal rights are consistent with basic human dignity regardless of degree of need. Within the program parameters, young people will have an opportunity to succeed and grow in self-esteem.