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doc • Summer 2014
Kentucky
The Hope Center’s
Promise:
We Help. We Heal. We Give Hope.
By Martha Evans
Sparks, Staff Writer
The Hope Center’s mission
statement says it all: “To
care for homeless and at-risk
persons by providing lifesustaining and life-rebuilding services that
are comprehensive and address underlying
causes.”
Who are the homeless? Brooke Raby, Hope
Center Development Manager, says that as
many as 85 to 90 percent of the homeless
are dealing with one or both of two issues:
addiction and mental illness. The Hope
Center has programs to deal with each of
these as well as a Dual Diagnosis Program
designed to help those dealing with