HOPEWELL INC

Programs

1. Comprehensive foster care program:hopewell is the largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive foster care in massachusetts. By recruiting, training, and supporting loving foster homes, we ensure the children and teens in our care receive the resources, supports, and opportunities they deserve. Intensive foster care services providing private placement in individual homes for 357 children and teens in hopewell foster homes in fy25. We recruit, train, and support loving foster homes and ensure the children and teens in our care receive the resources and supports they need. We work to ensure stability and a path to a permanent home, whether that's through reunification with their birth family, a kinship placement, adoption, or legal guardianship.

   $9,329,045 spent$9,082,210 earned by the program
   52% of program spending

2. Adult services shared living and in home supports programs:we work with adults with disabilities as they pursue independence, live with dignity, and engage as full members of their communities. Adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities share many of the same hopes and dreams as those who aren't - meaningful work, a comfortable and secure home, good friends, and a loving family. When provided with the right combination of supports, skills training, and education, all of these goals are within their reach.in our shared living program, we match each individual with a local caregiver who provides daily support and supervision in a safe, caring environment. For our in-home supports program, we provide support to adults who live on their own to promote their independence. We also provide parenting support for those with children.

   $2,762,281 spent$3,873,660 earned by the program
   15% of program spending

3. Counseling - family together program:families in crisis are often facing real-world stressors, such as poverty. But the right combination of supports, at the time they need it most, can help families stay intact so fewer children enter or stay in foster care. Our family together program provides intensive in-home supports to families involved with the department of children and families (dcf) who are working to maintain or regain custody of their children. This year, our family together program supported more than 1,000 children, teens, and family members across massachusetts.

   $2,704,096 spent$3,588,208 earned by the program
   15% of program spending

4. Residential services - my first place:we support young adults "aging out" of the foster care system as they launch into adulthood. Young people often face uncertainty as they enter adulthood - and this is especially true for those who are "aging out" of the foster care system. To help them reach their full potential at a pivotal time in their lives, our my first place program provides young adults aging out of foster care with shared, rent-free apartments. With a stable place to call home and individualized supports from our team, youth focus on their education and employment goals, build community, and establish foundations for long-term self-sufficiency.my first place is a nationally-recognized program that was first developed more than two decades ago by first place for youth, a california-based nonprofit. Hopewell currently works with young people aging out of foster care in the greater boston and greater springfield, massachusetts areas.

   $1,563,382 spent$1,602,042 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

5. Educational services policy, advocacy and data sharing & analysis:we drive systemic change across the child welfare field. We work to move the whole system forward by advocating for better policies and practices. To do this, we share data and analysis with decision-makers, build alignment with cross-sector leaders and community members across massachusetts and elevate the insights of youth and families with lived experience in foster care.

   $1,084,458 spent
   6% of program spending

6. Educational services - rise (education support):we advance educational opportunities for children experiencing foster care. Children experiencing foster care face some of the largest educational opportunity gaps of any group of students in massachusetts and these disparities can have lifelong effects.our newest program, rise (readiness inquiry scholarship education), is a first-of-its-kind approach that is specially-designed to meet the unique needs of students in grades k-3 who are experiencing foster care. Through a combination of personalized, one-on-one tutoring and caregiver support, rise provides children with the building blocks they need to become strong readers.

   $584,570 spent$128,373 earned by the program
   3% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,027,832.