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Caring For Families.
Improving Lives.
Leading Change.

Community of Hope’s mission is to improve health, end homelessness, and partner with communities to make Washington, DC more equitable.

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Our vision
starts with hope.

With hope, one can accomplish anything. Families who struggle with poverty and homelessness can achieve their goals. They can overcome challenges like having no safe place to sleep, poor health, and unemployment, and enjoy connected families with happy and healthy children.

In 2023, Community of Hope reached 1,521 families overcoming or threatened by homelessness and about 15,785 patients in over 82,243 visits.

And we will keep working until everyone in Washington, DC is healthy, housed and hopeful.

End Family Homelessness
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Eliminate Health Inequities
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OUR TEAM
Our Leadership

Our Leadership team has a combined over 75 years of experience leading at Community of Hope and our patient-majority Board of Directors have dozens of years experience as a part of the mission.

Kelly Sweeney McShane
President & CEO
Our Approach
TOGETHER, WE ARE COMMUNITY OF HOPE.

With a team of over 400 compassionate staff, hundreds of volunteers, and thousands of donors, we are building a strong and sustainable organization that is
caring for families, improving lives, and leading change.

Celebrate Strengths
We celebrate people's strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on people's lives.
Excellence and Integrity
We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do.
Welcome Everyone
We embrace diversity, welcome all voices, and treat everyone with respect and compassion.
Lead and Advocate
We lead and advocate for system change.
Our Strategic Plan

Through our community’s support and intentional planning, we achieve our goals. With our proven track record of completing five strategic plans since 2000, we hope to see our vision come true: Everyone in Washington, DC is healthy, housed, and hopeful.

Sustainable Growth

Building a thriving organization that ensures equity for all Washingtonians regardless of their neighborhood takes strong partnerships with a diverse community of supporters. Thank you.

Our History
Nurturing Hope
since1980

Community of Hope has worked tirelessly for four decades to impact the future for people in under-resourced communities and families experiencing homelessness in Washington, DC. Originally founded as a compassionate ministry of the Church of the Nazarene, Community of Hope was incorporated as an independently-run nonprofit organization in 1980. As the needs of our community grew, we have expanded our services across the city, with the same holistic, compassionate approach that inspired our beginnings.

Careers
Join us in our mission to improve health and end homelessness in Washington DC

Our work is impactful and can be challenging but we believe that being “In This Together” makes all the difference in the world. Find out more about our workplace culture and consider joining our team.