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Bellevue Family Success Center
Bellevue Family Success Center

Our family caring for yours – a one-stop shop for families and residents living in Washington DC.

Our Bellevue Family Success Center provides stability and hope by connecting families experiencing hardships to community and government resources. Sign up to work with one of our Family Success Specialists today. 
About the Center

The Center, located at Community of Hope’s Conway Health and Resource Center, is one of eleven family success centers located in neighborhoods throughout Wards 5, 7, and 8 and operated by trusted community organizations. 

Monday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
SaturdayCLOSED
SundayCLOSED
Getting Started.

The caring staff at the Bellevue Family Success Center stand ready to serve anyone from across the District who comes through our doors, with a special focus on our Bellevue neighbors. 

Join Our Programs

The Bellevue Family Success Center offers intentional programming to connect community members to vital resources, empowering them to overcome challenges and achieve lasting success.

Get one-on-one support with creating strong applications for jobs, ERAP, educational support, and more. We help you put your best foot forward!

A two-part program where families and individuals can come to begin their self-paced employment & housing search journey.

A parent led group focused on sharing knowledge on parenting and child development, increase parental resilience, and create supportive environments for parents.

Upcoming Events

Support & Assistance

The Protective Factors
Framework

No one can eliminate stress from parenting, but a parent’s capacity for resilience can affect how a parent deals with stress. Resilience is the ability to manage and bounce back from all types of challenges that emerge in every family’s life. It means finding ways to 

Friends, family members, neighbors and community members provide emotional support, help solve problems, offer parenting advice and give concrete assistance to parents. Networks of support are essential to parents and also offer opportunities for people to “give back”, an important part of self- esteem as well as a benefit for the community. Isolated families may need extra help in reaching out to build positive relationships.

Meeting basic economic needs like food, shelter, clothing and health care is essential for families to thrive. Likewise, when families encounter a crisis such as domestic violence, mental illness or substance abuse, adequate services and supports need to be in place to provide stability, treatment and help for family members to get through the crisis. 

Accurate information about child development and appropriate expectations for children’s behavior at every age help parents see their children and youth in a positive light and promote their healthy development. Information can come from many sources, including family members as well as parent education classes and surfing the internet. Studies show information is most effective when it comes at the precise time parents need it to understand their own children. Parents who experienced harsh discipline or other negative childhood experiences may need extra help to change the parenting patterns they learned as children.

A child or youth’s ability to interact positively with others, self-regulate their behavior and effec-
tively communicate their feelings has a positive impact on their relationships with their family, other adults, and peers. Challenging behaviors or delayed development create extra stress for families, so early identification and assistance for both parents and children can head off negative results and keep development on track.

Stories of Hope.

Learn more about stories of healing, hope and transformation from our Community of Hope voices, clients and partners

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LaDonnae Wells, a mother of two, had been searching for stable housing while navigating motherhood. Now, as her youngest child celebrates their first birthday, LaDonnae is expressing deep gratitude to her perinatal care coordinator, who supported her throughout her pregnancy ensuring she had the resources, care, and guidance she needed while also experiencing homelessness. 

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Black history at Community of Hope isn’t something visited once a year. It’s embedded in how we serve, how we grow, and how we invest in our people. It lives in the stories of staff whose work and leadership have shaped the organization over time. One of those stories belongs to Candice Jones – our longest-serving Black staff member.  

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At 65 years old, Tony makes healthy choices with confidence. He talks about food labels like a researcher. He monitors his glucose like a scientist. He jokes about giving up pepper steak like it’s a strategic decision —not a sacrifice. But there was a time when none of that felt clear to Tony.

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After helping raise 15 nieces and nephews, Aaliyah, a first-time mother thought, “Yeah, I got this.” But when her son, Jalen, was born just 8 months ago, she quickly realized that parenting your own child brings a different kind of responsibility and a new set of challenges! 

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When you think of birthday parties, you think balloons, games, and fun — and that’s exactly what members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.®, Alpha Beta Upsilon Omega Chapter, brought to families in Fam-Club throughout last year, hosting four  birthday parties, and Five nights at Fam-Club! 

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Just days after giving birth for the first time, new mom and Community of Hope patient, Shayla, gushes about her new arrival: “Everyone says you don’t know love until you meet your child—and it’s very true.” 

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This January, we’re celebrating a major milestone at Community of Hope: 25 years of Kelly Sweeney McShane’s leadership as President and CEO. 

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What began as a celebratory trip quickly became a fight for survival. Ebony planned a weeklong vacation that turned into her being stranded for two months when Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas during her stay in 2019. “I was planning to celebrate a major milestone, but had no clue that a storm was coming,” says Ebony. Once the storm hit, planes were grounded and her savings for the trip quickly dwindled, leaving her stranded physically and financially.  

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When the world shut down during COVID, she found herself facing storms she never saw coming. A devoted wife of 30 years, mother of five, and “Yaya” to three grandchildren, she had always been the one holding everyone together. But when her own health and peace of mind began to unravel, she realized it was finally time to take care of herself.

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Three years ago, Community of Hope opened our first in-house pharmacy — making it easier for patients to get the medications they need without additional barriers. Since then, the pharmacy has become a trusted part of care, offering convenience, savings, and a team that treats every patient with individualized support.