Project Hope works in partnership with families so they can move up and out of poverty.

We do this by:

being a catalyst for change in the lives of families and in the systems that keep them poor;
developing and providing family support solutions for homelessness and poverty;
advocating for just public policies which strengthen families.

We do this in collaboration with a multitude of organizations which support these goals

Description:
Project Hope is a multi-service agency at the forefront of efforts in Boston to move families beyond homelessness and poverty. It provides low-income women with children with access to education, jobs, housing, and emergency services; fosters their personal transformation; and works for broader systems change.

Twenty-five years ago, when the Little Sisters of the Assumption opened their convent doors to homeless women with children, Project Hope was launched. It became one of the first family shelters in the state and its own nonprofit organization.



Today, under the direction of Sr. Margaret Leonard, Project Hope is a leader not only in efforts to end family homelessness, but to prevent it in the first place with a mission of partnering with families to move up and out of poverty. The multi-service agency provides low-income women with children access to education, jobs, housing and emergency services; fosters their personal transformation; and works for broader systems change. Project Hope's recently completed headquarters on Dudley Street is the new center for adult education, workforce development and housing services for the community. In addition to its new site, its original Magnolia Street facility, just a few blocks away, remains home to the family shelter, child care center and food pantry.

History:
Project Hope has been working with families in the N.Dorchester/Roxbury area of Boston since 1947. From 1947-1980, the focus was on home health care. In the 1980s, as homelessness became a critical issue in the community, Project Hope became an emergency shelter for mothers and their children. During the 1990s and throughout the present day, Project Hope's emphasis has been on preventing and ending homelessness through the programs we offer to the community.

Contact person: Robyn Eastwood, Development Associate, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (617) 238-0473

Address:

550 Dudley Street Roxbury, MA 02119 (See a map)