Hopelink

Hopelink's mission is to promote self-sufficiency for members of our community, helping people make lasting change. Hopelink serves homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Since 1971, Hopelink has helped homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Hopelink is the Eastside's largest nonprofit human-services agency. We are a community resource on issues of poverty, hunger and homelessness, working on a systemic level to end poverty and support the health of our community. We serve over 50,000 people each year. Children constitute 45% of Hopelink's emergency-service clients, most of them from working-poor families. Fifteen percent of our clients are elderly or disabled. Our five emergency-Service Centers are located in Bellevue, Kirkland/Northshore, Sno-Valley/Carnation, and Shoreline. Each center operates weekly foodbanks and is a point of access to all Hopelink programs and services. Other Hopelink facilities include our Emergency Family Shelter in Kenmore, Transitional Housing facilities in Bellevue, Duvall, and Redmond, and Adult Education Centers in Bellevue, Shoreline, Kirkland/Northshore, and Carnation. Hopelink services are funded by many diverse sources, including public and private foundations, the United Way of King County, government support, and individuals, organizations and corporations in out community. In addition to these crucial resources, Hopelink could not function without its more than 1,700 volunteers, who contribute over 60,000 hours of service each year.

Everyone has a unique combination of strengths and obstacles and Hopelink offers a range of services through a holistic model. Our services range from immediate and crisis-oriented (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term (literacy, family development) that help those in need build assets and thrive. We believe that all members of our community have strengths and assets, and can turn their lives around, changing cycles of poverty and hopelessness into cycles of success and self-sufficiency.