Our Mission

As a Christian nonprofit agency and the largest provider of foster care and foster/adopt services for El Paso County, Hope & Home helps find safe and loving homes for the many children in our community who have been abused and neglected. We recruit, thoroughly train and intensely support foster families who take in these children and care for them for as long as they need it.

Our Vision

We work to build communities in which someday no child will lack an enduring source of family love, care and concern.

Our Values

Family focus: We believe that the single most important aspect in the life of a child is that child’s family. We believe that children deserve to be raised in families, not just in a house or a home. Children must feel embraced as part of a family to feel loved and respected and to grow up with a healthy sense of self-respect and confidence. Hope & Home is committed to creating permanence for children through strong, healthy families.

Strength based. Hope & Home subscribes to the simple belief that everybody has strengths, and that by building on those strengths, tremendous potential can be realized. In releasing this potential we can increase our capacity to form positive relationships and self-sustaining lives. Hope & Home does not condone punitive, aversive approaches to the raising and disciplining of children. We are committed to a nurturing, strength-based approach in all of our relationships. This includes the relationship we have with our employees, our vendors, our customers and our clients.

Educational commitment. Hope & Home provides a wide range of unique educational opportunities focused on building strong family relationships.

Customer driven. Hope & Home is driven to provide the services and products required by our customers. Our two primary customers are the Department of Human Services, which refers children to us, and foster families, who partner with us to provide care for children.

Humble excellence. Hope & Home is committed to providing the highest-quality foster care available. This is manifested in every aspect of our behavior, beliefs and actions. We believe that the way we interact with others, our appearance, attitude, the quality of our written work, our presence in court and our casework are all a reflection our commitment to excellence. We do this without a need for personal recognition and give all glory for what we do to God.

Analytic and scientific. We commit to the best clinical practices, sound scientific processes, and data-driven, analytic decision-making.

The power of change. We believe that through Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible. Addictions can be overcome, abusive parents can learn to become good parents, lost and forgotten children can find hope.

Servant leadership. We believe in the power of leadership. We subscribe to the manner modeled to us by Christ as a servant leader. We strive to bring leadership to our community in a manner that is selfless and upholding of the community.