Hope Center For Children

Positive parenting program: also called triple p, this parent education model is proven to help parents feel more confident in navigating their child's most challenging days. This program has an array of interventions designed to offer tip sheets or a one-hour seminar up to a more intensive 10-week intervention for highly motivated parents or caregivers struggling through a real behavioral problem with a child. The center provides many of these services directly, but also supports other organizations in spartanburg who implement the model. The program served 682 caregivers during fiscal year 2024; 604 caregivers during fiscal year 2023. For caregivers completing the intensive level 4 and dealing with challenging circumstances during fiscal year 2024, based on a pre and post-test, 76% had better knowledge of their children and 95% had an increased ability to handle difficult parenting situations and for caregivers completing the intensive level 4 and dealing with challenging circumstances during fiscal year 2024, based on a pre and post-test, 100% had better knowledge of their children and 94% had an increased ability to handle difficult parenting situations.

Family resource connection and preservation services (frcps): this program provides a risk assessment and in-home case-management services to lower risks of child abuse/neglect. Families are referred by the sc department of social services when a report is made to them which points to support needs but which does not contain information which would meet the legal definition of maltreatment. The program served 76 parents during fiscal year 2024, helping them to overcome social isolation, meeting their child's basic needs, inappropriate supervision, etc. The program is voluntary, serving only the parents who accept services. Last year, 100% of families completing services showed a decrease in their risk factors upon closure. The center served 963 children and 1,820 individuals during the fiscal year 2024. They served 4,206 children and 5,883 individuals (children plus parents) during fiscal year 2023.

Transitional living program: this program serves runaway or homeless youth between 16 and 22 years old, making sure that in 18 months of service, they save money for their next permanent residence, get a job and gain the skills to be self-sufficient. Many youths served were formerly in foster care. The program served 9 youth during the fiscal year 2024. The program served 15 youth and had a waiting list of zero youth during fiscal year 2023. During fiscal year 2024, 100% of those served showed improvement in knowing how to keep themselves safe, and 100% believed they had safe housing at discharge.

Clinical support services: the clinical arm serves both residents in hope center's care as well as children, family, and adults in the community. All residents benefit from the assessment functions of this arm and residents not connected to a therapist at intake benefit from therapy as needed. In 2023 the residential arm of clinical support services served 50 youth while the community arm served 30 clients. In the 2024 fiscal year, the residential arm served 26 youth while the community arm served 10 clients. The community arm is growing and will see a significant increase in clients served in 2025.