Star Of Hope Mission

The women & family development center (wfdc) at cornerstone community is a campus like facility with housing for over 500, providing emergency shelter and life-recovery services for single women and single-parent families at various stages of self-sufficiency, which began operation in august 2017. Services provided include a medical clinic, a state-licensed daycare and pre-school, a teen program focusing on education and healthy living patterns and transition to college, a computer learning center, work force development and education to help set and achieve employment goals and independent living and referrals and assistance to secure permanent housing. Particular attention is given to providing stability to homeless children, including enrolling them in public schools and providing volunteer tutors to help them regain lost ground. Throughout 2024, wfdc served 1,204 adults and 1,098 children, providing 158,181 nights of lodging and 257,921 meals. In addition, the workforce development team assisted 79 individuals in finding employment in 2024.

Star of hope's extended services program provides a wide array of services extending beyond our facilities. With programs to help formerly homeless families and individuals recover after a period of homelessness, an outreach effort to the unsheltered homeless on the street, and a variety of community outreach events and case management, star of hope serves an entire spectrum of homeless, near-homeless and formerly homeless through this outreach. There were 2,185 encounters with individuals living on the streets of houston which included distributing 5,569 bottles of water and 1,011 hygiene kits/care packs.

Star of hope mission leases a building to the city of houston. The city operates a sobriety center from that facility and pays monthly rent as well as reimbursement to soh for certain operating expenses as detailed in the lease agreement.