Tsai Jack, Gonzalez Katherine Dillard, Orsinger Ryan, Jefferies Kim
School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, San Antonio Campus, 7411 John Smith Drive, Suite 1100, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2025 Jul;61(5):827-833. doi: 10.1007/s10597-024-01419-8. Epub 2024 Dec 6.
Haven for Hope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been rarely described in the research literature but has become nationally known for its comprehensive homeless response system in San Antonio, Texas. Haven for Hope operates a 22-acre campus that includes a Transformational Campus and a Courtyard that serves over 9,000 clients annually, including chronically homeless individuals, veterans, children, and families. Haven for Hope offers a "one-stop" design that allows dozens of community partner organizations to provide housing, meals, healthcare, job training, education, childcare, and pet services on-site. To maintain community collaborations, Haven for Hope undertakes numerous operational activities on a regular basis and employs individuals with lived experience at all organizational levels. Lessons can be extracted from history and current operations of Haven for Hope. Further research at Haven for Hope is needed to understand what and how its various models and programs benefit individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
希望港湾是一个501(c)(3)非营利组织，在研究文献中很少被提及，但因其在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市全面的无家可归者应对系统而闻名全国。希望港湾运营着一个占地22英亩的校园，包括一个转型校园和一个庭院，每年为9000多名客户提供服务，其中包括长期无家可归者、退伍军人、儿童和家庭。希望港湾采用“一站式”设计，允许数十个社区合作伙伴组织在现场提供住房、餐饮、医疗保健、职业培训、教育、儿童保育和宠物服务。为了维持社区合作，希望港湾定期开展大量运营活动，并在各个组织层面雇佣有实际生活经验的人员。可以从希望港湾的历史和当前运营中吸取经验教训。需要对希望港湾进行进一步研究，以了解其各种模式和项目对无家可归的个人和家庭有何益处以及如何有益。
