Live 2 Give Hope

Fostering Hope Closest - Fostering Hope Closet provides free resources to foster families including clothing, car seats, diapers, wipes, beds, hygiene items and other items as available as well as direct client assistance as needed. Fostering Hope Closet includes a Prom Closet with over 1000 formal dresses and suits. Fostering Hope Closet also offers advocacy for clients. 734 Clients served

Safe MO Kids is an educational program focused on the prevention of childhood sexual abuse through training groups in Circles of Safety: Awareness to Action from the national organization, Stop it Now!. Safe MO Kids also includes a 5-day annual retreat for adult female sexual assault victims through a partnership with H-E-A-R-T, Inc. (Hope Exists After Rape Trauma). All programs are offered free of charge. Total served 51

Paving the Way is a two-week summer program for older youth ages that provides much needed education, resources and life skills including driver's education, financial fundamentals, home management, culinary skills, and career readiness. Priority for the program is given to foster, kinship, guardianship & adoptive youth. The program is offered completely free of charge and saw 8 students graduate in 2022. Paving the Way also includes direct client assistance for transportation related expenses pertaining to employment through a grant from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks called Let's Get to Work! Live 2 Give Hope assisted 34 clients with vehicle repairs, tires, registration assistance, fuel, cab vouchers & other transportation related expenses through the Lets Get to Work! grant. Total served 42

Remaining smaller programs. Live 2 Give Hope has several small programs it runs throught the year.