Participant Stories

Before HopeWorks, I wasn’t doing so well. I was struggling with homelessness and addiction, and after a short stint in jail, I moved into the Snohomish County Diversion Center, a short-term placement for people experiencing homelessness with substance use disorder. That’s where I first crossed paths with HopeWorks. After a month of jail food, I learned that breakfast and lunch at the diversion center also came from the jail. So, when meals from Kindred Kitchen started arrivi

Deanna heard about the HopeWorks Training Program from another trainee who completed the program. She talked to Tina, the Manager at...

What has changed for you since moving into stable housing? Since moving into stable housing, I have been able to make significant changes...

What has changed for you since moving into stable housing? My home is so much more than the obvious — a roof over my head providing...

What has changed for you since moving into stable housing? Moving into Housing Hope at Twin Lakes Landing has been a blessing. I was...

This year at Stone Soup we wanted to celebrate the many things that make our neighborhoods unique, and at the heart of these...

Meet Genevieve. She has been a resident at the Monroe Family Village for eleven years since the housing community opened in 2013. She...

Jeremy and Lauren have worked hard to get where they are today: in recovery, united with their children, housed, employed, and full of...

Last year, at about this time, Angela wrote us a holiday card to let us know how she was doing and to thank us for the support and...