WASHINGTON, DC — The ANCOR Foundation is pleased to announce the Hope House Foundation’s Community Support Program as the 2012 Community Builder Award recipient. The program offers person-directed, individualized supports that allow people with disabilities to live fully integrated in their communities.
Hope House provides housing and support to approximately 120 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in their own homes. Founded in 1964 by a group of parents seeking an alternative to placing their children in institutions, Hope House is one of the pioneers of community living for people with disabilities—an attitude that has continued throughout the life of the organization.
In the 1980s, the organization began transitioning the people it serves from group homes into their own homes. (It is the only organization in Virginia that supports adults with disabilities exclusively in their homes.) Today, Hope House’s Community Support Program provides individualized support and financial assistance to help people with disabilities create meaningful connections and relationships in their communities.
“Hope House embodies the conviction that people with disabilities want and deserve the same things in life that everyone else does. They want to express their unique abilities and talents, they want strong supportive relationships with friends and family and they want to be an integral part of their communities,” says Bill Tapp, ANCOR Foundation President. “We’re very pleased to honor them with this award and hope it will be an inspiration for others to do the same.”
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The Community Builder Award was created by the ANCOR Foundation in 2004 to honor those individuals, communities or organizations that have had the courage to make inclusivity their mission. Recipients of the Community Builder Award represent initiatives that are rooted in evidence-based practices and have stood the test of time. Learn more about the Community Builder Award here.
About the ANCOR Foundation
The ANCOR Foundation is a 501(c) (3) organization created with the mission to build the commitment and capacity of community disability service providers and communities to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. The Foundation supports a variety of leadership development and training efforts and honors individual leadership in the industry with its Legacy Leaders Circle awards. It also recognizes individuals, organizations and communities that promote choices and inclusion for people with disabilities through the annual Community Builder Awards.
More information about the ANCOR Foundation here.
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