Hope Haven is a community based non-profit on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that funds and operates safe, nurturing foster care homes for abused and neglected children. We have been open for ten years, and in that time, have served over 3,000 local children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or severe neglect.

Hope Haven operated a licensed Emergency Shelter for ten years until Hurricane Katrina Struck in August 2005. In the aftermath of the storm, we were forced to change our care model and we now operate what we refer to as a "supported foster home". We provide a home, free of charge, to a licensed foster family who reside in it and care for abused and neglected children. Hope Haven pays for all expenses associated with the operation of this home, as well as a wage to the licensed foster family that resides there. We also pay for the food, clothing personal needs, recreation and unmet medical or dental needs for the children residing in the home, to supplement the funds the family receives from DHS. We are thrilled to announce that we are in the process of opening another home - which will provide another nurturing space for children.

The foster homes Hope Haven supports, care for children from birth to 17 years of age, of all races creeds, nationalities and abilities. If a child needs a safe refuge....it is our goal to provide one for them.

This area continues to struggle from the destructive effects of Hurricane Katrina, and our local donor base has not recovered. Please consider a donation that may help us to keep Katrina-affected children - who have also suffered abuse and neglect - safe.