Hope Children's Home Transitional House Near Cape Girardeau, MO
ADDRESS: 709 E. Main St., Jackson, MO 63755
PHONE: (573) 200-8233
HOURS: By appointment only
Our Hope Children’s Home, in Jackson, MO, is a transitional house where children can be brought when they are taken into protective custody and awaiting an appropriate foster placement. The children receive nurturing care, meals, clothing, a warm bed, and medical, dental, and psychological support.
CONTACTPROGRAMS OFFERED AT THIS LOCATION
Nurturing Care
Meals
Clothing
Warm Bed
Medical Support
Dental Support
Psychological Support
Emergency Placement Services
KinConnect
Respite
Comprehensive Emergency Family Care Services
Children entering foster care in emergency circumstances have often experienced significant abuse, neglect, and separation from their friends and family. Research shows that children placed with their extended family have better long-term outcomes. A statewide shortage of foster homes has led to overcrowding and difficulty finding suitable placement for children. The inability to match children with families providing stability significantly increases the trauma children entering foster care experience.
Comprehensive Emergency Family Care is an intensive, short-term intervention that aims to reduce the amount of trauma children experience when entering emergency foster care by providing immediate placement at Hope Children’s Home. The program also includes comprehensive assessments, coordination of services, and youth engaged family finding through the KinConnect program.
Year One Outcomes
- 33 children were provided family foster care at Hope Children’s Home
- 22 children were placed with their siblings upon entering family foster care at Hope Children’s Home. 100% of those siblings remained together at their most recent update
- 27 children received Comprehensive Emergency Family Care while at Hope Children’s Home and youth-engaged family finding with a KinConnect Specialist
- 92% of children transitioned from placement at Hope Children’s Home into the home of relative/kin. 96% of those children remained in placement with family at their most recent update
- 100% of children served increased their family connections. A total of 1070 relatives/kin connections were located by the KinConnect Specialist
- 92% of children stayed in their school of origin providing educational stability while in emergency foster care
- The average number of days before exiting emergency foster care at Hope Children’s Home was 33 Days