The purpose of the H.O.P.E. program is to provide a support system for young people who have found themselves incarcerated and/or on probation for various reasons.  The goal of this program is to weekly provide a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere for teens to share, grow spiritually and have a connection with people who genuinely care about what is happening in their lives.  Many young people who have made wrong choices feel as if they no longer "fit" with anyone.  H.O.P.E. offers positive solutions to difficult situations.  This program is based on the belief that God loves and forgives, and a personal relationship with God is the only thing that brings true personal contentment and fulfillment. 

 Each day in the United States:

2,795 Teenagers get pregnant

1,106 Teenagers have abortions

372 Teenagers miscarry

1,295 Teenagers give birth

 27 Children die from poverty

 3 Children die from guns

 30 Children are wounded from guns

 6 Teenagers commit suicide

 135,000 Children bring guns to school

 (A child is safer in Northern Ireland

 than on the streets of America)

 7,742 Teenagers become sexually active

 623 Teenagers get syphilis or gonorrhea

 211 Children are arrested for

 drug offenses

 437 Children are arrested for drinking

 and drunken driving

 1,512 Teenagers drop out of school

 1,849 Children are abused and neglected

 3,288 Children run away from home

 1,629 Children are born to

 unmarried women

 2,989 See their parents divorced

 100,000 Children are homeless

-JOHNS HOPKINS MAGAZINE-