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Hope Center presentation: county officials review permanent supportive housing units, partnerships and funding
Summary
New Castle County staff presented Hope Center operations, partners and funding streams, noting eight county PSH units supported by HUD funding and a $122,118 HUD allocation for containment-of-care; the committee heard praise from a founding board member and asked questions on property management and pet policies.
Nicole Waters, Managing Director for Community Services, told the New Castle County Community Service Committee on Jan. 27 that the Hope Center provides emergency shelter, the state's first medical respite, veteran services and permanent supportive housing (PSH) units and partners with multiple agencies to place people into housing.
Waters reported the Hope Center had served 2,158 households and 6,910 persons to date, with 46% of those persons children, and cited a household positive-departure figure of 796 and an overall placement success rate of about 37% (compared with a 2024 HUD national average of roughly 33.8%). She told the committee the county has eight…
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