Journey of Hope, Inc.
Empowering Women, Girls, & LGBTQIIA+
Case Management Services, Mentoring, & Social Advocacy for Women, Girls, & LGBTQIIA+ In Salt Lake City & Across Utah.
HELLO,
We Are Journey of Hope, Inc.
We dedicate our lives to helping Women, Girls aging out of State Services, Affected Youth & LGBTQIIA+ flee Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, & Human Trafficking, and provide Case Management Services in Salt Lake City, as well as Social Advocacy & Mentoring for Vulnerable & Marginalized Communities across Utah.
Start Your Own Journey of hope + Healing.
Journey of Hope's Mission.
OUR WORK. OUR VISION. OUR MISSION.
Journey of Hope, Inc. Provides Trauma-Informed, Evidence Based, Gender-Responsive Models of Care, Providing Emergency Services and Direct Services which includes Case Management Services, Certified Peer Support Services, Social Advocacy, & Mentoring For Women, Girls, & LGBTQIIA+ Individuals Who Are Fleeing Current Violence & Harm; Specifically, Domestic Violence, Harm, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, & Human Trafficking, As Well As Those At-Risk For Future Harm or Violence. We Also Assist Individuals Who Are Stuck In The Vicious Cycles of Recidivism, Homelessness, & Generational Poverty. We Assist Our Clients With Basic Needs Like Food, Clothing, & Housing Resources. Providing Case Management Services, Certified Peer Support Services, Friendship, Nurturing, & Mentoring For Women & Girls, As Well As Affected Youth, Disrupts The Pipeline of Being At-Risk For Future Violence & Harm And Stops Cycles of Recidivism, Violence, Trauma, & Harm.
Our Mission Is To Break The Cycles of Trauma That Result From Harm, Violence, & Abuse, And Teach the General Public, As Well As Our Community Partners, About Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Based, Gender-Responsive Models of Care, And The Devastating Effects That Trauma Can Have On Our Minds, Bodies, & Lives. After Initially Fleeing Violence, Abuse, & Harm, We Assist Our Clients In Finding A Safe Place To Live, Which Allows Them To Start Working Through & Processing Their Own Trauma To Create New Neural Responses & Build Healthy Habits, As Well As A Solid and Stable Foundation For Themselves & Their Families.
Our Overall Goal Is To Achieve 100% Self-Sufficiency, Plus Processing & Healing The Significant and Complex Trauma That Coincides With Continued Harm & Violence. Interrupting The Cycles and Patterns of the Sexual Abuse (Trauma) To Prison Pipeline is What Our Community Health Workers Specialize In, Providing Trauma-Informed, Evidence-Based, Gender-Responsive Models of Care, While Offering Nurturing, Support, As Well As Friendship, Allowing Our Clients To Learn How To Build Trust With Other Women. We Also Provide Therapeutic Resources & Referrals, Food Security, Emergency Clothing Security, Employment Case Management Services, As Well As Mentoring Services At The Utah State Correctional Facility, To Both Women & Men (Expanding To The Men's Side of The Utah State Correctional Facility Beginning in 2024) in Partnership With The Utah Department of Corrections.
Trauma Is LITERALLY Inflammation of The Brain & Neural Pathways That Affect The Traumatized Person By Creating Dopamine Responses At Higher Levels & Rates Than Those NOT Affected By Trauma. The Dopamine Response Is What Causes PTSD And/OR Complex PTSD AKA The "Fight, Flight, Fawn, & Freeze" Responses To Triggers of Trauma, AKA "Flashbacks". Complex PTSD Is One Of The Most Difficult Disorders To Heal, BUT We Have Watched THOUSANDS of Women & Girls Heal From & Overcome Trauma Since Our Opening In 2014.
Our Work Within The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program Has Helped Reduce Recidivism Rates In The Utah State Prison From 2014 to 2020, Disrupting The Sexual Abuse & Trauma To Prison Pipelines, Until The Pandemic Forced Us To "Hit Pause" On The Program. BUT We Are Now Re-Starting The HOPE Prison Mentoring Program, & We Are Currently Training NEW Volunteer Mentors! Check Out Our VOLUNTEER SERVICES Page To Enroll To Become A Prison Mentor & Get Started On Training TODAY. Become A Part Of Our #MISSION.
Evidence-Based.
At Journey of Hope, Inc., Our Vision Is To Create A Community Where Evidence-Based, Trauma-Informed Approaches Are A Top Priority; Working Through & Processing Trauma is KEY to Healing The Wounds That Stem From Complex PTSD & Other Mental Health Disorders That Result From Abuse & Harm. We Assist Women & Girls With Case Management Services, To Access The Resources They Need To Have A Safe Place To Live, The Resources They Need To Address Trauma, & Achieve Optimal Healing & Wellbeing.
Trauma-Informed.
By Taking A Holistic Approach To Mental Health, Addressing Not Only The Symptoms of Mental Illness & Complex Trauma, But Also The Underlying Causes and Contributing Factors. The Nurturing and Validation We Provide For Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Harm, Abuse, Homelessness, Poverty, & Recidivism Is Unmatched With Our Evidence-Based, Trauma-Informed Healing Models. Our HER Empowerment Case Management Services Focus On Compassion, Empathy, & Healing.
We Need The Community More Than Ever Before.
Federal Assistance Programs Like SNAP Food Assistance + Medicaid Have Been Cut.
Journey of Hope, Inc. needs YOUR support more than ever so we can continue the deeply impactful work that we do!! Domestic Violence Shelters are closing. CHIP was just slashed by 8 Billion Dollars. Medicaid Cuts AKA The Utah Department of Health & Human Services Cuts are hurting the most vulnerable and marginalized in the Community, plus those at-risk for incarceration, substance abuse, and continued harm and violence. Children are being affected, and Programs like Head Start & Free School Lunch have been cut.
Due to Federal Funding Cuts ACROSS THE NATION, Organizations focused on Advocacy and Assisting the Most VULNERABLE + MARGINALIZED in the Community, are in DIRE NEED of Funding Assistance. Journey of Hope, Inc. needs the Community's Assistance to continue to assist Women, Girls, and LGBTQIIA+ Individuals who are fleeing violence and harm, as well as those stuck in the vicious cycles of recidivism, homelessness, and generational poverty.
Donate Below:
Journey of Hope, Inc. Is An IRS-Approved 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization. Every Cent Donated Is Tax Deductible.
EIN: 46-4867702
Women Owned, Egalitarian Led, self directed.
Journey of Hope, Inc. Believes In Equal Pay For All.
Journey of Hope, Inc. is WOMEN OWNED + OPERATED. We are also Egalitarian Led & Self Directed, which means each Staff Member has an EQUAL Voice and EQUAL Say in the EVERY Initiative, Program, Decision, & Aspect of the Direction of the Organization.
We also know what it's like to deal with Gender Pay Gaps; Not only because we are Women but also because we have a Diverse and Colorful Team of Women from all Walks of Life, Colors, and Cultures.
It's time to dismantle systemic racism, prejudice, and misogyny, and Journey of Hope, Inc. is leading the way, while operating in Utah, a State with the third largest Gender Pay Gap in the Nation.
The KEY to healing generational poverty, racism, and misogyny is to educate ourselves & our loved ones on the TRUTHS of the harmful ways this Nation was founded upon, built upon, and currently operating upon. We must STOP enabling structural poverty, racism, and misogyny, which under-compensates Women in general, but even more so, Women of Color, at a lesser wage than their Male and/or white counterparts.
It's time to BREAK THE CYCLE... TOGETHER.
"Strong Women Aren't Born, They're Forged In The Fires They've Had To Walk Through. They're Warriors With Hearts of Gold."
SILVER RAVENWOLF
MakE a Difference. Become a Mentor.
Volunteer For Our HOPE Prison Mentoring Program
Our Organization helped reduce recidivism rates in the Utah State Prison from 2014 - 2019, to just 17%, with our HOPE Prison Mentoring Program, which focuses on Mentoring Prisoners who are being released and re-entering Society. We provide nurturing, support, and Case Management Services, while helping each Prisoner plan for re-entry. Making sure they have Housing in place, food, clothing, & after-care support, while assisting them in building a solid foundation for themselves so they can successfully complete Parole and/or Probation and have stable, successful, and balanced lives.
