Hope Crisis Center makes budget request to county, to continue important work

YORK COUNTY – The Hope Crisis Center, which serves seven counties including York County, continues its important work in helping those caught in the cycle of domestic violence. This week, Carmen Hinman, longtime director, met with the York County Commissioners to discuss the agency’s annual contribution from the county and to talk about their work in the last year.

​In their 7-county area, in the last year, the nine employees of Hope Crisis provided services to 602 victims and 103 children. Thirty-two victims and 46 children were provided emergency shelter, totaling 890 shelter nights. And they received/responded to 3,190 hotline calls.
They also served 49 victims of sexual assault and assisted with nine sexual assault protection orders.
Twenty-seven clients were assisted with rent, and they provided funds for housing assistance, medical and mental health, food (with those prices continuing to be a challenge, Hinman said), transportation, laundry and other expects.
They also continue to work with outreach programs for teens, to help combat domestic violence and break the cycle.
Hope Crisis has an office in York County.
Last year, York County contributed $10,000 to Hope Crisis. This year, they are asking for $13,564, based on population. They are also asking for a slight increase because of the current costs of food and housing.
“We have so appreciated York County’s support, we can’t do this work without counties’ support,” Hinman said.
She said federal financial contributions continue to decrease and the ability to financially provide these services continues to be harder each year – but Hinman said they are dedicated to the cause and they have a roster of employees with more than 100 years of total experience between them.
They also have fundraisers to garner more finances and “we are writing every grant we come across.”
The county commissioners will consider Hinman’s request during this summer’s budget process.