Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support
Program Description
Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support (HOPES) is a flexible community grant that funds a wide variety of innovative initiatives and supports for families with children birth to 5 years old. Supports typically include home visiting services as well as other supports that build protective factors, such as parent support groups, maternal depression screening, early literacy promotion, case management and parent education. HOPES grants also include local collaborations with health care, faith-based, child welfare, early childhood education, and other child and family services organizations in the community.
Service Focus
Families with children birth to 5 years old who are considered at risk for abuse and neglect.
Map of Providers and Communities
* Denotes the county in which the organization is physically located.
‡ Denotes sites that received Helping through Intervention and Prevention funding in FY 2023 after the program was merged into HOPES.
Measures of Success
- Children remain safe during services and within one to three years after services.
- Increase in protective factors, such as family functioning and resiliency, social supports, and nurturing and attachment.
Program Data
- Program start date: 2014
- Target number of youth/families served annually, FY 2024: 9,207
- Average number of youth/families served per month, FY 2023: 3,440
- Counties served: 33 counties
- Annual budget for community contracts: $31,218,813
- Total number of community grantees: 28 grantees, 25 subgrantees
- Average grantee budget: $1,114,958
Success Story
SAFE Alliance, Travis County
Martin chose SAFE Alliance's parent support programming to assist him in his new role as a stepfather of two. The parent educator was able to help Martin process his childhood experiences. Martin also learned how to connect with his children and actively support their well-being and happiness.