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+1 757-625-6161
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| 801 Boush St Ste 302, Norfolk, VA, 23510 | |
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0.3 miYork St/ Freemason Station WB
0.3 miYork St/ Freemason Station EB
0.4 miMonticello Station
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Specialties
Hope House Foundation is the only organization in Virginia that supports adults with disabilities exclusively in their own homes.
History
Established in 1964.
Hope House was founded in 1964 by a group of parents who were seeking an alternative to institutionalization for their adult children with disabilities.
1984 — Hope House began hosting the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival.
1988 — Hope House began closing our group homes in favor of providing support in individuals’ own homes.
1995 — Every individual accepting support from Hope House was living in his or her own home.
2008 — Hope House received the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ award for full community inclusion.
2012 — Hope House received the ANCOR Foundation’s Community Builder Award for 2012 Service Provider of the Year.
Today — The ~130 individuals supported by Hope House live in their own homes in 13 different neighborhood locations in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Virginia Beach. We are the only organization in Virginia that provides support for adults with disabilities exclusively in their own homes.
Meet the Manager
Lynne S.
Manager
Executive Director Lynne Seagle has been with Hope House for 34 years and is world-renowned for her work with people with disabilities. Prior to joining Hope House, she worked in the Norfolk Public School system and was employed as a counselor with The ARC of Norfolk. Upon joining Hope House, Ms. Seagle began her life-long battle for independence and inclusion for adults with developmental disabilities. She pioneered community inclusion and independent living in Virginia and, in 1995, won the prestigious Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation’s Award for Achievements in the Field of Mental Retardation, an award previously bestowed upon Mother Teresa and B.F. Skinner. Ms. Seagle also enjoys an active international consulting career promoting inclusion and independence for people with disabilities and providing team building, board and staff development, and communication training to clients in America, Canada, England, Scotland, and Saipan. She donates her consulting fees to Hope House.
