About Hope Ministries

Rescue, recovery, and restoration for our neighbors in Central Iowa

Who We Are

Learn about our mission, values and more than a century of service in Central Iowa.

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Our Leadership

Meet the dedicated staff and board members who serve and guide Hope Ministries.

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Finances & Transparency

See how your generosity is stewarded with care and integrity.

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The Need in Iowa

Understand the realities of homelessness and hunger in our community — and why hope is needed.

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Our Approach

See how Hope Ministries meets immediate needs, offers life recovery and celebrates lives changed.

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Your support helps write the next chapter in these lives.
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My whole world started changing

Susan was on the right track. She’d gotten out of jail, gotten clean. But despite her best efforts, she struggled to find employment. And…

Meet Susan

I feel like I'm alive again

Coty will never forget the blizzard that came roaring through the Midwest around a year ago . . . because it helped change his…

Meet Coty

I was ready to go the right direction

Not so long ago, Eric was living the kind of life he’d always wanted to. He had a good job and a stable place…

Meet Eric

There's no other program like this

When 27-year-old Destiny thinks back to last Christmas, the main thing she remembers is spending the day without her kids.

Meet Destiny

It’s time to fight the good fight

Zendell’s old life was filled with drugs, broken relationships and years of homelessness.

Meet Zendell

The love was just everywhere

Kole had been drinking and using drugs for about two decades, something that started when he was a young man in the Army and…

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A weight was lifted off my shoulders

Vikki is no stranger to fear. She’s experienced seasons of homelessness that saw her sleeping in other people’s homes, on the streets, in her…

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I had to get sober for my son

Rachelle still gets goosebumps when she remembers her rock-bottom moment.

Meet Rachelle

This isn’t just treatment—it’s life recovery

Only weeks after losing her mom, Brea—who’d struggled for years with drug addiction—was arrested and jailed.

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I struggled with my identity, my purpose

Mason spent years running from grief, failure, and broken relationships.

Meet Mason

I got mixed up with the wrong things

If you met 49-year-old Ben today you might find it hard to believe he was ever behind bars, discouraged and alone.

Meet Ben

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