Corpus Christi Hope House Inc

Corpus Christi Hope House provides 24/7 emergency shelter, transitional housing, support, life-skills training, food, clothing, baby items, counseling, education, and medical assistance to families, single mothers, their dependent children, and newborn babies who seek an escape from homelessness, addiction, domestic violence, poverty or a crisis pregnancy situation. We also provide homeless prevention to members of our community.

Corpus Christi Hope House focuses on immediate crisis relief while building pathways toward long-term stability. Our program provides individuals with the opportunity to accept responsibility, to care for their children, further their education, obtain employment, permanent housing and become productive, self-sufficient members of our community with the support of our staff and volunteers. 

Corpus Christi Hope House began with a three-bedroom house for homeless pregnant women in 1987. We have four shelter buildings on Robinson Street with private bedrooms that can accommodate 23 women in addition to their dependent children and newborn babies. Our offices, the Gabriel Project community outreach program, life-skills training classroom, private counseling rooms, and food/clothing/diaper bank facilities are all located at our 7,500-square-foot main facility at 3226 Reid Drive. We served 17,188 clients in 2025. The need for our services has significantly increased during the past five years. We anticipate the demand for our services to continue to rise in the coming months as our community continues to be impacted by the economy, poverty, and homelessness.

Corpus Christi Hope House's programs focus on creating systematic change among homeless families, women, and single mothers to promote human dignity with compassion. Short-Term Strategies focus on meeting the immediate needs and stabilization of the individual or family in the first days or week of their stay: (1) Provide Immediate Safety and Shelter, (2) Meet Basic Needs, (3) Identify Urgent Needs (medical attention, mental health/substance abuse support, etc.), and (4) Promote Dignity and Respect. Long-Term Strategies focus on ending the cycle of homelessness by addressing the root causes and transitioning the individual or family into permanent housing: (1) Reduce Duration of Homelessness, (2) Transition Client to Permanent Housing, (3) Cultivate Self-Sufficiency and Life Skills, and (4) Provide Follow-Up Support and Services to Prevent a Return to Homelessness.

Testimonials

Success is defined when a client leaves our shelter to a permanent residence with the ability, knowledge and the will to become a loving and caring parent and a productive self-sufficient member of our community. An example of this is:

Client X was placed in our facilities by a judge through court orders. She was pregnant and had nowhere else to turn. She has turned her life around by participating in our program. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy, has become involved in a local church where her son has been baptized, and is enrolled and attending classes at Southwest Schools to become a Medical Office Assistant.