Empowering Lives, Strengthening Communities
At HopeTree Family Services, our mission is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and transform lives through mental health services and programs. For nearly 140 years, we’ve provided compassionate care and life-changing support for children, families, and adults with intellectual disabilities.
From treatment foster care to residential programs and counseling, HopeTree is committed to meeting the unique needs of those we serve with unwavering dedication and love.
Our Mission
Through God’s love, we foster hope by empowering families, youth, and adults to lead fulfilling lives.
Core Values
Ministry
We are servant leaders. We strive to be the hands and feet of Jesus and demonstrate Christ’s love to everyone we come in contact with. We believe we are here for the purpose of going the extra mile while serving those in our care and one another.
People
We love and care about people. All people have dignity and deserve our respect. Each HopeTree employee is important. We will be intentional in earning the respect of our team members, colleagues, partners, and those we serve. We will assume positive intent of everyone we engage, as we accept that everyone is doing their best. We value healthy relationships, team work, collaboration, support, and creating a healthy work environment.
Stewardship
We recognize that HopeTree and the resources we are blessed with are not our own. We commit to apply our time, money, talents, and other gifts wisely. We will work collectively to grow the resources entrusted to us so we can continue this good work.
Excellence
We pursue excellence. We commit ourselves to personal. professional, and organizational growth in order to be the best provider of human services in Virginia. We will constantly measure, evaluate, and refine our approach and focus on solutions.
Accountability
We are accountable to God, our funders, our clients, our board, and one another. We will do the right things at the right time for the right reason. And when we fall short, we will be honest and make it right.
About Our Programs
HopeTree Family Services offers a wide range of ministries for at-risk children and youth and their families across Virginia, including:
- HopeTree Foster Care introduces children who need stable, loving homes to families who can provide them. We operate Treatment Foster Care offices in Salem, Martinsville, and Richmond.
- With nearly 20 community-based group homes across Virginia, HopeTree’s Developmental Disabilities Ministry provides residential services for adults with disabilities in safe, nurturing environments.
- HopeTree Academy provides a fully-accredited secondary educational program for our residents and day students from surrounding jurisdictions while they cope with their individual circumstances.
- Our Therapeutic Group Home program in Salem provides opportunities for the spiritual, social, psychological, and emotional growth of at-risk youth.
- Family Centered Treatment® addresses the needs of a family as a whole, recognizing that what affects one family member affects all family members.
HopeTree Family Services is supported by the Virginia Baptist Children’s Home & Family Services Foundation, and is a mission partner of the Virginia Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV).