Hope Network is a non-profit Christian organization in Michigan that helps people with disabilities live independently.[1] [2] Hope Network provides services for people with brain injury, spinal cord injury, mental illness, developmental disabilities, drug and alcohol addictions, and other disadvantages. Hope Network also provides transportation, low-income housing and job training.[3]
Hope Network was founded by Herbert A. Start. In the early 1970s the organization opened two community-based centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, then added its first residential program in 1976. By 2002, it operated 190 locations through seven major affiliates in the state.[4]