New Hope Ministries

New Hope Ministries is a christian social service agency that shows the love and Hope of christ by helping our neighbors in times of need and supporting their efforts toward stability. New Hope Ministries was founded in 1982 and opened its doors in 1983. New Hope serves the community with physical service centers in dillsburg, dover, enola, hanover, lemoyne, littlestown, mechanicsburg, New oxford and redland along with mobile pantry programs in abbottstown, boiling springs, bendersville, east berlin, camp hill, enola, gardners, goldsboro, jefferson, lewisberry, New kingstown, strinestown, susquehanna view, york haven and york springs in south central Pennsylvania. Services are available to people regardless of their age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religious affiliation, or any other distinguishing characteristic. Since its inception, New Hope has been building stronger, more stable communities by providing basic needs assistance. Guests at New Hope receive help with food to prevent hunger, housing assistance to prevent homelessness, heat and utility assistance, and help with transportation needs. Typical New Hope guests are those living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level and include the "working poor," senior citizens, single parent families, and those thrown into chaos by illness, job loss, or another crisis. New Hope also helps those in poverty increase self-sufficiency through financial literacy classes, soft skills classes, employment assistance programs, ged classes, job fairs, help with resume building, emt certification, medical assistant, pharmacy technician, phlebotomy technician, nurse aide classes, forklift certification training, cdl-class a, child development certification, rise up and nutrition classes. In addition to providing help with basic needs, New Hope offers a transportation program where we support our guests by helping them acquire and maintain reliable transportation helping them reach their goal of self sufficiency. Hope rides is another program where guests can use a loaner vehicle for a short-term transportation assist during emergency situations while helping them identify and secure permanent, reliable trasportation. This could be by helping them repair their vehicle or helping them purchase a vehicle. This allows the guest to continue to work or complete a workforce program helping them reach their goal of stability. New Hope offers housing assistance for our guests who are homeless or near homeless and need short term emergency housing. We work with guests to find permanent housing solutions through one on one case management, advocacy, education, financial and material assistance, referrals, application assistance and ongoing support and care while helping them achieve stability.

In addition to providing help with basic needs, New Hope's youth programs help children from families living in poverty experience educational success and develop skills needed to prepare for success in life. Our programs provide supervised recreation, educational activities, tutoring, scholarship programs, dual enrollment program, academic credit recovery program, parent education, life skills instruction and additional activities such as summer programs, summer camp sponsorships, and field trips. New Hope also offers backpack programs in local schools.