Empowering Homeless and At-Risk Youth

Mobile Hope provides support and emergency shelter to youth up to age 24 who are at-risk, precariously housed or homeless and empowers them to become self-sufficient and experience improved well-being..

“You can’t become the man you want to be if you’re still tied to the man you used to be. It’s the worst type of battle when it’s within yourself and nobody can see”.

—Deijay Jamison

Voice of America captures Deijay Jamison’s story and his work with Mobile Hope.

February 9th, 2021 - WUSA9 - “Help is on the way for homeless and at-risk youth with Mobile Hope”.

We Listen, Support and Love.

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Shelter

Your financial donations fund emergency shelter, usually in the form of hotel stays.

 

Transport

We provide bus fare and gift cards for Uber and Lyft for medical and other appointments, and donated bicycles and cars when appropriate.

Clothe

Your donations of gently used clothing, shoes and suitcases are provided free to all clients.

 

Guide

Intense case management and mentoring helps address the issues that led to homelessness.

Feed

Food is love! We provide homemade meals for our clients every day.

 

Empower

Empowering our youth to become self-sufficient and sustainable.

Founder & CEO Donna Fortier talks to DCTV about homeless youth in Loudoun County.

Our Story

Actual photo of our client’s makeshift pallet bed under a bridge in August, 2020. Read his story

Actual photo of our client’s makeshift pallet bed under a bridge in August, 2020. Read his story

After discovering the significant number of homeless youth living in Loudoun County, Donna Fortier started Mobile Hope in 2011 as a special project at Inova Loudoun Hospital. Donna began distributing clothing, food and hygiene items to youth in need on the hospital’s mobile bus.

Mobile Hope broke away from Inova and became an independent 501(c)3 organization in 2012, missioned to serve homeless and at-risk youth up to age 24. Mobile Hope provides services without restrictive policies and excessive red tape. We ensure our eligibility process is straightforward and does not serve as a barrier to services. We meet each kid where they are, regardless of barriers, issues and traumas.

We believe every youth has unrealized potential, and we are honored to stand with our kids on their journey from homelessness to self-sufficiency.

Mobile Hope provides a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory environment where youth develop a sense of purpose and community. We provide intense and individualized case management to address the issues that led to homelessness. We believe in helping youth become leaders through providing volunteer opportunities in our bus outreach program, Listen for the Honk, organic peer to peer experiences as well as in our thrift shop and retail training center.

CEO Donna Fortier shares her inspiration for starting Mobile Hope and how she is working to end youth homelessness.

Learn about our homeless prevention and crisis programs on this episode of Your Need to Know.

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