The New Hope Life Center helps women who were recently released from incarceration or from addiction treatment centers build a new and successful life. We asked “what is the profile of your typical resident” and learned that a typical guest in this facility had at least one suicide attempt, a history of abuse and trauma, has had multiple experiences with the law, and had been unsuccessful in relationships, including relationships with family and children.

Kathleen McCallister and Eunice Arant said that New Hope Life Center helps women understand that the past is the past and that women can build a new foundation and begin again with a new, healthier lifestyle. With the help of the New Hope Life Center, women learn to resolve some of their underlying trauma, pain, sin, and behaviors and become the women they were created to be, one day at a time, one choice at a time. This is a ‘home environment’ where women learn to be responsible adults, to understand and accept the life-long effects of their choices and learn to make wise investments in their own future. 

Four years after leaving New Hope Life Center, 75 percent of the women are safe and sober and they are responsible, working women. Finding a job that welcomes women with a ‘history’ is very challenging; if you know of employers that will give the women a chance to succeed, let us know!

To hear more about the New Hope Life Center, listen to the January 10 Not Alone program by clicking on the play button below, or download the file and listen later. To listen to any of the past Not Alone programs, visit The Kim Foundation podcast page.

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January 10, 2012 – New Hope Life Center

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Airing every Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (CST on station KCRO, channel 660 AM based out of Omaha, Neb.), Not Alone is a live talk radio program focused on behavioral health and recovery. Developed by The Kim Foundation through the support of C&A Industries, Inc., Not Alone works to reduce the stigma often associated with mental illness. The show seeks to assure individuals, families, and communities that they are not alone, mental illness affects us all, hosting a variety of guest from across the country.