A Vision for Hope

Bybee Lakes Hope Center (BLHC) transforms the never-occupied, 155,000 square foot Wapato Corrections Facility into a trauma-informed, data-driven transitional housing facility to support Multnomah County community members experiencing homelessness.

The Hope Center will be operated by Oregon-based nonprofit Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers, an organization that has been successfully providing transitional housing since 2002. Their organization has grown to include eleven facilities in four counties in Oregon.

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Become a Referring Partner

How do you register to be a community partner who can refer to the program?

All community partners who would like to refer clients to the Bybee Lakes Hope Center will need to attend a virtual training session to register. The training will include an overview of the programs and services Helping Hands offers, as well as a trauma-informed guideline for how to screen for eligibility. Please contact the Facility Director, Jeff Woodward at j.woodward@helpinghandsreentry.org to schedule a training session. Referrals to the Hope Center will be accepted from registered community partners from the Portland Metro Area only.

Become a Client

How do I become a client at Bybee Lakes Hope Center?

Helping Hands provides services to those experiencing homelessness who are ready to make sustainable changes to achieve self-sufficiency. Referrals to the Hope Center will be accepted from registered community partners listed below. The Hope Center serves homeless men, women, and children who are ready to make sustainable changes to improve their lives. Participants must be ready to be clean and sober, and must not be registered sex offenders of any class (since 10% of the people we serve are children).

Referring Partners

Referrals to the Hope Center will only be accepted from the following registered community partners.

Community Outreach

The Father’s Heart Street Ministry
Oregon Harbor of Hope
Kaiser Permanente
Lifeworks Northwest
Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office
Metropolitan Public Defender
Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon
Morrison Child & Family Services
Multnomah Defenders 
Native American Rehabilitation Association (NARA)
Native American Youth & Family Center (NAYA)
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)
Parent Child Representation Program (PCRP)
Portland Fire & Rescue
Portland Police Bureau
Portland Public Schools
Oregon Office of Public Defense Services
Rose Haven
St. Vincent Medical Center
Tigard Police Department
Union Gospel Mission
Wolf Pack Therapeutic Services

BECOME A BELIEVER TODAY

We believe that people can change. That together we can overcome the obstacles to realize our vision for a Hope Center. We believe that we can form effective collaborative partnerships to wrap around people who need our help and that our community members and the private sector can utilize this asset to create lasting change for hundreds in the Portland Metro Area.

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