Hope Community Resources, Inc.

Hope Community Resources, Inc. is a non-profit disabilities service provider based in Anchorage, Alaska. Founded in 1968, our company provides services and supports to people of all ages and abilities who experience an intellectual, developmental, or other disability, traumatic brain injury, or mental health challenge.

Our founder, Nancy Stuart Johnson, rejected institutionalization, exclusion, and dehumanizing treatment, and instead provided a home to children with diverse cognitive and physical challenges. Hope believes that everyone has a right to independence, choice, security, and opportunity for a meaningful life.

We operate in seven regions of Alaska—Anchorage, Kenai, MatSu, Kodiak, Seward, and Utqiagvik—and statewide on Dena'ina, Central Yup'ik, Inupiaq, and Alutiiq/Sugpiaq lands.

Many of our employees and stakeholders are Indigenous, and it is an honor and a privilege to serve Alaskans in the communities of their choosing. As stewards of the public trust, we strive to operate in a manner that is ethical and transparent and to support communities where everyone is valued, celebrated, and included. Throughout Hope's history we have actively worked to end practices that harm people, families, communities, and cultures.

Our Mission...

To provide services and supports, requested and designed by individuals and families who experience disabilities, resulting in choice, control, family preservation and community inclusion.

Our Vision...

As members of the community of Hope, we believe that our actions of kindness, fairness, trust, compassion, forgiveness and understanding derive from a shared kinship, founded upon values and grounded in integrity, loyalty, wisdom and our belief in the importance of dreams.
We will approach each person and each day with balance, commitment and vision. This will assist us in building inclusive communities that promote intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual development within one another while allowing for healthy conflict. It is our desire to leave a legacy of sustainable excellence built upon continuous learning, reflection, evaluation and innovation, which create outcomes that better humankind.

Who We Serve…

The people who choose our supports range in age from infancy to the elderly, are of diverse ethnic background, and experience a range of disabilities. We provide a wide array of services, including but not limited to supported and independent living environments, intentional neighborhoods, foster care, family habilitation, respite, behavioral and mental health supports, day habilitation, after-school programs, and vocational and recreation supports. Each person's services are tailored to meet their unique needs and requests.

What We Believe…

...in the dignity of life.
...in doing the right thing.
...that within each person there is an essence of beauty, value, worth, and goodness.
...in selfless leadership.
...that compassion and forgiveness are virtues.
...that understanding and effectiveness come with empathy, not sympathy.
...that all people seek a sense of belonging and competence to feel worthwhile.
...that conflict is “normal.”
...that magic moments not only happen but can be fostered.
...in the importance of an ethical and moral foundation within a spiritual life.

Why Choose Hope…

Our mission of support is based on an individualized approach, believing that each person has unique needs and must be the chief architect of their own service delivery plan. By listening to the dreams of the individuals and families who choose our supports, we are able to provide unique opportunities, create new living environments, and expand programs that fully encompass the needs of families. As a result, our community supports are as diversified and as personalized as the dreams of each person.