Hope Network

{{short description|Non-profit Christian organization in Michigan}}

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Hope Network is a non-profit Christian organization in Michigan that helps people with disabilities live independently.{{cite news|url=https://thedailynews.cc/articles/hope-network-wants-to-renovate-belding-apartments/|title=Hope Network wants to renovate Belding apartments|last=Nelson|first=Mgehan|date=February 7, 2019 |work=Daily News}}{{Cite web|url=https://hopenetwork.org/about-corporate/mission-and-vision/|title=Hope Network Corporate Information|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28}} Hope Network provides services for people with brain injury, spinal cord injury, mental illness, developmental disabilities, drug and alcohol addictions, and other disadvantages. Hope Network also provides transportation, low-income housing and job training.{{cite news|url=https://www.mlive.com/walker/2016/09/wheels_to_work_program_getting.html|title='Wheels to Work' program getting employees to work -- and on time|last=Cunningham|first=Jeffrey|date=September 23, 2016 |work=Mlive.com}}

Hope Network was founded by Herbert A. Start. In the early 1970s the organization opened two community-based centers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, then added its first residential program in 1976. By 2002, it operated 190 locations through seven major affiliates in the state.{{Cite web|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/npo-spotlight/hope-network|title=Hope Network|last=Candid|website=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|language=en|access-date=2020-04-24}}