Hope Services visited Monterey County District 3 Supervisor Chris Lopez for a conversation about family needs and community-based services.

Hope Services was established in 1952 to improve the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities and mental health needs. Hope is recognized as the leading provider of services in Silicon Valley and serves more than 3500 clients. Hope delivers high-quality, cost-effective solutions to businesses and government agencies. These sustainable social enterprises create meaningful jobs for clients such as green re-use and recycling initiatives, retail operations, production and assembly, supply chain logistics, packaging, fulfillment, facility maintenance, and staffing. Hope’s client services are comprehensive from birth to seniors, including job training and placement, counseling, children’s services, after-school programs, community living, and day programs. HOPE SERVICES SOCIAL ENTERPRISES Hope Services creates innovative training and employment programs for people with developmental disabilities (countering the 87% unemployment rate for this segment of the population). Hope in turn provides a trusted partner for businesses who can provide jobs for Hope clients. Business partners range from start-ups through global enterprises in most major markets, sectors, and industries. Hope specializes in project-based, hourly, trainable, and extremely reliable, low turn-over workforce teams. We manage and supervise at your site or ours, ensuring high quality work with value added. When you hire Hope and put people to work, you make a difference! You can help change attitudes about people who live with developmental disabilities. Learn more at www.hopeservices.org or follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @hopeservicessj and Twitter at @HOPE_Services.