In 2009, the Hope Center changed the lives of youth in our community!
• We provided services to over 1000 youth ages 5-19 years old
• Hope Skate offered a safe, fun place for 400 kids every weekend
• We provided over 30,000 meals to children
• 92% of our high school seniors graduated compared to the statewide average of 47% for African American youth
• 69% of our high school graduates went on to college!
Our Children, Our Community, Our Crisis
An Omaha World-Herald article last April explains the epidemic poverty cycle going on in our city: "Omaha in Black and White: Poverty amid prosperity." The article goes on to state that unlike the national trend, Omaha is continuing to increase this economic and educational gap between races. In fact, Omaha World-Herlad says that,"only one other U.S. metro area, Minneapolis, has a wider econmic disparity between how black and white residents fare."
