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Where the work stands today

The Hope Model is at its founding stage. This tracker shows what is already in place and what your gift sets in motion, so a donor joining today can see exactly where each initiative stands. Dated milestones and dollar figures will be confirmed by Hope Institute and updated here.

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Founding stage. Hope Institute will add dated field updates here as milestones launch.
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Every first-time or dormant gift is tripled during the founding push.

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In Person

Life & Learning Center

3 of 7 foundations in place
Current stageFormalizing the founding partnership
Launch teamTo be confirmed
Goal and amount raised will be confirmed with Hope Institute.
Field updates
  1. MilestoneFounding stage
    Legal branch established in El Salvador

    Hope moved from relationships at a distance to a real, growing legal presence in the country.

  2. ProgramFounding stage
    Seeds of Independence delivering training

    Training and advocacy is reaching residential care staff in El Salvador, building the relationships this campus depends on.

  3. Next upUnderway now
    Formalizing the founding partnership

    Selecting and formalizing a partnership with a strong local residential home to anchor the center.

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  1. Legal branch established in El Salvador

    In place

    A real and growing in-country presence, not relationships at a distance.

  2. Seeds of Independence launched

    In place

    Training and advocacy delivered to residential care staff in El Salvador.

  3. Regional relationships built

    In place

    Meaningful ties across the El Salvador child welfare community.

  4. Formalize the strategic partnership

    Underway now

    A deep, sustained partnership with a strong local residential home.

  5. Conduct the care-leaver survey

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    Generate the first real data on what happens after young people leave care.

  6. First cohort in transition programming

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    Direct program collaboration with adolescents and youth in transition.

  7. Regional replication

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    A network of centers and a shared body of knowledge across the region.

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Hope Academy

3 of 7 foundations in place
Current stageReady to fund the founding hire
Founding hireTo be confirmed
Goal and amount raised will be confirmed with Hope Institute.
Field updates
  1. MilestoneFounding stage
    Curriculum proven in the field

    Hope's evidence-based curriculum has been delivered in person and refined through Seeds of Independence.

  2. SignalFounding stage
    A leading global network asked to collaborate

    One of the leading networks in the residential care sector approached Hope to collaborate on training content.

  3. Next upReady to fund
    Recruiting the founding hire

    The next step is a dedicated hire to lead platform design and content, which your founding gift makes possible.

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  1. Evidence-based curriculum built

    In place

    Delivered in person through Seeds of Independence and related programs.

  2. Demand proven internationally

    In place

    Enthusiasm and requests for more across El Salvador, Latin America, West Africa, and Asia.

  3. Global network requested collaboration

    In place

    A leading network in the residential care sector has asked to collaborate on content.

  4. Recruit the founding hire

    Underway now

    An expert in online education and child welfare to lead the platform.

  5. Build the platform

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    The technology to host, deliver, and track the training at scale.

  6. Initial curriculum live

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    First courses published and the first cohort completing them.

  7. Multilingual library, field standard

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    A growing global resource recognized across the sector.

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Statuses reflect the founding stage described in Hope Institute's donor materials. Specific dates, amounts raised, and match figures are marked to be confirmed and will be updated as Hope finalizes them.

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