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We care about the whole person and the whole family. Our program is tailored to meet the individual needs of each family because we recognize that each area of our families’ lives impacts their overall functioning.
All of the services we provide are client-driven. Families set their own goals in case management and counseling. We listen to our families, give them a voice, advocate for them, and equip them with the tools they need to succeed.
We create a sense of community for the families we serve. Families interact with each other, staff, donors, and volunteers and build relationships that last even after the family has left our program.
Pictured here is founding Board Member, Richard Nicholson at just four years old sitting beside his grandparents in 1949. Nicholson grew up in the home that would later become our first shelter, Los Robles in 1985. “More than just a house,” Richard said, “this home is still being used by our Lord Jesus.”
Founded in 1985, Door of Hope was birthed by Christian community leaders listening to the needs of people and the call of God on their lives. At the heart was a deep friendship between Steve and Iris Lazarian and John Perkins – a friendship deepened by the fact that both Steve and John had been born into poverty, John in rural Mississippi and Steve in Pasadena. Each later achieved much success but that success, and a commitment to Jesus, seemed only to deepen their heart to lift people out of poverty and injustice.
Door of Hope expands to a second apartment site in a nearby city with the capacity to serve up to 14 women survivors of domestic violence with their children.
In response to the unprecedented crisis of the 2025 Eaton Fire, Door of Hope expanded and adapted its core programs to create a new program for low-income, fire-impacted families to meet immediate housing needs, provide stability, and invest in long-term housing solutions that prevent homelessness.