Born from the struggle of the Civil Rights Movement and propelled forward on the path toward the Americans with Disabilities Act, Home of Hope has always stood as a movement of revolutionary action—driven by love, compassion, and an unshakable belief in human rights.
In 1964, when the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination by race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, disability was left out. While America delayed, three mothers in Vinita, Oklahoma, refused to wait. They saw a world that had no place for their children with intellectual disabilities—and they would not accept it. They built Home of Hope, determined to create opportunities for learning, working, and living with dignity at a time when too many people with disabilities were hidden away or forgotten.
It would take decades of relentless sacrifice before the ADA was passed in 1990, and even then, the law alone could not deliver equality. Rights without action are hollow. Equality without opportunity is still injustice.
Today, Home of Hope empowers more than 230 men and women with disabilities across eight Oklahoma counties—turning words into action, and laws into real lives changed. From one home for eight people in 1968, we now support more than 230 individuals in 60 neighborhood homes. This is civil rights in practice, not just on paper.
If you or your loved one wants joyful independence, which may include residential services, vocational training and job opportunities, and shared recreational avenues with peers…