Mission
Our Mission
We've been building lives without violence for over 30 years. The mission of Hope’s Door New Beginning Center is to offer intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by intimate partner and family violence, and to provide education programs that enhance the community’s capacity to respond.
In 2016, Hope's Door in Plano and New Beginning Center in Garland merged to form Hope’s Door New Beginning Center. We continue to provide services in Dallas, Garland, Plano, and the surrounding cities in North Texas.
We've been building lives without violence for over 30 years.
Our History
Hope's Door in Plano
Hope’s Door, located in Plano, was established in 1985 as the result of a local needs assessment study commissioned by the Junior League of Plano. At that time, Collin County was the only densely populated area without a full-service shelter for victims of domestic violence.
While searching for a permanent facility to house the shelter, Hope’s Door offered safe shelter to victims of abuse using community hotels and a 24-hour crisis line. The shelter was opened in March 1989.
New Beginning Center in Garland
New Beginning Center, located in Garland, was established in 1983 by the members of the Garland Service League and initially provided women’s counseling services. The New Beginning Center emergency shelter opened in 1998 which also added a fully staffed 24-hour crisis hotline.
Over time, both agencies were able to offer more extensive counseling services for adults, children, and adolescents, legal services, transitional housing, an education center, and a Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP).
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