About Us

We are driven by the philosophy of self-reliance for both the organization and the people we serve. Self-reliance for the organization includes not only being as efficient and effective as possible with our funds, but in changing the balance of State and Federal tax dollars with their restrictive requirements that prohibit exactly those activities and accountabilities that would ensure permanent self-reliance for the clients. It means creating a better combination of tax dollars generated by community citizens, local unrestricted funds from donors, and income-producing projects.

We will, and we should, continue to make good use of the tax dollars that citizens are assessed by the State and Federal government that return to the County in the form of various tax-funded programs (most of our core programs), rather than allowing our local tax dollars to be disbursed throughout the State because we have failed to use them in programs in our own area. Those State and Federal tax-return dollars, however, rather than focus on programs that would provide the skills and accountabilities to help people move forward, simply maintain people in a crisis 'status-quo.'

Our history

HopeSource is a private, non-profit organization that has provided a wide range of human services in Kittitas County since 1966. Our HopeSource Service Area
HopeSource serves residents of Kittitas County, Washington, from the crest of Snoqualmie Pass at Hyak east to Vantage, and north from Liberty south to Thrall, an area of 2,297 square miles.

HopeSource's transportation contracts currently cover the I-90 corridor from Cle Elum to Ellensburg including service to Kittitas.

Click for transportaion information service area stretches from the east side of Snoqualmie Pass to the Columbia River.

HopeSource was created through the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to address the needs of low-wealth households and has provided emergency and sustained support to thousands of families in the Upper and Lower Kittitas County since that time. There is a Community Action Agency in every county in Washington State and in most counties nationwide.

Meet the Hopesource staff

Alicia

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."

— George Eliot

Lisa

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."

— Confucius

Pat

"A pessimist sees difficulty in every possibility; an optimist sees possibility in every difficulty."

— Winston Churchill

Paula

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

— Walt Disney

Rob

"Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today."

— Benjamin Franklin

Ben

"I'd rather be here now."

— As seen on a bumper sticker

Jeri

"The cure for anything is saltwater: sweat, tears or the sea."

— Isak Dinsen

Susan

"Audentes Fortuna Juvat - Fortune Favors the Bold."

— 80th Fighter Squadron

Elizabeth

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

JoAnn

"Hakuna matata- no worries."

— Swahili phrase/The Lion King

Bob

"When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: admit it, learn from it, and do not repeat it."

— Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

Cameron

"A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles."

— Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

Fernando

"Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything."

— Ernest Rutherford

Beau

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."

— Albert Einstein

Andrew

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is good and acceptable and the perfect will of God."

— Romans 12:2

Hope

"If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams."

— Les Brown

Ariam

"Trust, but verify."

— Ronald Reagan

Jan

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or faraway."

— Henry David Thoreau

Scot

"Everything in this world is the same, except for a few differences."

— Unknown

Beau

"Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on anybody else."

— Karen Armstrong

John

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

— Winston Churchill

Dan

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

— Matthew 11:26-28

Del

"Prayer is the bridge between panic and peace."

— RBD Ministries, Our Daily Bread

Ron

"Now was the egg before the chicken or was the chicken before the egg?"

— Anonymous

Ron

"Have bus. Will travel."

— Anonymous

Stella

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

— 2 Corinthians 12:9

Craig

"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."

— Nelson Mandela

Grant

"Beneath all our apparent differences we share the same human needs and fears; we're all on the same path together, guiding one another. And this understanding brings compassion."

— Dan Millman