RIVERVIEW, Fla. — Hillsborough County’s first ‘Hope House’ will opening in the Riverview in the coming weeks, creating a new type of foster care environment for struggling teens.
Ran by the organization One Hope United, this will be the 10th ‘Hope House’ in Florida. Other locations are in Miami-Dade, Broward, Osceola, Volusia, and Pinellas counties.
The house in Riverview will open soon as a new home for four teen girls from Hillsborough County. The teens will live at the home alongside foster parents, who provide the structure and stability of of a family setting. The home also has youth care workers, who are closer in age to the teens, who act more as mentors and friends to help guide the teens on the path to success…