HOPE Family Health

As any Human Resources professional will tell you, working in an organization’s HR department is not for the faint of heart. HR jobs are by necessity highly regulated (because people are…well, people). In addition to overseeing policies and procedures surrounding employee staffing and benefits, HR departments must oversee and carefully implement an organization’s disciplinary policies and procedures. By definition, that means the Director of HR must have pretty tough skin—tough enough to...

Why Community Health Centers May Be the Solution More Americans Need By Liz Ferrell, Development and Community Relations Specialist, and Lauren Smith, CEO, HOPE Family Health “The American dream is not being a small business owner or owning a home. It’s affording healthcare when you’re sick.” – Lauren Smith, wife, mother, and CEO of HOPE Family Health Most Americans don’t realize how fragile their healthcare security really is—until one diagnosis changes everything. “The American dream is...

By Liz Ferrell, Development & Community Relations Specialist With Valentine’s Day on February 14th, romance and heart themes find their way into every store aisle and media image. Heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, school valentine exchanges, winged Cupids shooting unsuspecting victims in the heart with love-poisoned arrows – it’s silly fun to brighten a drab month. But let’s get straight to the heart of the matter. This month HOPE is showing a different kind of love by raising awareness...