Home for the Holidays
This season, help us finish H.O.O.P.S for Youth House: eight permanent apartments in Northeast DC where pregnant and parenting young mothers and their babies can stay, heal, and grow.
Healthy Babies Project, Inc. · Serving DC families for 30+ years
We are raising $2 million to finish construction, furnish the apartments, and open the doors in early summer 2027.
Most of what’s left is the building itself
Gifts to the Construction & Completion Fund go straight to finishing the building under our guaranteed-price contract, with professional project oversight in place.
Cornerstone Partner
Lead construction partner, recognized at the main entrance.
Building Systems
Plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling for all eight homes.
Elevator & Access
Completes the elevator so every mom with a stroller gets home.
Walls & Finishes
Drywall, flooring, and paint that turn rooms into homes.
General Building Fund
Used where it’s needed most to finish the building.
From a 90-day shelter stay to a place to call home
Our Muriel House crisis shelter gives young mothers 90 days to stabilize. H.O.O.P.S for Youth House is the next step: longer-term housing with on-site case management, life skills coaching, and peer support, so a young family has the time it takes to finish school, find work, and stand on its own.
families case managed in 2025
babies born, with zero infant deaths
families in stable housing
new family apartments at H.O.O.P.S for Youth House
“From my first pregnancy when I was young and homeless, HBP took me in immediately. To this day I know I can always call on them.”HBP mother
Put your name on a room that changes a family’s story
Individuals, families, businesses, congregations, and community groups can each claim a space. Your gift supports the whole build and is recognized on the room you choose.
Family Suite
Sponsor one of the eight apartments where a young mother and her baby will live. Helps furnish the bedroom and living room and complete the unit.
Safe Haven
Security cameras and secure entry, so every mother and child sleeps safely.
Family Gathering Room
The shared living room for group sessions, birthdays, and holidays together.
Community Kitchen
Where moms cook, share meals, and learn nutrition for growing families.
Case Management Office
The space where moms meet one-on-one with case managers and peer mentors.
Connected Home
Wi-Fi and technology so mothers can attend class, apply for jobs, and work.
Holiday Host Sponsor
Perfect for local businesses. Your name or logo featured on Home for the Holidays materials and this page.
$10,000 and up
- Name plaque on your sponsored space
- Recognition on the H.O.O.P.S for Youth House donor wall
- Invitation to the ribbon cutting
$1,000 and up
- Name on the H.O.O.P.S for Youth House donor wall
- Thank-you in the HBP newsletter and on social media
Every gift
- Listed in our campaign thank-you (or anonymous if you prefer)
- Updates as construction moves forward
Not ready to sponsor a room? Give what feels right.
Helps furnish a family’s living room
Helps set up a baby’s crib and nursery corner
Helps stock a family’s first kitchen
Helps provide move-in essentials
Every gift brings a family closer to home
Ask your employer about matching gifts to double your impact. Healthy Babies Project, Inc. is a nonprofit organization; gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The building is fully planned, priced, and moving again
Project reset complete
Every trade inspected, costs locked in a guaranteed-price contract.
Full construction resumes
With professional project oversight in place.
Construction complete
Then inspections, licensing, and furnishing.
Doors open
Eight families move in.
The William S. Abell Foundation is the lead funder of H.O.O.P.S for Youth House.
Help us bring H.O.O.P.S for Youth House home
To sponsor a space, make a gift, or talk about how your company or group can get involved, reach out to Jazmine. We’ll find the right fit together.
jbrazier@healthybabiesproject.org4501 Grant Street NE, Washington, DC 20019