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AHOPE Day Center

Providing the services that people need most.

Over 500 people are homeless on any given night in Buncombe County. Homeward Bound’s AHOPE Day Center is Western North Carolina’s only day center for people experiencing homelessness and it meets a crucial need. AHOPE is often the only place that people who live outside can go for services, which makes it a powerful outreach and engagement tool in our community. Almost everyone experiencing homeless in our area comes through AHOPE and it serves as a hub of information and connection to other community resources.

AHOPE provides showers, mail receipt, phone service, and storage of personal belongings

Its hours are:
8 am to 3 pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
8 am to 11:30 am Wednesday

The AHOPE Day Center is located at 19 N. Ann Street in downtown Asheville. About 172 people visit AHOPE each day, and it is often the first stop on the journey back to permanent housing.

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AHope Day Center

The Day Center is located at 19 N. Ann Street in downtown Asheville.

Volunteers are critical to the successful operation of the AHOPE Day Center.

By providing the services that people need most, AHOPE staff and volunteers build relationships with the individuals accessing them. We listen and learn about their struggles so that we can connect them to community resources. Case Managers help clients complete housing applications, connect to mental health and substance abuse treatment, access medical care, get food stamps and find employment. They support the clients through this time of crisis until they are housed.

Volunteer Opportunities at AHOPE

- - Check mail for clients
  - Answer the telephone and take messages
  - Respond to client requests for items like towels and toiletries for showers
  - Help clients access medications that they store at AHOPE
  - Help maintain a level of organization and cleanliness in the building
  - Contribute to cleaning responsibilities at the end of the day (sweep and mop, clear and clean food table)
  - Any reasonable activities needed to ensure clients’ well-being

Click here to find out more about volunteering at AHOPE or in other Homeward Bound programs.

StoryShare – AHope Day Center: Chris and Derek

People experiencing chronic homelessness are prioritized in our mission of ending homelessness: they’ve experienced the most time outside and have the greatest barriers to getting themselves back into housing. Ending chronic homelessness means we’ll house everyone who’s currently experiencing it, and we’ll build a system to house people at risk of chronic homelessness in the future.

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Come volunteer with us! We offer service experiences for individuals, faith communities, businesses, and schools and youth groups. Volunteers help us end homelessness in our region by helping provide much-needed services to people transitioning into a home.

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The Homeward Bound community includes caring staff, volunteers, board members, and people experiencing or moving out of homelessness. We believe that housing is a human right and use the “Housing First” national best practice to end homelessness. We care about the most vulnerable among us and work every day to help them improve their lives. Join us!

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News & Updates

Revisiting Chris’s Tale From Living in Tents to Giving Back

Jun 19, 2019

Check out Chris and his story from StoryShare. He started out entering AHOPE while he was living outside, using it as an oasis for a shower, hot coffee and a place to pick up mail. After Chris moved into his own home, he decided to give back to AHOPE and help others...

“Passages: A Journey Through Place and Space” Art Show

Jun 17, 2019

Every individual’s passage or journey through life is unique.
This show is about life’s journey and the places and spaces
it can, or has, taken us.

Homeward Bound’s 2000th client moves into her own home!

Mar 15, 2019

The Struggle is Real. April is a single mom with two teenage daughters who were homeless for six years. She grew up with a single mother who experienced domestic violence and struggled to find healthy ways to cope and keep her children safe. April also...