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We hope that you will continue to support a shared vision of improved health, learning, and wellbeing for vulnerable children.
About Bethany, Inc.
Founded in 1993, Bethany, Inc.'s mission has been to combat homelessness for families in Washington, D.C. On December 30, 2024 we sold our eight apartment building to Collaborative Solutions for Communities who also serve children and families.
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We found unhoused families did not choose our renovated units, possibly because they were small and did not have the amenities newer buildings had available.
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We are now re-envisioning our mission, to focus on improving the physical and mental health as well as education achievement of elementary aged children East of the River in Washington, D.C.
​Prior History:
In 2004, Bethany opened the doors of an eight-unit apartment building in Anacostia and named it Good Hope House. Good Hope House provided affordable transitional housing and support services for seven women and their children each year.
In 2016 in an effort to support the Opening Doors strategy, Bethany began offering its apartment units to families in the Rapid Rehousing program. ​We served eight families a year.
Mission
To provide affordable housing and supportive services for families who are recovering from homelessness and who demonstrate a sincere commitment to return to independent living.
Vision
To develop a safe and loving community for homeless families recovering from life traumas, with special focus on the creation of a nurturing environment for the children.
Focus
By giving second and third chances, Bethany Inc. focuses on zero income to very low income homeless families who do not yet qualify for public and/or permanent housing programs, by building strength, self-sufficiency, stronger families and proud communities.
History of Bethany, Inc.
Why "Good
Hope House?"
Good Hope House received its name because of its proximity to "Good Hope Road" and because of the powerful meaning it connoted for our residents and the transformation we envisioned for their lives.
Board of Directors
P. Carol Bullard-Bates
Founder and President
Charlyne Schofield
Board Member
Eleanor Lauderdale
Board Member
Lurlene Sweeney
Board Member
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
Minnie Baskerville
Board Member
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
Edward M. Johnson
Board Member
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
Theodora Mpoy
Board Member
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VIEW BIOPatricia Carol Bullard-Bates is one of the founders of Bethany, Inc. and has been on the Bethany, Inc. board since its inception. She graduated from Wellesley College with a degree in Philosophy in 1971, did some coursework in Psychology at Harvard University and Columbia University and then attended Washington University, receiving her doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1976. She completed a three year postdoctoral training program in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Shands Teaching Hospital at the University of Florida in 1979, and then worked at the University of North Dakota Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota as a clinical neuropsychologist until 1981. She then worked at the Royal Ottawa Rehabilitation Center until 1984 and at the St Vincent Hospital, both in Ottawa, Canada. In 1987 she moved to Washington, DC to join the staff at the National Rehabilitation Hospital as a neuropsychologist and worked there for 30 years. She is now a partner at Creative Change Therapy Center, LLP, working with clients with mental health needs. She joined one of the faith communities of the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC and became interested in the problems of homelessness and addiction in the Washington, DC area. She founded Bethany, Inc. with several others committed to the problem of homelessness, and recovery from addiction. The program opened in 2004 in SE Washington, DC.
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