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        <ExplanationTxt>HOPE FOR FAMILIES, INC. (HFF), ESTABLISHED IN 1994, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF REBUILDING URBAN COMMUNITIES BY REBUILDING FAMILIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HOLISTIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. HFF PLANS TO FULFILL THIS MISSION BY REBUILDING URBAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH AN APPROACH WHICH ENCOURAGES RESIDENT/COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A FUNDAMENTAL TENET OF HFF'S PHILOSOPHY OF EMPOWERMENT IS THE NOTION THAT ORDINARY CITIZENS, THROUGH HARD WORK, DEDICATED SERVICES AND COLLECTIVE ACTION, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. HOPE FOR FAMILIES, INC. SERVES AS A CONTINUATION OF THE GOOD HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH LEGACY OF SERVICE TO THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>HOPE FOR FAMILIES, INC. (HFF), ESTABLISHED IN 1994, IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF REBUILDING URBAN COMMUNITIES BY REBUILDING FAMILIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HOLISTIC NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA. HFF PLANS TO FULFILL THIS MISSION BY REBUILDING URBAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH AN APPROACH WHICH ENCOURAGES RESIDENT/COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. A FUNDAMENTAL TENET OF HFF'S PHILOSOPHY OF EMPOWERMENT IS THE NOTION THAT ORDINARY CITIZENS, THROUGH HARD WORK, DEDICATED SERVICES AND COLLECTIVE ACTION, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. HOPE FOR FAMILIES, INC. SERVES AS A CONTINUATION OF THE GOOD HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH LEGACY OF SERVICE TO THE THIRD WARD COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST: ALL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IRS FORM 990 AND IRS FORM 990-T.</ExplanationTxt>
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