Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers

Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers was founded by Alan Evans, who was homeless for over 25 years. He was removed from an abusive home and sent to foster care at age 11, but when his circumstances didnt improve, he ran away and was homeless and addicted by age 13. Without adequate resources to address his childhood traumas and help him make positive changes to be able to reenter society, getting arrested meant getting rescued. But his arresting officer asked to hear his story and helped him find sobriety and sustainability. Evans started Helping Hands to give other homeless people what he himself had needed: a helping hand to a sustainable life. In 2002, Evans opened an 8-bed home for the homeless in Seaside, OR, and over the years Helping Hands has expanded to meet the changing needs for homeless services in surrounding communities. When more homeless seniors and families with children began needing Helping Hands support, we began to offer Case Management with Individual Reentr...