Retiring Hope House head leaving legacy of ‘life-changing’ assistance
Elizabeth Dupont, executive director of Hope House since 1999, is retiring June 1. She has helped build an enterprise that has a nationally accredited day care and preschool, plus housing and social services. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)
She added social services for adults, saying that there is no way to reduce generational poverty without engaging the adults and the children in the family.
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Hope House Elizabeth DuPontJane Roberts
Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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