Hope House is Missouri's largest domestic violence shelter with two secure locations in Independence and Lee's Summit. Each location offers a shelter (one with 58 beds and one with 64), early childhood center, therapy space, administration offices and community training facilities. Over the past 28 years, Hope House programs and services have expanded to include outreach therapy; court advocacy; a safe visitation center; hospital-based advocacy; on-call women's advocates who work with area police departments; professional trainings on domestic violence for medical students, newly recruited police officers, corporations, hospital personnel, and social workers. Hope House's hotline and programs help more than 10,000 battered women and children each year.