Hope's Harbor Family Hospitality Homes
Family Hospitality Homes · About this organization
What you get
Free lodging near treatment with private bedrooms, bathroom access, meals and pantry, laundry, toiletries, gathering and play spaces, coffee and hospital shuttles.
How to start
Call Guest Services or use the Guest Inquiry link; have identification ready for screening and allow staff to verify your child's care.
Good to know
- A request does not ensure a room. Ask about room availability.
The details, as published
Hope's Harbor provides free year-round hospitality to families whose child receives care at any Fort Wayne medical facility. Its Lutheran and Dupont houses share one inquiry and screening path and offer 14 private bedrooms in total, meals and pantry space, laundry, hygiene items, family gathering areas, informal community, and hospital-provided shuttles. Staff verify patient status and screen potential guests, usually completing the process within a few hours, but the current site no longer publishes the legacy age-21 rule, vacancies, waitlist priority, maximum stay, or advance lead time.
What help you may get
Lodging Near Treatment
Family Hospitality Homes — lodging near treatment
Hope's Harbor provides free year-round hospitality to families whose child receives care at any Fort Wayne medical facility. Its Lutheran and Dupont houses share one inquiry and screening path and offer 14 private bedrooms in total, meals and pantry space, laundry, hygiene items, family gathering areas, informal community, and hospital-provided shuttles. Staff verify patient status and screen potential guests, usually completing the process within a few hours, but the current site no longer publishes the legacy age-21 rule, vacancies, waitlist priority, maximum stay, or advance lead time.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Bon Bons coffee and informal community
- Family gathering and play areas
- Guest room near Fort Wayne treatment
- Hospital-provided shuttle transportation
- Laundry facilities
- Meals and pantry access
- Personal hygiene items
- Private bedrooms and bathroom access
- Shuttle transportation to participating treatment facilities
- Eligible lodging and house services are free.
- Length and repeat stays depend on medical need, availability, and house approval.
Meals And Food
Family Hospitality Homes — meals and food
Hope's Harbor provides free year-round hospitality to families whose child receives care at any Fort Wayne medical facility. Its Lutheran and Dupont houses share one inquiry and screening path and offer 14 private bedrooms in total, meals and pantry space, laundry, hygiene items, family gathering areas, informal community, and hospital-provided shuttles. Staff verify patient status and screen potential guests, usually completing the process within a few hours, but the current site no longer publishes the legacy age-21 rule, vacancies, waitlist priority, maximum stay, or advance lead time.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Bon Bons coffee and informal community
- Family gathering and play areas
- Guest room near Fort Wayne treatment
- Hospital-provided shuttle transportation
- Laundry facilities
- Meals and pantry access
- Personal hygiene items
- Private bedrooms and bathroom access
- Shuttle transportation to participating treatment facilities
- Eligible lodging and house services are free.
- Length and repeat stays depend on medical need, availability, and house approval.
Practical Items And Home Help
Family Hospitality Homes — practical items and home help
Hope's Harbor provides free year-round hospitality to families whose child receives care at any Fort Wayne medical facility. Its Lutheran and Dupont houses share one inquiry and screening path and offer 14 private bedrooms in total, meals and pantry space, laundry, hygiene items, family gathering areas, informal community, and hospital-provided shuttles. Staff verify patient status and screen potential guests, usually completing the process within a few hours, but the current site no longer publishes the legacy age-21 rule, vacancies, waitlist priority, maximum stay, or advance lead time.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Bon Bons coffee and informal community
- Family gathering and play areas
- Guest room near Fort Wayne treatment
- Hospital-provided shuttle transportation
- Laundry facilities
- Meals and pantry access
- Personal hygiene items
- Private bedrooms and bathroom access
- Shuttle transportation to participating treatment facilities
- Eligible lodging and house services are free.
- Length and repeat stays depend on medical need, availability, and house approval.
Travel And Transportation
Family Hospitality Homes — travel and transportation
Hope's Harbor provides free year-round hospitality to families whose child receives care at any Fort Wayne medical facility. Its Lutheran and Dupont houses share one inquiry and screening path and offer 14 private bedrooms in total, meals and pantry space, laundry, hygiene items, family gathering areas, informal community, and hospital-provided shuttles. Staff verify patient status and screen potential guests, usually completing the process within a few hours, but the current site no longer publishes the legacy age-21 rule, vacancies, waitlist priority, maximum stay, or advance lead time.
Noncash help · As Needed
Can cover
- Bon Bons coffee and informal community
- Family gathering and play areas
- Guest room near Fort Wayne treatment
- Hospital-provided shuttle transportation
- Laundry facilities
- Meals and pantry access
- Personal hygiene items
- Private bedrooms and bathroom access
- Shuttle transportation to participating treatment facilities
- Eligible lodging and house services are free.
- Length and repeat stays depend on medical need, availability, and house approval.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program serves families of children receiving medical care at Fort Wayne facilities, a diagnosis-neutral rule that includes pediatric B-ALL treatment.
Age
Age 0 to age 21.
- The patient must be age 21 or younger.
Treatment status
Active Treatment
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The treating facility must verify the medical need and care details.
- No numeric income limit is published in the reviewed official material.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be connected to: The child must be receiving medical care at a Fort Wayne facility..
- The child must be receiving medical care at a Fort Wayne facility.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Indiana — Indiana — Indiana
- Fort Wayne — Fort Wayne
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Caregiver, Healthcare Team, Parent Or Guardian, Social Worker
- A Guest Services team member guides the application and contacts medical staff to verify patient status.
- All potential guests complete background screening and provide identification.
- Authorize the facility to verify the medical need.
- Call 260-459-8550 at any time or use the Guest Inquiry link.
- Complete an individual Welcome Tour to finalize registration and learn the amenities.
- Confirm the child is 21 or younger and receiving care at a Fort Wayne facility.
- Submit the stay request with family and treatment details.
- Wait for availability confirmation and follow house check-in rules.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
Documents to prepare
- Identification and guest information as requested
- Medical-care verification as requested
- No lodging charge is imposed for eligible stays.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- A current official page presented the program and an intake route on the research date.
- Applications or requests are accepted on an ongoing basis, subject to program capacity.
- The organization says the process from applying to becoming a guest typically takes a few hours.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A Fort Wayne treatment connection is required.
- A request does not ensure a room; placement depends on availability and house approval.
- Hospital shuttle routes and hours are not published.
- Specific distance, length-of-stay, and background-screening rules should be confirmed.
- Specific distance, maximum-stay, repeat-stay, caregiver, sibling, visitor, background-screening, vacancy, and waitlist rules should be confirmed.
- The legacy age-21 rule is preserved in provenance but is not currently verified.
- How far in advance should a family request a room?
- What current distance-from-home rule, if any, applies?
- What guest screening, caregiver, and maximum-stay rules apply?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 23, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Hope’s Harbor · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Stay With Us — Hope’s Harbor · checked Aug 27, 2026