Christ Inc Bricks of Hope

Hope is built, not performed. In Christ, we pair mercy with measurement: stabilize people first (food, housing, safety), train hands (tools, trades, customer honor), and publish outcomes (repairs placed, wages paid, debts retired). Nothing vague receipts and reconciliations that make neighbors stronger.

• Heart: Dignity over optics; repentance where harm was done; don’t exploit stories.
• Hands: Real repairs appliances, carpentry, bikes, roofs on-time delivery, fair pricing.
• Rails: EIN posted partners, safeguarding, payroll, inspections, and public dashboards.

• Volunteer builds with no permits or inspections unsafe work, future code violations.
• Crowdfund hope houses where ownership is unclear donor money → private assets.
• Workshop academies that charge trainees, pay no wages, and offer no certifications.
• Equipment drives with no insurance, maintenance budget, or operators.
• Story exploitation with no consent, no safeguarding, and no outcomes.
• Receipts vanish no EIN, no donor records, no public ledger.

1. Safe Shops posted EIN, PPE, tool training, supervision, and codes of conduct.
2. Paid Pathways apprenticeships with wages, OSHA basics, and trade cert prep.
3. Community Repairs priority for essential household fixes; voucher program.
4. Quality and Warranty checklists, photos, sign-offs, and follow-up visits.
5. Clean Procurement honest materials, salvage where safe, audited debris removal.
6. Public Ledger monthly metrics jobs, wages, parts, volunteers, trainees certified.