Hope Haven's purpose is to assist persons with mental and/or physical disabilities to reach their potential. The primary therapeutic tool is vocational training provided in two facility-based settings in Rock Valley and in numerous community-based settings located in businesses throughout Northwest Iowa. Living-skills training provides nineteen residential sites in communities throughout Iowa and Minnesota. These sites include an array of group and individual living options with independence in the community of choice being the goal for each person. Also, Hope Haven, Inc. extends Christian mercy to people with disabilities throughout the world.