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About Us

Mission

A Lotta Love transforms shelter environments into safe, dignified, and inspiring spaces through trauma-informed design. We work in homeless shelters, crisis centers, and children’s homes across North Carolina. Our goal is to create spaces where people in temporary housing feel more than just housed—they feel safe, valued, and supported.

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Purpose

A Lotta Love addresses the need for dignity, comfort, safety, and healing within homeless shelters. While many shelters provide basic necessities like food and temporary housing, the physical environments are often institutional, impersonal, and stressful conditions that can hinder emotional recovery and reinforce a sense of instability.

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“When I opened the door and saw the room, I cried. For the first time in months I felt like I could breathe.”
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“Everyday after school, they spent hours in their room playing—a sight I haven’t seen much before. It made my mommy heart so happy and reminded me of all the good in the world.”
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How we do it

A Lotta Love transforms these spaces using trauma-informed design to create warm, welcoming, and personalized environments that promote a sense of safety, support mental well-being, and empower residents to be able to focus on their journey toward stability and self-sufficiency.

We always provide all new bedding, pillows, towels, and toiletries to each new resident. Other items like rugs, artwork, small furnishings, lamps, books, toys, etc., are new or nearly new.

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Stats

19%*

Increase from 2023 in those experiencing homelessness in North Carolina

*Nearly 12,000 people

17.6%

of all children under 18 in North Carolina live in poverty

58%

Increase from last year in Homelessness among children in Durham

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