Hopelink is moving both its administrative offices and emergency services center to other locations in Redmond after two decades as a founding partner at Redmond’s multi-tenant nonprofit Together Center (formerly the Family Resource Center).

Beginning July 27, the social services agency’s administrative offices will be at 10675 Willows Rd. N.E., Building B, Suite 275. These offices include Hopelink’s financial, development and human resources departments, which staff 36 employees.

“It’s basically what you would need to run a nonprofit,” said Hopelink public relations specialist Kris Betker.

The Redmond emergency services center, including the food bank, will remain at the current location at the Together Center until this fall. It will then relocate to 16725 Cleveland St. with expanded services. Betker said the expanded services mean more physical space but also additional services such as adult education classes and family development programs. The new location will be 7,800 square feet. The current location is 9,575 square feet but this includes all of the offices as well as the emergency services.

Betker said emergency services include housing, financial and transportation assistance as well as access to the center’s food bank.

Hopelink President and Chief Executive Officer Marilyn Mason-Plunkett said the moves will allow the organization to better serve the future needs of community.

“After many years at our present location, we simply outgrew our space,” she said. “We made the decision to move our Redmond emergency service center to a much larger space, which will allow us to offer expanded services and better serve our clients. This higher-profile space has a dedicated parking lot, better access to public transportation and the additional space will allow us to grow with the needs of Redmond.”

The Redmond food bank serves more than 1,000 people every month and is one of five Hopelink emergency service centers in north and east King County. Betker said the new space in Redmond will accommodate the community’s needs as demand for services continues to rise.

“We’ve definitely seen an increase in demand for all services,” Betker said.

She added that in 2010 the number of people utilizing Hopelink’s food bank increased 12 percent compared to 2009 and during a recent three-year period, the number increased about 47 percent.

With more people seeking social services and specifically the food bank, Betker said it has been difficult collecting enough food for everyone. About 80 percent of the food bank food comes from donations and with the current economic situation, she said there are just fewer people who are able to or willing to donate.