HOPE — Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences
We are inspiring a movement to advance health and well-being for children, families, and communities.
Every child needs positive childhood experiences (PCEs).
PCEs help children grow into healthy adults.
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) drive healthy child development and lessen the lifelong effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). PCEs help children build resilience and grow into thriving, healthy adults.
Everyone can promote PCEs.
The HOPE framework centers on those key types of PCEs to help everyone – parents and caregivers, professionals, organizations, and agencies – promote health and well-being for children and families.
The HOPE framework
The HOPE framework can be used to promote PCEs for all children
The HOPE framework centers around the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive, and helps organizations, communities, and individuals make changes to practices, policies, and programming to ensure that all children have equitable access to PCEs.
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE provide an accessible, actionable way of talking about the key types of PCEs:
Relationships
Safe and supportive relationships within the family and with other children and adults.
Environment
Safe, equitable, and stable environments where children can live, learn, and play.
Engagement
Opportunities for social and civic engagement to develop a sense of belonging and connectedness.
Emotional Growth
Opportunities for emotional growth where children feel supported through difficult events and emotions.
What we offer
The HOPE National Resource Center
Based out of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the HOPE National Resource Center offers trainings, resources, and research centered around the HOPE framework and positive childhood experiences. The HOPE framework has helped communities, professionals, and organizations big and small, in every field from home visiting to education and health care to the justice system, to accomplish their missions. Learn how you can use the HOPE framework:
Training opportunities
Virtual Learning Hub
Complete our online courses that you can take at your own pace!
Presentation Requests
Request us to present keynote addresses and workshops!
Certifications
Practice HOPE as certified trainers and organizations!
Local HOPE Trainers
Find a local HOPE Facilitator or Champion near you!
Recent blog posts
The HOPE framework as a method of prevention
HOPE is an important tool in prevention workers’ toolbelts, as the framework supports children develop healthy resilience.
Using the HOPE Framework during times of natural disasters
Learn how to utilize the HOPE framework and promote the Four Building Blocks of HOPE during natural disasters.
From HR policy to strategic plans: Renee Layman works to incorporate HOPE across all levels of her organization
Learn how to start your HOPE journey and create HOPE-informed changes on the organizational level.
Recent resources
Utilizing HOPE and Strengthening Families within systems
Practical ways implementing HOPE and Strengthening Families This resource emphasizes the practical application of the HOPE and Strengthening Families frameworks…
Promoting resilience for systems-impacted families
Everyone needs access to important types of positive experiences The Four Building Blocks of HOPE and Strengthening Families’ five Protective…
How HOPE and Strengthening Families work to help you and your family thrive
Everyone deserves a chance to thrive This resource shares how families can benefit from the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive…
Recent publications
The Impact of Positive and Adverse Experiences in Adolescence on Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Early Adulthood
The Impact of Positive and Adverse Experiences in Adolescence on Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Early Adulthood This study evaluated…
The Pediatrician’s Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment: Clinical Report
Supporting children well-being from infancy through adolescence Pediatricians have always seen the value of preventing health harms; this should be…
Prevalence of Positive Childhood Experiences Among Adults — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Four States, 2015–2021
This report marks an important moment in the growing understanding of childhood experiences. This report signals that PCEs have become…
Contact us
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