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.
The HOPE movement continues to grow in 2025 and beyond. Through our certification programs, we trained over 550+ HOPE Facilitators, 100+ HOPE Champions, and 15+ HOPE-Inspired organizations in 46 U.S. states who practice the HOPE framework and Four Building Blocks of HOPE in their work with children and families.
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
Free and low-cost ways to practice positive childhood experiences this summer
We created a list of fun summer tips and suggestions that connect to one or more of the Four Building Blocks of HOPE.
Register now! The Annual HOPE Summit returns next week
The Fifth Annual HOPE Summit – Shaping the Future: A Framework for Every Sector will take place next week, register today!
Asking the right questions — Letting purpose lead the way towards focused data collection and analysis
Learn the next steps of the data collection process, and how the HOPE National Resource Center is using data to evaluate our work.
Recent resources
HOPE Toolkit for Educators
Promote PCEs in education The HOPE for Educators Toolkit is for teachers, school staff, school counselors, and anyone who works…
HOPE as an anti-racism framework in action guide
How to ensure PCEs for all children through policy and practice changes This guide walks you through the process of…
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) findings in BRFSS reports handout
BRFSS reports reveal important findings on PCEs Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are surveys conducted by each U.S. state…
Recent publications
Reimagining the Juvenile Justice System Through the Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences Framework
Increasing PCEs for justice-involved youths Extensive research shows that positive childhood experiences (PCEs) help children and youth grow and build…
Health Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Exploring the current research on PCEs We conducted a scoping review of the literature to explore the current research on positive…
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…
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