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HOPE Train the Facilitator Certification

Spread HOPE in your community

We would love to have you as the newest HOPE Facilitator who helps to bring HOPE to your community! After completing the Train the Facilitator Certification program, you will be able to deliver the Introduction to HOPE workshop out in the community. You will be a driver in spreading the core concepts of the HOPE framework with key partners, community members, and staff.

What you will learn

At the end of the Train the Facilitator Certification program, you will be certified to provide your version of the Introduction to HOPE workshop tailored specifically to your community and sector

Hear from HOPE Facilitators

The online videos [and] the opportunity to talk to others in the training [were the most helpful aspects.] DO IT!!

Vicki Kavanaugh

Arbor Circle

The HOPE [Train the Facilitator] training provides a much needed dose of positivity to balance out knowledge of ACEs [adverse childhood experiences]. This training complements other strength-based frameworks and validates its importance with solid evidence plus practical tools to start using right away.

Monet Borione

Marquette-Alger Child Abuse and Neglect County

[I have been] Spreading the impact of positive childhood experiences and the HOPE framework not only to the caregivers of my patients, but all stakeholders involved with children and adolescents.

Lourdes Valdez, MD, MPH

Great training, well put together, concepts are easy to grasp and can be incorporated into work being done around ACEs

Nikki Berger

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

[I have] Brought awareness and interest to PCEs [positive childhood experiences]. People have been considering how Protective Factors and PCEs are connected and intersect.

Maria Cook

Early Childhood Support Network-Eastern Region

The most helpful aspects of the Train the Facilitator training are the materials that are ready-made, and the on-going supports. Hearing others who are presenting the materials share how they add in activities, and opportunities for live experiences is so valuable!

Lana Frisby

Valley Oak Children's Services

If you know ACES this [HOPE framework] will tie it all together.

Alyssa M Ortega

YMCA of San Diego County

The HOPE Framework provides a solution-based method for solving the most critical problems facing our communities today. It gives community leaders HOPE when collaborating to meet the needs of its citizens and creates a win-win situation for everyone.

Monica Gallant

Boys & Girls Club of Souhegan Valley/Community Action for Safe Teens Coalition

This [HOPE framework] can lead to heavy conversations, vicarious trauma, and the need to have other local resources to refer to in your back pocket. However, this information is so important and worthwhile. Helping others understand PCEs [positive childhood experiences], perspectives, and reframing strategies can help or possible change a person’s view, experience, and their own personal trauma can be uplifting.

Tracey Adkins

Link CCR&R

Instead of educating communities solely on ACEs, we have included PCEs [positive childhood experiences] as a tool for moving forward. Using the building blocks, we have created action steps for moving forward with ACEs and PCEs research.

Alex Cory

Georgia Center for Child Advocacy

Are you ready to become a Facilitator?

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for the Train the Facilitator Certification program, we ask that you:

Be a seasoned trainer with experience providing trainings or workshops;
Have participated in a live Introduction to HOPE workshop, completed the Spreading HOPE online course, or be willing to complete the online course prior to program launch date.

Time Commitment

Each cohort will consist of 10-16 individuals working around the country in different sectors who want to Spread HOPE. Together, you’ll complete three virtual, interactive, hands-on sessions over the course of 4-6 weeks and end the program with a new HOPE certification. The program consists of three sessions each about two weeks apart with homework in between each session. The first session will be approximately 3 hours long. The following two sessions will each be 90 minutes and offer reflection and group sharing about the homework assignments.

Cost

The Train the Facilitator program costs $1,500 per person. Once completed, you will be certified to offer the Introduction to HOPE workshop and charge up to $1,500 per workshop. Certification also comes with the option of being listed on our website as a Facilitator for those looking for local trainers.

Scholarships

There are a limited number of scholarships available on a first come, first served basis for each Train the Facilitator cohort. If you are either self-employed or working for an organization with an annual operating budget under $250,000 without a staff development budget, please reach out to us for more details.

Annual Recertification

HOPE Facilitator Certification is valid for one year. To maintain your certification and have access to ongoing support, resources, and Office Hours, Facilitators will need to present at least two HOPE workshops per year and submit evaluations that are satisfactory or above.

Register for the next cohort

Each Train the Facilitator cohort will consist of 10-16 individuals and will complete three interactive, hands-on sessions over the course of 4-6 weeks.

Cohort 37

Session 1: June 5, 2 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Session 2: June 18, 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Session 3: July 1, 2 – 3 p.m. ET

Cohort 38

Session 1: July 15, 2 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Session 2: July 30, 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET
Session 3: August 13, 2 – 3 p.m. ET

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Not sure if the Train the Facilitator Certification program is right for you? Reach out to us with any questions.

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