Public libraries: Local, safe, and free sources of positive childhood experiences
To ensure equitable access to PCEs for all children and families, we need to advocate for public funding for local community resources like public libraries.
Interview: Promoting access to positive childhood experiences and health equity through data
Data presents a picture of childhood experiences and helps inform actions and policy decisions that improve child health and well-being.
Free and low-cost ways to practice positive childhood experiences this summer
We created a list of fun tips and suggestions that connect to one or more of the Four Building Blocks of HOPE.
Juneteenth: its history, celebration, and connection to practicing the HOPE framework
Juneteenth is a day of celebration and a call to continue our anti-racist work into both our professional and personal lives.
Positive experiences can improve mental health in adulthood
Positive experiences, through closeness and social connection, can affect us beyond childhood providing hope for anyone who feels like it is too late.
New resource: Dice game to practice positive childhood experiences
Practicing positive childhood experiences (PCEs) helps children grow into healthy and resilience adults, incorporating them can be as easy as rolling dice!
HOPE Director shares the HOPE framework at the 2024 Norfleet Forum
Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences continues to grow as we offer workshops, seminars, and keynote presentations throughout the country.
Most adults have positive childhood experiences, but minority groups have less of them
While most adults have positive childhood experiences, people with gender and racial identities experiences them at a lower rate, according to a new HOPE study.
Increasing positive childhood experiences from family and community feedback
Current organizational practices and policies could be creating barriers to meaningful family and community feedback.
Increasing positive childhood experiences from family and community feedback
Environmental justice is a key movement to increasing access to positive childhood experiences through the Environment Building Block of HOPE.