Getting started with HOPE as an organization
Influence organizational-wide impact through the HOPE framework
Research shows that positive childhood experiences (PCEs) help children grow into healthy, resilient adults. The HOPE National Resource Center created the strength-based HOPE framework that helps organizations and professionals support children and families by prioritizing the promotion of their access to PCEs. The center of the HOPE framework is the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, the key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive.
The HOPE National Resource Center, our 300+ certified trainers from around the word, and our partners work with organizations and professionals working in daycares and schools to child welfare, juvenile justice, public health, and healthcare systems (and everyone in between). In adopting the HOPE framework to make changes to practices, policies, and programming at your organization, you are joining us in creating a brighter world where we can consistently identify, honor, and promote child and family strengths through PCEs.
Learn more about how you can advance the HOPE framework in your organization. Contact us with any questions and how to get started with HOPE!
How can I start implementing HOPE?
Start with an Introduction to HOPE
You can do this by contacting us for a presentation or workshop training, completing our online courses as a team, or finding a local HOPE trainer.
Dive deeper into advanced HOPE trainings
Now that your team understands the basics of the HOPE framework, you can opt into deeper level trainings including our HOPE Train the Facilitator and Champion Certification programs.
Transform your organization with the HOPE-Informed Certification
As you transform your HOPE trainings into practice within your organization, you may want to consider the HOPE-Informed Organizational Certification. We have unique paths for direct service organizations, funders, and organizations who do not work directly with children and families.
Start with an Introduction to HOPE
Presentation & Workshop Request Form
The HOPE team offers a variety of presentations and workshops based on activities, topics covered, duration, and speakers.
Online Course Hub
The Online Course Hub includes both introductory and sector-specific online courses about the HOPE framework and how to implement it.
Find a Local HOPE Trainer
The HOPE team trains a growing number of certified HOPE Facilitators and Champions from around the world. Find a HOPE trainer near you!
Dive deep into advanced HOPE trainings
HOPE Train the Facilitator Certification
HOPE Facilitators are certified to provide their own version of the Introduction to HOPE workshop tailored to their community and sector.
HOPE Champion Certification
HOPE Champions help increase an organization’s and network’s capacity to implement the HOPE framework sustainably and systematically.
Individualized training and technical assistance
The HOPE team provides individualized training and technical assistance on specific, deeper-level topics of HOPE implementation.
HOPE-Informed Organizational Certification
The HOPE-Informed Organizational Certification program transitions organizations from talking about broad concepts like health equity and trauma-informed care to implementing specific changes to policies, practices, and procedures to achieve these goals and publicly declaring their intentions and accomplishments.
As a HOPE-Informed organization, you can:
- Enhance families’ experiences of care at your organization
- Increase your organization’s relationship with the community
- Promote a healthy internal culture within your organization
HOPE in action
Case Study: How Tufts Pediatrics is building resilience among its staff and patients through HOPE
Tufts Medicine Pediatric Primary Care implemented the HOPE framework and created improvements to their staff, physical spaces, and policies.
San Diego State University brings the HOPE framework to a new level, on track to become the first HOPE-informed university
Learn how San Diego State University plans to become the first HOPE-Informed university.
Case Study: How SRHD integrated HOPE to build trusting relationships with families, nurses, and staff
Spokane Regional Health District implemented the HOPE framework into the Community Health Division which partners nurses with expecting mothers.
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.
Case Study: How YMCA San Diego is making the HOPE framework their own
YMCA San Diego has embraced and implemented the HOPE Framework internally with their staff and externally with cross-sector partners.
HOPE Champion guides childcare organizations through personalized changes using the HOPE framework
HOPE Champion, Royale Lockhart, shares how COVID-19 and the HOPE framework changed her work with children and families.
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