By Aimee Zeitz, 12/1/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/
Aimee Zeitz is the regional director of strategic advancement at the YMCA San Diego County. She and her team have been implementing the HOPE framework into their practice and organizational structure. Aimee was a member of the first cohort of the HOPE Innovation Network and has worked closely with the HOPE National Resource Center on many projects. Below Aimee shares the strengths, barriers, and successes to her HOPE implementation.
What are you currently doing to practice and implement the HOPE framework into the work you do at the YMCA San Diego?
We have integrated HOPE, not just at the YMCA but also with our community partners and in the ways we think about service delivery; really grounding that service delivery in responsive relationships. For context, at the YMCA in San Diego County, we have been doing work for the past four years around changing our service delivery approach, grounded in the Strengthening Families framework and mindful of the protective factors that we know influence a child’s and family’s wellbeing. When we had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Sege and the HOPE team to learn more about HOPE, we realized that it complemented the work that we were doing already, and it really helped bring the practice to life in a new and different way. Since then, we have been integrating HOPE into the all-staff trainings we do once a year. We follow this training up with reflection and action planning sessions to really move beyond just a one-and-done training. We take the time to reflect on the implications of shared learnings, and implications for our programs, policies, and practices.
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