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By The HOPE Team, 5/5/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) is growing. Last week, Kristin Sereyko started as HOPE’s new Senior Project Manager. Kristin will be responsible for overall management of finances and program growth. She will assist with strategic planning and execution of this plan helping to ensure sustainability and successful growth of the HOPE NRC. We are excited to welcome her to the HOPE National Resource Center. As our...

By Dr. Bob Sege, 4/26/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ This week marks the end of April, child abuse prevention month. During the pandemic, we have learned a lot about how to prevent child abuse. Data from the pandemic show a story of hope for children and families. Let’s put this new knowledge into action. At the beginning of the pandemic, I and many others in the field worried that child abuse would skyrocket. Children were at home with their parents, with no one at school...

By Amanda Winn, 4/21/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Over the summer, the HOPE National Resource Center started a Train the Facilitator program. The goal was to train staff from organizations to present the basics of HOPE to both members of their organizations and to their community partners. Members who go through all three sessions of the program become certified HOPE facilitators. By January, there was enough interest in the program for the HOPE National Resource Center...

By Laura Gallant, 4/12/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Over the next year, we will be using the 2022 HOPE Summit event website for table-based networking events. On April 20th at 4 p.m. ET, HOPE will host its second free HOPEful Connections networking event on the website. The event will be a great time to discuss how the practice of HOPE interacts across sectors. You will network with people from health care, education, community engagement, and other organizations.

By Jennifer Jones, 4/7/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ At HOPE, our vision is for all children to have safe and equitable access to the Four Building Blocks . As April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, we want to share just some of the work that is moving that vision forward. Today, we are talking to Jennifer Jones, Chief Strategy Officer at Prevent Child Abuse America. Jennifer promotes child abuse prevention and positive childhood experiences in her daily work. Here, she...

By The HOPE Team, 3/30/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The “ Spreading HOPE Online Learning Course ” has a new home! The modules have all the same interactive features like short videos and interviews with guest experts, quizzes, and supplemental materials but with a new look and feel. This course is for anyone starting their HOPE journey. Basic access to the course is $25. You can work on the modules at your own pace, starting and stopping as it works for your schedule. On...

By The HOPE Team, 3/29/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE offers a way for children to improve their lifelong mental health through positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The theme of Women’s History Month 2022, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope”, strongly aligns with that purpose. Many times, women are the main caregivers in their homes and work in caregiving professions. Sadly, those roles have been under-valued or insufficiently respected. HOPE partners with...

By Laura Gallant, 3/24/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ On March 8, we held our second annual HOPE Summit – Growing HOPE with nearly 300 people participating. Even with the virtual platform we had high engagement among those who attended. We had about 125 posts on the events social wall, and 85 people joined us for the networking hour after the Summit. If you were unable to attend the conference, we are now offering free access to the conference site. You will be able to...

By Audrey Smolkin, 3/17/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Below is an interview with Audrey Smolkin, the Executive Director of the new Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma. The HOPE Team worked with Audrey and her team to incorporate the HOPE framework into their new website. Learn more about this new center and how HOPE contributes to their amazing work in the Massachusetts community! Please introduce yourself and your work to our readers. I am the Executive Director of the...

By Laura Gallant, 3/11/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Friday March 11, is the fifth and final day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE and Faith Communities. HOPE is a flexible program that makes space for all practices that...

By Laura Gallant, 3/10/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Thursday March 10, is the fourth day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE Family Day. HOPE aims to shift the model of care to a more collaborative and family-led framework.

By Guest Author, 3/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE Week of Action Blog – March 7-11, 2022 Authors: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba member of the HOPE National Advisory Board, and Allison Bovell-Ammon Last July, a TikTok trend embodied a moment of pure joy when policy change had a real-world impact on families’ lives. The social media outlet was full of parents dancing and taking a huge sigh of relief as the up to $300 monthly payments of the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC)...