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Helping all neurotypes thrive through the HOPE framework<\/h2>\n

Lincoln County is a low density, rural county in Montana that once had a thriving mill industry but has been struggling for some time now. The umbrella group <\/span>Zero to Five Lincoln County<\/span><\/a>, as well as nonprofits within it like <\/span>Lincoln County Unite for Youth<\/span><\/a>, are using the HOPE framework to improve outcomes for families struggling with poverty, substance use disorder, domestic violence and isolation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI came home\u201d is how Maggie Anderson, HOPE Facilitator and project coordinator for Lincoln County Unite for Youth, felt the first time she learned about HOPE at an event at the Montana Institute<\/span><\/a>. For decades, she\u2019d been working in various roles supporting youth \u2014 as a teacher and as an advocate. And she herself grew up in Lincoln County with 11 siblings. She experienced firsthand the <\/span>Four Building Blocks of HOPE<\/span><\/a>, or the key types of positive childhood experiences<\/a> (PCEs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally \u201cthere’s this language that really encompasses what we need to be doing,\u201d she said, of the work in Lincoln County.<\/p>\n

\"Worksheet<\/p>\n

Anderson has since become an advocate for HOPE and recalls multiple instances when it helped others in her field better understand why certain kinds of youth programming really matter. During one HOPE presentation that she led, she witnessed firsthand the moment when the framework clicked for a Lincoln County commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe understood that \u2026 prevention and community building is not just doing cool things for kids. It’s building a system and a framework within the community that holds these things and can actually grow these things, these better outcomes from these experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anderson recalls one collaborative event, the \u201cBack to School Blast,\u201d where multiple agencies and organizations come together to provide students with school supplies and disseminate information about resources available to children and families. This event also helps stitch together community in a county where families often live so far from each other. From birth to five years old, many children don\u2019t get chances to play together.<\/p>\n

She says that providing a framework to the participating groups for why these kinds of events are important \u201chonors the great work that’s being done by these individuals and organizations, and then they’re more willing to say yes to the next thing.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n

Elevating positive childhood experiences as means of prevention<\/h2>\n

In the last couple of years, the event has grown from a handful of people to over 600. She attributes this to the buy-in that participating organizations feel, and to understanding why positive childhood experiences are critical.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to flip the script, and we want to invite people into \u2018what are you doing to promote prevention?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cSo, instead of decreasing youth substance use, what are we doing to promote healthy lifestyles? Instead of decreasing anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, what are we doing to elevate well-being? And there’s actual markers that define if we’re addressing well-being, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dorey Rowland, collaboration coordinator for Zero to Five Lincoln County which is an initiative based out of the county Department of Health, became a HOPE Facilitator shortly after Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re trying to create healthy, hopeful conditions for families,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen we’re approaching the work we do, it’s less focused on \u2018this is what’s wrong, we’re trying to fix it\u2019 and more focused on, \u2018let’s make these beautiful options for people.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since being trained on the HOPE framework, Rowland has offered an Introduction to HOPE training to her health department colleagues; she has built HOPE into the department\u2019s community health implementation plan; and she framed the Zero to Five collaborative\u2019s 4-hour reflection session with HOPE. <\/span>But perhaps most significant are the efforts that have been made to institutionalize HOPE as the chosen approach to providing children and family services throughout the county. It is now written into Rowland\u2019s job description that her work will be guided by the framework.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anderson echoes the importance of institutionalizing HOPE.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEventually we can look back and say, \u2018well, we used to have high levels of things, and we no longer do.\u2019 And that actually is where we are \u2026 Lincoln County has made significant progress over the last 15 years in those areas,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are no longer the dark red on the map.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

What does the HOPE framework look like in your work?<\/h2>\n

Do you have an amazing story to share on how you are using the HOPE framework in your work with children and families? Are you looking to start prompting positive childhood experiences? <\/span>Reach out to us<\/span><\/a>! <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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