Mt. Hope Family Center

We are a dedicated team of clinicians, researchers, lawyers, and administrators working with and promoting resilience for children and families affected by stressful or traumatic experiences. These can include a need for support around parenting, familial violence, interpersonal violence, community violence, abuse, neglect, disruptions in caregiving, stressful life transitions, and systemic racism. We are committed to recognizing the adverse consequences of health disparities and advocating to ensure equity in access to care.

Mt. Hope Family Center’s unique approach combines clinical services, innovative research, and hands-on mentoring and training in one facility.  We provide evidence-based intervention and prevention services to thousands of children and families annually in our community.  As part of the University of Rochester, we also train and educate the next generation of clinicians and researchers.

• Health & Well-being – We commit to organization and personal practices that emphasize caring for ourselves so that we can effectively care for others.
• Collaboration – We work together toward shared goals, and develop trusting relationships among clients, colleagues, and partners.
• Ingenuity – We are clever, inventive, and adaptive – especially in challenging situations – by applying insight, imagination, and practical skill to develop innovative solutions.
• Compassion – We promote resilience in others with sensitivity to their adversity and trauma.
• Excellence – We are dedicated to clinical practice, research inquiry, and professional      education of the highest order.
• Advocacy – We amplify voices, influence decision-makers, and foster systemic change, while maintaining empathy, respect, and trust in the process.

These values are in addition to the University of Rochester MELIORA values.

Our team, along with our Executive Director, Jennie Noll, PhD, are committed to reducing the devastating impact of childhood trauma, especially child maltreatment. We aim to support children and families as they work toward short and long-term psychological and physical well-being and desired developmental outcomes, all while honoring their histories, life experiences, and cultural wealth.