Mt. Hope Family Center

We are a diverse 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.

• Diversity – We recognize the inherent worth and unique perspective and history of each individual.
• Relationships – We develop trusting and collaborative relationships among clients, colleagues, and partners to guide the work we do.
• 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.
• Integrity – We uphold an uncompromising adherence to high moral and ethical principles.
• Innovation – We strive to be on the leading edge of basic and applied research, service delivery, and training.
• Self and Shared Care – Recognizing the occupational hazards of Secondary Traumatic Stress, we commit to organization and personal practices that emphasize caring for ourselves so that we can effectively care for others.

Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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.