Research Study that Identifies a Way to Document Hope to Funders

This 2012 article discusses the HOPE Index and the work of Oklahoma University researcher Chan Hellman. Professor Hellman's groundbreaking work is focused on measuring the impact of hope in the lives of victims of trauma and abuse through objective and subjective measurements. The Alliance's HOPE Project, focused on developing a camping and mentoring model, for survivors of family violence and their children is seeking to use the HOPE Index to measure and document the increase in hope and related actions toward healing and empowerment in the lives of survivors and their children after being supported by a mentor and experiencing a special camping experience.