Institute

We have an opportunity to rethink what local government can do in the future to ensure the safety and success of children. And we’re collaborating with elected leaders ready for results.

For twenty years since the ACEs Study was published, the nation has allowed family trauma to grow unchecked. That ends now with a community-empowered and data-driven strategy. And a team and a sense of urgency.

The Solution: 100% Community InitiativeWe’re collaborating with local leaders and stakeholders to strengthen vital services shown to ensure trauma-free and thriving children, students and families. It’s been twenty years since the public was introduced to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) through the ACEs Study in 1998. We learned that our children may endure a variety of […]

The Problem: A Costly Epidemic of Childhood TraumaOur children are traumatized. The adverse childhood experience (ACEs) survey is a powerful tool that can reveal the magnitude and severity of adversity and trauma impacting our families, schools and workforces. Trauma is so pervasive in our society that it takes a rather comprehensive survey just to delineate […]