ACEs Aware is an initiative led by the California Office of the Surgeon General and the Department of Health Care Services to give Medicaid providers training, clinical protocols, and payment for screening children and adults for ACEs. In December 2020, they released an in-depth Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health.
ACEs Action Plan was released in February 2021 by the New Jersey ACEs Collaborative, which consists of three NJ-based foundations — The Burke Foundation, The Nicholson Foundation, and the Turrell Fund — and the NJ Department of Children and Families. Click here to learn more.
For a more in-depth look at the science of ACEs, read the CDC’s Vital Signs on ACEs or a 2019 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on adult health problems attributable to ACEs. Also check out ACEs Aware, or read the original ACEs study conducted by the CDC and Kaiser Permanente.