"Children in New Haven experience high numbers of ACE events. One recent pilot program administered ACE screenings to the 176 member kindergarten class at Strong School in New Haven. The results were astonishing. 90% of Kindergarteners reported experiencing ACE events, but only 23% were currently displaying symptoms. What this tells us is that 67% of these students are experiencing ACEs, but are unidentified and untreated, allowing the issues to worsen until they eventually display themselves years later....
"The City of New Haven seeks to implement the Community Resilience Initiative (CRI). The CRI seeks to eradicate community violence, school failure, reduce incarceration rates, improve overall health and, in short, create a safer,
healthier community for children and families, with its impact to be assessed vis-à-vis results-based accountability. The CRI consists of four strategies....
"As mentioned at the outset, denying the mental health problems that stem from ACEs is no longer plausible. To do so will only continue to deplete the City of New Haven of its financial resources as well as weaken its overall social fabric; however, by implementing the Community Resilience Initiative – a multi-faceted, trauma-informed system of care – the effects of toxic stress caused by untreated ACEs will be greatly lessened and the City of New Haven will become a healthier, safer and overall enhanced community.
http://cityofnewhaven.com/Mayor/CommunityRes.asp
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