National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (Adverse Childhood Experiences in NSCAW # 20)

Former Member 4/27/152:12 PM

Why We Should Assess for ACEs in kids in the child welfare system. I don't know exactly how old this brief from the Administration on Children and Families from HHS is but the graphs say it all. However I will add a few points:

1. In the CDC ACE study 1/3 of the study participants reported no ACEs whereas 1 percent of the NSCAW II participants had no ACEs.

2. Greater than 50 percent of the NSCAW II participants had 4 or more ACEs whereas only 13 percent of the CDC ACE study participants reported 4 or greater ACEs.

3. Even the children from 0-2 years old had more ACES than the adult CDC ACE study participants and over 90 percent of kids reported to child welfare had multiple ACEs.

Here is the Link: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/d..._final_7_23_13_2.pdf

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You're welcome. I saw the Florida data. It is really telling. The kids with the most problems (as could be expected) have much higher ACEs. I think this lends a lot of credibility to the need for resources to appropriately treat the trauma in these vulnerable kids and their families.

4/28/1511:25 AM

Alicia St. AndrewsMember

Thank you Tina!

We also have the big Florida Juvenile Justice findings for comparison. We have been doing presentations in communities where we have the original ACE study pie chart compared with a CA state data pie chart, compared with the local county ACEs data pie chart, compared with the JJ ACEs study pie chart. The childwelfare comparison will be a very compelling addition for the break down among populations.

4/28/1511:19 AM

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