Ben, you've a unique challenge as a community organizer, and I'm not certain how you or the community would use an ACE screening tool. Having both worked as an organizer, myself, and been a participant [currently] in inter-faith advocacy, I'd be grateful to learn of your progress and challenges.
I heard some concerns raised when Vermont's legislature held hearings on HB 762, during the 2013 session-which would have required every Vermont health care provider to screen every patient-regardless of age, for ACEs. Similar concerns were raised during the first year of the ACE study at Kaiser-Permanente. Kaiser folks carried a pager so anyone "triggered" by any question could have access to a trained counselor, or appropriate counseling services. It's my understanding that none of the 17,000 participants called the 'after-hours' paging service, during the year CDC/Kaiser folks began the study.
The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted [and modified] the U.S. CDC ACE screening tool, for both its 2013 assessment of the world's healthiest children, and other ACE screeniong; its now known as the WHO ACE International Questionaire, and is available with instruction guide[s] on the WHO website (in an assortment of languages). Cautionary notes and suggestions are included in the WHO ACE International Questionaire.
I hope folks from Vermont will "weigh-in" on this discussion, as well as Dr. Anda and Dr. Felitti, and folks from Trauma-Informed communities like Kansas City, Missouri & Tarpon Springs, Florida.