Ohio ACEs Impact Project

Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) is a pervasive problem in Ohio and across the nation. More than two-thirds of Ohioans have been exposed to an ACE, with nearly half of Ohioans exposed to two or more ACEs.

Led by the Health Policy Institute of Ohio and informed by a multi-sector advisory group, this project includes policy briefs, fact sheets and a resource page to build on and amplify current efforts to address ACEs in Ohio.

The Ohio ACEs Impact Project provides state policymakers and other stakeholders with tools to:

• Understand the health and economic consequences of ACEs
• Quickly find information about what works to impact ACEs
• Identify areas where Ohio can align with the evidence and improve

Overview

Conceptual framework ACEs Advisory Group Resource page

Phase 2

Ohio’s progress on evidence-informed strategies

• Protecting against the harms of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) (October 2024) 
• Taking action to prevent adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Ohio (June 2024)
• Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio: Promoting positive social norms and intervening to lessen harm (Jan. 2024)
• Data Snapshot: Adverse Childhood Experiences in Ohio (Oct. 2023)
• Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio: Building skills and strengthening connections to caring adults (Aug. 2023)
• Webinar: Preventing ACEs in Ohio: Ensuring a strong start for children and strengthening economic supports for families (Dec. 2022)Event recap
• Strategies to prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio: Ensuring a strong start for children and strengthening economic supports for families (Oct. 2022)

Phase 1

Health impacts of ACEs

• Fact sheet: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ACEs (Mar. 2021)
• Fact sheet: The link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and poor health (Jan. 2021)
• Fact sheet: Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Ohio (Jan. 2021)
• Webinar: Improving child health and well-being: Creating opportunities for all Ohio children to thrive (Sept. 2020)
• Policy brief: Health Impact of ACEs in Ohio (Aug. 2020)

Economic impacts of ACEs

• Policy brief: Economic Impact of ACEs in Ohio (Feb. 2021)
• Webinar: Adversity, Addiction and Ohio’s Children (Mar. 2021)

Strategies to prevent and mitigate ACEs

• Policy brief: A strategic approach to prevent ACEs in Ohio (Aug. 2021)

For more information about the ACEs Advisory Group or the Ohio ACEs Impact project, please email Becky Carroll (bcarroll@hpio.net)