February 2023

ACEs: What do I need to know as a foster parent? Obviously, I'm glad you asked me. Let's recap what the ACEs study is and the results of the study. Here is the introductory post I did, where you will find a link to the study and the results. https://impressingminds.com/aces-what-are-they/ From the CDC, we find that... As foster parents, we should crave information. We should create concern about the ACE questions. The entire study refers to the respondent’s first 18 years of life. Just the...

(l-r) Judge J. Corpening; Ben David, district attorney, New Hanover County; Chief Justice Paul Newby; Judge Andrew Heath, executive director, Administrative Office of the Courts of the Chief Justice's ACEs Informed Courts Task Force. David and Heath serve as Task Force co-chairs . “There is not any more important work going on in the State of North Carolina,” said Ben David, District Attorney for New Hanover County and co-chair of the Chief Justice’s ACEs-Informed Task Force . The Task force...