The Alaska Mental Health Board and the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse have explored these questions and found that childhood trauma has profound costs. A national study demonstrates that costs of childhood trauma begin immediately ($48,000 during childhood for every substantiated report of harm), and those costs continue for decades into the future.

The report, Economic Costs of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Alaska, takes an initial look at potential savings with even modest reductions in child trauma. While the report focusses on costs incurred by adults who experienced childhood trauma, the Boards emphasize that there are immediate savings in preventing childhood trauma.

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The report is attached, below.