"Most of us nod our heads when we hear that we are the product of our experiences early in life. But do we really know what that means? What would you do if you knew that you could change the likelihood that someone would experience lifelong...

  United Way ACEs/Resiliency Strategic Plan Long-term   Goal: Build a resilient community.     Goal 1:   Increase community awareness of ACEs/resiliency. Activities ACEs Presentations/Trainings objective: To   increase...

The above chart portrays the indicator trends of ACEs and health behaviors in the United Way of East Central Iowa Service Area which includes Iowa, Benton, Cedar, Jones, and Linn Counties.

The ACEs Design Team through United Way is collaborating to develop a community change strategy to combat and prevent ACEs. ACEs Design Team Purpose Statement: " Working together as a community, we coordinate our efforts and leverage resources,...

The "Parents Like Us" group ( http://www.parentslikeus.com/ ) in Cedar Rapids found much their efforts on the article "A Better Start" (Zimmerman & Mercy, 2010). Co-author of the article, Francie Zimmerman from the Center for the Study of Social Policy, became a consultant for the project. "Abstract : Child abuse prevention programs have historically focused on individual and family dynamics rather than community-based or societal strategies to prevent child maltreatment.

Childhood trauma has affected the majority of people in our community.  Specific family problems as well as child abuse and neglect (summarized as Adverse Childhood Experience, or ACEs) have been shown to increase risks for serious mental and...

“Parents Like Us” is a local effort that recognizes the great things parents in our community do every day. We understand that no parent is “perfect” - everyone has successes to celebrate and mistakes to learn from. Raising ...

With the attached ACEs history synopsis, we wanted to start out with what our team at UWECI has done in the last several years and looking forward to our future plans.