New Report Calls for Statewide Coordinated Response to Protect New Jersey's Children from Adverse Childhood Experiences
Research has found that children of color, those from low-income backgrounds, LGBTQ youth, and foster children, are at a higher risk of exposure to multiple ACEs.
- Research has found that children of color, those from low-income backgrounds, LGBTQ youth, and foster children, are at a higher risk of exposure to multiple ACEs.
- Without the presence of a positive buffer, such as a nurturing parent or caregiver, ACEs can lead to a toxic stress response in children over time.
- Toxic stress can affect brain architecture and chemistry and have negative, lasting effects on health and well-being in childhood and later in life.
- The report, Adverse Childhood Experiences: Opportunities to Prevent, Protect Against, and Heal from the Effects of ACEs in New Jersey , was co-authored by the New Jersey Funders ACEs Collaborative and the consulting firm FSG.