Childhood trauma can have lifelong impacts on kids. I'm proud to join @SenatorShaheen in introducing legislation to provide crucial tools for law enforcement, first responders, and care providers to help ensure kids have bright futures after trauma.https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-shaheen-introduce-legislation-launch-nationwide-adverse-childhood …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, are events which have a heavy impact on the future wellbeing, success, or risk of violence of children. This bill would create ACE Response Teams (ACERTs) to deploy and provide services and care to children after these experiences.
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ACERTs allow law enforcement and first responders to connect with local child specialists and professionals to intervene and mitigate the impacts of childhood trauma as soon as the scene is clear to begin making a difference.
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Over the last two months, I have met with ACERT programs in Manchester and Laconia to discuss the impact on those communities. This bill would nationalize these Granite State pilots so that all states can have access to critical resources and services.https://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/laconia-pappas-work-to-get-the-word-out-on-childhood/article_98d6f29a-96f9-5e08-afc2-08677e5b8328.html …
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Learn more about this bill and read stories from those who have been involved at the local level in mitigating the impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences.https://pappas.house.gov/media/press-releases/pappas-shaheen-introduce-legislation-launch-nationwide-adverse-childhood …
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