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Projects

The Advocacy and Policy project was created to identify opportunities to contribute to policy change that incorporates the latest research on ACEs and resilience.

ACE Research Committee

The Philadelphia ACE Research Committee is comprised members in pediatrics, behavioral health, and adolescent medicine, and epidemiology, who developed the Philadelphia Expanded ACE Survey Questions.

Community Education

The goal of the Community Education Workgroup is to inform community residents in the Philadelphia region about the impact and prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma, the role of resilience, and the possibility of healing and recovery.

Workforce Development

The Workforce Development Workgroup focused on identifying opportunities and strategies to disseminate information on ACEs, trauma and resilience to the workforce via higher and continuing education.

Philadelphia ACEs Connection

Join ACEs Connection to connect with others in Philadelphia and across the country about ACEs, trauma, and resilience. ACEs Connection is an online community of practice for individuals who are deeply committed to this work in areas ranging from education to the justice system, and from policy to parenting.

About the Philadelphia ACE Task Force and the work of the Philadelphia ACE Project

The Philadelphia ACE Project encompasses the work of the Philadelphia ACE Task Force (PATF), the Philadelphia ACE Survey and Research and TakeCarePHL Initiative.

The Philadelphia ACE Task Force, which met as a network of professionals, institutions, and individuals for 10 years, no longer meets.

Highlights of the PATF work are archived here on the website and the work of those involved in and touched by this work continues. In recognition of the PATF’s work, a retrospective and prospective commentary, Expanding the Concept of Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Decade of Insights (American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol. 69, Issue 2, August 2025), examining the impact of the Philadelphia ACE survey and related work was published. For information on the Philadelphia ACE Survey, visit the pages here which feature that work and for the initiative on Secondary Traumatic Stress you can visit TakeCarePHL.