1. The Business Case for Developing Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships & Environments

2. Why are Business Leaders Interested
Well prepared workforce
80 to 90 million American adults (about half of the workforce), do not have the basic education and communication skills required to acquire and advance in jobs
Cost of remediation
Growing cost of negative outcomes: dropping out of school; substance abuse; crime; domestic violence in the workplace, etc.
Working smarter
Increasingly looking to better understand the return on public investments
Workforce health
Productivity/Innovation
Employer costs (direct and indirect)
Building employee pride in company, customer base with means to buy, leadership skills and networking opportunities
Desire to help children
Competition/Opinion leaders
Demonstrating company interest in good/safe community
The PEW Center on the States Mobilizing Business Champions for Children: A Guide for Advocates readynation.org

3. ACE Score and Work Problems
Prevalence (%)

4. Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction & Indicators of Impaired Adult Worker Performance
Analyzed data for ACE Study from 9,633 currently employed adult members of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in San Diego
Strong graded relations found between ACE score and each measure of impaired worker performance
Each of the 8 ACEs were associated with an increased likelihood of job problems, financial problems and absenteeism
The ACE score had a strong, graded relation to four areas of health and well-being
Anda, Fleisher, Felitti, Edwards, Whitfield, Dube, Williamson. The Permanente Journal/Winter 2004/Vol. 8, No. 1

5. Annual Probability of Work Related Injury
The more ACEs you’ve had, the more likely it is you’ll experience work-related injury
# of ACEs an individual has
3.5%
4.9% 7%
6.1%
8.8%
11%
Stress, Strength, Work, Hope published by the Washington State Family Policy Council, 2012

6. # of Non-Functional Days (in last 30)
The more ACEs you’ve had, the more likely it is you’ll
miss work or work at lower productivity
# of ACEs an individual has
1.5
1.7
1.89
2.46 3
3.7
Stress, Strength, Work, Hope published by the Washington State Family Policy Council, 2012

7. How do ACEs Affect our Society?

8. What does Abuse Cost Us?
Non-fatal Child Maltreatment has an average lifetime
cost of $210,012 per victim (CDC 2012). Compare to the lifetime costs of Type II Diabetes at $181,000.
Work Productivity
Losses
Childhood Health Care
Adult Health Care
Special Education
Child Welfare
Criminal Justice