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Michigan - Kids Count Data Center

A Chronic Public Health Disaster (March, 2011) PDF icon

Rick Cole has written a column on the direct connection between childhood trauma and serious and costly, mental, emotional and physical illnesses that show up in adulthood.

State Statutes Searchable Online Database

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 PDF icon

Michigan Child Protection Law: DHS-Pub-0003 (2011) PDF icon

Protective Factors Survey
The PFS is a self-administered survey that measures protective factors in five areas: family functioning/resilency, social support, concrete support, nurturing and attachment, and knowledge of parenting/child development.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
The ACE Study is perhaps the largest scientific research study of its kind, analyzing the relationship between multiple categories of childhood trauma (ACEs), and health and behavioral outcomes later in life.