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

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

ACE Score and Work Problems Prevalence (%)

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

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

# 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

How do ACEs Affect our Society?

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