community needs assessment and has come up with a CRR plan, identifying those potential partners and stakeholders is part of that process-some of those same partners can work with you on ACEs programs. Try to be open to what I call unexpected partnerships, some person or group that you may not think of as a stakeholder in this work but who brings a passion to some aspect of it that you can build on. Are there potential partners at the national level? Because ACEs are so pervasive in every community, a lot of resources have been put into it at the national level through the CDC because they're realizing how much ACEs can impact lifelong mental and physical health. The CDC's " Veto Violence " page includes information on this, with online training and a tool kit that people and departments can use to help integrate some of these approaches into the work they're already doing. What advice can you offer communities that may want to launch their own ACEs program? We like to say that it all starts with data. Consider the databases and data sources that might include some of this ACEs-related data-they may not call it ACEs specifically, but they can offer a big-picture look at experiences we know are ACEs and their contributing factors, and they can link those together. The Michigan ACE Data Dashboard (miacedata.org) offers a lot of examples of data types that might apply to your community. Check if your state health department has started doing something like this. As more states establish models for how to do this, I think you'll see others start building something similar. SHARE THIS STORY WITH A COLLEAGUE NFPA .ORG/JOURNAL * NFPA JOURNAL | 33http://amerex-fire.com http://badgerfire.com http://buckeyef.com http://www.miacedata.org http://kidde.com http://oshkoshartf.com http://e-one.com http://firecombat.com http://rosenbaueramerica.com http://halotron.com http://www.NFPA.ORG/JOURNAL