House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chair Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, Chair McMorris Rogers, and Ranking Member Pallone: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to urge you to include the bipartisan Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACE) Act in the final reauthorization of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Reco. [...] CDC estimates, for example, that the prevention of ACEs could avoid 21 million cases of depression and 1.9 million cases of heart disease.2 Importantly, a 2021 review also found an association between ACEs and the development and severity of substance use disorder.3 The promotion of positive childhood experiences through safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments can help avoid the. [...] The original ACEs study, which CDC and Kaiser Permanente conducted, significantly advanced our understanding of these issues.5 The study, however, lacked a representative study population (e.g., the study population was predominantly white and middle-income individuals) and insufficiently measured the impact of social and economic conditions.6 The PACE Act would enable CDC to build on the original. [...] New research efforts, for example, would focus on equity by including a diverse, nationally representative sample and examine the strength of the relationship between ACEs and negative health outcomes, the intensity and frequency of ACEs, and the relative influence of particular risk and protective factors. [...] We applaud your bipartisan efforts to improve behavioral health outcomes, and we urge you to include the PACE Act in the final reauthorization of the SUPPORT Act to boost resources for preventing, mitigating, and understanding ACEs.
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