Abstract
This quantitative study aims to understand the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and community resources. Communities lacking in resources often experience higher ACE scores and this can contribute to struggles for students academically and socially as well as creating other impairments that appear later in life. Understanding how ACEs and community resources work together can help to create systems to mitigate and prevent the negative effects of ACEs. This study used pre-existing data from two databases, using data from counties in California (n=55) to run a correlation matrix and hierarchical regression analysis. The author finds there is an association between ACEs and specific community resources. Median household income and access to transportation accounted for the highest variance when controlled. These findings indicate a need for policymakers to create equitable systems which center on the importance of specific community resources.