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OUR HISTORY

Through the Years

Maryland Essentials for Childhood was created in 2014, but the stepping stones to this collective impact initiative began taking shape decades earlier.

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1974

Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) enacted into Federal law.

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1999

State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCCAN) established by the Maryland General Assembly.

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2006

SCCAN creates the Prevention Workgroup.

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2007-2009

SCCAN’s Prevention Workgroup team participates in The PREVENT Child Maltreatment Institute funded by the Doris Duke Foundation and the CDC.

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2012

SCCAN adopts CDC Essentials for Childhood goals to direct its work.

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2014

SCCAN Prevention Committee expands and becomes Maryland Essentials for Childhood. SCCAN and The Family Tree agree to serve as backbone organizations.

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2015

Maryland begins collecting ACEs data in its Behavioral Risk Factor Survey.

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2017

Maryland’s ACE Interface Project initiated.

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2018

Maryland begins collecting PACEs data in its Youth Risk Behavior Survey/Youth Tobacco Survey.

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2019

Maryland Essentials for Childhood hosts the ACEs Roundtable for the Maryland General Assembly Members.

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2020

Achieving Racial Equity Workgroup and Childhood Resilience Action Team formed.

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2020-2021

SCCAN and other state agency partners participate in the National Governors Association’s ACEs State Learning Collaborative.

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2021

Governor issues ACEs Executive Order and the General Assembly establishes the Maryland Trauma-Informed Care Commission.

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2022

The Maryland Information Network, which powers 211 Maryland, joins The Family Tree and SCCAN as a backbone organization.

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2024

Maryland Essentials for Childhood rebrands and launches new Brain-Building Toolkit.