Who is most at risk

Childhood trauma is everywhere, but it is not evenly distributed. Two populations carry it at rates that dwarf the general population.

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Children in foster care

Prevalence, the compounding effect of removal itself, and outcomes at eighteen.

POPULATION 1

The incarcerated

Up to 98% of incarcerated men report childhood trauma. Draws on The Wound Behind the Wall.

POPULATION 2

Why concentration matters

These are the two populations where intervention has the highest return — and the two where it is least often offered.

CRITICAL IMPACT