About MIACE
Meet the Team
To contact the MIACE team email, miace@mphi.org.
Mission & Shared Vision Statement
The Michigan ACE Initiative’s Mission is to prevent and mitigate the effects of ACEs by creating trauma-informed, healing services, organizations, and communities across the state.
Shared Vision Statement: The Michigan ACE State Action Plan will serve as the Initiative’s Common Agenda. The Action Plan will be implemented through our statewide workgroups: Data & Surveillance, Education & Training, Prevention, and Policy & Advocacy. Our implementation vision will include using shared measurement tools, integrating partner activities, leveraging successful resources, strengthening relationships, and establishing an inclusive financial support structure.
State Action Plan
This plan will provide strategic direction to stakeholders on how to align efforts to prevent potential traumatic or adverse experiences and transform environments by leveraging community and organizational strengths to create resilient and prosperous environments where children, youth, and families can thrive. The Action Plan drives the MIACE workgroup strategies and activities. The plan was updated in October 2023.
MIACE Structure
The Michigan ACE Initiative uses a Collective Impact Model to build upon and sustain the work begun by the Initiative and CDC-funded projects across the state. Collective Impact is a network of community members, organizations, and institutions that address complex issues through structured collaboration and aligning resources to achieve population and systems-level change. Please click here to view the one-pager that outlines the updated MIACE Initiative structure and the Advisory Council Purpose Statement.
Join a Workgroup
Become a Michigan ACE Initiative Partner Organization! The Michigan ACE Initiative Community Partner Organizations will bring experience and passion to the Initiative. The Partner Organizations encompass all focus areas of the Initiative’s activities. Partners will align work in communities and leverage resources. Partners will provide feedback and input to the State Action Plan, are invited to participate in work groups, and will be asked to share activities and updates with the Advisory Council. To join a workgroup, please complete the partner demographic survey: https://dataentry.ibem-is.org/surveys/?s=TYKJCC8D9W8PMRP7.
Advisory Council
The Statewide Advisory Council will provide guidance, vision, and oversight to the Initiative and will develop a common agenda, including a vision statement and guiding principles; use data to inform strategy development; track progress of work using agreed-upon indicators; lead working groups to ensure coordination and efficiency; interact with backbone organization on management and financial components and shared measurement. The Advisory Council will serve as a vocal champion of the collective impact effort in the community; and align the efforts of their organization and those in their network with the common agenda.
- ACCESS Community Health and Research Center
- Central Michigan University
- Children Trust Michigan
- Henry Ford Health
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
- MDHHS Children’s Special Health Care Services
- MDHHS State Hospital Administration
- Michigan Association of Health Plans
- Michigan Association of Health Plans Foundation
- Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance
- Michigan Department of Corrections
- Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
- Michigan Education Association
- Michigan Public Health Institute
- Youth United/Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network
MIACE Sustaining Partners
We invite individuals and organizations to become a MIACE Sustaining Partner. These partners make a financial contribution to support MIACE and help us leverage the best available evidence, community strengths, and the collective expertise of our network. The Initiative’s Sustaining Partners allow us to administer the MIACE framework and Collective Impact Model to activate the statewide Action Plan and conference, highlight Initiative focus areas, and make a measurable impact. To become a MIACE Sustaining Partner, please review the Sustaining Partnership Prospectus or contact astagg@mphi.org.
- Founding Partner: Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) Foundation
- 2025 Conference Supporter: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Physical Health and Aging Services Administration, Substance Use, Gambling, and Epidemiology Section
- 2025 Benefactor Partner: Molina Healthcare
- 2025 Engagement Partners
- Michigan Association of Health Plans Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation of Michigan
MIACE Partner Demographic Survey
https://redcap.link/gin8cr79
Please complete a short demographic survey to help us understand the sectors and geographic regions that MIACE serves. Contact miace@mphi.org with questions.
MIACE Partners
(Data below is representative of 192 individuals and/or organizations that have completed our demographic survey. MIACE has over 900 participants.)
History
The MIACE Initiative has been a leader in raising awareness of ACEs prevalence and creating trauma-informed communities in Michigan since 2016. The Michigan Association of Health Plans Foundation (MAHPF) established the initiative with the support of grant funding provided by the Michigan Health Endowment Fund (MHEF). Collaboration with ACE Interface helped create the “train the trainer model” and develop a network of Master Trainers and Community Champions with cross-sector expertise across the state. In 2023, a collective impact model was established with the support of a CDC-funded initiative, and MPHI became the Initiative’s Backbone Administration. Since 2017, MIACE has completed over a thousand presentations across the state, created videos, facilitated collaborative partnerships, and built a trusted social media network and communication channels.
To learn more about our impact in Michigan from 2016 to 2020, view the report: MIACE July 2020 Impact Report
MIACE Master Trainer Maps
The Michigan ACE Initiative has trained 194 Master Trainers—and they’re making a widespread impact throughout Michigan. View the reach of the initiative by year below:
The MIACE Trainer Network is available to train in organizations and communities. The MIACE Trainers frequently work with organizations that serve children, including parents, foster parents, teachers, social workers, community health workers, law enforcement, and beyond. Creating trauma-informed communities—teaching individuals to recognize signs of ACEs before it’s too late—can change a child’s life. To connect with a MIACE Trainer, visit the Speakers Bureau page.