Resources

New Jersey Babies Count 2018, A Statewide Profile of Infants and Toddlers | July 2018
ACNJ first-ever Kids Count report focused on New Jersey’s children from birth to age 3, highlighting data around the need for children to have strong families, healthy starts and positive early learning experiences.

Expensive, Frustrating and Scary: Parents Reveal the Realities of Finding Child Care for Babies in NJ | Feb 2018
This report summarizes the challenges of finding safe, reliable, and affordable quality child care for infant-toddlers shared by parents in a series of focus groups and interviews.

Family Child Care in New Jersey: Challenges and Opportunities | Jul 2017

No Room for Babies: Center‐Based Infant‐Toddler Child Care in Short Supply | May 2017
Finding safe, reliable and affordable high-quality child care is a challenge for many working parents. This report reveals the deep shortage of options for New Jersey’s very young children.

View County Fact Sheets on center-based infant-toddler child care for every part of the state.

View an interactive map of licensed child care centers providing care to children under 3 years old in New Jersey. You can also view centers that participate in Grow NJ Kids, the state's child care rating and improvement system. 

Out of Reach: Sustaining a High-Quality Child Care System in New Jersey | Apr 2017

Quality Costs How Much? Estimating the Cost of Quality Child Care in New Jersey | Apr 2017
To determine what it would cost to ensure all children are cared for in high‐quality child care settings, ACNJ teamed up with national early childhood financing expert Anne Mitchell to conduct a cost-estimation study using real budgets and cost data from New Jersey child care providers, as well as early care and education stakeholders.

Survey Reveals NJ Business Leaders' Views on Early Childhood Education | Dec 2015

Raising the Bar: Creating a Skilled Child Care Workforce for Our Youngest Children | Nov 2014

Grow NJ Kids: First Steps Towards Quality Child Care | May 2014

Raising Quality in New Jersey's Child Care System: A Front-Line View | Feb 2014

Child Care and Early Education Solutions for NJ’s Working Families | Dec 2013

Meeting New Jersey’s Child Care Challenge: A Kids Count Special Report | Dec 2013

Percent of NJ Family Budget Spent on Child Care in 2014 (Infographic)

ACNJ in the News

Ignoring rising child care costs puts infants at risk - Op-Ed | Nov 2017

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High-Quality and Affordable Child Care - Resource List | 2018

Every Baby Has a Story—Child Care Policy Helps Shape It | March 2018

Making the Case for Babies – Why Infants and Toddlers Should Be A Critical Focus of Preschool Development Grant Birth-Five (PDG B-5) | September 2018

Boosting a Baby’s Brain Power by Supporting Parents and Caregivers | April 2017