Author: Aisha Khan

Nurturing Growth: Who Supports Black Breastfeeding Mothers?

Facebook Twitter Linkedin Guest: Toshira Maldonado, M.Ed., CPE, CD (CCI) Certified perinatal educator, full-spectrum doula, and co-founder of Most Beautiful W.O.M.B. Interviewer: Al-Nisa Murray, CLC, CHC, MPH Lactation consultant, co-chair of the Maternal Infant Health Group, and member of ACNJ’s New Jersey Parent Leadership Council Co-Authored by: Keith Haddad, Staff Writer and Eloisa Hernandez-Ramos, Outreach […]

Did you know you and your child’s school can work together to improve your child’s attendance?

Facebook Twitter Linkedin By Nina C. Peckman Staff Attorney For more information on this topic, contact Nina at npeckman@acnj.org WHY DO CHILDREN MISS SCHOOL? According to the parents who reach out to the KidLaw Resource Center for assistance with attendance issues, the most common reasons for absences are:  health issues usually involving a chronic health […]