Facebook Twitter Linkedin Urge your leaders in the legislature to provide ALL New Jersey families the resources and services needed to successfully raise their children from before birth to adulthood. Limited employment opportunities, insufficient and substandard housing, unsafe and unhealthy environments, inadequate and remote essential services –these overlapping conditions cultivate family distress and are prevalent […]
Author: Eloisa Hernandez-Ramos
Did you know that New Jersey preschoolers are being expelled from public schools against the law?
Facebook Twitter Linkedin By Jake Moore Policy Associate For more information on this topic contact Jake at jmoore@acnj.org New Jersey passed legislation in 2016 to make expulsions and suspensions of preschoolers in publicly funded classrooms against the law, except in certain circumstances. However, both remain major issues facing our youngest children. Beginning in 2005, studies […]
ACT NOW: Families Need Child Care and Child Care Programs Need Help from Washington!
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Tell Congress to prioritize children and families, ensuring child care funding as they make decisions on federal appropriations this week. The federal COVID funding for child care that expired this September, kept the child care industry in business throughout the pandemic, allowing programs to continue to provide critical learning opportunities for our […]
Meet our Panelists on Moving Forward with Social Media: Balancing the Benefits Against the Risks
Join us at ACNJ’s 8th Annual Breakfast celebration featuring a panel discussion on how we can embrace social media while balancing the benefits against the risks. Social media is an integral part of today’s world. People are able to stay connected, businesses can reach more customers and organizations can promote their cause. For many, it […]
Did you know that every dollar invested in Pre-K programs generates massive returns?
Facebook Twitter Linkedin By Jake Moore Policy Associate For more information on this topic contact Jake at jmoore@acnj.org Many studies suggest that for every dollar invested in pre-K, communities reap a $4 return. That’s a 400% return on investment! Even annual returns from investing in early education programs outperform the world’s largest stock exchanges. What […]
