Category: Budget Advocacy

Take Action: Urge legislators to co-sponsor budget resolution numbers 4342 (Senate) & 4326 (Assembly)

Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin ACNJ is advocating for $35 million in the State Fiscal Year 2025 Budget to support the child care workforce. This funding would establish a pilot program to expand eligibility for child care subsidies to educators and staff who typically do not qualify. The benefit would help offset out-of-pocket costs for child […]

Testimony on Public PreK Mixed-Delivery Model: We Must Also Support NJ’s Fragile Child Care Infrastructure

Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin View this post on Instagram A post shared by ACNJforKids (@acnjforkids) TO: Members of the Senate Education Committee FROM: Shadaya Bennett, Senior Legislative Analyst, Advocates for Children of New Jersey DATE: June 3, 2024 RE: New Jersey’s Public Preschool Mixed-Delivery Model Chairman Gopal, Majority Ruiz, and members of the committee, thank […]

Testimony on Public PreK Mixed-Delivery Model: Barriers to Collaboration and Fractures in the Current System

Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin View this post on Instagram A post shared by ACNJforKids (@acnjforkids) TO: Members of the Senate Education Committee FROM: Winifred Smith-Jenkins, Director of Early Learning Policy and Advocacy, Advocates for Children of New Jersey DATE: June 3, 2024 RE: New Jersey’s Public Preschool Mixed-Delivery Model Thank you so much for holding […]

Petition to invest in New Jersey’s child care infrastructure

Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin It’s budget season in Trenton. Lawmakers are deciding how to spend public funds for the state’s resources, programs, and services! Add your name to the growing list of parents, caregivers, and advocates urging the state legislature to make strong investments in New Jersey’s child care infrastructure. By simply providing your name […]