Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin By Habibah Johnson Co-Chair, ACNJ Parent Leadership Council (PLC) For more information on the Parent Leadership Council, contact acnjplc@acnj.org. Last month, Advocates for Children of New Jersey and a team of New Jersey home visiting advocates traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Home Visiting Summit, a multi-day conference dedicated […]
Category: Maternal and Infant Health
ACT NOW: Protect health insurance coverage for our most vulnerable
Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin Tomorrow, Congress is scheduled to vote on a Budget Resolution that mandates the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to make at least $880 billion in cuts to the federal budget over the next ten years. This can only happen by cutting Medicaid. Why This Matters: Federal Medicaid dollars […]
Nurturing Growth: Who Supports Black Breastfeeding Mothers?
Facebook X (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, […]
Did you know Infant Mental Health is EVERYONE’S Business?
Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin By Diane Dellanno Senior Policy Analyst For more information on this topic, contact Diane at ddellanno@acnj.org Celebrate Babies Week is here! Join us, along with the NJ Association for Infant Mental Health (NJ-AIMH) and the Montclair State University Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health (CAECMH), as well as the […]
Did you know Work First New Jersey now provides participants with a $30 diaper benefit?
Facebook X (Twitter) Linkedin By Naomi Engelhard Leontine Young Fellow For more information on this topic, contact Naomi at naomi@acnj.org Nearly half of U.S. parents struggle with diaper need. Since 2018, the cost of diapers has increased upwards of 22%. Typically, infants need their diapers changed between 10 and 12 times a day, costing about […]
