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Category: Early Care and Education
Register – Moving Beyond the Pandemic: Business’s Role in Child Care
Many New Jersey businesses continue to struggle with inadequate staffing due to the lack of child care options needed by their existing and prospective employees. Without access to child care, parents, and primarily mothers, cannot return to work. As we begin, post-pandemic, to reimagine child care, what steps can businesses–large and small—take to support the […]
Can New Jersey Afford NOT to Invest in Child Care?
Help us make some noise to #ReimagineChildCare in New Jersey. ACNJ President and CEO Cecilia Zalkind recently authored an op-ed supporting a comprehensive package of bills introduced by State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D- 29) that would invest $360 million for child care in New Jersey. Legislative proposals in the package co-sponsored by Senator […]
Child Care is in the News. Let’s Keep the Momentum Going.
Senator majority leader M. Teresa Ruiz, joined by colleagues, advocates, stakeholders and providers unveiled a $350M comprehensive bill package which will ensure New Jersey’s child care industry can meet the needs of its working families. This announcement got lots of attention in the news. Now let’s get moving and keep the momentum going. Sign up […]
Senator Ruiz Proposes Legislative Package of Bills Investing $360M in Child Care
ACNJ applauds the efforts of State Senate Majority Leader Ruiz to #ReimagineChildCare Today, State Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz (D- 29) introduced a comprehensive package of bills that would invest $360 million for child care in New Jersey. Legislative proposals in the package, co-sponsored by Senator Joe Vitale, Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez and Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham, […]