Alena Siddiqui, Data Analyst Latest Kids Count Data Update By Alena Siddiqui, Data Analyst ACNJ has posted more data to our Kids Count Data Dashboard. This quarter, we have updates on a variety of data indicators relating to nutrition, teens & young adults, and early care & education. Those having to do with family assistance […]
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Helping Your Child Get On Track: Education Tips for 2022
By Nina Peckman, Staff Attorney What kinds of questions should you ask at the school meeting to assess your child’s progress and to request help for your child? What information does the Start Strong assessment result say about my child? How are these results guiding the instruction that my child is getting? What are my […]
Beginning a New Year: State Child Care Payment Practices Update
Thanks to the New Jersey Legislature and Governor Murphy, a bill was passed and signed into law in late December requiring child care subsidy payments based on a program’s enrollment, rather than on attendance, to continue. Child care providers throughout the state are beginning the new year with a sigh of relief as a steady […]
Thanks For Celebrating With Us!
As 2021 comes to a close, we look back on yet another successful year of educating our policymakers and advocating for the wellbeing of New Jersey’s children. Last year, we worked with the state to combat our Black maternal mortality crisis, advocated for universal home visiting and preschool for all, put the state’s kids and their […]
New Report Details Investment Gap in New Jersey’s Youngest Learners
Pennies to the Dollar: The Investment Gap for New Jersey’s Earliest Learners details the investment gaps to support the education of infants and toddlers and provides three policy/investment recommendations. This brief is based on an analysis conducted by Ajay Chaudry and Taryn Morrissey, authors of Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality. Download […]
