NJ ranks 45th in the nation in the percentage of families receiving a developmental screening, with fewer than 20 percent getting screened before age 6.
Category: Child Health and Hunger
School Breakfast Participation Dips
According to ACNJ’s latest NJ school breakfast report.
#NJVotes4Kids update
ACNJ’s #NJVotes4Kids campaign is in full swing! Most recently, we highlighted several key topics: juvenile justice, child protection and child nutrition. Help spread the message!
Fund to feed kids becomes law (Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund)
Today, Governor Chris Christie sign into law a fund that will dedicate state dollars to feed children facing hunger, helingp defray the costs of effectively implementing the federal schoolbreakfast and summermeals programs in high-poverty communities.
ACNJ on The Hill this week
Cynthia Rice meets with Congressman Albio Sires to discuss health care, child care and preschool.
