Posted on February 21, 2019
Good data
In addition to this year’s data presentation, please join us for a conversation between two of Newark’s young men and Mayor Ras Baraka and Superintendent Roger Leon.
Registration for the event begins at 9:00 AM.
Posted on February 19, 2019
On February 19, Governor Murphy signed into law a bill expanding paid family leave for working families in New Jersey. For an overview of the changes in the bill, click here.
For parents of young children, big changes are coming, including:
Strengthening New Jersey’s paid family leave to reach more families has been a priority of ACNJ’s Right From The Start campaign. Read Cecilia Zalkind’s op-ed on how paid leave helps babies, not just their parents.
Send a message to thank Governor Murphy for signing the Paid Family Leave Expansion bill into law.
In the coming months ACNJ will continue its campaign efforts to let our state leaders know that we want them to Think Babies! Stay tuned.
Posted on February 6, 2019
New Jersey's child protection system can be complicated, stressful and frightening for the children, parents and the caregivers involved. ACNJ developed a series of videos on topics relating to child welfare, the need to consider a child's developing mind when making decisions and ways to potentially mitigate any stress they might experience as a result.
Posted on February 6, 2019
On February 5th, ACNJ’s Cynthia Rice and Peter Chen testified on chronic absenteeism before the Joint Committee on Public Schools at the State House.
Main takeaways:
The committee also welcomed testimony from students, who explained first-hand, the complexities of why so many children miss too much school.
Read NJ Spotlight article: Why don’t kids go to school? Students have their say.
Read ACNJ’s latest reports on chronic absenteeism.
Posted on January 16, 2019
Undercounting Kids in 2020 Census Will Shortchange NJ Billions in Federal Dollars
That’s why ACNJ hosted a forum that gathered advocates across the state to discuss how to address the undercount of children in New Jersey. With nearly $23 billion in federal funding at stake for various programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, child care and Head Start, all children must be counted in the upcoming 2020 Census.
Nearly 150,000 kids in the Garden State under age 5 live in “hard-to-count” (HTC) areas where a low percentage of residents completed and returned their most recent Census questionnaire. That makes up 28 percent of the total child population under age 5 in the state. Read news release.
Materials from the event:
Check out photos from the event.
Click here to learn more and be 2020 census ready.
