Posted on February 9, 2016
Congratulations to ACNJ’s Cynthia Rice, a recent graduate of the second class of the Leadership Institute for State-based Advocates. The program focuses on building both advocacy skills and results-based leadership skills — to improve policy for children and families.
Read more about Annie E. Casey Foundation’s leadership institute.
Posted on January 27, 2016
These are the facts.We know that poverty affects every aspect of a child’s life.The stress that poor families face in making ends meet can be toxic for young children and impact on their healthy development.Poor children may not have access to the same health care or housing.A child who is hungry cannot learn. |
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Posted on January 21, 2016
Nearly one-quarter of Newark’s youngest students are missing school at a rate that it impedes their ability to succeed academically at a time crucial to their long-term school success, according to the Showing Up Matters: Newark Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Years, an Advocates for Children of New Jersey report released today.
Learn more about ACNJ efforts on student chronic absenteeism in NJ.
Posted on January 19, 2016
The United States Senate may begin moving quickly on the Child Nutrition Reauthorization, which provides the funding for a host of programs that combat childhood hunger. One provision would give children in child care for eight or more hours a day an additional snack. This is our best chance to make needed improvements to the Child Adult Care Food Program.
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Posted on January 15, 2016
| “Healthy kids are healthy learners and states that help all kids get the health coverage they need to succeed will help build a healthier, better educated workforce for tomorrow…” Sonya Schwartz, researcher at Georgetown University and lead author of the report |
The number of uninsured Hispanic children in New Jersey declined 27.5 percent following the expansion of certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new report by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, the National Council of La Raza and Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ).
Families interested in enrolling their children in affordable health care coverage should contact NJ FamilyCare at 1-800-701-0710 or njfamilycare.org.
Open enrollment through the Affordable Care Act closes at the end of January, but Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare enrollment is are open all year.
