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ACNJ Offers Ways Employers Can Help Solve NJ’s Child Care Crisis

Posted on June 19, 2023

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View the Recording – Child Care Providers – Learn How to be Part of State-Funded Preschool

Posted on June 14, 2023

On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, ACNJ and the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) held a lunch-and-learn for child care providers throughout New Jersey about how they could be part of free, full-day, state-funded preschool in eligible school districts. Keynote speakers include ACNJ Senior Policy Analyst Cynthia Rice, NIEER's Early Childhood Education Technical Assistance Specialist Beth Ann Gardiner, and Rahway Community Action Organization's Executive Director Aneesha Ghaly, which has participated in preschool expansion efforts.

Comments or questions? Email Cynthia Rice at crice@acnj.org, Beth Ann Gardiner at bgardiner@nieer.org, or Aneesha Ghaly at aghaly@rahwaycao.org.

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National 2023 KIDS COUNT Data Book Ranks NJ 7th on Child Well-Being

Posted on June 14, 2023

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New Jersey ranks seventh in the nation in child well-being, according to the 2023 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent household data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how children and families are faring. However, our country’s lack of affordable and accessible child care shortchanges children and causes parents in the Garden State to frequently miss work or even quit their jobs, while those who can find care are paying dearly for it. These child care challenges cost the American economy billions of dollars a year and stymie women professionally.  Read more