What an amazing two weeks for child advocacy – more money for preschool in Governor Murphy’s proposed budget, bills addressing chronic absenteeism as well as access to school breakfast on a fast track in Trenton and a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Abbott preschool. Plus – it’s official! ACNJ is part of the national Think Babies campaign.
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Building momentum for reducing chronic absenteeism
Though Gov. Christie failed to sign the chronic absenteeism bill, ACNJ will continue its efforts to ensure more kids attend school every day.
Blog: Setting the Record Straight on Preschool Expansion
It wasn’t that districts didn’t “want” the preschool funding— because they did and continue to want it.
2017 Race for Results Report Shows Disparities While Highlighting the Importance of Immigrants and Children in Immigrant Families
Scorecard Shows Gaps in Child Well-Being for New Jersey’s Kids of Color Newark, N.J. — Although New Jersey’s children in immigrant families are more likely to live in low-income households, they are just as likely as kids in US-born families to be enrolled in early education programs and lead productive lives as young adults, according […]
Newark Kids Count report shows progress made, more work needed
The annual data report by Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ), which tracks trends in child well-being in Newark, found a decrease in uninsured kids, births to teens and admissions to the hospital for asthma.
