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Advocates for Children of New Jersey
The number of students chronically absent in the 2015 to 2016 school year is down by about 8,000 from the year before, but problems remain.
The Advocates for Children of New Jersey annual Newark Kids Count report shows that as of 2015, only 6.5 percent of Newark's kids were without ...
Draconian cuts in pay and benefits for police and firefighters have city fathers comparing the state to venomous snakes. Cutting the funding out from under ...
This year’s federal grant will allow 17 New Jersey school districts to continue their work and start up new pre-K programs, sending 2,000 4-year-olds through ...
Going cold turkey in public housing. We'll tell you the cost to health, the environment and the housing stock of kicking the smoking habit. Healing ...
In Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties, center-based care for a child under 18 months is around $10,000 a year, according to a 2013 report ...
A light at the end of the tunnel. That proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson's on the fast track and in the pipeline for ...
While 5.2 million children nationwide benefited directly or indirectly from Social Security in 2001, it’s now up to 6.4 million according to the Center for ...
No more flood insurance premiums rising along with waters. People in a notorious flood zone have protection and the promise of new construction too. The ...
The latest Kids Count report found more New Jersey children are covered by health insurance and fewer are living in poverty. But almost a third ...
Did Gov. Christie know before the George Washington Bridge scandal that his office was improperly mixing politics and governance? Would legalizing pot generate enough money ...
Sens. Steve Sweeney and Joe Vitale are pushing a bill to expand pre-kindergarten programs in New Jersey. They say every dollar spent on educating 3- ...
A surprise compromise clears the way for a judicial nominee to fill a vacant state Supreme Court judicial job, unfilled since Christie took office. The ...
Nearly 50 percent of Newark high schoolers missed 18 days or more of school. The district has formed an attendance committee made up of educators ...
Democratic leaders strike a double-deal to gradually hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour. First, by law. If Christie vetoes it, then by constitutional ...
Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing 10 percent or more school days. New Jersey has a 180-day school year, that means missing 28 days or ...
High stakes in Next Tuesday's election. On the Ballot: Funding worker's pensions and transportation, but polls show most people don't know who represents them in ...
Advocates for Children of New Jersey and Pre-K Our Way say that they want state lawmakers to make Pre-K funding available for school districts throughout ...
A big win for advocates of developmentally disabled people being cared for out-of-state. New Jersey's mandate they all be brought home is on hold. New ...