Category: Research and Reports
New Report by The New Jersey Funders ACEs Collaborative
Over 40% of children in New Jersey—more than 782,000—are estimated to have experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) and 18% are estimated to have experienced multiple. In response […]
A Simple Intervention for Rising C-Section Rates
“There might be fewer unneeded cesarean sections if doctors learned to keep mothers informed at every stage of labor.” The work of Dr. Neel Shah, Director of the Team Birth […]
Trenton Kids Count 2019 Release
The recent release of Trenton Kids Count 2019 on June 13th marks the first Kids Count initiative in the city in nearly twenty years. The Burke Foundation partnered with the […]
New Research Finds Preschool Programs Produce Intergenerational Effects
Professor James Heckman’s newest research, co-authored by Ganesh Karapakula, focuses on the life-outcomes of the original participants of the Perry Preschool Program from the 1960s. The Perry Preschool Program served […]