Op-ed highlights the value of New Jersey’s Family Connects universal home visiting program.
Tag: Atiya Weiss
Opinion: NJ urgently needs equitable family leave policies
Paid family leave reduces infant and under-5 mortality. NJ’s policy is a good start but should include more workers.
Executive Director Atiya Weiss Authors Op-Ed on NJ’s Maternal Mortality Crisis
The Burke Foundation’s Executive Director Atiya Weiss recently published an on NJ.com on recommendations to address NJ’s maternal mortality crisis. Weiss highlighted that 4 of every 5 maternal health dollars [...]
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Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Chosen for 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellowship
Atiya Weiss joins class of 19 changemakers committed to reinventing systems so all children and families thrive. Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss is among 19 leaders chosen for a [...]
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Aspen Institute Announces 2021 Ascend Fellows
Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow Fellows use the full power of community to change learning, care, and economic systems to produce [...]
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Trenton Health Team & Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Bring Nurse Home Visits to Families in Mercer County
First Lady Tammy Murphy Applauds Program for Parents of Newborns Trenton, NJ -- Trenton Health Team (THT) is partnering with Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, Capital Health, and Family Connects [...]
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The Burke Foundation and Centering Healthcare Institute is expanding CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting to 50 sites over five years
Expanding access to transformative Centering group care model will improve birth, maternal health and pediatric outcomes, address racial health disparities PRINCETON, New Jersey -- Centering Healthcare Institute (CHI) and the [...]
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Atiya Weiss Contributes to NJ.com Op-Ed on Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative
The Burke Foundation’s Executive Director Atiya Weiss contributed to a new op-ed on NJ.com that shines a spotlight on the maternal mortality crisis affecting the US and addresses specific challenges [...]
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Executive Director Atiya Weiss Co-Authors Op-Ed on Adverse Childhood Experiences
The Burke Foundation’s Executive Director Atiya Weiss penned an op-ed on NJ.com about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), in collaboration with Curtland Fields, President and CEO of the Turrell Fund, and [...]
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