Effort aims to educate and train teachers and law enforcement on how to identify and reduce the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) The New Jersey ACEs Collaborative today launched […]
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Dispatches from the Field: Pioneers of Healing and Resilience
“You can’t go and undo ACEs, but you can treat the toxic stress response…We know from research that things like mental health interventions, mindfulness, experiencing nature, and establishing safe, stable, […]
NJ Statewide ACEs Action Plan Released
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, the Office of the Governor released a statewide action plan to promote resilience and address the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). ACEs are stressful or […]
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 […]
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 […]
Support from The Burke Foundation Helps New Jersey Expand Medicaid Program to Include Coverage for CenteringPregnancy
The state of New Jersey has taken a significant step to improve maternal health and birth outcomes, in large part due to the Burke Foundation’s support of CenteringPregnancy, an evidence-based […]
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 […]
Nicholson Foundation and Partners Announce Major Commitment to Address Childhood Adversity
On Tuesday, November 13 in Princeton, NJ, The Nicholson Foundation joined with political, business, and philanthropic leaders from across New Jersey to launch a major new initiative to address Adverse […]
State and Private Partnerships Fund Centering to Improve Infant and Maternal Mortality In New Jersey
The Nicholson Foundation, The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation and The Burke Foundation join New Jersey Department of Health in supporting the implementation of Centering as model of choice across […]