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New Jersey Unveils Nicholson Foundation-Funded Plan to Achieve Equity in Maternal and Infant Health

1.25.2021

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On Monday, January 25, New Jersey unveiled the Nurture NJ Maternal and Infant Health Plan, a groundbreaking strategy to eliminate racial inequity in maternal and infant health and cut in half the number of women who die each year in the state before or shortly after giving birth.

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The Nicholson Foundation Year in Review

12.21.2020

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As we near the end of 2020, we feel proud of what our grantees achieved in the face of extraordinary challenges over the past 12 months. It's also what makes us feel hopeful about the year to come.

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Nicholson Foundation Funding Efforts to Address ACEs and Build Resilience in New Jersey on Multiple Fronts

12.17.2020

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Since 2018, The Nicholson Foundation has been working hard to make New Jersey a leader in how it addresses, treats, and prevents Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—traumatic events that can cause children lifelong physical, mental, and social damage.

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Doula Grantee and Nicholson Senior Program Officer Featured on Maternal Health Podcast

11.27.2020

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Raquel Mazon Jeffers, Senior Program Officer at The Nicholson Foundation, and Ronsha Dickerson, Supervisor of Community Doulas of South Jersey, discussed the important role of doulas in decreasing disparities in maternal and infant health on the Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics podcast.

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Nicholson Funding Helps Five Newark Journalists Strengthen the City’s Local News Ecosystem

10.23.2020

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The Newark Peer Learning and Collaboration Fund, a project funded by The Nicholson Foundation and Victoria Foundation, has awarded $45,000 to five journalists and media-makers in Newark as part of an effort to strengthen the city’s local news ecosystem.

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Study Shows Child Care Costs Rising In New Jersey Due to Pandemic

10.20.2020

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New research from the Infant and Toddler Policy Research Center at NIEER funded by The Nicholson Foundation finds that Covid-19 safety safety measures, class size limits and low state subsidies have put New Jersey child care providers in financial peril.

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