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21 Apr

Trenton Health Team & Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Bring Nurse Home Visits to Families in Mercer County

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Posted April 21, 2021

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 [...]

20 Apr

The Burke Foundation and Centering Healthcare Institute is expanding CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting to 50 sites over five years

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Posted April 20, 2021

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 [...]

16 Apr

Dispatches from the Field: A Seat at Every Table

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Posted April 16, 2021

“They say that it’s dangerous to make a decision behind a desk. But I’d go on to say that it’s even more dangerous to make a decision alone. When I [...]

4 Feb

NJ Statewide ACEs Action Plan Released

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Posted February 4, 2021

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 [...]

21 Jan

The Burke Foundation Awards $2 Million to Help Young Children and Families Thrive

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Posted January 21, 2021

The Burke Foundation awarded $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 to non-profit organizations in New Jersey working to improve prenatal and child health. New Jersey has one of [...]

18 Nov

The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

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Posted November 18, 2020

The Burke Foundation is pleased to announce new staff members: Renée Nogales and Ann Ritter have joined on as Program Officers and Arielle Lawson has joined as a Princeton University P55 [...]

31 Aug

Bringing Community-Based Doula Care To New Jersey

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Posted August 31, 2020

The Burke Foundation team penned a blog post for Health Affairs on the importance of community doula care. As the pandemic highlights the need to address inequities in maternal care, we aim [...]

10 Jul

Breaking Ground to Build Futures: Burke Foundation Invests $500,000 in New Childcare Center

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Posted July 10, 2020

Princeton, NJ, May 15, 2020 On Monday, May 11, YWCA Princeton began major renovations to improve its existing facilities and programs. The construction includes a new childcare wing named The [...]

19 Dec

Atiya Weiss Contributes to NJ.com Op-Ed on Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative

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Posted December 19, 2019

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 [...]

19 Dec

Executive Director Atiya Weiss Co-Authors Op-Ed on Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Posted December 19, 2019

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 [...]

Author: the Burke Foundation

Trenton Health Team & Central Jersey Family Health Consortium Bring Nurse Home Visits to Families in Mercer County

The Burke Foundation and Centering Healthcare Institute is expanding CenteringPregnancy and CenteringParenting to 50 sites over five years

Dispatches from the Field: A Seat at Every Table

NJ Statewide ACEs Action Plan Released

The Burke Foundation Announces Three New Staff Members

Bringing Community-Based Doula Care To New Jersey

Breaking Ground to Build Futures: Burke Foundation Invests $500,000 in New Childcare Center

Atiya Weiss Contributes to NJ.com Op-Ed on Safer Childbirth Cities Initiative

Executive Director Atiya Weiss Co-Authors Op-Ed on Adverse Childhood Experiences

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