http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/ en http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news/new-start-career-network-helped-over-six-thousand-long-term-unemployed-new-jerseyans-find-help <span>New Start Career Network Helped Over Six Thousand Long-term Unemployed New Jerseyans Find Help and Hope</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">July 19, 2022</div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Tue, 07/19/2022 - 14:53</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/180" hreflang="en">New Start Career Network</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/187" hreflang="en">long-term unemployed</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/151" hreflang="en">long-term unemployment</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/158" hreflang="en">older job seekers</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121" hreflang="en">Older Workers</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Experts</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/carl-e-van-horn-phd" hreflang="en">Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/media/735/edit" hreflang="en">Woman_Working_Featured.jpeg</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Enabled</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">Off</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Heading</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New Report Released</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><span>New Start Career Network Helped Over Six Thousand Long-term Unemployed New Jerseyans Find Help and Hope</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-item form-item- js-form-item-"> <div class="form-item__before"> <label class="form-item__title">Language</label> </div> English <div class="form-item__after"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-07/Woman_Working_Featured_0.jpeg" width="6214" height="2695" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>In a <a href="https://bit.ly/NSCN_Final_Report" target="_blank"><strong>final report</strong></a> detailing the impact of the New Start Career Network (NSCN), a six-year partnership to provide thousands of long-term unemployed New Jerseyans with free one-on-one and group coaching and a range of services to rebuild shattered careers and lost confidence, the Heldrich Center shows the innovative, privately funded program delivered numerous positive outcomes. The Heldrich Center reports that long-term unemployed members were very satisfied with the program, with 9 in 10 saying they would recommend NSCN to a friend according to surveys of members:*</p> <ul> <li>Most members agree that NSCN improved their job search strategies, interview skills, networking, résumés, and social media skills. They also reported improvements in their motivation, confidence, and employment. Nearly 4 in 10 (38%) of the survey respondents said they had obtained a new job.</li> <li>More than 8 in 10 older, long-term unemployed respondents say that NSCN provided essential emotional support, helping them understand they were not alone.</li> <li>A majority of volunteer career coaches report that addressing job seekers’ self-esteem and helping rebuild their confidence were among the most valuable services for NSCN members.</li> </ul> <p>The Philip and Tammy Murphy Family Foundation provided foundational support for the initiative. The Heldrich Center also obtained funding to match the Murphy Family Foundation’s contribution from New Jersey Resources, the Fund for New Jersey, the Corporation for National and Community Service/New Jersey Volunteer Generation Fund, Amazon, and other New Jersey based companies.</p> <p>New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said of NSCN: “What we did here with the New Start Career Network represents the best of New Jersey and is a model for the nation. We have the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, our state university, devoting its expertise and its resources. We have business, government, nonprofits, individual volunteers, and other organizations coming together to solve a problem that affects the livelihood of so many. This is how we make progress as a state, and I am honored to have been a part of this effort. We are incorporating the lessons from NSCN into our ongoing efforts to build a stronger and fairer New Jersey for all our residents.”</p> <h2><strong>The Next Recession is Never Far Away</strong></h2> <p>NSCN was a response to high rates of long-term unemployment following the Great Recession, according to the report. Its lessons remain relevant today as the nation recovers from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which left 1.4 million workers long-term unemployed. NSCN provides insights to policymakers and funders considering strategies to enhance public workforce system services for older and dislocated workers.</p> <p>The Heldrich Center and other researchers have documented the devastating impacts of long-term unemployment on individuals, families, and communities. Long-term unemployment leads to a wide range of adverse mental and physical health effects, including stress, depression, and higher suicide rates.</p> <p>Carl Van Horn, founding director of the Heldrich Center and Distinguished Professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, observed, “Older Americans are more likely to find themselves among the long-term unemployed than younger workers, and there are very limited remedies in this country to help them. Unemployment benefits run out for those who qualified in the first place, and funding for retraining and job search assistance is scant.”</p> <h2><strong>Volunteer Career Coach Program was Significant Innovation</strong></h2> <p>NSCN’s innovative use of volunteer career coaches played a critical, cost-effective role in helping job seekers regain confidence and find jobs. NSCN’s volunteers helped members navigate the emotional challenges of job search, listened nonjudgmentally to their concerns, and encouraged job seekers on the tough days.</p> <p>Volunteer career coaches found their counseling relationships productive. “I think that job seekers benefit most from the support, encouragement, and accountability that career coaches provide — assistance that cannot be obtained through webinars and other tools,” one coach said. Another remarked, “Most individuals I coach feel defeated, undervalued, and angry about being let go. It's important for me, as the coach, to address those issues first and foremost.”</p> <p>In 2018, in recognition of their extraordinary efforts to help older, long-term unemployed New Jerseyans, the NSCN volunteer career coaches were honored with a New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson Award. The Jefferson Awards, established in 1972 as the official recognition program of the U.S. Senate, are considered America’s highest honor for public service and volunteerism.</p> <h2><strong>Reducing Stress and Building Confidence</strong></h2> <p>The report notes that it is essential “to assess the program’s impact on people’s confidence and self-esteem, which are as critical to their job search and overall well-being."</p> <p>Surveys of NSCN job seekers found that the members appreciated understanding that they were not alone and that the program improved their mental health. Over two-thirds of NSCN members said that the program improved their motivation and confidence. Stress can impair individuals’ executive functioning, including planning, setting, and achieving goals. NSCN reduced members’ stress and improved their emotional well-being, often leading to better outcomes.</p> <p>Michele Martin, NSCN’s second director, noted, “For many New Start members, access to the volunteer coaches was a much-needed lifeline during a challenging time in their lives. Having someone they perceived as ‘in their corner,’ listening to their concerns and validating the difficulty of the search helped members persist in their efforts. When the search seemed overwhelming, coaches helped members break things down into more manageable tasks and provided the ongoing encouragement, structure, and accountability that job seekers needed.”</p> <h2><strong>Looking Forward</strong></h2> <p>Based on the experience designing and implementing NSCN, the Heldrich Center found that older, long-term unemployed job seekers need more, and different, services than typically available through the public workforce system. These include:</p> <ul> <li>Emotional and mental health support;</li> <li>Coaching to help with motivation and execution of a job search;</li> <li>Unbiased and realistic information about education, training, and specific job prospects; and</li> <li>Opportunities to connect to and provide peer support to one another.</li> </ul> <p>The report finds that persuading employers to overcome biases against older workers was difficult and recommends that older workers should be considered for apprenticeships and sector-focused employment and training programs so that employers can assess older workers on the job, rather than just on a résumé.</p> <p>“We learned from NSCN that many of our members face opportunity gaps rather than skills or training gaps. Helping them requires concerted efforts to partner with employers, convincing them to include older workers in their diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and to rethink hiring practices that exclude many talented individuals just because they have a résumé gap or are in their 40s, 50s, or 60s,” said NSCN founding director, Maria Heidkamp.</p> <h2><strong>A Model for Other Agencies, Foundations, and Universities</strong></h2> <p>“I have been involved in multiple efforts to help job seekers over the years, notably following the events of 9/11 and now thousands of older, long-term unemployed individuals through the New Start Career Network,” said Kathy Krepcio, Executive Director of the Heldrich Center. “These experiences have reinforced for me the need to keep working to strengthen the offerings of our country’s under-resourced public workforce system, which does not go far enough to help workers cope with dislocation and make successful transitions.”</p> <p>“Academic institutions, foundations, and other public-private partnerships with a mission to help long-term unemployed job seekers might consider adapting successful practices from NCSN into their own approaches,” added Heidkamp.</p> <p>Among the program design principles featured in the report are:</p> <ul> <li>Offer all services free-of-charge.</li> <li>Serve as a guide for job seekers and help them select a set of the “best” or most promising resources.</li> <li>Encourage active engagement of job seekers rather than only providing passive lists of resources, with an emphasis on networking and peer support.</li> <li>Refer to job seekers as “members” of the network rather than clients or program participants.</li> <li>Establish an almost-entirely virtual program, integrating a “high tech/high engagement” approach that would offer access to both digital services as well as personalized career coaching provided by trained, volunteer career coaches for members who wanted the help.  </li> <li>Customize options based on individuals’ needs. No services would be required for members, who would be free to engage as much or as often as they wanted. </li> <li>Make services available to all job seekers who met basic criteria: age 45+, long-term unemployed or underemployed, and a New Jersey resident. The program was not a “boot camp” model available to small cohorts, nor was it limited to only job seekers likely to have good outcomes or limited to white-collar workers and/or college graduates.  </li> </ul> <p>* Conducted in 2018 (N=662) and 2021 (N=272).</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><span>Heldrich Center’s innovative strategy delivers strong results, demonstrates the value of volunteer career coaches</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:53:26 +0000 heldrich_robb 106289 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/work/funding-streams-opportunity-youth <span>Funding Streams for Opportunity Youth</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1377" hreflang="en">Opportunity Youth</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/153" hreflang="en">workforce development</a></div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Wed, 06/08/2022 - 12:18</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">June 21, 2022</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19" hreflang="en">Research Publications &amp; Reports</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Authors</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/jimmy-green" hreflang="en">Jimmy Green</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/brittney-donovan" hreflang="en">Brittney Donovan</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/marjory-palius" hreflang="en">Marjory Palius</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Work Category</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Research Products</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Attachments</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Funding_Streams_for_Opportunity_Youth_Report_Final.pdf" type="application/pdf">Funding_Streams_for_Opportunity_Youth_Report_Final.pdf</a></span> <span>(230.29 KB)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Youth_AdobeStock_Cropped.jpeg" width="7151" height="2837" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>Summarizes the literature around available funding for youth workforce development and the programs serving this population in New Jersey. Examines the development of New Jersey’s youth workforce system since the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, including available funding for youth workforce development and the programs currently serving this population. Also reviews the systemic and financial realities that have impeded a more collaborative approach to helping opportunity youth. Finally, offers recommendations from local and national experts in youth workforce development.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New report examines youth workforce development system in New Jersey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 08 Jun 2022 12:18:10 +0000 heldrich_robb 106281 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news/new-report-process-evaluation-integration-workforce-development-adult-literacy-services-under <span>New Report: A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Workforce Development Adult Literacy Services Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in New Jersey</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">June 6, 2022</div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Mon, 06/06/2022 - 15:25</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1372" hreflang="en">Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1373" hreflang="en">Title I Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1374" hreflang="en">Title II Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1375" hreflang="en">Workforce Development Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1376" hreflang="en">Adult Literacy Services</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Experts</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/laurie-harrington" hreflang="en">Laurie Harrington </a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/brittney-donovan" hreflang="en">Brittney Donovan</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/jessica-starace" hreflang="en">Jessica Starace</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/marjory-palius" hreflang="en">Marjory Palius</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/media/732/edit" hreflang="en">Workforce_Diversity_Cropped.jpeg</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Enabled</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">Off</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Heading</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New Report Released</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Workforce Development Adult Literacy Services Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in New Jersey</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-item form-item- js-form-item-"> <div class="form-item__before"> <label class="form-item__title">Language</label> </div> English <div class="form-item__after"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Workforce_Diversity_Cropped_0.jpeg" width="6128" height="2680" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>A <a href="https://bit.ly/3thYYnH" target="_blank"><strong>new report</strong></a> from the Heldrich Center </span></span></span><span><span><span>examines the services offered in New Jersey for two programs that are part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Title I program covers workforce development activities, including job training and services to individuals who are either unemployed or underemployed. The Title II program focuses on adult educational and literacy services, including basic skills, secondary education, and literacy. The report examines the degree to which services under these two programs are integrated in New Jersey. It also identifies the challenges local areas in the state are facing when implementing various forms of Title I and Title II services integration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Heldrich Center researchers found evidence of promising strategies in New Jersey’s 17 local areas to integrate WIOA Title I and Title II services, both for integrating curriculum and integrating aspects of service delivery. The report uses researchers’ findings and suggestions from stakeholders to offer recommendations for programmatic and policy changes at the state and local levels to facilitate better integration of Title I and Title II services. The recommendations are aimed at making a more seamless service delivery system for consumers of WIOA services and engaging stakeholders to focus on achieving improved educational and employment outcomes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New report examines integration of workforce development and adult literacy services in New Jersey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:25:50 +0000 heldrich_robb 106280 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/work/process-evaluation-integration-title-i-workforce-development-and-title-ii-adult-literacy <span>A Process Evaluation of the Integration of Title I (Workforce Development) and Title II (Adult Literacy) Services Under the WIOA Act in New Jersey</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1372" hreflang="en">Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1373" hreflang="en">Title I Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1374" hreflang="en">Title II Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1375" hreflang="en">Workforce Development Services</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1376" hreflang="en">Adult Literacy Services</a></div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Mon, 06/06/2022 - 14:50</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">June 6, 2022</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19" hreflang="en">Research Publications &amp; Reports</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Authors</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/laurie-harrington" hreflang="en">Laurie Harrington </a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/brittney-donovan" hreflang="en">Brittney Donovan</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/jessica-starace" hreflang="en">Jessica Starace</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/marjory-palius" hreflang="en">Marjory Palius</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Work Category</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Research Products</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Attachments</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Process_Evaluation_of_the_Integration_of_Title_I_and_Title_II.pdf" type="application/pdf">Process_Evaluation_of_the_Integration_of_Title_I_and_Title_II.pdf</a></span> <span>(484.42 KB)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-06/Workforce_Diversity_Cropped.jpeg" width="6128" height="2680" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Examines the services offered in New Jersey for two programs that are part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Title I program covers workforce development activities, including job training and services to individuals who are either unemployed or underemployed. The Title II program focuses on adult educational and literacy services, including basic skills, secondary education, and literacy. Examines the degree to which services under these programs are integrated in New Jersey. Also identifies the challenges local areas in the state are facing when implementing various forms of Title I and Title II services integration.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New report examines integration of workforce development and adult literacy services in New Jersey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:50:27 +0000 heldrich_robb 106279 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news/new-report-new-jerseys-earned-sick-leave-law-and-family-leave-insurance-program <span>New Report: New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">May 10, 2022</div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Tue, 05/10/2022 - 14:56</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1359" hreflang="en">Earned Sick Leave Law</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1360" hreflang="en">Earned Sick Leave</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1361" hreflang="en">Family Leave Insurance</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1362" hreflang="en">Family Leave Insurance Program</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Experts</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/jessica-starace" hreflang="en">Jessica Starace</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/marjory-palius" hreflang="en">Marjory Palius</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/kristine-joy-bacani" hreflang="en">Kristine Joy Bacani</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/brittney-donovan" hreflang="en">Brittney Donovan</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/media/729/edit" hreflang="en">Sick_Male_Worker.jpeg</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Enabled</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">Off</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Heading</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New Report</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program: Measuring the Awareness and Opinions of New Jersey Workers, October 2020 to October 2021</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-item form-item- js-form-item-"> <div class="form-item__before"> <label class="form-item__title">Language</label> </div> English <div class="form-item__after"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-05/Sick_Male_Worker_0.jpeg" width="5700" height="2402" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In 2019, t<span>he New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development asked t</span>he Heldrich Center to conduct a multi-year study of New Jersey's Family Leave Insurance program (FLI), Earned Sick Leave law (ESL), and Temporary Disability Insurance program. <span>The study was designed to provide information in two phases: first, about the public’s awareness and utilization of paid leave, and second, about the public’s awareness of and attitudes toward using ESL and FLI benefits. The Heldrich Center partnered with the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations’ Center for Women and Work and the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ Center for Public Interest Polling to support data collection and analysis. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>A <a href="https://heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/New_Jersey’s_Earned_Sick_Leave_Law_and_Family_Leave%20Insurance_Program.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>new report</strong></a> from the Heldrich Center presents the results from the second phase of the study focusing on the public's awareness of and opinions toward using FLI and ESL. It is based on a statewide survey asking questions about New Jersey’s FLI program and ESL law in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021. The study period overlapped the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a policy-relevant time for understanding and using these leave programs in New Jersey, and having important implications for </span>t<span>he New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to target its outreach plan to educate the public about these state programs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The authors of this report were Heldrich Center staff members Sean Simone, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation; Jessica Starace, Research Associate; Marjory Palius, Ed.D., Research Project Manager; Kristine Joy Bacani, Research Project Assistant; and Brittney Donovan, Research Project Assistant.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New report presents the results from the second phase of a study focusing on the public's awareness of and opinions toward using Family Leave Insurance and Earned Sick Leave. </p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 10 May 2022 14:56:58 +0000 heldrich_robb 106273 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/work/new-jerseys-earned-sick-leave-law-and-family-leave-insurance-program <span>New Jersey’s Earned Sick Leave Law and Family Leave Insurance Program</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1359" hreflang="en">Earned Sick Leave Law</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1360" hreflang="en">Earned Sick Leave</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1361" hreflang="en">Family Leave Insurance</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1362" hreflang="en">Family Leave Insurance Program</a></div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Tue, 05/10/2022 - 14:27</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">May 10, 2022</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19" hreflang="en">Research Publications &amp; Reports</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Authors</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/jessica-starace" hreflang="en">Jessica Starace</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/marjory-palius" hreflang="en">Marjory Palius</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/kristine-joy-bacani" hreflang="en">Kristine Joy Bacani</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/brittney-donovan" hreflang="en">Brittney Donovan</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Work Category</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Research Products</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Attachments</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-05/New_Jersey%E2%80%99s_Earned_Sick_Leave_Law_and_Family_Leave%20Insurance_Program.pdf" type="application/pdf">New_Jersey’s_Earned_Sick_Leave_Law_and_Family_Leave Insurance_Program.pdf</a></span> <span>(648.85 KB)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-05/Sick_Male_Worker.jpeg" width="5700" height="2402" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Presents the results from the second phase of a study focusing on the public's awareness of and opinions toward using Family Leave Insurance and Earned Sick Leave. It is based on a statewide survey asking questions about New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance program and Earned Sick Leave law in Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Presents findings from surveys about New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Earned Sick Leave law.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 10 May 2022 14:27:36 +0000 heldrich_robb 106272 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news/new-products-released-advancing-new-jerseys-employment-first-practices-and-policies <span>New Products Released: Advancing New Jersey’s Employment First Practices and Policies</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">May 4, 2022</div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Wed, 05/04/2022 - 17:59</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/36" hreflang="en">Disability Employment</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1358" hreflang="en">Employment First</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/media/728/edit" hreflang="en">Woman_Disabilities_CP.jpeg</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Enabled</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">Off</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Heading</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New Products Released</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>Advancing New Jersey’s Employment First Practices and Policies</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-item form-item- js-form-item-"> <div class="form-item__before"> <label class="form-item__title">Language</label> </div> English <div class="form-item__after"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-05/Woman_Disabilities_CP.jpeg" width="4469" height="2530" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In 2012, New Jersey became an Employment First state to “proactively promote competitive employment in the general workforce for people with any type of disability.” New Jersey is currently one of 39 states with an Employment First policy. In spite of this policy shift toward Employment First, the mainstream labor force participation rate for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New Jersey has not significantly increased and continues to lag behind national trends. To address this issue, in March 2021, the New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities contracted with the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development to evaluate New Jersey’s Employment First policies and practices, and to develop recommendations and an advocacy plan to increase meaningful competitive employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in New Jersey. This work was done in partnership with the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Heldrich Center is pleased to share the results of this study, including an executive summary and action plan in both <a href="http://njcdd.org/wp-content/uploads/Advancing_New_Jerseys_Employment_First_Executive_Summary_English.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>English</strong></a> and <a href="http://njcdd.org/wp-content/uploads/Advancing_New_Jerseys_Employment_First_Executive_Summary_Spanish.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Spanish</strong></a> as well as a longer, more detailed <a href="http://njcdd.org/wp-content/uploads/Advancing_New_Jerseys_Employment_First_Full_Report.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>research report</strong></a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Heldrich Center is pleased to share the results of an evaluation of New Jersey’s Employment First policies and practices.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 04 May 2022 17:59:11 +0000 heldrich_robb 106271 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/news/new-brief-economic-effects-households-children <span>New Brief: The Economic Effects on Households with Children</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">March 24, 2022</div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/24/2022 - 13:47</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3" hreflang="en">Announcement</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1343" hreflang="en">Economic Effects</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1344" hreflang="en">Households with Children</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1345" hreflang="en">Caregivers</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1346" hreflang="en">Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Experts</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/stephanie-walsh" hreflang="en">Stephanie Walsh</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/media/698/edit" hreflang="en">Family_Dinner_Featured.jpg</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Enabled</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">Off</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Heading</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New Brief Released</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Carousel Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>Wages and Wealth in the Context of COVID-19: <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Economic Effects on Households with Children</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <div class="js-form-item form-item js-form-type-item form-item- js-form-item-"> <div class="form-item__before"> <label class="form-item__title">Language</label> </div> English <div class="form-item__after"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-03/Family_Dinner_Featured_0.jpg" width="7952" height="3184" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected households across New Jersey, with the unemployment rate rising to 16.6%. As is true in any economic downturn, the effects of these trends are felt more by some groups than others — whether across geographic regions, race, gender, age, or other characteristics and experiences. </span></span></span><a href="https://heldrich.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/2022-03/Economic_Effects_on_Households_with_Children.pdf" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>The Economic Effects on Households with Children</span></em></strong></a><span>,<strong> </strong>by Meghna Hari and Stephanie Holcomb, is </span><span><span><span>the second brief in a new Heldrich Center research series titled <em>Wages and Wealth in the Context of COVID-19</em>. The brief explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The analysis used data on trends in the hours caregivers spend on child-related activities each day compared with recent data on those who have exited the labor force due to childcare responsibilities. <span>Key findings from this research include:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Until 2019, women in New Jersey had engaged increasingly in the labor force, steadily narrowing the male-female labor force participation gap. Even more significantly, women with children under age six matched the participation level of women overall in 2019.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>Prior to the pandemic, caregiving for parents varied by gender and age of children across all U.S. households. Caregivers with children under age five spent more time on children-related activities than those with children age five or older. Female caregivers spent more time on children-related activities than male caregivers.</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span><span><span><span><span>During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, caring for household children was a key factor in not working for New Jersey parents. A higher share of female caregivers who did not work indicated the main reason for this was caring for children in the absence of available daycare/school options as compared to male caregivers who did not work. </span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p>New brief explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.</p> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:47:15 +0000 heldrich_robb 106256 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/work/economic-effects-households-children <span>The Economic Effects on Households with Children</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1343" hreflang="en">Economic Effects</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1344" hreflang="en">Households with Children</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1345" hreflang="en">Caregivers</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1346" hreflang="en">Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic</a></div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Thu, 03/24/2022 - 13:34</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Published Date</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content">March 24, 2022</div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19" hreflang="en">Research Publications &amp; Reports</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Authors</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/stephanie-walsh" hreflang="en">Stephanie Walsh</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Work</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/work/loss-work-and-income-insecurity-race-and-ethnicity" hreflang="en">Loss of Work and Income Insecurity by Race and Ethnicity</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Work Category</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Research Products</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Attachments</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2022-03/Economic_Effects_on_Households_with_Children.pdf" type="application/pdf">Economic_Effects_on_Households_with_Children.pdf</a></span> <span>(877.97 KB)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2022-03/Family_Dinner_Featured.jpg" width="7952" height="3184" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected households across New Jersey, with the unemployment rate rising to 16.6%. As is true in any economic downturn, the effects of these trends are felt more by some groups than others — whether across geographic regions, race, gender, age, or other characteristics and experiences. </span></span></span><span><span><span> This brief explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Examines employment gaps by gender and caregiver status to better understand how these groups in New Jersey are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 24 Mar 2022 13:34:56 +0000 heldrich_robb 106255 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu/work/loss-work-and-income-insecurity-race-and-ethnicity <span>Loss of Work and Income Insecurity by Race and Ethnicity</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Topic</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162" hreflang="en">New Jersey</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1140" hreflang="en">COVID-19 Pandemic</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1296" hreflang="en">Race </a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1295" hreflang="en">Ethnicity</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1300" hreflang="en">Income Loss</a></div> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1301" hreflang="en">Employment Loss</a></div> </div> </div> <span><span lang="" about="/user/72" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">heldrich_robb</span></span> <span>Wed, 07/28/2021 - 15:05</span> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Type</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19" hreflang="en">Research Publications &amp; Reports</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Authors</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/contributor/stephanie-walsh" hreflang="en">Stephanie Walsh</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Related Work</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/work/economic-effects-households-children" hreflang="en">The Economic Effects on Households with Children</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Work Category</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17" hreflang="en">Research Products</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Attachments</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-07/Loss_of_Work_Income_Insecurity_Race_Ethnicity.pdf" type="application/pdf">Loss_of_Work_Income_Insecurity_Race_Ethnicity.pdf</a></span> <span>(537.03 KB)</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Featured Image</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/2021-07/African_American_Family_Featured_2.jpg" width="5184" height="1885" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Excerpt</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Examines </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>differences in loss of income and employment by race and ethnicity to better understand how those in New Jersey are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>This brief is the first in a new Heldrich Center research series titled, <em>Wages and Wealth in the Context of COVID-19</em>. The series explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field"> <div class="field-title">Tagline</div> <div class="field-content-wrapper"> <div class="field-content"><p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>New research brief examines differences in loss of income and employment by race and ethnicity in New Jersey during the pandemic.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:05:15 +0000 heldrich_robb 106216 at http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu