The Heldrich Center is partnering with the New Jersey Governor’s Office and working with the New Jersey Innovation Authority, Civil Service Commission, and Office of Information Technology to design, field, and analyze an online non-probability-based survey of the New Jersey state workforce. The survey was fielded May 12 to 26, 2026 in English using Qualtrics […]

The Workforce Pell program extends federal Pell Grant eligibility to students in qualifying short-term workforce training programs at certain eligible institutions. The Heldrich Center team partnered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) and the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) to develop data collection protocol, operationalize […]

Students are pursuing their college education with unmet basic needs, disrupting their college attainment and completion. The Heldrich Center is conducting a rapid landscape assessment of the basic needs services available at each of New Jersey’s community colleges, how they structure the services within their institutions, and how institutions currently define and measure success in […]

The Heldrich Center has been engaged by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center at the Bloustein School to assist with the development of the 2026-2027 status update for the workforce planning analysis in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan. The Comprehensive Climate Action Plan serves as New Jersey’s overarching […]

The Heldrich Center is continuing to assist Middlesex County in implementing and assessing the RWJ Health Workforce Partnership Initiative, a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to strengthen the region’s healthcare talent pipeline while advancing equity, economic opportunity, and innovation. This study builds on the Heldrich Center’s engagement with Middlesex County since 2023 and has three core components: full-scope […]

The Heldrich Center is continuing to serve as a research, evaluation, and strategic thought partner to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) in support of workforce development efforts related to energy efficiency, building decarbonization, and broader market transformation initiatives. Building on prior work supporting the Business and Industry Leadership Team model, the Heldrich […]

This study analyzed students who complete career programs at county vocational-technical school districts in New Jersey, examining their educational outcomes in terms of enrollment and completion of postsecondary education, as well as their employment and earnings outcomes, including quarterly wages. The Heldrich Center completed building the analysis data, including data linkages. Results of the overall […]

The Heldrich Center is conducting research for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan. The Heldrich Center has been engaged by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center to assist with the development of a workforce planning analysis for inclusion in the action plan. The workforce planning analysis will be developed […]

Evaluation of a New Jersey program designed to increase awareness and access to worker benefits programs, including paid family and medical leave benefits, earned sick leave, and unemployment insurance. The Heldrich Center will focus on understanding the program’s implementation, the organizational capacity and program support of grantees, and the program’s impact on worker benefit programs. […]

Data analysis to understand how career and technical education completers from the classes of 2014 and 2015 transition into postsecondary education and the workforce.

Process evaluation of Middlesex County's current healthcare workforce development plans and programs and development of a strategic plan for the development and implementation of innovative workforce development initiatives.

Development of metrics and quantitative analyses to assess the equitability of Unemployment Insurance compensation.