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EJBTalks: Will The Cities of the Future Change?
There has been both in- and out-migration from cities now for years depending upon economic conditions, but the pandemic has hit our cities and high-density areas the hardest. After years of re-urbanization, are we going to see a new wave of urban flight? Has the...
New Heldrich Center Issue Brief Discusses Workforce Professionals’ Challenges and Solutions During the COVID-19 Crisis
This brief also examines tools workforce professionals are using to address challenges.
Governor announces members of Restart and Recovery Commission
Gov. Phil Murphy announced the members of his Restart and Recovery Commission, which will help guide him in the process of reopening the state. Murphy said the group is unrivaled in terms of its diversity of experiences, perspectives and expertise. “It is composed of...
Put 1 million Americans back to work with community public service jobs
During the 2020 pandemic-driven economic disaster, the next rounds of stimulus spending from Washington should fund one million community service jobs. Direct job creation programs must be added to the already authorized — and essential — business assistance and...
More than a disease, COVID-19 exposes health risk of food insecurity: OPINION
Sadly, my patient and millions like her in America are fighting not only the coronavirus but another, older epidemic that's only been exacerbated by the new crisis: food insecurity. The COVID-19 outbreak is further disrupting the healthy eating habits that...
Suddenly Virtual: Delivering Workforce Services in the COVID-19 Environment
In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 shutdowns and subsequent blow to the American economy in March 2020, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University wanted to understand how the public workforce development system was...
Property-Tax Payments Are Due May 1 – What Will Happen?
New Jersey property tax payments are made four times a year on the first day of February, May, August, and November. The May 1 payment is due in less than 10 days. With many homeowners out of work and small businesses closed due to the pandemic, many payments won't be...
New Jersey Covid-19 Response Hampered by Decade of Budget Cuts
New Jersey Policy Perspective released a report showing cuts in New Jersey spending since the recession of 2009 to three key departments: Health, Labor and Community Affairs, which coordinates the state's social safety net -- the programs most needed to protect NJ...
Rutgers research highlights housing inequities in New Jersey
The Facts and Findings report, "Housing Instability and Health-Related Housing Quality in New Jersey," details the results of the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy's latest New Jersey Health and Well-Being Poll, conducted in 2019. "Research clearly shows that...
EJB Talks: Laying Bare Nationwide Health Disparities
Returning to the healthcare field amidst the COVID-19 crisis, host Stuart Shapiro welcomes Professor Soumitra Bhuyan, who teaches in the Bloustein School's health administration program and Dr. Sabiha Hussain from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Their...
Providing resources to students experiencing financial hardship
This new initiative seeks to address specific, unexpected, and extraordinary problems that are in accord with the school’s mission.
Two EJB students named Presidential Management Fellow finalists
Emily Maciejak MCRP ‘20 and Mathilde Roux EJB ’19, MPP ’20 have been actively participating in the online opportunities offered.