Dona Schneider, associate dean at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the school helps train students by not only focusing on the cross section of public health and medicine, but also on the active environment of changes in communities and policy. Community leaders and politicians are invited to speak to students to give them a real-time update about the issues they will soon face.
NJSPL: The Potential of Participatory Budgeting Within New Jersey
Budget Cuts and Who Absorbs Them When budgets are cut, the first programs to go are those without dedicated funding or legal mandate. Many of those programs serve low-income, disabled, and vulnerable populations. New Jersey is in a period of fiscal austerity. The...