“These are really mission-driven projects which is what makes them a little different than other developments,” Mian said. “The congregation is motivated and inspired by faith to build affordable housing but also by financial concerns and supporting the congregation.”
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Mian, RWV Launch Affordable Housing on Faith Land Database
Nadia Mian, Ph.D., Senior Program Director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement recently launched the Affordable Housing and Shelter on Faith Land Database and published an accompanying report.
NJSPL Report: Higher Education in New Jersey – A Policy Review
New Jersey’s state higher education plan, “Where Opportunity Meets Innovation – A Student-Centered Vision for New Jersey Higher Education” (the Plan), was introduced in 2019. It envisions an ecosystem where every resident can attain high-quality credentials regardless of their circumstances.
The Future of NJ Journalism: Evolution, Not Extinction
A new two-part study written by Marc H. Pfeiffer examines the evolving landscape of state and local journalism in New Jersey during a critical transition from print to digital news delivery and challenges those changes mean for the publication of “official notices.”
Report Release: R/ECON Forecast Winter 2025
R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as 2024 drew to a close once again shows a slowing trajectory, with annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2025 projected to slow more sharply than in the prior forecast.
Report Release: R/ECON Forecast Summer 2024
R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as of June 2024 continues to show a slowing trajectory, though the decline in annual GDP growth is not as pronounced as in the prior forecast.
R/ECON Forecast for November 2023 shows slow or stagnant growth for near future
R/ECON’s economic forecast for New Jersey as of November 2023 shows slow or stagnant growth over the next five to six quarters, with GDP recovering to a steady but tepid rate of increase in 2025. This largely mirrors the U.S. trajectory, though at lower growth levels than the national outlook.
The Labor Market, Then and Now: The First Two Decades of the 21st Century – Big Labor Market Trends
This is the first article in a three-part series that analyzes labor market, workforce, occupational, and educational trends since 2000. Co-authors are Dr. Carl Van Horn of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Nyerere Hodge of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Stuart Andreason of the Burning Glass Institute.
New Report from Marc Pfeiffer – First, Do No Harm: Algorithms, AI, and Digital Product Liability
The potential for algorithmic harm(s) are commonly reported to be found in (but are not limited to) technologies such as generative artificial intelligence chatbots, social media, virtual reality, Internet of Things, surveillance tech, robots, etc. This new report provides a pathway to reduce algorithmic harms by incentivizing developers to first, do no harm as opposed to work fast and break things.
NJSPL Report Release: Analyzing Child-Care Provider Subsidies in New Jersey
A new report from Andrea Hetling, Gregory Porumbescu, and Henry Coleman examines public child-care subsidies. In 2020, New Jersey switched to an enrollment-based subsidy policy from the prior attendance-based system, both for public health purposes and to ensure a consistent stream of income to child-care providers during the pandemic.