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This policy report uses results from the Family Resource Simulator and the Basic Needs Budget Calculator to analyze New Jersey’s work support policies through the lens of cuts to New Jersey FamilyCare (NJFC). It examines the significant and measurable ways in which these cuts affect low-income children and families, the state budget, and the local economy. The report closes with policy recommendations that could provide a better investment in New Jersey’s working families and its economy.

Other Publications

• Making Work Pay in Montana
  Brief, June 2011
• When Work Supports Don’t Support Work
  A Case for Parental Health Coverage in Mississippi
  Brief, May 2011
• Healthy Kids and Strong Working Families
  Improving Economic Security for North Dakota Families with Children
  Brief, April 2011
• SNAP Take-up Among Immigrant Families with Children
  March 2011
• Making Work Supports Work
  Tools for Policy Analysis
  Fact Sheet, February 2010
• Making Work Supports Work
  A Picture of Low-wage Workers in America
  Report, January 2010
• The Economic Crisis and the Health, Well-Being and Security of New York’s Children and Families
  Report of a Meeting, March 13, 2009
  Report, September 2009
• Making Parents' Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, April 2009
• Paid Leave in the States
  A Critical Support for Low-wage Workers and Their Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Budgeting for Basic Needs
  A Struggle for Working Families
  Brief, March 2009
• Making Maternal and Child Health Care a Priority
  Fact Sheet, March 2009
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for Houston's Families
  Fact Sheet, November 2008
• Making Work Pay for Iowa’s Families
  Report, September 2008
• The Challenge of Child Care
  More Help Needed for San Antonio's Families
  Fact Sheet, September 2008
• Staying Afloat in Tough Times
  What States Are and Aren't Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
  Report, August 2008
• Child Care in Colorado
  Making Care More Affordable for Working Families
  Report, November 2007
• Improving Work Supports
  Closing the Financial Gap for Low-Wage Workers and Their Families
  Report, October 2007
• The Impact of Work Supports
  A Snapshot from Detroit
  Fact Sheet, August 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Illinois and Chicago
  Fact Sheet, April 2007
• Supporting Work in Illinois
  The Challenges Ahead
  Report, April 2007
• Struggling Despite Hard Work
  Michigan and Detroit
  Fact Sheet, November 2006
• When Work Doesn’t Pay
  What Every Policymaker Should Know
  Brief, June 2006
• Parent Employment and the Use of Child Care Subsidies
  Brief, June 2006
• On the Edge in the Empire State
  New York’s Low-Income Children
  Fact Sheet, May 2006
• Receipt of Government Supports Varies Widely by State
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• Parental Employment Does Not Guarantee Health Insurance for Children
  Fact Sheet, September 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Supports for Low-Income Working Families
  Fact Sheet, May 2004
• State Policy Choices
  Assets and Access to Public Assistance
  Fact Sheet, October 2003
• Employment Alone is Not Enough for America’s Low-Income Children and Families
  Report, August 2003
• Continuity and Stability
  Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use in Oregon
  Report, August 2002
• The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use
  A Collaborative Study of Five States
  Report, August 2002
• Earned Income Tax Credits
  Brief, June 2002
• Policies That Improve Family Income Matter for Children
  Brief, April 2002