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Incorporating Equity into Agency Performance Assessment: Lessons for New Jersey

Incorporating Equity into Agency Performance Assessment: Lessons for New Jersey

Megan McCue2024-03-11T10:03:57-04:00

By Marilyn Rubin Equity measures as part of department/agency performance assessment are essential to government efforts to incorporate equity into decision-making, programming, and service delivery. Equity in agency performance assessments helps to ensure that public dollars do not fund programs, projects, or policies that exacerbate inequities. In New Jersey, the state government is proactively advancing [...]

Incorporating Equity into Agency Performance Assessment: Lessons for New JerseyMegan McCue2024-03-11T10:03:57-04:00

Climate Education Initiatives in New Jersey

Climate Education Initiatives in New Jersey

Megan McCue2024-02-05T09:58:16-05:00

By Josephine O’Grady. According to the 2020 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change, New Jersey is warming more quickly than the rest of the Northeast region. The state is experiencing a myriad of climate-related challenges [...]

Climate Education Initiatives in New JerseyMegan McCue2024-02-05T09:58:16-05:00

Teacher Candidate Performance Assessment Moves Forward in New Jersey

Teacher Candidate Performance Assessment Moves Forward in New Jersey

Megan McCue2024-02-01T13:15:32-05:00

By Drew Gitomer, Emily Hodge, and Rachel Garver. In June 2022, New Jersey enacted a significant change in how educator preparation programs (EPPs) would assess the quality and readiness of their teacher candidates through performance assessment [...]

Teacher Candidate Performance Assessment Moves Forward in New JerseyMegan McCue2024-02-01T13:15:32-05:00

50 Years of Protecting the Shore: What’s Next for CAFRA?

50 Years of Protecting the Shore: What’s Next for CAFRA?

Megan McCue2024-01-22T10:31:34-05:00

By Will Parker. For fifty years, New Jersey’s Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA) has been protecting coastal resources and guiding development patterns along the shoreline. To commemorate that anniversary, this project sought to understand [...]

50 Years of Protecting the Shore: What’s Next for CAFRA?Megan McCue2024-01-22T10:31:34-05:00

Partnerships, Targeted Goals, and Impacts: A Revised Implementation Strategy for the Great American Outdoors Act

Partnerships, Targeted Goals, and Impacts: A Revised Implementation Strategy for the Great American Outdoors Act

Megan McCue2024-01-16T09:38:19-05:00

By Josephine O’Grady. The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) of 2020 promised the investment in national parks that the United States desperately needed. Since 1980, the number of visitors to national parks [...]

Partnerships, Targeted Goals, and Impacts: A Revised Implementation Strategy for the Great American Outdoors ActMegan McCue2024-01-16T09:38:19-05:00

Digital Governance and the Power of Big Data: Transforming Government in the Digital Age

Digital Governance and the Power of Big Data: Transforming Government in the Digital Age

Megan McCue2024-01-04T09:12:43-05:00

By Tarun Reddy Arasu The continued growth in the use of technology by governments is reshaping public administration and redefining how governments interact with citizens, businesses, as well as with other governments. As a result, digital government platforms have become a cornerstone of modern governance, offering the potential to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of public services. [...]

Digital Governance and the Power of Big Data: Transforming Government in the Digital AgeMegan McCue2024-01-04T09:12:43-05:00

Internet Skills and Perceptions of E-Government Remain Steady in the Face of Greater Economic Hardship

Internet Skills and Perceptions of E-Government Remain Steady in the Face of Greater Economic Hardship

Megan McCue2023-11-30T09:50:13-05:00

By Grace Maruska. E-government offers new, innovative ways to help connect individuals with public services. Navigating our post-pandemic world, however, requires deeper understanding of how various factors [...]

Internet Skills and Perceptions of E-Government Remain Steady in the Face of Greater Economic HardshipMegan McCue2023-11-30T09:50:13-05:00

Rethinking Complete Streets

Rethinking Complete Streets

Megan McCue2023-11-20T08:43:01-05:00

By Hannah Younes, Robert B. Noland, Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Jeffrey Dennis, Colin Roche, and Sam Rosenthal. Governor Phil Murphy signed S-147 into law in January 2023 directing the New Jersey Department of Transportation [...]

Rethinking Complete StreetsMegan McCue2023-11-20T08:43:01-05:00

A Seamless Continuum of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services for Justice-Involved Individuals in New Jersey

A Seamless Continuum of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services for Justice-Involved Individuals in New Jersey

Megan McCue2023-11-16T09:44:32-05:00

By James M. Davy, PhD. Disrupting a Fragmented System The professional staff of the New Jersey Reentry Corporation and other public and nonprofit service providing agencies can attest to the problem of fragmented and uncoordinated service-delivery systems that inhibit efforts to meet the mental health and substance use needs of previously incarcerated individuals in [...]

A Seamless Continuum of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services for Justice-Involved Individuals in New JerseyMegan McCue2023-11-16T09:44:32-05:00

Aging New Jersey: Long-Term Care Challenges and Quality Ratings in Nursing Homes

Aging New Jersey: Long-Term Care Challenges and Quality Ratings in Nursing Homes

Megan McCue2023-10-30T08:55:13-04:00

By Miyeon Song, Ph.D., Jinah Yoo (Ph.D. Student), and Seungho An, Ph.D. The Challenges in Long-Term Care Quality New Jersey's elderly population is on the rise. According to a report from the New Jersey Department of Human Services, individuals aged 60 and older made up 23.4% (2,078,439) of the total population in 2019, marking [...]

Aging New Jersey: Long-Term Care Challenges and Quality Ratings in Nursing HomesMegan McCue2023-10-30T08:55:13-04:00