families – Starting Early

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

🛡️ Protecting Medicaid – A lifeline for families

👋 The news from Washington is disheartening: Nearly 2 million New Jerseyans stand to lose essential medical services if cuts to Medicaid federal funding being discussed take place.

Among those whose health and well-being would be severely threatened are the mothers and babies who the Burke Foundation and our many partners in the nonprofit community, government, and elsewhere support through efforts aimed at making sure all families can provide the nurturing and care needed to promote lifelong well-being.

Medicaid enables families that struggle to make ends meet — including new mothers, children, seniors, and people with disabilities — to obtain critical medical care.

January 24, 2025January 24, 2025

Fighting for families 👪

👋 The hatred and anger that often dominate discourse these days erode people’s belief in the possibility of progress. It’s easy to feel discouraged when high-decibel conflict drowns out the voice of cooperation.

But dedicated community activists, advocates, and local policymakers are persistently working together across the country to increase economic security and improve families’ health and well-being. We see the power of change in such efforts as expanding paid leave to care for loved ones, making quality child care more available and more affordable, and launching life-saving maternal health initiatives for every new mom.

Shared values drive this progress: the belief that every child has the right to grow up healthy, happy, and well cared for.