At our Fund for Women and Girls’ annual luncheon and panel discussion we heard about improving the lives of young children and their caregivers.
Here are a four facts we learned from our panelists:
- Negative experiences in childhood can affect long-term health development; learn more by reading about the work of Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff at Harvard
- About 33% of all New Jersey children, ages 0-5, have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE.) To learn more about ACEs, watch this TED talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
- New Jersey has a high maternal mortality rate
- By the age of 3, low income children have a 30 million word deficit compared to more affluent children
We’d like to thank our distinguished panel of experts for spending the afternoon with us:
- Cecilia Zalkind, Moderator – President & CEO, Advocates for Children of New Jersey
- James Burke – President, The Burke Foundation
- June Gray – Director of Family Support Interventions, Children’s Futures
- Armstead Johnson – Executive Director, Mercer Street Friends
