🌟 At the Burke Foundation, we believe in a two-generation approach to make a difference – supporting both caregivers and young children – and building a relationship-centered workforce that meets families’ needs. For the past seven years, that’s been at the heart of our work. 🌟 🔎 All along, we’ve been assessing our progress and working with our amazing partners to make adjustments and measurable improvements for families. 📈 And for the first time, we’d like to share with you a closer look at how our programs and our partners have made a meaningful difference. 🎉 So today, we’re thrilled to share our 2023 Impact Report with you. We hope you’re as inspired as we are by the work being done across New Jersey to improve the health and well-being of young children and their families. View the report here: https://lnkd.in/efjbMjeZ #impactreport Advocates for Children of New Jersey The Aspen Institute Centering Healthcare Institute CENTRAL JERSEY FAMILY HEALTH CONSORTIUM The Children's Home Society of NJ Community Foundation of New Jersey Community Health Acceleration Partnership (CHAP) Council of New Jersey Grantmakers Hackensack Meridian Health Harvard Graduate School of Education HealthConnect One Mount Sinai Parenting Center New Jersey Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics NJ Department of Health New Jersey Department of Children and Families New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern New Jersey Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work Rutgers School of Public Health St. Joseph's Health Trenton Health Team ZERO TO THREE
The Burke Foundation
Non-profit Organizations
Princeton, New Jersey 2,030 followers
Working to transform birth to early childhood systems in New Jersey.
About us
The Burke Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation that invests in transformative early childhood initiatives to build a cycle of opportunity across generations and partners with non-profits to identify, rigorously evaluate, and help scale programs and policies that foster the healthy development of children and families in New Jersey.
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https://burkefoundation.org/
External link for The Burke Foundation
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Princeton, New Jersey
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- Nonprofit
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- 1989
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Princeton, New Jersey 08540, US
Employees at The Burke Foundation
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Caroline Bersak
Program Officer, The Burke Foundation | Public Interest Attorney | Non-Profit Leader
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Christopher Due
Executive Director, The Burke Foundation
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Kristen Gibbs
Non-profit professional with 15 years of practical experience in operations and program support
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Jessica Nugent
Senior Program Officer
Updates
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🌟 Let’s hear it for grandparents: Sweden has passed a groundbreaking new law that allows grandparents to access paid leave to care for their grandchildren for up to three months in the child’s first year.🌟 This initiative will not only empower parents and support families, but also boost the economy. The law: 💼 Allows parents to share the responsibilities of child care 👴 Supports work-life balance and family cohesion and fosters deeper intergenerational relationships 🌍 Increases workforce participation and productivity. Sweden continues to lead the way in empowering families and providing greater opportunities for family success, setting a global example for policies that promote lifelong health and well-being. We look forward to learning and championing new efforts to support families through the First 1000 Days Policy Coalition with Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work Advocates for Children of New Jersey and many partners working to help young children and families in NJ. Read more about the new law here: https://lnkd.in/gza5HziC #FamilySupport #PaidLeave #ChildCare #Care #CareEconomy
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🏅Powerful Read: Families need child care, even at the Olympics! 🚼Child care takes center stage at the Paris Olympics this year, with Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history, teaming up with Pampers to launch the first-ever nursery at the Olympic Village. 🛋️ The nursery aims to provide a dedicated space for athlete moms to bond and unwind during the games and will be equipped with wipes, diapers, and play areas for families. This initiative is seen as a game-changer in supporting athlete moms and making them feel at home. "This is a shift in culture," Felix said. "It's saying that motherhood isn't the end. If you choose to be a mother in the midst of your career, you can still go and have incredible performances." Felix has been an outspoken advocate for Black maternal health, including Black athletes. She was recently awarded a $20 million grant-making fund from Melinda French Gates to disperse to Black maternal health organizations. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/d6dNEY99 #Childcare #AllysonFelix #ParisOlympics #Moms #Dads #Families #NJFamilies
Allyson Felix launches first-ever Olympic Village nursery for Paris 2024
nbcolympics.com
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📢 The Burke Foundation is excited to share a job opening with one of our partners, St. Joseph's Health in Paterson, NJ. The maternity care team (https://bit.ly/3xHMbjS) at St. Joe’s is looking for a full-time doula to join its team of doulas who follow the same shift schedule as other labor & delivery staff (40 hours/week) and provide invaluable support during the prenatal, birth, and postpartum periods. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eMZh3Zgr
Doula at St. Joseph's Health
jobs.stjosephshealth.org
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📢 The Children's Home Society of NJ seeks a Major Gifts Consultant to support the expansion of a community-based doula program in the City of Trenton and surrounding community. Submission deadline is July 20, 2024. See the attached document for all the details!
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Program Officer Caroline Bersak was thrilled to attend the first ever National Child Care Innovation Summit, hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This groundbreaking event brought together the business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors to spotlight the U.S.'s growing child care crisis and to explore innovative child care policies and models. It was great to hear so many leaders, including U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, CEO of Moms First (a Burke partner) Reshma Saujani, and the Governors of Massachusetts, Colorado, and Indiana agreeing that child care is infrastructure, a public good, and an economic imperative, and that our broken child care system is in urgent need of greater investment. We'll be sharing learnings from this event with partners on our First 1,000 Days Policy Coalition who working to improve New Jersey's child care system. #First1000Days #ChildCare #First1000DaysPolicyCoalition
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ICYMI: We spoke with Dr. Bob Atkins of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing for our recent issue of Starting Early (read here: https://lnkd.in/erBzZpUn) about the power of community nursing and what we can do to address the nursing shortage. As Bob said: “A lot of people want to be nurses — they just don’t know it yet. And we haven’t done a good job of communicating to them, ‘This is actually where you want to be. You would love to use your head and your heart and your hands every day.'” Read the rest of our conversation here: https://lnkd.in/eDNgGRhB #nursing #CommunityNursing #HealthcareEquity #FamilyConnects
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👋 In today's Starting Early, we highlight the vital role of nurses in improving healthcare. We look at why culturally congruent care matters — especially for mothers and infants of color — and ways to strengthen and diversify the nursing workforce. Don't miss our conversation with Dr. Bob Atkins, executive vice dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing who emphasized the necessity of community nurses, what they need to succeed, and the outsized impact they can have on health equity. Read on: https://lnkd.in/erBzZpUn #StartingEarly #Nurses #Nursing #Healthcare #HealthEquity
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💡 Spotlight on Dads: A Fresh Approach to Parental Health Federal surveys traditionally focused on new mothers' health but spend little time collecting data on the health of fathers and non-birthing parents. Now, thanks to an innovative pilot, a few states are changing the game to help monitor the well-being of new dads too: https://lnkd.in/ej5QRbVb The Burke Foundation supports PRAMS for Dads initiative through funding and community partnership, aiding in the development of the New Jersey Fatherhood Survey, which will collect data on the experiences of new fathers. So far, learnings from other states show that dads can help with safe sleep and breastfeeding (https://lnkd.in/eCp9NNSs). In Georgia, it was found that 99 percent of fathers place their infant to sleep, but only 16 percent practice all three CDC-recommended safe sleep practices. Ultimately, we need a lot more information to better understand the role of fathers both pre and post partum. 🎙️ Tune in to Here & Now's segment with Dr. Craig Garfield for the scoop, and happy early Father’s Day! ❤️ #ParentalHealth #NewDads #InclusiveCare #Dads #Father #Fathers #FathersDay 🌈 University of Chicago Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
No one asks how new dads are doing. A pilot program aims to help
wbur.org
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Working moms face a ‘motherhood penalty’ in the labor market: lower wages and slower career advancement. Our partners at the Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work have created an incredible report that lays out all the evidence: https://lnkd.in/eQhsiMsX 🔍 New Jersey ranks in the lowest 25% of states for median earnings differences between mothers and fathers. 💰 Married fathers have the highest median income, while married mothers face the largest earnings penalty, especially those under 45. 📍 Monmouth County sees the highest penalty for mothers, while Essex County experiences the lowest. 📊Notably, Essex County boasts the highest premium for fathers. What can employers and states do to bring mothers’ earnings in line with fathers? Increase access to paid family leave and high-quality, affordable childcare. #First1000DaysPolicyCoalition #Paidfamilyleave #motherhoodpenalty
The Motherhood Penalty in New Jersey
smlr.rutgers.edu