Tammy Murphy

Focus shifts from one-on-one meetings with a doctor, to group meetings with women expecting to deliver at around the same time.

The items include bandages, sutures, tourniquets, scalpels, needles, syringes, IV supplies, stethoscopes, catheters, sterile bedding, COVID-19 test kits, and personal protective equipment.

The school is also launching a course for aspiring doulas in the summer of 2022.

The likely break-through case based on a rapid test follows a known exposure in Gov. Phil Murphy's house, within days of the family returning from vacation, according to a statement.

The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund continues to raise funds to support vulnerable Garden State residents and businesses.

The move aims to improve maternal and infant health, and decrease the racial disparity in birth outcomes in New Jersey.

New Jersey joins Oregon as the only states with universal newborn home visitation programs. The first visit will happen within two weeks of birth.

Rutgers' National Institute for Early Education Research says states need to plan now for students who'll return to class after skipping a year of preschool.

Adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs, can lead to lifelong social, physical, emotional and economic challenges. NJ is looking for ways to avoid that.

"It's designed to make transformational change in a system that has historically failed our mothers and babies of color."