The Amplification Project is Working To: Call on the state to implement a Family Leave Insurance (FLI) public education campaign, which was originally part of the legislation. The state should collect better data on the program so that other states, and the federal government, would be better informed about the benefits and costs of the…
The Amplification Project submitted an entry to the Knight News Challenge: Data on June 21st. The contest, funded by the John S. And James L. Knight Foundation, aims to find “new ways of collecting, understanding, visualizing and helping the public use the large amounts of information generated each day. “ The Amplification Project has partnered with…
The Amplification Project attended two recent events convened by the Anti-Poverty Network (APN) of New Jersey, where we had several encouraging conversations with non-profit leaders about how we can help them ramp up their digital advocacy efforts. The APN has three key issues they are focused on -housing, hunger and unemployment – and they are…
The New Jersey Time to Care Coalition is a statewide network of labor unions, advocacy groups, political allies, non-profits and research organizations that campaign for paid leave policies to help New Jersey’s workers meet both their obligations to their employers and the needs of their families. As our society copes with the widespread growth of two-income households,…
On May 3, the New Jersey Time to Care Coalition, along with Senate President Sweeney’s office, hosted a birthday party to celebrate the 4 year anniversary of the Family Leave Insurance (FLI) program in New Jersey at the State House in Trenton. The event was both festive and moving, as legislators, workers, and advocates gathered…
At The Amplification Project, our tag line is: “Translating Policy Research into Action.” How, you ask? We help policy organizations, advocacy groups, and social investors ‘show’ and ‘tell’…