More Than $500K In Grant Monies Expected to Help Newark, Underserved Communities Get Vaccinated
Posted OnSeptember 30, 2021 byNEWARK, NJ — Newark nonprofit leaders and area health professionals are teaming up to increase accessibility to the COVID-19 vaccine in underserved communities through a substantial amount of grant monies awarded by United Way of Greater Newark and Greater Newark Health Care Coalition. More than $500,000 were awarded by the organizations to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Project…Read More…
Newark Nonprofit Launches Online Survey for Residents to Submit Questions Ahead of NJ Lieutenant Governor Debate
Posted OnSeptember 21, 2021 byNEWARK, NJ – Newark residents are getting an opportunity to have their voices heard in an upcoming debate for New Jersey’s lieutenant governor’s race after local nonprofit Project Ready this week launched an online survey for individuals to submit their inquiries. Project Ready, a local social justice advocacy group, launched the survey to gather input from the community on topics of interest and…Read More…
Poll Finds Most Newark Parents Support Vaccines, Masks In Schools
Posted OnSeptember 17, 2021 byAs students return to classrooms for a new school year, a poll of Newark parents found that most support vaccines and mandatory masks.Read More…
Poll: Newark Parents Want City Schools to Invest Federal Aid Into Additional Support for Students, Teachers
Posted OnSeptember 16, 2021 byNEWARK, NJ – Newark parents believe the city’s school district should invest the hundreds of millions of dollars it is receiving in federal pandemic funding on better resources for schools and teachers, support for students’ emotional and mental health, and direct grants to families, according to a poll conducted by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready. Change Research, a San…Read More…
New Poll: Newark Parents Support Mask/Vaccine Mandates but Share ‘Widespread Concern’ About in-Person Learning
Posted OnSeptember 14, 2021 byProject Ready, the Newark-based social justice and advocacy group, just released a new poll as Newark students return to in-person instruction. This poll asked 300 parents, whose children attend a variety of district, charter, and private schools, about their concerns regarding disease risk, whether they are comfortable sending their children back to in-person classes, how they feel…Read More…
Newark parents worried their kids might get COVID in school, poll says
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byAn overwhelming majority of Newark parents are worried about their child contracting COVID-19 this school year, and some say they aren’t sending their kids back at all, according to a new online poll published Monday. The Project Ready poll, conducted by Change Research the week leading up to the first day of school for Newark, found…Read More…
Poll Shows Majority of Newark Parents Support Mandatory Masks, Vaccinations in Schools
Posted OnSeptember 13, 2021 byNEWARK, NJ – With thousands of students across Newark returning to their desks for fully in-person learning for the first time in 18 months, a majority of city parents expressed mostly support for mandatory masks and vaccinations in schools, according to a recent poll commissioned by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready. A shared fear of COVID-19 was also prevalent among parents heading into the new school year,…Read More…