Nurture NJ is the state’s initiative to improve maternal and infant health through policy and programmatic investments with a vision to make New Jersey the safest, most equitable state in the nation to deliver and raise a baby. Over the past seven years, Governor Murphy has signed over 70 pieces of maternal and infant health-related legislation to support the goals of Nurture NJ, including some of the most revolutionary maternal health policies in the nation.
As part of a broad evaluation of Nurture NJ, the Rutgers School of Public Health compiled a list of 73 legislative policies and assembly resolutions designed to improve maternal and infant health since 2019. They summarized the scientific underpinnings for those actions in Following the Science: New Jersey’s Policy Approaches to Improving Maternal and Infant Health. To read the full story.