Center for Women and Work’s Working Families Program works to improve workplace programs and policies to more accurately reflect the contemporary lives of all working families in New Jersey so workers can be both productive employees and responsible family members.

New Jersey Time to Care Coalition:  Working with the New Jersey Time to Care Coalition, the Center for Women and Work conducts research, outreach and education on the need for family leave insurance for New Jersey’s working families.

Destination DC: This web site brings together findings from a research project on migration from El Salvador and the existence of transnational communities in Greater Washington DC.

Multi-State Working Families Consortium: The Center for Women and Work is a member of the Multi-State Working Families Consortium, a partnership of organizations in eight states seeking to reform workplace rules locally and on the national level in ways that support families and balance the needs of workers and their families.

New Report: A Health Impact Assessment of Paid Sick Days Policy in New Jersey
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Working Poor Families Project:The Working Poor Families Project (WPFP) is a national initiative aimed at assessing state policies and programs that are designed to help low-income working families achieve economic security. Supported by the Annie E. Casey, Ford, Joyce and Charles Stewart Mott Foundations, the WPFP engages in partnerships with state nonprofit organizations to examine state work force development policies that involve education and skills training for adults; economic development; and work and income supports. The Center for Women and Work and its partner organization, NJ Policy Perspective work together on this project and have produced the following report:

1. Climbing the Ladder: How to Invest in New Jersey’s Working Families
2. Economics and Politics of Work-Family Policy:The Case For A State Family Leave Insurance Program
3. Paying For College: Availability of Need-based Financial Aid for New Jersey's Working Adults
4. Report by Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman- "Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California”. 

Workplace Practices in Early Care and Education: Funded by the Schumann Fund for New Jersey, the Center for Women and work is conducting research on the management practices and organizational processes in early care and education centers. This study aims to understanding the process of how childcare directors and early childhood educators in three- and four-year old classrooms make decisions about their work and how that decision-making impacts teachers’ job satisfaction and commitment, employee turnover, and classroom quality.

Serving Students by Mary McCain, PhD. This report provides a unique look at contracted food service workers in public schools in New Jersey.