Our Work
Projects
May 2025
The Heldrich Center is conducting research for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan. The Heldrich Center has been engaged by the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center to assist with the development of a workforce planning analysis for inclusion in the action plan. The workforce planning analysis will be developed […]
March 2025
Evaluation of a New Jersey program designed to increase awareness and access to worker benefits programs, including paid family and medical leave benefits, earned sick leave, and unemployment insurance. The Heldrich Center will focus on understanding the program’s implementation, the organizational capacity and program support of grantees, and the program’s impact on worker benefit programs. […]
January 2025
Data analysis to understand how career and technical education completers from the classes of 2014 and 2015 transition into postsecondary education and the workforce.
December 2024
Process evaluation of Middlesex County's current healthcare workforce development plans and programs and development of a strategic plan for the development and implementation of innovative workforce development initiatives.
December 2024
Public Workforce Development System • Safety Net and Income Supports • Unemployment and Reemployment • Workforce Policy and Programs
Development of metrics and quantitative analyses to assess the equitability of Unemployment Insurance compensation.
December 2024
In-depth examination of the innovative approaches to modernizing the Unemployment Insurance system implemented in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 2024
Gender, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Research • Qualitative Analysis • Safety Net and Income Supports • • Trauma and Trauma-informed Practice • Work and Family Life
In-depth examination of the challenges low-income mothers face in achieving financial and family stability.
December 2024
Project to advance understanding of the interplay between technology, access to technology, and equity.
December 2024
Comprehensive analysis of the youth workforce development system in New Jersey.
December 2024
Research on New Jersey’s efforts to improve the employment outcomes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
December 2024
Data analysis to examine the efficacy of the Tuition Aid Grant program.
December 2024
Qualitative Analysis • Quantitative Data Analysis • Unemployment and Reemployment • Workforce Policy and Programs
Study to examine whether additional data could be collected to monitor wage-related outcomes in New Jersey.