Advocacy Alert

-CALL TO ACTION!-

 Please take a few minutes to help New Jersey kids and nonprofits!

                  

Red Tape Commission Testimony

Take advantage of this opportunity!

The Center for Nonprofits has been encouraged to seek input from the nonprofit community for the Lieutenant Governor's Red Tape Review Commission.  This is an opportunity for the nonprofit community to highlight unnecessary red tape, bureaucratic duplication, government over-reach and micromanagement.  This is an excellent opportunity to remind the Governor's Office and the Legislature that nonprofits are an often over-looked segment of the businesses community and Government red-tape, duplication and over-regulation costs the sector millions in unnecessary administrative overhead costs.   To see the economic power of the nonprofit community check out this brief report.

Please consider submitting testimony and testifying before the panels (they request 9 copies of your testimony).  This effort will be coordinated by the CNP; you can reach Linda Czipo at (732) 227-0800 or Lczipo@njnonprofits.org.  You can register via email - but be sure to let us or Linda know if you plan on testifying.  Testimony should be less than 10 minutes and illustrate a bigger picture issue (shorter testimony is often better).  You may also submit written testimony that goes into more detail, specifies specific regulations/legislation, and/or proposes fixes to the problem.  Submission of comments beforehand is encouraged, or the day of the hearing (9 copies).   

Meeting Information

Venue: New Jersey City University

- March 2, Jersey City: Meeting will focus on permits and licenses.  This would be an excellent time to highlight some of the challenges afterschool programs face with licensing regulations.

- July 19, Trenton: Red tape issues for small businesses, including nonprofits.  Of course, feel free to attend that March 2 session if the topic also resonates with you.   

Save AmeriCorps and YouthBuild! Call your Congress Rep Today.

Across the country, thousands of service programs, including YouthBuild and AmeriCorps, are in danger of being entirely defunded by proposed budget cuts in the U.S. House of Representatives. Help make sure that service continues to be a national priority! Contact your member of Congress and sign this letter with the name of your organization. Click here for talking points when calling the House of Representatives.

Protect Preschool in New Jersey

Urge New Jersey legislators to support vital investment for our youngest, most needy students. Advocates for Children in New Jersey has issued an action alert on this matter - click here to read it and help save Preschool.