The APN is encouraging all state legislators and Assembly candidates to sign a pledge recognizing that poverty is a problem in New Jersey. By signing the pledge they're also saying they'll work with APN and their partners to advance solutions…
Cumberland County has the highest poverty rate in New Jersey — nearly 20 percent.
HomeFront, an organization that works with the homeless and working poor, opened a new campus in Ewing that offers services to families and individuals to help them get back on their feet.
More than a million people in New Jersey, including nearly one in every five kids, face hunger every day. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey reports more than half of their clients have to choose between eating and paying…
The high cost of living is a concern throughout New Jersey. New data shows a third of all renters pay more than 50 percent of their income on housing alone. That means, there’s not much left for anything else.
A Harvard study has found Atlantic County has the lowest median income in New Jersey and ranks near the bottom in the U.S. for children's potential for upward mobility.
Advocates for Children of New Jersey released data that shows 17 percent of children live in poverty and a disproportionate amount of blacks and Hispanics live in families earning less than the federal poverty line.