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Why Sesame Street connected food insecurity to family homelessness

December 14, 2018

By: Nina Joung Lily is a young girl who loves the color purple, enjoys spending time with her friends and, unfortunately, has been experiencing housing insecurity. She may be a Muppet on "Sesame Street," but she represents a growing concern…

Study: 37 Percent of NJ Households Can’t Afford Basic Needs

January 18, 2017 | Clip

The latest ALICE study finds that 1.2 million or 37 percent of households in New Jersey can't afford basic needs. And the percentage is climbing, up 31 percent from just over 600,000 households in 2007 to more than 800,000 in…