Certain low- and moderate-income households are protected from eviction for unpaid rent through the end of 2021. Utility companies can shut off services come Jan. 1.
The need for not just food, but healthy and nourishing food, is typically higher during the winter months, but COVID has led to new struggles — job losses, business closures, kids learning from home — and sometimes when other bills need to be paid, food "falls off the proverbial table."
The problem of hunger in New Jersey is usually magnified in the summertime, but this year the COVID-19 pandemic has tightened families' wallets even further.
Food banks in New Jersey are anticipating a surge in demand for their services, as business closures and layoffs related to COVID-19 continue to ramp up throughout the state.
The group Fulfill, formerly The Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, will distribute more than 52,000 LED light bulbs to the needy in their coverage area.