poverty

The number of people living in poverty in New Jersey has grown by almost 250,000 over the last decade, bringing the total to nearly one million, according to 2014 Census figures released Thursday.

The wallets of America's middle class and poorest aren't seeing any extra money, a new report said Wednesday, a financial stagnation experts say may be fueling political dissent this campaign season.

A new report finds New Jersey is still one of the best states in the nation for children, but we've also got significant problems that are getting worse.

New Jersey's State Budget must be signed and balanced by midnight on June 30. That doesn't leave much time to find ways to fund many initiatives and there is not a lot of money to go around. Despite that, the top lawmaker in the State Senate promised the new spending plan will help New Jersey's poor.

More New Jersey kids are living in poverty and children of color are struggling more than white kids on all fronts, according to a New Jersey Kids Count 2015 report released Monday by Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ).

New Jersey's approach to tackling poverty has long been to focus separately on children and adults. A new KIDS COUNT policy report released Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation titled, "Creating Opportunities for Families: A Two-Generation Approach" details how the public, private and non-profit sectors should work together to reduce poverty among the 10 million low-income families

Poverty rates in most states have stabilized, but New Jersey was one of three states that saw a jump in both the number of people living in poverty and the poverty rate in 2013.

A new report finds child well-being is improving in many areas of New Jersey, but more kids are also living in poverty.

Growing child poverty is the central theme of the latest "Kids Count" report from Advocates for Children of New Jersey.

Would you stay in a job that pays barely over the poverty level if you had other options?