- Poverty in N.J. reaches 52-year high, new report shows, By Brent Johnson, September 8, 2013, Star-Ledger: “Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national recession lifted, reaching a 52-year high in 2011, according to a report released today. The annual survey by Legal Services of New Jersey found 24.7 percent of the state’s population — 2.1 million residents — was considered poor in 2011. That’s a jump of more than 80,000 people — nearly 1 percent higher than the previous year and 3.8 percent more than pre-recession levels…”
- Poverty hitting 50-year highs in N.J., By Alfred Lubrano, September 8, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Poverty in New Jersey has reached levels not seen in 50 years, as more than two million people from Sussex to Cape May Counties founder in a deepening struggle to keep themselves and their families fed, housed, and healthy. The troubling findings, part of a report spotlighting poverty in 2011, were released Sunday by Legal Services of New Jersey’s Poverty Research Institute. The report is called ‘Poverty Benchmarks 2013…'”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty