- Poverty up 20 percent among N.J. children 5 and younger, report says, By Susan K. Livio, May 22, 2013, Star-Ledger: “More than two years after the nation’s deep recession formally ended, a new report released today says the sharp economic downturn continued to drive an unprecedented number of New Jersey families into poverty, forcing them to rely on such safety net programs as food stamps, reduced-cost school meals programs and Medicaid. Almost one-third of New Jersey’s children 5 and younger were living in low-income homes in 2011 — defined as earning at or below 200 percent of the poverty level, or about $37,000 for a family of three — according to the report, called ‘Kids Count,’ which was prepared by Advocates for Children of New Jersey and funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a national nonprofit and nonpartisan family research organization…”
- South Jersey counties see increase in poor children, By Rita Giordano, May 22, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer: “Camden and Gloucester counties both saw an increase in the percentage of children living in poverty from 2010 to 2011, while in Burlington County, median family income dropped and more than half of the county’s families paid more than the recommended 30 percent of income for housing, according to a new study released Wednesday..”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty