Kids Count Report – New Jersey
Newark’s kids’ conditions improving, but they still lag behind rest of NJ: report, By Seth Augenstein, February 6, 2014, Star-Ledger: “The good news: Newark kids are catching up to their peers across...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
Hunterdon tops NJ ranking of best counties for kids, Cumberland ranks last, By Peggy McGlone, April 24, 2014, Star-Ledger: “Hunterdon County is the best place in the state for children, according to...
View ArticleHomeless Encampments
America’s homeless: The rise of Tent City, USA, By Blake Ellis, May 16, 2014, CNN Money: “Homeless encampments known as “tent cities” are popping up across the country. Formed as an alternative to...
View ArticleRental Assistance and Lack of Affordable Housing
Chronic poverty leads many to South Jersey motel rooms, By Kim Mulford, May 16, 2014, Courier-Post: “Charlene Ahing, her fiance and their baby boy have been living in a room at the Red Carpet Inn in...
View ArticleState Minimum Wage Increases
NJ’s minimum wage rising in January by 13 cents, By Michael Symons, September 30, 2014, Vineland Daily Journal: “New Jersey’s minimum wage will increase by 13 cents an hour, starting in January. The...
View ArticleLong-Term Unemployment – New Jersey
N.J.’s long-term unemployed rate worse than 48 states, By Erin O’Neill, October 15, 2014, Star-Ledger: “Nearly half of jobless residents in New Jersey have been out of work for more than six months,...
View ArticleMedicaid Patients and Access to Care
N.J. doctors least willing to accept Medicaid patients under Obamacare, By Susan K. Livio, March 31, 2015, Star-Ledger: “The Affordable Care Act has provided a path for 420,500 low-income New Jersey...
View ArticleLong-Term Unemployment – New Jersey
Forever unemployed: Why N.J.’s long-term jobless rate remains among highest in U.S., By Erin O’Neill, April 5, 2015, Star-Ledger: “Alain Chahine lost his job two years ago. Since then, he said, he has...
View ArticleStates and Medicaid Coverage
Under Obamacare, Medicaid now covers one-fifth of N.J. residents, By Kathleen O’Brien, April 14, 2015, Star-Ledger: “Medicaid, the public health insurance program expanded under the Affordable Care...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
Minority children in N.J. likeliest to be poor, unhealthy, struggle in school, report says, By Susan K. Livio, April 20, 2015, Star-Ledger: “Black and Latino children in New Jersey are far more likely...
View ArticlePoverty Rate – New Jersey
Record number of N.J. residents living in poverty, study finds, By MaryAnn Spoto, November 15, 2015, Star-Ledger: “More New Jersey residents are in poverty now than in the past five decades and the...
View ArticleTANF Benefits – New Jersey
Should N.J. raise welfare grants to reduce child poverty?, By Susan K. Livio, February 12, 2016, Star-Ledger: “After decades of pleading with state leaders to raise the value of welfare benefits in New...
View ArticleChild Welfare Systems – New Jersey, Nebraska
N.J. making progress revamping child welfare system once among worst in U.S., By Susan K. Livio, June 8, 2016, NJ.com: “The federal monitor of New Jersey’s child welfare system Wednesday praised the...
View ArticleNewark Kids Count Report
Newark kids are healthier but still living in poverty, new study finds, By Alex Napoliello, August 3, 2016, Star-Ledger: “While most families in the state’s largest city continue to live in poverty,...
View ArticleSNAP Enrollment – New Jersey
Food stamp use down in N.J., but not as much as the rest of the U.S., By Susan K. Livio, September 16, 2016, NJ.com: “Reliance on food stamps dropped by 3 percent in New Jersey since last summer – six...
View ArticleBaby Box Program – New Jersey
Baby in a box? Free cardboard bassinets encourage safe sleeping, By Lisa W. Foderaro, February 12, 2017, New York Times: “Jernica Quiñones, a mother of five, was the first parent in New Jersey to get...
View ArticleSchool Breakfast Programs – New Jersey
More than half of low-income children get breakfast in school in NJ, By Diane D’Amico, February 14, 2017, Press of Atlantic City: “Almost 268,000 low-income children in New Jersey got free or...
View ArticleChronic Homelessness – Bergen County, NJ
Bergen County first in nation to end chronic homelessness, By Fausto Giovanny Pinto, March 28, 2017, Star-Ledger: “Bergen County has been certified as the first ‘community’ in the nation to end chronic...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
Report: NJ kids have more access to health care, early education options, By Kelly Kultys, May 22, 2017, Burlington County Times: “Children in New Jersey were better off in terms of access to health...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
South Jersey counties fall behind in safety, economics and education, Kids Count report shows, By Claire Lowe, July 10, 2017, Press of Atlantic City: “Cape May County has the highest rates of juvenile...
View ArticleBail Reform
New Jersey claims bail-reform a success, cites huge drop in jail population, By Peter Krouse, February 13, 2018, Cleveland Plain Dealer: “One year after sweeping criminal-justice reforms became law in...
View ArticleCash Bail System
What happened when New Jersey stopped relying on cash bail, By Maddie Hanna, February 16, 2018, Philadelphia Inquirer: “One year into New Jersey’s nationally watched overhaul of its bail system, the...
View ArticleChild Poverty and Well-Being – New Jersey, Utah
NJ children face social, health barriers, report shows, by Nicole Leonard, July 31, 2018, Press of Atlantic City: “The early years of New Jersey’s youngest residents are crucial to childhood growth...
View ArticleLegal Representation in Evictions – Newark, NJ
Renters getting evicted will soon get free lawyers in N.J. city, By Karen Yi and Delaney Dryfoos, August 11, 2018, NJ.com: “Newark has taken the first step to codify into law its intent to provide...
View ArticleKids Count Report – New Jersey
New Jersey kids better off than most in U.S., but poverty rates vary widely by county, By Nina Feldman, August 22, 2018, WHYY: “Overall, children in New Jersey are better off than other kids around...
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