Organizations share $3.2 million in public-private grants

Many families are seeking help for the first time as the cost of food rises

Questions arise over New Jersey's tourism industry despite new COVID-19 variant emerging in U.S.

Interview with Adele LaTourette, director of Hunger Free New Jersey, as part of our ongoing series Hunger in New Jersey

New Jersey is projected to be fifth in the nation for childhood hunger during the pandemic, according to Feeding America. The statistic has left organizations ...

Lawmakers in both houses of the state Legislature on Thursday took up issues that have recently made headlines: school lunch programs that impose penalties on ...

Monday, the Senate Education Committee held a hearing focused on discussing ways to improve nutrition in school meals.

Hunger Free New Jersey Director Adele LaTourette says that’s because some students who are eligible for the program aren’t taking advantage of it.

Anti-hunger advocates and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin cite the Garden State’s growing and grim statistics. Coughlin says about one in eight, or 266,000 people, are ...

Every weekday morning, nearly 268,000 New Jersey students start their day with a free breakfast.

Advocates say seniors lose ground every year as energy, housing, taxes and other living expenses increase while the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) loses funds ...

Governor Christie blisters Jersey business owners for failing to financially support state republicans, saying "Open up the checkbook and get in the fight," against democrats ...

250 to 350 families visit the Peoples Pantry every week. So far, the nonprofit has distributed 5.8 million pounds of food. The Founder and CEO ...

Here's what's at stake: high property taxes, double death taxes, roads and bridge fixes, pension and school funding and casino gambling. It's election day. Will ...

Have cameras made Ferguson's troubles worse? A curfew to crack down on Paterson's trouble. The state takes heat over lags in delivering food stamps. A ...

Residents who apply for the food assistance program SNAP are sometimes waiting months for approval.