The 2015 KIDS COUNT report has found a 13 percent increase in New Jersey children living in poverty.
Advocates for Children of New Jersey
The battle over the future of Liberty State Park. Environmentalists are wary over who will decide what kind of development the Christie administration will allow ...
As part of an initiative to ensure students don't go hungry over the summer, Perth Amboy is using money from the USDA to bring children ...
Christie talks foreign policy in Washington. The teachers union breaks off talks on pension reform. Volunteer troops sweep Trenton clean. And another brand of spring ...
Advocates for Children of New Jersey released data that shows 17 percent of children live in poverty and a disproportionate amount of blacks and Hispanics ...
Christie's town hall tour hits Somerville while the public gets an earful on the budget. Measuring student progress, not teacher performance? Microbeads: Smoothing your skin ...
Representatives from advocacy groups attended a public budget hearing in Paramus to plead their case for funding.
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Despite a change of name and practices, some still worry that the Division of Child Protection and Permanency isn't doing enough to protect New Jersey ...
"Unconstitutional policing." The Justice Department says Newark police need a federal monitor. Tunnel gate: was Jersey City's mayor plotting his own traffic tie-up? And The ...
According to the Kids Count Data Book, New Jersey ranked eighth in child well-being, down from last year's rank of five.
Counting down at the State House. Lawmakers try to beat the budget deadline. Our fluctuating gas prices and the impact of the Iraq crisis. And ...
The Community Eligibility Program is available for districts that can show at least 40 percent of its students receive certain federal assistance.
Driving for dollars. Lawmakers look for ways save our transportation infrastructure. Busing them into bankruptcy. Is one school district being driven too far? And a ...
The New Jersey Kids Count Report has found more children living in extreme poverty, meaning a family of four earning just over $11,000.
Cecilia Zalkind, Advocates for Children of New Jersey executive director, says many children in Newark live in poverty and officials should address issues to reduce ...
More than 10,000 children are on the waiting list to to receive subsidized child care. Demand has increased and there are new eligibility requirements.
