State supplement will help but won’t eliminate ‘hunger cliff,’ advocates say

Interview with Lisa Pitz, assistant director of Hunger Free New Jersey

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 ...

Efforts are increasing to help students who aren’t getting enough nutritious food; by one estimate, as many as one-third suffer from ‘food insecurity.’

Recently released data by the Food Research and Action Center shows that in 2015, only 48% of eligible New Jersey seniors participated in SNAP.

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.

According to a survey, of the 419,000 students attending college in New Jersey, about one-third, or 139,000, are food insecure. Among community college students, 42 ...

According to the report, young male veterans have higher unemployment rates then similar civilians, which can make it harder for them to afford enough to ...