Latest Census Bureau data also indicates inequality in the state declined

Interview: Mary Coogan, president and CEO, Kids Count New Jersey

Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto is ordering four Assembly committees to start brainstorming ways to end poverty in New Jersey.

A big win for advocates of developmentally disabled people being cared for out-of-state. New Jersey's mandate they all be brought home is on hold. New ...

The 2015 KIDS COUNT report has found a 13 percent increase in New Jersey children living in poverty.

Unsalted roads turn into treacherous ice rinks. Lawmakers debate the right to die. How does the Pope's "compassion for the poor" translate here? And Dr. ...

Pope Francis spoke in the Philippines about a religious obligation to help the poor. In New Jersey, religious charities are doing that work, helping the ...

No indictment. New Jersey reacts to the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner chokehold case. What's next for Atlantic City? And living below the ...

The Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey held a summit in Monroe to discuss how to reduce the rate of poverty, specifically targeting hunger, housing and ...

Giving students without access to the world. Helping civil servants live where they work. Saving the NAACP's roots from the wrecking ball. And fall on ...

JerseyOn, a new statewide non-profit, is providing a lifetime of one gigabyte of broadband internet per month for a flat fee of $40 for low ...