Last-minute funding additions have a bad name. In an affordability crisis, that spending is key to providing services to people who need them

The Magnolia State spends less than half of what New Jersey does on education, yet its fourth-graders do better on standardized reading and math tests

As the state's population growth booms, so do the ranks of residents who are one crisis from financial ruin

Meals, social services and even haircuts: How one nonprofit is boosting wellness for a growing population

Employers, businesses, nonprofits and impact investors can all help communities caught in a cycle of near poverty

Locking people behind bars and separating them from their families for nonviolent crimes of desperation is not justice. It is vengeance

Interview: Stephanie Hoopes, director of the United for ALICE program

Some 95% of communities saw increases in median income

Sen. Teresa Ruiz, Assemblywoman Angela McKnight say TANF is not set up to help residents escape cycle of poverty

Advocates push for more federal assistance to lift people out of poverty and food insecurity

'We were denied for free and reduced lunch because we exceeded the poverty level'

Newark’s Guaranteed Income pilot program promises $6,000 a year, paid over two years, to 30 residents -- no strings attached. Recipients must be at least ...

Newark announces guaranteed income pilot program.

HomeFront, a nonprofit that helps homeless clients, is providing baskets of provisions for Thanksgiving so families can have a full meal.

Princeton is home to one of the world’s most prestigious universities, yet subsidies pay for 10 percent of the housing.

In the most recent ALICE report, the numbers demonstrate that the economic growth the stock market has been enjoying doesn't reflect reality for many NJ ...

Attacking the tax plan. Sens. Menendez and Booker comes to a middle class neighborhood in Bloomfield to rail against the Republican tax reform plan. NJTV ...

At an NJTV community forum, panelists discussed what perpetuates poverty and what can be done to reverse it in New Jersey.

Camden County Police Chief Scott Thomson says the department has made great strides in the city, but recognized there is still room for improvement.

A community plagued by guns and drugs presents its own proposal to take back the streets. Can neighbors fix what officials can't? Can revitalizing Camden's ...