Legal Services of New Jersey (September 2014)
This annual report tracks poverty trends, analyzes new data, and monitors the performance of government programs and policies to address poverty in New Jersey. In 2012, poverty remained at record high levels, with a disproportionately large effect on vulnerable and at-risk populations and those in southern and urban counties. Unemployment continued to remain relatively high and research indicated that New Jersey wages eroded over the last decade. The report predicts that forthcoming 2013 Census data will show that while the poverty rate has declined in 2013, the poverty level (the total number of those living in poverty) will remain high. Read the full report here.
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