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Legal Services of New Jersey
 900k Poverty Benchmarks 2008
by the Anti-Poverty Research Institute
February 2008
No single source regularly collects and reports all New Jersey poverty-related data. To garner such data, illuminate the extent and consequences of poverty in the state and assess progress on combating such disadvantages, the Legal Services of New Jersey Poverty Research Institute inaugurated the annual Poverty Benchmanrks Report in 2007. This report is the second in the series and seeks to update key trends and attendant policy implications. It also seeks to assess the state's progress in addressing poverty by reviewing state programs that address specific dynamics of poverty.
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Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
280k Transfer of Development Rights:
A Market Drive Planning Tool
2007
In the 1970's, the state began to recognize the consequences of unmanaged development and the need to plan for the preservation and management of New Jersey's environmental assets. In the 1980's, the state began coordinated planning for land use and infrastructure in order to maximize the value derived from publicly funded improvements and to protect natural resources. This effort resulted in the State Planning Act, and the 1992 adoption of the first State Development and Redevelopment Plan (the State Plan), a key document that delineates a vision for desired growth and preservation patterns throughout the state.
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Legal Services of New Jersey
1.4 megs Poor in the Garden State: Beginning to Assess New Jersey's Progress in Addressing Poverty
by the Anti-Poverty Research Institute
January 2007
In many ways, those without significant income or assets live in a world quite distant from those of wealthier New Jerseyans. Separated in housing, employment, health care, education, and transportation, people in poverty rarely rub elbows with, or are even noticed by, those with greater means. Before there can be effective solutions to the problems of poverty, society must share a joint resolve to change the conditions and address the causes.
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New Jersey Policy Perspective
1meg Falling Short:
Time to Keep the FamilyCare Promise
by Ray Castro
May 2007
NJPP's assessment of NJ FamilyCare makes use of six years of Census and other data, from 2000 to 2005, and seven years of data on participation in the program. The bottom line is that, as noteworthy as NJFC’s accomplishments are, when it comes to the overall mission of bringing health coverage to kids who cannot get it elsewhere, New Jersey is falling short.
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New Jersey Policy Perspective
91k Look Out Below: Steep "Cliff" Means Many Working Poor Lose Tax Credit
by Sarah Stecker
January 2007
When New Jersey's EITC took effect in 2000, the economy was stronger than it is today and the state budget was in much better shape. Since then, an ongoing state budget crisis has made life especially hard for the working poor. Aid to schools and municipalities has not kept up with needs, contributing to increased local property taxes. Meanwhile, costs of such necessities as housing, utilities and gasoline have gone up.
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