Study says more than 3 million live in ‘true poverty’ in NJ. Most go uncounted
“By federal standards, a single working parent with two children in New Jersey could survive on just under $21,000 in 2019. Researchers from Legal Services of New Jersey’s Poverty Research Institute suggest in a new report that’s way off the mark — such that the government undercounts the number of poor in the state by more than 2 million.”