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A bill that would allow state government to shift money between health benefit funds sailed from introduction to the governor’s desk in just a week as New Jersey again faces a potential increase ...
New Jersey’s beleaguered unemployment system has made strides since the jobless rate soared to its highest level in 40 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a report released Wednesday found ...
These areas with a high concentration of homeless individuals are dirty environments, with little resources for personal hygiene. A 2018 report to congress estimated that 35% of homeless people were in unsheltered locations not suitable for human habitation. [31] There is a bidirectional relationship between homelessness and poor health. [32]
"The poor health of the poor, the social gradient in health within countries, and the marked health inequities between countries are caused by the unequal distribution of power, income, goods, and services, globally and nationally." [1] First, structural violence is often a major determinant of the distribution and outcome of disease. [4]
Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate: 1959 to 2017. The US. In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. Based on poverty measures used by the Census Bureau (which exclude non-cash factors such as food stamps or medical care or public housing), America had 37 million people in poverty in 2023; this is 11 percent of population. [1]
New Jersey's unemployment has remained stubbornly at 4.6%, as high interest rates and corporate downsizing take their toll on the New Jersey economy. NJ unemployment rate 6th highest in the nation ...
A direct demand-side solution to unemployment is government-funded employment of the able-bodied poor. This was notably implemented in Britain from the 17th century until 1948 in the institution of the workhouse , which provided jobs for the unemployed with harsh conditions and poor wages to dissuade their use.
These are some of the changes coming to New Jersey’s online unemployment application process, meant to make it easier, after the strains the beleaguered system underwent during the onset of the ...