Report: About 22 percent of township children live in poverty

September 9, 2013 Top Stories Taxes

About 22 percent of Franklin’s children younger than 18 – and about 15 percent of Franklin Township residents overall – are living below what one organization defines as the state’s poverty level, according to a report released over the weekend.

The report showed that 2,959 of the township’s children younger than 18 are living in poverty, according to the report released Sunday by the Edison-based Legal Services of New Jersey.

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