nj health Crisis

nj health Crisis

  2023 Has shown itself to be the year of change! According to the Star-Ledger Sunday, March 13th edition New Jersey residents and every other state in the country are in for a drastic change to their healthcare if they have Medicaid…   When the pandemic...
Poor in Essex county

Poor in Essex county

” If you are not familiar with What We mean by “Poverty”? The experience of poverty in New Jersey encompasses a broad spectrum of individuals and families facing an economic struggle. The spectrum includes people with very low incomes facing dire...
Change in Snap Benefits

Change in Snap Benefits

Changes are coming in March 2023 for all SNAP participants. February 2023 is the last month households enrolled in the NJ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive emergency SNAP benefits. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government...
parenting in Poverty

parenting in Poverty

Facts of life It doesn’t matter where you began or who you become we were all babies, and we all needed our diapers changed!  From Albert Einstein to Mother Teresa to Beyonce we all needed this basic need met.  1 in 3 moms struggle to provide clean diapers for her...
Longtime Covid Effects

Longtime Covid Effects

grewThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on poverty all around the world. The effects of the virus have had a particularly devastating impact on vulnerable communities and those living in poverty, as these communities are more likely to suffer from the...
Single fathers

Single fathers

Since the pandemic, lots of our residents lost jobs and are now on fixed incomes or had to take a lower-wage job to make ends meet.   MCDBEC is here to not only help the low-income resident but the working poor as well. We all know people who have jobs but still...