Jersey Gives a Damn - A Community Foundation of NJ Podcast
Hosted by Aaron Turner · The Community Foundation of New Jersey
5.0from 13 ratings
- 22
- Episodes
- 14
- Transcribed
- 13
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Jersey Gives a Damn - A Community Foundation of NJ Podcast
The 'Jersey Gives a Damn' podcast captures conversation with the innovators, leaders, and changemakers making New Jersey's communities stronger. It's hosted by Aaron Turner, Chief Philanthropic Officer at the Community Foundation of New Jersey where it’s our privilege to help hundreds of philanthropically minded New Jerseyans have the greatest impact on the causes and communities they care about.
- Publisher
- The Community Foundation of New Jersey
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Feb 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
14 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
20 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Working Hard Yet Still Falling Behind: The Hidden Face of Financial Hardship in NJ
9 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Through the Gates: The Struggle to Rebuild After Prison in New Jersey
1 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Building a NJ Workforce That Works
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Working Hard Yet Still Falling Behind: The Hidden Face of Financial Hardship in NJ
Published 20 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Like there was a lot of need. There were a lot of applications. And I'm like, I thought we were going to eradicate poverty. And instead the problem just got bigger. So I went away and looked into what the federal poverty level was actually telling us and realized that it was a measure from Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty. It was very outdated. hadn't been updated since, and it had never been adjusted state by state, let alone within a state. So it took a while, but came up with the concept of ALICE. And what we do is measure the actual cost of living in every county in the country. So we started in Morris County with one county and figured out what does it cost and just the basics of housing, childcare, food, transportation, healthcare, and ALICE pays taxes. […]
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- Stephanie Hoopes
- Justin Kiczek
- Kevin Bott
- Chino Ortiz
- Aisha Babilonia
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- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
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- 53
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 71
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Who hosts Jersey Gives a Damn - A Community Foundation of NJ Podcast?
Aaron Turner host the show. Published by The Community Foundation of New Jersey.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
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