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The New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate (OFSA) partnered with the Center for Nutrition & Health Impact (CNHI) in 2024-2025 to develop and implement a set of measures framed around the six dimensions of food security. This data collection initiative aimed to inform OFSA’s strategic planning efforts to ultimately guide cross-sector collaboration and policy development across the state. Also, findings can serve as a baseline from which future progress can be measured.

• Explore the full report -> Exploring the Six Dimensions of Food Security in New Jersey_October 2025.pdf
• View the executive summary -> Executive Summary_Exploring the Six Dimensions of Food Security in New Jersey_October 2025.pdf
• View an interactive dashboard of the survey data -> Examining Five of the Six Dimensions of Food Security Across New Jersey: A Dashboard to Visualize Geographic and Demographic Differences

The interactive dashboard shows results for five dimensions of food security across the surveyed sample in New Jersey. Higher scores indicate more favorable outcomes for each dimension, with 100 being the highest possible score. Use the dashboard to view results by characteristics of the survey respondents including geographic region, age, income, language, household composition, and participation in select federal nutrition programs.