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Discover @umichpoverty's insight into Michigan's #childcare system, with policy recommendations. Meet Sadie Riley-Flemming, from Harbor Springs, sharing her firsthand experience of the child care provider shortage. #UMPovertySolutions poverty.umich.edu/2024/05/08/chi…

The research is part of the Prosecutor Transparency Project—a collab between @EliNSavit, @ACLUofMichigan , @umichlaw, and #UMPovertySolutions —which seeks to analyze potential racial disparities in decisions made by @WashProsecutor. Read more: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e2bfab…

#UMPovertySolutions is an active partner in SummerWorks, the Washtenaw County Summer Youth Employment Program. The 10-week program pairs employers and local youth to provide on-the-job training. myumi.ch/352bP

If you're interested learning how you and your community can take action to alleviate poverty, check out the new #UMPovertySolutions LinkedIn page here: myumi.ch/MrReE

A report from #UMPovertySolutions & Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research finds that widespread housing instability is affecting classrooms across Detroit. Housing expert Jennifer Erb-Downward explains: myumi.ch/XnMkD @WayneStateCoE

As Detroit children prepare to return to school, widespread and chronic housing instability among city residents poses a threat to students’ ability to perform well academically. Check out new findings from #UMPovertySolutions & @DetroitPEER poverty.umich.edu/2023/08/16/chr…

Using the term "disadvantage" instead of “poverty” goes beyond just income — it looks at the complexity of a person’s life chances being hindered by multiple circumstances. It also implies an injustice. Learn more from #UMPovertySolutions @ProfShaefer: myumi.ch/m7Exg

#UMPovertySolutions Director Luke Shaefer: When you can sort of tell what’s happening in a place today based on things that happened hundreds of years ago, you have to give up the notion that somebody growing up there today is somehow responsible for everything going on there

Thanks to #UMPovertySolutions, local organizations are poised to promote the financial health of #Detroit residents via the Family Mobility Savings Program. Make a gift to Poverty Solutions and be a part of this forward movement: myumi.ch/96Am9

The state of Michigan has allocated $16.5M for the #RxKids initiative to improve health & dismantle poverty in Flint. The program is led by #UMPovertySolutions, @MSUPubHealth, @GiveDirectly, & @The_GFHC. myumi.ch/dkDyn

"Being able to do this work that’s really beneficial to the community is very important," says @KristinSeefeldt of #UMPovertySolutions, via @ConcentrateA2 secondwavemedia.com/concentrate/fe…

"When it comes to understanding structural racism, I hope one of our contributions is to show the nuts and bolts of how it works" - @profshaefer of #UMPovertySolutions, who co-authored "The Injustice of Place" with @KathrynEdin & @Tijone

#UMPovertySolutions is breaking down barriers in #Detroit. Recent research findings re: small businesses, worker demographics, & more will help local organizations advance financial well-being. Give now and ignite positive change: myumi.ch/96Am9

A new study co-authored by #UMPovertySolutions faculty expert @Michelmorek finds that the Earned Income Tax Credit is helping keep many children out of poverty decades later. myumi.ch/Pr8We @FordSchool

A new two-year study on the state of Michigan’s approach to new public safety measures and criminal justice reform will be led by U-M researchers from @CLOSUP and #UMPovertySolutions. myumi.ch/XnbyD @FordSchool

We're excited to partner with @umich #UMPovertySolutions to better understand support for #criminaljustice reform, with support from @JoyceFdn. We hope to hear from stakeholders with suggestions. Email [email protected]. More at: myumi.ch/DwQzm & myumi.ch/8eDEn

Despite recent auto insurance reform in Michigan, whether consumers have saved on auto insurance largely depends on who—and where—they are. #UMPovertySolutions researchers find rates remain as "highly correlated" w/ race & location as they were prior. myumi.ch/35JQ3

Grantee Spotlight: #UMPovertySolutions is updating its home repair guide to include information about lead remediation in #Detroit homes. Learn more about how they're preventing and alleviating poverty at poverty.umich.edu.

"Does getting this payment allow some people to really invest more in their business? On the flip side, it could be...the extra money allows them to stop having to hustle so much & just focus on other things that they think are important" - Kristin Seefeldt of #UMPovertySolutions

"So I'm not sure, in reality, how much savings people are seeing" - Amanda Nothaft of #UMPovertySolutions. Her analysis found auto insurance rates remain as "highly correlated" with race and location as they were prior to reform poverty.umich.edu/2021/12/07/des…

.@A2GOV City Council approved an agreement with #UMPovertySolutions to pilot a guaranteed basic income program aimed at low- & moderate-income entrepreneurs in #AnnArbor. Read about the program & sign up for more info: myumi.ch/2mpkD

@MonaHannaA #UMPovertySolutions @MMFlint #FlintMI

🎧: #UMPovertySolutions’ @ProfShaefer & @MonaHannaA spoke to @WDET about #RxKids, a new initiative that aims to tackle poverty for young families in Flint. myumi.ch/Nke2Z @MichiganStateU @GiveDirectly

🎧Listen: #Rx Kids tackles a root cause of health disparities: poverty. Learn more about how the program will help pregnant moms & babies in Flint with project leads @MonaHannaA & @ProfShaefer, on @WKAR: myumi.ch/rrz7d #UMPovertySolutions @MichiganStateU

#UMPovertySolutions Associate Director Kristin Seefeldt spoke with @Newsweek about the “moral duty to eradicate poverty” in the US. Read the full article here: myumi.ch/DwAxE

This from @UMich #UMPovertySolutions could be a good start! poverty.umich.edu/research-fundi…

The state of Michigan has allocated $16.5M for the #RxKids initiative to improve health & dismantle poverty in Flint. The program is led by #UMPovertySolutions, @MSUPubHealth, @GiveDirectly, & @The_GFHC. myumi.ch/dkDyn

The @MottFoundation has given $15M to launch Rx Kids, an initiative that provides payments to Flint mothers during pregnancy and the first year of a child’s life. This project is led by @MonaHannaA, w/ #UMPovertySolutions' @ProfShaefer: myumi.ch/Gkx27 @GiveDirectly

Minnesota hopes its new child tax credit will cut child poverty in the state by one third. #UMPovertySolutions director @ProfShaefer, an expert in child cash allowances, joins the conversation: myumi.ch/XnZ4b @MPRnews

#UMPovertySolutions is an active partner in SummerWorks, the Washtenaw County Summer Youth Employment Program. The 10-week program pairs employers and local youth to provide on-the-job training. myumi.ch/352bP

A new two-year study on the state of Michigan’s approach to new public safety measures and criminal justice reform will be led by U-M researchers from @CLOSUP and #UMPovertySolutions. myumi.ch/XnbyD @FordSchool

#UMPovertySolutions research assistants are supporting @UnitedWaySEM's Financial Well-Being Innovation Challenge teams, who are working to advance Detroiters’ financial well-being. Learn more about the Challenge and the ideas generated by the teams: myumi.ch/W2Z6J

Learning from youth leaders: #UMPovertySolutions Youth Communications Fellow Nina Williams speaks w/ Detroit Phoenix Center's Youth Advisory Board about their thoughts on youth homelessness and their roles in leadership: myumi.ch/rrP4d

A challenge Detroit's economy faces is rooted in the ultra-high poverty rate, which almost a third of Detroiters are linked to. #UMPovertySolutions works w/ community partners to evaluate & strengthen intervention programs & policies to alleviate poverty: myumi.ch/73Qd5

A new study co-authored by #UMPovertySolutions faculty expert @Michelmorek finds that the Earned Income Tax Credit is helping keep many children out of poverty decades later. myumi.ch/Pr8We @FordSchool

A new #UMPovertySolutions analysis by Eisenberg and Brantley reveals that pandemic-era emergency rental assistance did not guarantee housing stability for many Detroit tenants. myumi.ch/PrZq7

Using the term "disadvantage" instead of “poverty” goes beyond just income — it looks at the complexity of a person’s life chances being hindered by multiple circumstances. It also implies an injustice. Learn more from #UMPovertySolutions @ProfShaefer: myumi.ch/m7Exg

As law enforcement & activists look f/strategies to reduce use of force, a new policy brief from #UMPovertySolutions & @fordschool's Center for Racial Justice shows limited data, lack of transparency & irregular implementation of reforms make it difficult. myumi.ch/dkMwZ

Exciting news! The @UnitedWaySEM Detroit Financial Well-Being Challenge, hosted by GreenLight Fund Detroit in partnership with #UMPovertySolutions, is happening NOW.

UMichiganNews: As law enforcement & activists look f/strategies to reduce use of force, a new policy brief from #UMPovertySolutions & @fordschool's Center for Racial Justice shows limited data, lack of transparency & irregular implementation of reforms m…