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A Violence Interruption Program in Detroit Has New Evidence Behind It. Now Comes a Push to Make It Permanent.

Nov 6, 2026 The Trace

Detroit’s city-backed violence intervention program is showing significant promise in targeted areas as the city continues to experience record-level declines in gun violence, a University of Michigan evaluation has found.

Mural: Detroit was made in the neighborhood

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One House. One Zip Code. A Story of American Gun Violence

Oct 28, 2026 Read The Trace article

As properties deteriorated, city officials tried to prevent further decline by demolishing vacant houses, returning abandoned properties to use, and investing in gun violence reduction programs. But longtime residents question how much of that invest...

Houses on a neighborhood street in Detroit

News Release

Proposed additional ID requirements for voting could disenfranchise more than 1 in 4 Detroit adults

Oct 21, 2026 Download the issue brief

More than 1 in 4 Detroiters cannot easily produce up-to-date documentation of their U.S. citizenship that matches their current name, according to a new survey from the University of Michigan's Detroit Metro Area Communities Study, in partnership wit...

identification documents, including passport and marriage certificate

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Michigan's new solution for childhood poverty? Give moms cash.

Oct 19, 2026 Read the Crain's Detroit article

Child poverty isn’t just a moral issue, experts say. It also has lifetime implications for academic achievement, career earnings, mental and physical health, chance of incarceration, dependence on social programs, and life expectancy.

News Release

Study: Expanded Earned Income Tax Credit improved housing security for childless young adults

Oct 19, 2026 Read the policy brief

New research shows a temporary expansion to the Earned Income Tax Credit improved housing security for young workers who don’t have children.

Saving jars for travel, education, car, health and house

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How to fix Michigan’s literacy crisis? Start with poverty and housing solutions, experts say

Oct 1, 2026 Chalkbeat Detroit

Researchers and advocates say Michigan officials are focused on literacy and growing overall educational achievement in the state but that should start with addressing students’ lives outside the classroom – especially those who are economically disa...

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Cross-sector collaboration needed to address homeless student barriers, researchers say

Oct 1, 2026 K12 Dive

A report released by SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan in September found about 1 in 29 infants and toddlers experienced homelessness in 2023-24, and fewer than 1 in 10 were confirmed to have reached an early ...

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Detroit community violence intervention program shows positive results, study says

Sep 25, 2026 Michigan Public

Sam Stragand said that although the results couldn’t be directly attributed to the program, the decline of shootings in CVI zones was encouraging, especially since the rest of the city saw a smaller decline.

News Release

Detroit gun violence drops sharply during ShotStoppers program

Sep 23, 2026 Policy brief: Lessons from Detroit's ShotStoppers Community Violence Interventi…

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan evaluated the public safety impact of the community violence intervention program

Map of Community Violence Intervention zones in Detroit

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Americans' incomes hit a record high in 2025. Now for the bad news.

Sep 15, 2026 CBS News

American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019.

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There are more homeless infants and toddlers in California. What does this mean for early learning programs and schools?

Sep 3, 2026 Ed Source

Nearly 86,000 of California’s children ages 0 to 3 — more than 5% of the state’s infants and toddlers — are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, according to new data analysis by SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the U...

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Michigan Opioid Map highlights areas with high opioid use amid 41% drop in overdose deaths

Aug 27, 2026 See the Michigan Opioid Map

The University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions and Overdose Prevention Engagement Network have released an update to the Michigan Opioid Map and white paper that looks at trends within opioid use hotspots.

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Poverty Solutions Associate Director Natasha Pilkauskas awarded U-M Strategic Initiative Fund grant to study food hardship

Aug 26, 2026 See the full list of Strategic Initiative Fund projects

Poverty Solutions Associate Faculty Director Natasha Pilkauskas and Faculty Affiliate Helen Levy will track food insufficiency in U.S. households, publish quarterly briefs, and provide free public data on hardship among vulnerable families nationwide...

News Release

About 4 in 10 Michiganders struggle to afford basic needs, same as last year

Aug 4, 2026

Nearly 40% of Michiganders are struggling to afford basic needs, according to a new analysis from Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. This includes about 13% of residents whose income is below the federal poverty line and more than 26% o...