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  • Image of a mother kissing her baby
    News Release | May. 28, 2026

    New Study Finds Rx Kids Reduced Preterm Births and Low Birthweights, Prevented NICU Admissions

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  • Figure 1. Line Graph of Investigated Allegations Within the First 6 Months of Life for Infants in Flint, Michigan, Control Cities, and the State of Michigan. While the State of Michigan's trend line remains fairly level around the 10% mark between 2021 and 2024, the trend line for the control cities angles slightly upward between 2023 and 2024, rising from the 19% mark closer to the 20%. Flint's trend line, while highest in 2021 with a slight slope downward, the downward degree between 2023 and 2024 is steeper than previously, dropping from above 20% in 2023 to close to 16% in 2024. The post intervention period started in January of 2023.
    News Release | May. 8, 2026

    New Study in JAMA Pediatrics Finds Rx Kids Associated with Significant Reductions in Infant Maltreatment Investigations

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  • Feature | May. 6, 2026

    U-M student artists reflect on creating art as social commentary on Ann Arbor’s guaranteed income pilot

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  • News Release | Apr. 30, 2026

    No Strings art exhibit explores personal impact of guaranteed income

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  • News Release | Apr. 22, 2026

    Poverty Solutions awards grants to faculty studying cash transfers, job access, food-as-medicine

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  • A group gathers at a screening for a mini-documentary on youth homelessness in Detroit produced by Poverty Solutions and the Detroit Phoenix Center
    News Release | Apr. 21, 2026

    Poverty Solutions awarded Engage Detroit grant

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  • Students participate in a "Transforming Government Services with Human-Centered Design" workshop hosted by Poverty Solutions on March 28, 2026.
    Feature | Apr. 13, 2026

    Poverty Solutions RA convenes peers for hands-on workshop to redesign government services

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  • 03/27/26 The “Years Ahead” panel provided students an opportunity to learn directly from practitioners who built the first generation of digital government..
    Feature | Apr. 7, 2026

    Service Design Weekend allows students to re-imagine government

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  • Illustration: a glowing, tech-like brain floating by a computer to signify AI
    News Release | Mar. 24, 2026

    Detroiters cautious about government use of AI, U-M survey finds

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  • A map of Washtenaw County that shows the Opportunity Index.
    News Release | Mar. 12, 2026

    Poverty Solutions updates Washtenaw County’s Opportunity Index to pinpoint disparities in access to opportunity

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