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  • Map of MI by region
    News Release | Aug. 4, 2026

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

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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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  • Poverty Solutions Director Kristin Seefeldt speaks at a celebration for the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program and the opening of the No Strings art exhibit at YORK on April 29, 2026. (Michigan Photography)
    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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  • The research team, Poverty Solutions staff, and No Strings artists gather at a celebration for the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program at YORK on April 29, 2026. (Michigan Photography)
    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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