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  • Jennifer Erb-Downward

    19th News | May. 11, 2026 | Featuring Jennifer Erb-Downward

    Why schools are opening parking lots for homeless students and families

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  • Rx Kids, A prescription for Health, Hope, and Opportunity. Cash for Moms and Babies

    Detroit Free Press | May. 10, 2026 | Featuring Rx Kids

    How Rx Kids’ cash aid is helping Michigan moms afford diapers, food and rent

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  • Launch of the exhibit at York's event space. Visitors examine art pieces and chat with each other.

    MLive / The Ann Arbor News | Apr. 30, 2026 | Featuring GIG A2

    Ann Arbor guaranteed income program inspires ‘No Strings’ art exhibit

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  • Rx Kids launch press conference. From left to right: Mama Sol, Ridgway White, Luke Shaefer, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Flint mom, Alana Turner, Mona Hanna-Attisha, Teresa Woodruff, Sheldon Neeley, a Flint mom, Day Austin, and Jim Ananich.

    New York Times | Apr. 9, 2026 | Featuring Rx Kids

    Hillary Clinton: How to Fix Affordability

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  • Michigan Advance | Mar. 27, 2026 | Featuring Rx Kids

    Of $29 million given in Rx Kids funds, report shows most parents spend money on baby supplies, food

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  • U-M professors on the student moderator for The Debate on Cash Transfers panel held March 25, 2026, at the Ford School.

    Michigan Daily | Mar. 27, 2026 | Featuring Natasha Pilkauskas & Kristin Seefeldt

    Professors discuss efficacy of cash transfer policies

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  • Houses in detroit neighborhood

    Outlier Media | Mar. 25, 2026 | Featuring Sam Stragand & Amanda Nothaft

    Detroiters can’t fix up their houses without insurance — but can’t get insurance until repairs are made

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  • Houses on Field St in Detroit

    Outlier Media | Mar. 24, 2026 | Featuring Sam Stragand

    Detroit plans to double spending on home repair. It won’t come close to meeting the need

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  • A map of Washtenaw County that shows the Opportunity Index.

    Concentrate | Mar. 10, 2026 | Featuring Amanda Nothaft

    Washtenaw County Opportunity Index improvements make it easier to track areas of inequity

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  • Parents smiling with their baby at a birthday celebration.

    Michigan Advance | Mar. 6, 2026 | Featuring Rx Kids

    ‘State of the Mama’ highlights importance of Rx Kids and harms of ICE on maternal and child health

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