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Discover the latest releases on findings that can inform poverty prevention and alleviation programs and policy.

  • Job Searching
    News Release | Jun. 30, 2023

    Detroit’s 16% unemployment rate driven by labor force rebounders

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  • aerial view of Detroit homes
    News Release | Jun. 12, 2023

    $8.2M in emergency rental assistance spent at Detroit properties where landlords still moved to evict

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  • Ann Arbor Deputy City Administrator John Fournier (left) and U-M Poverty Solutions Associate Director Kristin Seefeldt address city council about the guaraneed income proposal at a meeting on June 5, 2023.
    News Release | Jun. 6, 2023

    Ann Arbor to pilot guaranteed basic income program in partnership with University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions

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  • News Release | Jun. 5, 2023

    New policy brief from Wayne State University, Poverty Solutions reveals Detroit schools under-identify homeless students

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  • Chen Lyu in conversation with two other attendees.
    May. 30, 2023

    Poverty Solutions research assistants support groups advancing Detroit financial well-being projects

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  • stuffed animal toy in doctor's outfit with mask, at a pediatrician's office
    News Release | May. 18, 2023

    New Michigan Medicine Program Seeks to Address Adolescent and Child Health-care Inequities

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  • Houses on Field St in Detroit
    News Release | May. 17, 2023

    U-M’s Poverty Solutions takes an evidence-based approach to improving life in Detroit and beyond

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  • Betsey Stevenson- Rapid Insights
    News Release | May. 5, 2023

    April Jobs Report: Black women’s employment rate at 22-year high

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  • Baby lying on their mother.
    News Release | Apr. 20, 2023

    Mott Foundation intends to grant up to $15 million to support direct payments to Flint mothers during pregnancy and first year of a child’s life

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  • Betsey Stevenson- Rapid Insights
    News Release | Apr. 7, 2023

    March Jobs Report: Strong, if slowing, labor market continues as Black unemployment falls to a record low

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