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  • Wide view of a community conversation on Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor, held May 8, 2025 at the downtown Ann Arbor library, showing attendees seated throughout the room.
    Feature | May. 12, 2025

    Ann Arbor residents share how guaranteed income supports local entrepreneurs

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  • Graphic of Panelists, from left to right: Azaria Terell, Alan Jackson, Alex Simpson, Kharmesha Frost, and Robert Cooper.
    News Release | May. 6, 2025

    Poverty Solutions convenes panel on youth-led rapid rehousing in Detroit

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  • Graphic of city bus handles
    News Release | Apr. 30, 2025

    Transportation insecurity: A common and consequential American hardship

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  • Students presenting their workshop result
    Feature | Apr. 10, 2025

    What’s in a form? Students reflect on Eviction Policy & Design Workshop

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  • Graphic of Groceries
    News Release | Apr. 8, 2025

    Potential of grocery delivery services to increase food access in Detroit

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  • Graphic of school bus
    News Release | Apr. 3, 2025

    How schools used pandemic aid to reach students experiencing homelessness

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  • Nahiely Reza
    Feature | Apr. 2, 2025

    Poverty Solutions RA leads with heritage, community to enrich research

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  • Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan speaks at a podium. Jeff Morenoff and others stand behind him.
    Feature | Mar. 25, 2025

    Poverty Solutions report on Detroit home wealth lauded by Mayor Duggan

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  • Alabama Federal Education Funding to School Districts, 2020–2021 Federal dollars in Title I funding for schools: $265M Federal dollars in Child Nutrition Act funding for schools: $433M Federal dollars in Children with Disabilities funding for schools: $184M School and student statistics in Alabama: 1,497 traditional public and public charter schools 731,628 children served 152,656 children living below the poverty line 9,354 children identified by their school as experiencing homelessness Education funding sources in Alabama: Total state funding: $5,188M Total local funding: $3,006M Total federal funding: $1,477M Federal funding accounted for 15.3% of all education dollars in Alabama, totaling $1,477M. Map title: “Federal Education Funding Allocated to School Districts, by US Congressional District” Legend: Total Federal Education Funding ranges from $87.5M to $370.2M.
    News Release | Feb. 13, 2025

    US Department of Education’s role in K-12 education, funding local schools: U-M experts can discuss

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  • Group photo of summer youth employment program.
    News Release | Feb. 5, 2025

    SummerWorks celebrates 10 years of paid internships for Washtenaw County youth

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