2018

In the fall of 2015, Alternatives for Girls successfully piloted a new "asset building" model to encourage middle school girls and their families to academically prepare for high school, career and college, and to save for future post‐secondary education and training expenses.

This project evaluated the impact of the Lower Eastside Economic Mobility program, which connects residents with low incomes with mentors from the community, with the goal of addressing barriers to stable employment.

The researchers found undocumented clients encounter three phases of delay: delay in the decision to seek care, delay in identifying and traveling to healthcare facilities, and delay in receiving adequate and appropriate care at healthcare facilities.

Researchers interviewed 23 retirees about the types and frequency of help provided to their adult children and extended kin.

The research team worked closely with COTS, an agency that provides emergency, transitional, and permanent supportive housing services to families, to better understand the life events and needs of their clients through use of a Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview.

This mixed-methods project assessed the current prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of food insecurity through an online survey representative of the U-M student body in winter 2018.

Using a new metric called the equitable energy efficiency (E3) baseline, researchers measured the effectiveness of state policies at achieving equitable outcomes for low-income households.

Researchers held focus groups with 34 Certified Peer Support Specialists from across Michigan to learn more about their experiences with vocational services.