Can a new cooking class in a community health center increase participation in existing center programs and build core skills to decrease food insecurity among low-income patients?
Researchers performed a small-scale evaluation of two positive organizations that balance the productivity and well-being of vulnerable employee populations.
This project designed and developed an intervention to assist people who are unemployed and homeless in Detroit who also are experiencing anxiety and/or depression-related barriers to employment.
Partnered with one of the world's largest garment manufacturers in India, researchers planned to run a randomized controlled trial that aimed to facilitate Indian women's rural-urban migration and assess impacts on the well-being of workers and their families.
Researchers collected statewide case filing data and data from a random sample of eviction case records in Washtenaw and Lenawee counties to understand the prevalence, patterns, and causes of evictions in Michigan.
The Functional Sentencing program attempts to help people permanently exit the criminal justice system by replacing fines and costs with targeted interventions that address the root causes of an individual's offense.
Researchers reviewed data for more than 1,900 young people involved in 13 Detroit Jobs for Michigan Graduates program in 2014 to 2019. They assessed the number and types of barriers to employment the young people faced.
