faculty research

This study examined how best to connect underserved job seekers with available work in the gig economy that could increase their employability and help them re-enter the job market.

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

This project assesses Michigan's Unemployment Insurance system compared to the rest of the nation.

Poverty Solutions is partnering with the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office on a data-driven project focused on uncovering potential racial disparities within the prosecutorial system and increasing the transparency and accountability of the system generally.

The purpose of this project is to assess the feasibility, acceptability, usability, and impact of WorkChat: A Virtual Workday as an intervention to support income growth through sustained employment for adults with psychosis spectrum disorders.

The Transportation Security Index provides a comprehensive measure of whether people can travel where they need to go, regardless of mode of travel or neighborhood context.

The researcher worked with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Office of Sustainability, and the Detroit Health Department to examine how the broader context of poverty affects water affordability for city residents.

Researchers supported the COVID-19 Food Delivery Program's maintenance and the (re)design, implementation, and program evaluation of the (re)design. Their recommendations helped to secure resources to double the program's capacity and sustain its implementation till 2024.

This project sought to develop strategies for converting abandoned school buildings in Detroit into anchor institutions that provide internet access through mesh networks.

The U-M Online Court Project (OCP) developed and tested an objective digital method of evaluating litigants' ability to pay.

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.

The research pilot consisted of interviews with 36 University of Michigan students who received free tuition and HAIL scholarship offers and 20 parents who live in Southeast Michigan.

The research investigates the impact of offering home visiting universally to all women, regardless of insurance status, on participation rates and the health outcomes of mothers and babies.

Complete and adequate plumbing in people's homes is a growing concern for Michigan communities and affects poor and minority households disproportionately.

This case study of Washtenaw County examines the impact of the 2017 changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

This project developed and fielded a survey of federal Continuums of Care from March 2020 to January 2021 to better understand: how they are organized; strengths and weaknesses they face in their task to end homelessness in their jurisdictions; and how they responded to and were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This project aimed to examine the potential for inequity resulting from variation in the actual care provided by clinicians and hospital personnel to children and their families.

The project seeks to understand whether educating a community about factors outside of personal choices helps change attitudes toward inequality and anti-poverty programs in the Philippines.

This project gathered in-depth, qualitative information about the impact of decision-making among front-line financial service employees.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially damaging to communities of color in the United States.

This project worked with a volunteer software development group, Code4Community at Northeastern University, to develop a freely-available, user-friendly version of the letter-generation tool that will be distributed to youth development and job training programs.