guaranteed income

Staff

Francisco Brady

Data and Policy Analyst

Francisco Brady is a data and policy analyst, working primarily on housing stability projects. Francisco has contributed to research on housing instability and homelessness in Chicago, several basic income pilots, and creating estimates of eligible p...

Faculty Directors

Kristin Seefeldt

Faculty Director of Poverty Solutions; Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Professor of Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research

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734-615-2113

Kristin S. Seefeldt’s primary research interests lie in exploring how low-income individuals understand their situations, particularly around issues related to work and economic well-being. Her most recent book, "Abandoned Families: Social Isolation ...

Faculty Affiliates

Sarah Miller

Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy; Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research.

Sarah Miller is an associate professor of business economics and public policy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Miller's research interests are in health economics and, in particular, the short-term and long-te...

Faculty Affiliates

Rebeccah Sokol

Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity and Associate Professor of Social Work

Rebeccah Sokol is an associate professor at the University of Michigan's School of Social Work and School of Public Health. Sokol’s program of research focuses on evaluating strategies to alleviate youth adversity and trauma, including preventing chi...

In the Media

U-M's GIG A2 pilot program uses art to flip narrative about recipients of public benefits

May 29, 2026 WEMU

People who receive traditional public benefits are often met with scrutiny, distrust, and suspicion. A new traveling art exhibit called "No Strings" is curated by University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions and is working to flip that narrative.

Poverty Solutions hosts a celebration for the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) and the opening of the No Strings art exhibit at YORK on April 29, 2026. (Michigan Photography)

Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions

Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating Ann Arbor's Guaranteed Income Pilot

Oct 2, 2026, 12:00-1:30 pm EDT

School of Social Work, B780 (basement)

Join us for a talk by Kristin Seefeldt, faculty director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan and principal investigator for the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program.

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Lessons Learned from Designing and Evaluating Ann Arbor's Guaranteed Income Pilot

The debate about cash transfers

Mar 25, 2026, 4:30-6:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Direct cash transfer assistance programs exist across the United States and around the world. How effective are they?

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Core project

Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor

January 2024 - December 2025

Kristin S. Seefeldt, William D. Lopez, Rebeccah Sokol, Leonymae Aumentado, Francisco Brady, Lauren Slagter

Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) was a two-year pilot that provided monthly payments of $528 to 100 Ann Arbor entrepreneurs and gig workers with low incomes, from January 2024 through December 2025. Another 100 people from the eligible applicant pool participated in a randomized controlled trial, without receiving the monthly payments.

Graphic of Community conversation about Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor on May 8, 2025, at the downtown Ann Arbor library, Group photo of 5 speakers