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

Kristin Seefeldt is the faculty director of Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan, and she also is an associate professor of social work and public policy. Her primary research interests lie in exploring how low-income individuals understand their situations, particularly around issues related to work and economic well-being. She is the principal investigator administering and studying the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2) pilot program.

Cosponsored by the University of Michigan School of Social Work.

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Kristin Seefeldt

Faculty Director of Poverty Solutions; Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Professor of Public Policy

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. Currently, she is conducting research on families’ financial coping strategies and is a Principal Investigator of a survey examining the effects of the recession and recovery policies on individuals’ well being.