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Shaefer: Deeply unfair for Michigan to expect Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to be paid back

April 21, 2021 Detroit Free Press
H. Luke Shaefer
H. Luke Shaefer

"It's one thing to tell someone 'You're not eligible for the benefits,' " said Shaefer. "It's another thing to approve someone, let them use the support, and then expect them to pay it back.". 

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Luke Shaefer

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Luke Shaefer

Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy; Director, Poverty Solutions; Professor of Social Work
Shaefer serves as the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary, presidential initiative at U-M that seeks to partner communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.