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Black Michiganders: Key findings from U-M Poverty Solutions

Feb 3, 2022

Black History Month, celebrated every February, highlights the experiences and honors the achievements of Black Americans throughout history. Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan highlights key data from its research that relates to Black...

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Detroit unemployment rate sits at 20%

Feb 3, 2022

Detroit’s unemployment rate—the proportion of adults who are in the labor force but not currently employed—remains at 20%, virtually unchanged over the course of 2021, according to a new University of Michigan survey. This is less than half the...

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Shaefer joins Detroit mayor to assist with tax credit claims

Jan 31, 2022

The City of Detroit is working with several organizations to continue its annual push to encourage Detroiters to file their taxes and claim their refunds. This year, with both the expanded Child Tax Credit and the increased refunds from the State...

Luke Shaefer at Detroit mayr press conference

In the Media

Social and emotional learning especially important for students during pandemic - YPL

Jan 12, 2022 The 74

Social and emotional learning has become very important for schools as students adjust to the many changes they have had to endure during the pandemic. According to Robin Jacob, co-director of the Youth Policy Lab, Detroit students were experiencing...

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Ivacko debates 2022 hot topics

Jan 5, 2022

Selected as a panelist for Hour Detroit's 2022 political predictions, Tom Ivacko, Executive Director of CLOSUP, weighed in on some of the most burning questions about Michigan's 2022 elections. The first question: How would Roe v. Wade, and...

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2020 Census undercounted population in select Detroit neighborhoods by 8%

Dec 17, 2021

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan joined Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and researchers from Wayne State University today to present findings from a new report that suggests the 2020 U.S. Census may have significantly undercounted Detroit’s...

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Partnerships in focus: Learning and research collaborations that create better public policy

Dec 13, 2021

By Rebecca Cohen (MPP ‘09) Two-directional learning helps small businesses and students thrive Lily Hamburger (MBA ’16) supports economic mobility for entrepreneurs as the senior director of the pandemic-born Detroit Means Business, a...

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Of mutual benefit: Academic-community partnerships for better public policy

Dec 13, 2021

By Rebecca Cohen (MPP '09) An essential ingredient to developing good policy is understanding what people want and need, and how they experience their lives," says Elisabeth Gerber, Jack L. Walker, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and...

Photo of Poverty Solutions team members and Detroit community members for a land contracts session at a local park

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Celebrating 10 years of Leadership & Public Service Fellows in Detroit

Nov 29, 2021

A decade-long partnership between the Ford School of Public Policy and the David Bohnett Foundation has provided 33 master’s students with opportunities for public service learning in Detroit. In October, 20 current and past fellows gathered at a...

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In the Media

Child tax credit helps families make ends meet, says Pilkauskas

Nov 5, 2021 Detroit Free Press

Natasha Pilkauskas, co-author of the policy brief “Receipt and Usage of Child Tax Credit Payments among Low-Income Families: What We Know,” finds the Child Tax Credit helps low-income families with the basics. "Really, they're telling us they're...

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More emphasis needed on vaccine accessibility, overcoming institutional mistrust—Parthasarathy

Nov 5, 2021 MLive

Speaking with MLive, Shobita Parthasarathy observed the complexities behind vaccine hesitancy. “We’re letting social institutions, government institutions off the hook the more that we focus on the individual as the source of the hesitancy,” she...

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Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

Nov 2, 2021

Jean Sherman got a call from a friend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic telling her about a church nearby where she could get the vaccine. The Detroit resident also found out that the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church helped people...

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David Bohnett Foundation Leadership & Public Service Fellows reflect on summer experiences

Oct 28, 2021

Since 2010-11, the David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship has provided three talented master’s students each year with a funded internship with the City of Detroit. The 2021 fellows—Adam Flood (MPP/MPH ‘22), Kristina...

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Detroiters living in 'substandard conditions,' DMACS study finds

Oct 27, 2021

Almost 40,000 Detroiters live in housing with ongoing and often hazardous maintenance issues, according to a new Detroit Metropolitan Area Community Study issue brief. "Unsurprisingly, the rate of residents living in inadequate or poor-quality...

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El-Sayed criticizes police officers rejecting vaccine mandates

Oct 27, 2021

Calling out the hypocrisy of police officers who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Abdul El-Sayed, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, recently wrote an op-ed for the Detroit Metro Times. In it, he recalls his first "real" interaction...

In the Media

Eisenberg comments on home repairs in Detroit

Oct 22, 2021 The Detroit Free Press

Home repairs are in high demand in Detroit, highlighted by 4,800 Detroiters applying for a roof repair program. Alexa Eisenberg, doctoral candidate and researcher with Poverty Solutions, weighed in on the issue. "Focusing on roof repairs is...

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Latino Michiganders: Key findings from U-M Poverty Solutions

Oct 15, 2021

ANN ARBOR—As National Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates the culture and contributions of Latinos in the U.S., comes to a close, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan highlights key data from its research that relates to Latinos...

In the Media

Home repair assistance can lead to economic opportunity, well-being, says Cooney

Oct 1, 2021 Bridge Detroit

A new program aims to replace roofs for low-income seniors and homeowners with disabilities in Detroit. Patrick Cooney, assistant director for policy impact at Poverty Solutions, spoke to Bridge Detroit about the long-term impacts of this type of...

In the Media

El-Sayed calls on Congress to pass water affordability and infrastructure measures

Sep 30, 2021 Detroit Free Press

In an opinion written for the Detroit Free Press, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Abdul El-Sayed calls for Congressional policymakers to preserve the water affordability and infrastructure measures included in the Infrastructure...

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Housing instability and homelessness have long-term educational impacts, says Erb-Downward

Sep 23, 2021 WDET

Jennifer Erb-Downward spoke with WDET about the pervasive undercounting of children who experience housing instability or homelessness, and it's long-lasting impacts on their education. ”In every single classroom in Michigan there’s going to be a...

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Majority of Detroiters want police reform, many also want increased police presence

Sep 20, 2021

Competing concerns about police brutality and high crime rates are reflected in Detroiters' attitudes toward the police, according to University of Michigan research. A recent U-M survey finds that about 6 in 10 adult Detroit residents believe...

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U-M awarded grant to support Detroit entrepreneurs in bridging digital divide

Sep 7, 2021

An interdisciplinary team from the University of Michigan was awarded $300,000 from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to train local residents and U-M students to provide one-on-one technology support to Detroit entrepreneurs. The project aims to...

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Detroit unemployment sits at 25%—lower than pandemic peak, twice pre-pandemic rate

Aug 30, 2021

Detroit’s unemployment rate—the proportion of working-age adults in the labor force but not currently employed—has held steady around 25% since fall 2020, according to data just released from a University of Michigan survey. While the current...

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Study paints grim picture for homeless Detroit students

Aug 24, 2021 Detroit Free Press

A new analysis released by Poverty Solutions paints a grim picture about homeless students in Detroit. It shows that they are more likely to miss school on a regular basis, less likely to graduate, suspended or expelled at higher rates than other...

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Detroit’s small business owners see summer boost through entrepreneurs project

Aug 22, 2021

Working through a pandemic has been stressful enough for Detroit’s small-business community. Finding enough time, energy and talent to expand their companies through innovative programs, social media or new strategy has been doubly difficult. But a...

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Low vaccination rates persist in Detroit households with children

Aug 20, 2021

With a new school year three weeks away and cases of COVID-19 on the rise again, vaccination rates in the households of school-age children will play an important role in how school districts weigh their options for returning to the classroom. A...

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COVID leadership lessons highlighted at annual Ford School Spirit Day

Aug 13, 2021 Watch the video

Effective leadership always requires the ability to adjust to changing circumstances. The massive disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic affected both how people were able to do their jobs as well as how they could accomplish their professional...

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First person: Learning from Detroit businesses and fellow students

Aug 12, 2021

This article was written by Michael Willard, BBA Ross School of Business/BA LSA ’23 This summer, I am one of 31 interns working in the University of Michigan Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project +Impact Studio for Local Business. The...

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Morenoff identifies groups unlikely to get vaccinated

Aug 5, 2021 Second Wave - Michigan

After compiling data for the Detroit Metro Area Community Survey (DMACS), Jeffrey Morenoff, professor of sociology and public policy, found an alarming conclusion. Adults living with families with children under 18 are less likely to get vaccinated...

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Concern about safety is main reason many Detroiters are not getting vaccinated, U-M survey finds

Jul 22, 2021

About half of adults living in Detroit are not yet fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data just released from a University of Michigan survey. Among Detroiters who have not received any doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, nearly 8 out of...