A recent Atlantic article, "When the Government Tells Poor People How to Live," profiles A Better Life, an intensive case management program that requires residents of Worcester, Massachusetts’ state-subsidized public housing system to work or...
“The focus and moral certainty that have fueled the Black Lives Matter movement have opened a rare window of opportunity for real and lasting change.”
David Thacher, advocating for a reformed version of Broken Windows policing in U.S. cities,...
According to “How Poor Single Moms Survive,” an article by Alana Semuels for The Atlantic, the number of single-parent households in the US has soared since 1960, just as the amount of government assistance available to these largely female-headed...
A research article by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "Increasing work opportunities and reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of...
In “Up by your bootstraps,” a State of Opportunity special that aired today on Michigan Radio, Sarah Alvarez interviews Kristin Seefeldt about “policymaking by anecdote.” “Seefeldt says the number-one myth about poverty she sees making its way into...
The Great Recession leaves behind the largest number of long-term unemployed people, or 4.7 million, since records were first kept in 1948, according to research from the University of Michigan."About 46 million Americans, according to our latest...
Kristin Seefeldt spoke with The New York Times and National Public Radio's On Point about her research following the debt burdens of single mothers in Detroit.
The New York Times interviewed Seefeldt for the article "Life in the Red," which looks...
On November 19 at the U-M Detroit Center, the National Poverty Center (NPC) in conjunction with the C.S. Mott Foundation, hosted the panel discussion, "Michigan's Recession and Recovery: Opportunities for the Research, Non-profit, and Civic...
In light of the desperate showing of thousands of people seeking federal assistance at Detroit’s Cobo Hall, Kristin Seefeldt spoke to the Detroit Free Press about the “cracks” in many government programs. Seefeldt, who is currently conducting a...
National Poverty Center surveying effects of recession and federal stimulus on Southeast Michigan workers and families
Long affected by the loss of well-paid manufacturing jobs, workers and families in Southeast Michigan have been hit especially...
A new book by the Ford School's Kristin S. Seefeldt was featured in a recent edition of Dome magazine, an online publication that covers politics and policy in the State of Michigan.Seefeldt (MPP '96) is a Research Investigator at the Ford School...
Part 2 of the Population Studies Center's two-part event in honor of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ford School professors Kristin Seefeldt and Alex Murphy and joint doctoral student Lydia Wileden are joined by Charles Williams.
The Poverty Narrative: Confronting Inequity
Join us as we discuss connections between structural racism, and poverty in the U.S., and confronting policies and practices that perpetuate inequity in public health, housing, education and data.
Join us for this upcoming talk with professor and behavioral economist Ariel Kalil as she discusses how behavioral insights into parental decision-making can help us imagine a new framework for supporting low income families.
Come by the Ford School's Great Hall to watch journalist Bankole Thompson host a live broadcast of his radio program. Redline with Bankole Thompson is a public affairs program that airs weekdays 12-2pm ET on 910AM Super Station-Detroit hosted by journalist and Detroit News columnist Bankole Thompson.
University of Michigan Detroit Center
3663 Woodward Avenue
This event will bring together a variety of stakeholders to discuss what we know, what we are doing, and what can be done to address the continued hardships faced by many Michigan residents in the wake of the Great Recession and the current slow economic recovery. Researchers from the University of Michigan will set the context for the discussion through a presentation of results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (MRRS), based on recent interviews with over 800 households in the Detroit area.
Sarah Burgard, Sheldon Danziger, Harvey Hollins III, Bill O'Brien, Rochelle Riley, and Kristin S. Seefeldt discuss Michigan's recession and recovery and opportunities for the research, non-profit, and civic engagement communities.
