Lauren Slagter

Staff

Lauren Slagter

Communications Director, Poverty Solutions

Lauren Slagter is director of communications and public engagement at Poverty Solutions, where she has worked since 2019. Previously, Slagter spent eight years as a daily news reporter, primarily covering education and housing at MLive / The Ann Arbo...

News

Research shows far-reaching costs of eviction filings to tenants—regardless of the outcome in court

Jul 16, 2024

A new study from the University of Michigan documents the far-reaching costs of eviction filings for Pennsylvania tenants who had eviction cases filed against them but experienced a “best-case scenario” in court, meaning they had legal representation...

Photo of homes in Detroit's Chaldean Town neighborhood

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Michigan metro areas divided on views on legal immigration, U-M survey shows

Jun 27, 2024

Immigration consistently shows up as the most important problem facing the U.S. in national public opinion polls, but less information has been available to understand how Michiganders view immigration. With Michigan poised to be one of the most infl...

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Survey shows how Detroiters’ mental health has changed since pandemic

May 30, 2024

Detroiters’ mental health-related symptoms have improved and largely stabilized since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University of Michigan report. While the negative impacts of the pandemic on people’s mental health are well docum...

Photo of building with sign that reads, "How are you really?"

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Child care workers caught in middle of Michigan’s broken child care system

May 10, 2024

A teacher has a question, notes for families await delivery to classrooms, and a little girl arriving at Blackbird Child Care Center in Harbor Springs needs her rain boots swapped for shoes. Sadie Riley-Flemming responds to it all with a smile.

Photo of Sadie Riley-Flemming, director of Blackbird Child Care Center in Harbor Springs, greets a girl on April 19, 2024. Photos by Molly Hauxwell Currier for the University of Michigan.

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Amplifying youth voices to drive change in Detroit

Sep 7, 2022

Imagine, summer vacation is coming to an end and you must start school next week, but you haven’t been able to shower in a week. Would you be able to focus on school? That was the question posed by a group of teens and young adults advocating for...

Publication

U.S. households in better financial shape at end of 2021 than pre-pandemic

Mar 28, 2022

U.S. households were in a better financial position, on average, at the end of last year than in 2019, despite widespread joblessness and economic uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new University of Michigan report.. Resear...

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Poverty Solutions marks five years of research, policy impact

Mar 21, 2022

Since its launch in 2016, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan has built an action-based research program that has informed efforts to prevent and alleviate poverty in Michigan and across the country. As the universitywide initiative c...

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Detroit parents less likely to vaccinate themselves than non-parents, leads to low youth vaccination rates

Mar 9, 2022

Just under half (49%) of Detroit parents and guardians of children under 18 reported at the end of 2021 that they had been vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to 75% of adults who do not live with children. These relatively low vaccination rat...

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a teacher in Iowa (Credit: Phil Roeder / CC BY)

Getting Stuff Done

Getting the story told and working with the media

Apr 12, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

Join the Program in Practical Policy Engagement for a workshop on developing your message, telling your story, and utilizing traditional and social channels to get the word out.

Getting the story told and working with the media

Apr 12, 2022 0:58:53

Mara Ostfeld and Lauren Slagter will share their experiences on what makes a successful story, how to effectively pitch your idea to journalists, work with reporters, and prepare for interviews. April, 2022.