Poverty and social policy

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Ford School wins NASPAA 2020 Social Equity award

Oct 4, 2020

The Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) has awarded the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy with its 2020 Social Equity Award, which honors a public policy, affairs, or administration program that exemplifies...

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More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism

Oct 2, 2020

Now that Genesee County has declared racism a public health crisis, what role can residents play in guiding the county’s efforts to eliminate racist policies and practices? That’s one of the research questions University of Michigan faculty will...

A rainy protest with a sign reading "Black Lives Matter"

Publication

Parthasarathy’s report shows innovation policy ignores marginalized communities

Sep 23, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed policymaking biases that have ignored poor and marginalized communities, argues Ford school professor Shobita Parthasarathy. In a paper, Innovation Policy, Structural Inequality, and COVID-19, published in the...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

In the Media

Stevenson discusses rising permanent unemployment and smart investments on BBC

Sep 18, 2020 BBC World Service

“Permanent unemployment is much harder to solve... It's going to be a long slog getting folks back to work and it's not clear that we're going to get the kind of support from the government that we need, but I do think that policy can mitigate some...

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Kohn gift establishes two new social policy professorships at the Ford School

Sep 17, 2020

The Karl and Martha Kohn Professorship of Social Policy will advance societal equity and inclusion in the United States. The Arlene Susan Kohn Professorship of Social Policy will address the rights of the disabled in the United States. With a $5...

Karl Kohn, Martha Kohn, and Arlene Susan Kohn

In the Media

Shaefer: Record high 2019 U.S. median income sobering in comparison to coronavirus impacts

Sep 15, 2020 Reuters

“No one yet knows the full impact of the economic and public health crisis that is consuming our lives today and disproportionately impacting the poorest American families,” said H. Luke Shaefer. Read the full Reuters article...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

In the Media

Stevenson testifies on the effects of fiscal relief inaction

Sep 11, 2020 Law 360

"One of the problems we've seen is that high-income households have really boosted their savings [with CARES Act funding]. And when you're saving, you're not spending and that's part of what's caused the economy to contract." Read the full Law...

Michigan poverty map shows economic security by county

May 4, 2020

Even before the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic began, about 14% of Michiganders were living in poverty and another 29% of households were struggling to make ends meet.That’s according to the latest Michigan Poverty and Well-Being...

Shaefer discusses jump in joblessness that strains safety nets

Mar 27, 2020

With widespread shutdowns of businesses across the country due to COVID-19, states have seen a dramatic rise in the number of unemployed and those seeking unemployment benefits. This week, unemployment claims jumped 2000% in Michigan, putting the...

Ivacko provides context for economic hardship findings

Mar 29, 2019

Understanding poverty in Michigan is the first step towards alleviating it, so people are playing particular attention to the recent Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) report on how local officials think about economic hardship. Much...

New concentrations offered to strengthen MPP skillset

Oct 1, 2018

Master of Public Policy (MPP) students will have the opportunity to declare a concentration in one of five policy areas starting in fall 2019. The five optional concentrations include Public Policy Analysis Methods, Public & Non-Profit...

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Shaefer promotes job stability as a key solution to poverty in SSIR op-ed

Jan 25, 2016

In "Precarious Work and the Employment-based Safety Net," an op-ed for the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Luke Shaefer argues that our current employment-based welfare system overlooks the fact that the poorest Americans can only secure...

Seefeldt questions Massachusetts' welfare and work program in The Atlantic

Dec 15, 2015

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...

Seefeldt shares new research on poor single motherhood in The Atlantic

Dec 3, 2015

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...

NY Times publishes "answer on a postcard"

Jun 19, 2014

Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo) have proposed a bipartisan bill to dramatically simplify the college financial aid form. They announced their proposal in the op-ed column, "An Answer on a Postcard," published by The New...

Jazz musician Etienne Charles examines the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities

Jan 17, 2025, 2:30-3:30 pm EST

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium

Jazz musician Etienne Charles explores the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. We are excited about his appearance as the Ford School of Public Policy’s annual Martin Luther King Day speaker on January 17.

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Dean's Symposium - New Policy in Support of Families and Kids

Apr 11, 2024, 1:30 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

This session will examine innovative policies that promote direct cash transfers and tax credits to low-income families, new mothers, and other sectors of society.

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Headshots of Hamilton, Patillo, Pilkauskas, and Shaefer

Continuous Improvement in a Juvenile Court: A Youth Policy Lab Brown Bag

Jan 31, 2018, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Weill Hall, 3rd Floor Seminar Room

Robin Jacob and A. Foster will discuss how the partnership has developed since initially proposed by WCJC, the challenges involved in beginning such work, and other lessons learned after more than 8 months of partnership.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Pope Francis' challenge to policy makers: Mend the Gaps!

Mar 9, 2016, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Sister Simone Campbell has led three cross-country “Nuns on the Bus” trips, focused on economic justice, comprehensive immigration reform, and (most recently) voter turnout. She will discuss these issues and more.

Book Talks @ The Ford School

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Oct 14, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer discuss the majorn themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School, University of Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

Broderick Johnson

Feb 1, 2016, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Annenberg Auditorium, Weill Hall

Join the Ford School for a policy talks event with the Chair of the White House My Brother's Keeper Task Force, Broderick Johnson.

PubPol 746

Poverty and social policy

Ford School wins NASPAA 2020 Social Equity award

More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism

Parthasarathy’s report shows innovation policy ignores marginalized communities

Stevenson discusses rising permanent unemployment and smart investments on BBC

Kohn gift establishes two new social policy professorships at the Ford School

Shaefer: Record high 2019 U.S. median income sobering in comparison to coronavirus impacts

Stevenson testifies on the effects of fiscal relief inaction

Michigan poverty map shows economic security by county

Shaefer discusses jump in joblessness that strains safety nets

Ivacko provides context for economic hardship findings

New concentrations offered to strengthen MPP skillset

Shaefer promotes job stability as a key solution to poverty in SSIR op-ed

Seefeldt questions Massachusetts' welfare and work program in The Atlantic

Seefeldt shares new research on poor single motherhood in The Atlantic

NY Times publishes "answer on a postcard"

Jazz musician Etienne Charles examines the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities

Dean's Symposium - New Policy in Support of Families and Kids

Continuous Improvement in a Juvenile Court: A Youth Policy Lab Brown Bag

Pope Francis' challenge to policy makers: Mend the Gaps!

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Broderick Johnson

PubPol 746: Social Welfare Policy

New Policy in Support of Families and Kids (Dean's Symposium)

Ford School named top public affairs program and in key specialty areas

ISR Insights Series - Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era

Dean Barr speaks about the significance of the New Markets Tax Credit 20th anniversary

Bradley Hardy: EITC Expansions, Earnings Growth, and Inequality