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06-05-2025
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Here's how pregnant moms, parents of newborns in Pontiac can apply for up to $4,500 in aid
A cash-aid program for expectant moms and babies is now taking applications in Pontiac. Rx Kids offers $4,500 to eligible families — $1,500 mid-pregnancy and $500 for the first months of the baby's life. It's the most recent expansion of the program, led by Flint pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna, on a mission to slash infant poverty. Rx Kids, which began in Flint more than a year ago, has also expanded to parts of the Upper Peninsula and Kalamazoo. "Rx Kids is an investment in Pontiac's families, and in the future of every child born here. We are proud to help deliver the resources families need at the very moment they need them most, ensuring that every Pontiac baby has the opportunity to grow up healthy, strong, and full of promise," said Susan Harding, CEO of the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) in a news release. Expectant mothers living in Pontiac who are at least 16 weeks pregnant or who had a baby on or after May 1 are eligible. To apply, go to "When we invest in mothers and babies, we invest in Pontiac's future," Hanna, director of Rx Kids and associate dean of public health at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, said in the release. The program, administered by global nonprofit GiveDirectly, is a collaboration between MSU's Pediatric Public Health Initiative and the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative. So far, the program has distributed roughly $8.6 million to more than 2,000 families from the eastern U.P. to downstate, in Kalamazoo and Flint. Program participants in Flint reported spending the money on basics like baby supplies and food, and feeling more financially secure. And pregnant women the Free Press spoke to earlier this year said Rx Kids would make a difference, saying they'd use the money on diapers, formula, wipes and to save. Pontiac's version of the program can help an estimated 800 mothers in its first years. The program is backed by $8.5 million in public and philanthropic funds for two years, officials said in March. Rx Kids is hosting a "baby parade" to celebrate the launch of the program in Pontiac. The event, featuring games, food trucks, music and giveaways, will take place from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on May 9 at the Wisner Memorial Stadium, located at 441 Cesar E. Chavez Ave. in Pontiac. For more information, go Contact Nushrat Rahman: nrahman@ Follow her on X: @NushratR. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Pregnant moms, parents of newborns in Pontiac can apply for $4,500 in aid
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28-04-2025
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Detroit property values are rising ― and rental rates are going up
Homeowners in Detroit got some good news in March about the value of their properties: A University of Michigan report showed that owner-occupied houses in Detroit gained $700 million in value in 2023, on top of about $4 billion in rising property values over the past decade, as the city's recovery gathered steam, with the biggest gains for Black homeowners. So, all's rosy with Detroit's housing market, right? Not exactly. More from Freep Opinion: How much of Project 2025 has been implemented? Enough to break us beyond repair. As upbeat as the new U-M report was for owners of their residences, Detroit's renters still face many and varied challenges. And there are a lot of renters in Detroit. Roughly half of all households in the city rent, and 60% of all families with kids under 6 years of age in the home are renters. Depending on whom you talk to, the rental housing market in Detroit stands somewhere between "troubled" and "calamitous." Affordability, lead abatement and other issues remain unsolved problems. Detroit's stock of single-family houses remains key to understanding the problem. More than many cities, Detroit became a city of single-family detached houses in the early 20th century, with the success of the auto industry. Those with money could afford upscale neighborhoods like Indian Village or Boston Edison or University District, while working-class families owned smaller wood-frame bungalows and the like throughout the rest of the city. Tens of thousands of those small single-family houses fell into disrepair as the city declined and the population fled. Many of the houses were demolished ― about 200,000 over the past 50 years. And those that remained often became rental housing rather than owner-occupied, said Sam Stragand, a program manager for University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative working in Detroit. So today, Detroit's housing stock is old ― among the oldest in the nation. The median build year for Detroit housing is 1947, according to a new report by the real estate research firm PropertyShark. In Michigan, only a few places ― Hamtramck, Jackson and Inkster ― have older housing stock. By contrast, many cities in Sunbelt states like California and Texas have housing largely built since 2000. For the nation at large, the typical home was built in 1980. This stock of aging single-family detached houses is critically important to the rental population in Detroit. A little over half of all rental units in the are single family houses ― not apartments, but houses. And one in seven occupied residential units in Detroit needs 'major repairs,' according to Poverty Solutions research. But repairing the city's aging housing stock is daunting. The average cost of lead abatement alone to raise non-compliant houses up to current regulated levels is about $35,000 per house ― clearly beyond what a landlord can afford without raising the rent, according to a presentation by the non-profit Center for Community Progress in Washington, D.C. that also provided data for this column. Just the fees for lead inspections and certificates of compliance can run well over $1,000. As a result, the compliance rate among landlords tasked with meeting the city's lead abatement regulations is low ― only about 10% since 2017. More from Freep Opinion: After 30 years in Detroit journalism, I can't stop thinking about this story Many people bash landlords for not providing better housing, but Stragand says landlords are also struggling. 'There are very few landlords in Detroit that are getting rich,' he says. 'They're working at the margins too. What they're able to get, they're not necessarily able to put back into the property.' As you might expect, the renters occupying these aging, often run-down houses with unabated lead are among the poorest of city residents. Some 56% of all renters in Detroit have household incomes under $35,000 a year. That means that more than half the renters in the city are having trouble paying the rent. Paying more than 30% of your household income is considered a burden, and that's where many of Detroit's renters find themselves. Under that 30% guideline, Detroiters at the median level of household income can only afford $725 a month rent. But the median rental rate for a three-bedroom home in Detroit is just short of $1,200 a month. Alan Mallach, an urban scholar with the Center for Community Progress who has studied Detroit in depth, said tens of thousands of Detroit renters have trouble making ends meet. 'There's a huge disparity here between the cost of providing rental housing and what the average renter in Detroit can realistically afford without being overwhelmingly cost-burdened,' he said. So what can Detroit do to ease the burden on its renters? There have been many attempts to design affordable home-repair programs, and other suggestions to streamline the lead abatement regulations to raise compliance. All that's to the good. But to start making rental housing safer and more affordable in Detroit, perhaps we just need to squarely face the problem. As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the upper half of the income spectrum tends to get along just fine, thank you. Those are the Detroiters that own their own houses, and has little trouble affording homes that are safe and comfortable. It's the bottom half of the income scale that struggles to afford a decent place to live. And for those households ― tens of thousands of the poorest Detroit residents ― no easy solution presents itself. Can we at least keep trying to find one? John Gallagher was a reporter and columnist for the Free Press for 32 years prior to his retirement in 2019. His book, Rust Belt Reporter: A Memoir, was published last year by Wayne State University Press. Submit a letter to the editor at and we may publish it online and in print. Like what you're reading? Please consider supporting local journalism and getting unlimited digital access with a Detroit Free Press subscription. We depend on readers like you. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit property values are rising ― and so are rents | Opinion
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23-04-2025
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Could no-strings-attached 'cash prescriptions' slash poverty among Michigan's youngest?
In the Upper Peninsula, Jackie Tasker-Wilson has to drive downstate several times a month to see her doctors for her high-risk pregnancy — trips that set her and her partner back a couple hundred dollars each appointment. That's money she can't spend on rent, food or necessities for the baby. Kayla Wychopen, also in the U.P., recently gave birth and is living in transitional housing with her boyfriend. She said she constantly worries about finding a permanent place to live and affording food and all of the things her baby will need. A fast-growing program, Rx Kids, might help them both and hundreds of other families in the state. Rx Kids, which grew out of Flint, is designed to tackle infant poverty by providing so-called "cash prescriptions" — $1,500 mid-pregnancy and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life. Earlier this year, the program, led by Flint pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna, expanded to Kalamazoo and parts of the Upper Peninsula. Pontiac and cities in Wayne County are slated to get their own versions in the next few months. Ypsilanti could get its own program, too, if the city can raise enough money. Rx Kids is among dozens of programs across the country experimenting with providing direct cash payments to people with the greatest need. As millions of dollars flow directly to families in the state, Michigan could be poised to help answer the question of whether cash in hand does indeed make a dent on child poverty. In recent months, a reporter with the Free Press and BridgeDetroit talked to pregnant women about the program, as well as maternal health nurses in the U.P., and state legislators in the regions where the program is expanding. Pregnant women, from the U.P. to Kalamazoo, seem to think Rx Kids will make a difference, saying they'd use the money on diapers, formula, wipes and to save. Nurses who visit pregnant women say extra cash each month can relieve financial stress for families worried about paying for essentials like rent, transportation and food. Bipartisan lawmakers in Michigan saw early promise in the program and said they're watching for a range of outcomes that would spell success, from increased birth rates and school enrollment to improvements in child development and health. "Every hour, every day that a baby is born into and grows up in poverty is a failure on all of us. It is a failure on society, because we can do better," Hanna, director of Rx Kids and associate dean of public health at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, said during the announcement of Rx Kids in Pontiac. She leads Rx Kids with Luke Shaefer, head of the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative. In the northernmost part of the state, where tourism drives the economy, there are lulls in employment during the offseason, making income less certain. Housing and heating can be tough to afford as residents already struggle with transportation and access to health care, county health department leaders and maternal health nurses told the Free Press. "A lot of families are living paycheck to paycheck, and there's no cushion. So if an emergency arises, they are really hurting. They are really looking for support," said Karen Senkus, health officer for the Chippewa County Health Department. Now, they may have that extra help. Families with newborns or babies on the way in five U.P. counties — Chippewa, Luce, Mackinac, Alger and Schoolcraft — can apply for the Rx Kids program. Moms can get $1,500 mid-pregnancy and then $500 for the first six months of their baby's life. Rx Kids has given $288,500 to 180 families so far, as of April 22. It would be a big help for 24-year-old Tasker-Wilson, who said she struggles to save. Each month, she and her boyfriend have about $400 a month remaining after all their expenses, from bills to paying off debt and other costs, she said. It has been expensive preparing for the new baby. She has had trouble finding work while pregnant. Tasker-Wilson has applied for child care, restaurant and housekeeping jobs, only to get rejected. Employers told her they don't want her to work for only a few months, only to quit, or they don't offer maternity leave, she said. "We're basically still on one income. It's definitely difficult," she said in late March. Her boyfriend works as a driller. In Chippewa County, where Tasker-Wilson lives, more than a quarter of children under 5 years old live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. That's higher than the 19% of kids under 5 years old living in poverty across the state, but available data at the county or city level can be limited, so estimates are not as precise. Nearly half of households in the county fell below the United Way's ALICE threshold in 2022. The ALICE measure (which stands for asset limited, income constrained, employed) considers households earning above the federal poverty level but still struggling to afford the basics. Nurses the Free Press followed in the U.P. say families are struggling with the basics — housing, health care, work, child care and transportation. Nurse Monica Eriksen, who works for the LMAS (Luce, Mackinac, Alger and Schoolcraft) District Health Department, said she sees poverty every day, childhood or otherwise. It looks like not having enough money to change diapers or neglecting medical needs because of a scarcity mindset. In February, Eriksen visited Marie Woosck in front of her home, remote and tucked away in snowy Munising. Woosck's high-risk pregnancy had been an emotional roller coaster, the 22-year-old said at the time. Part of what worried her was the distance to her hospital — about an hour away. "Up here, it's a big struggle for us pregnant women to find the right care we need," Woosck said. Eriksen, who is also Woosck's doula, ended up driving her to the hospital at midnight in early March, a few days before her scheduled C-section. Woosck was worried about having her baby in the car because it would have been risky for her to have a vaginal birth. "I was terrified," she said about the long drive to the hospital while in labor. Over in Sault Ste. Marie in early February, Christy Curtis, a nurse with the Chippewa County Health Department, checked in on Wychopen and spoke to her about subsidized housing and how her pregnancy had been going. Curtis tries to work with moms as early in their pregnancy as possible because later they may not have time to access housing and food resources, she said. Women struggle to work after giving birth and find child care. There are long wait lists for subsidized housing and rent costs have gone up. "You've got these families that are barely making it," Curtis said. Before giving birth to her baby girl in late April, Wychopen, who is living in transitional housing, wanted her own home before her daughter was expected to arrive. "I don't really want to raise a baby in a room," Wychopen, 26, said. It would be a big relief, expectant moms said, to have the extra money to spend on utilities, child care, formula, diapers and wipes. "There's a lot of poverty up here that people just don't see," said Republican state Sen. John Damoose, who represents part of the U.P. and the northern Lower Peninsula. Downstate in Kalamazoo, Kiara Wenman applied for the Kalamazoo Rx Kids program because living and food costs have skyrocketed lately for her and her partner. The 22-year-old, a Starbucks supervisor, said she lives comfortably but not enough to save or cover a sudden financial shock — that's where the cash would make a difference. She said she'd spend half to save to buy a home, and the rest on groceries or needs for her baby boy, due in late April. "Whether there's a car issue, whether there's (an) insurance claim, anything that could possibly happen, I feel like that would give us a setback. But with the program, I feel like that would keep us still on track when emergencies happen," Wenman said in March. By the end of the month, she received a $1,500 deposit, which she tucked away in her savings. In the city of Kalamazoo, where about a third of kids under 5 years old live in poverty, expectant moms can get $1,500 mid-pregnancy and then $500 the first 12 months of their infant's life. Fifty-three percent of households in the city also fell below the ALICE threshold. The Kalamazoo program has, as of April 22, distributed $528,500 and enrolled 324 families. Poverty and infant deaths are linked, said Jameca Patrick-Singleton, executive director of Cradle Kalamazoo and vice president of community health for the YWCA Kalamazoo. In Kalamazoo County, Black babies are significantly more likely to die than white babies. "When you're talking about a program like Rx Kids, it helps to address some of those social determinants of health. Why? Because you're talking about no-strings-attached funding, and so people are able to use money for transportation, for food, for rent, whatever they need, in that moment that they need. It'll help families to combat some of that poverty, it'll help moms, particularly Black moms," Patrick-Singleton said. A common theme among infants who die in Kalamazoo County is economic instability, said Dr. Aaron Davies, chief of quality for the Bronson Medical Group. "People who are doubling up, who are sharing couches, trying to figure out how to meet their basic needs around housing, that leads to unsafe sleep situations where infants are being put down on couches and other places where we know they're at a higher risk of having unsafe sleep-related death," Davies said. Families who can't afford housing or are living out on the streets, cars and hotels, are co-sleeping because they don't have a choice, Patrick-Singleton said. Quality, affordable housing is a "desperate need" in the community, she added. Kalamazoo County needs 8,000 new units by 2030 to meet future demand, according to updated estimates from the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, which, in 2022, published a sweeping housing plan for the Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners. What's more, there are roughly 13,600 renters and homeowner households who spend more than half of their income on housing expenses, 2023 American Community Survey figures compiled by the Kalamazoo-based research institute show. "We've seen babies die because of homelessness," Patrick-Singleton said. More than a year after launching in Flint, Rx Kids has stretched across the state, to rural and urban pockets, in its bid to rid Michigan of infant poverty, garnering tens of millions of dollars in public and private dollars as well as interest from lawmakers to propel its mission. In total, the program has raised more than $100 million. Backers include the Flint-based Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, among others. Meanwhile, over in Flint where the program first began, moms told the Free Press they used their money for rent and baby food — and it ultimately left them less stressed. Alexus Towner, who received $500 a month from April 2024 to March 2025, used her Rx Kids money for the apartment she rented after experiencing housing insecurity, when she lived in a shelter and, before that, with her mom. The birth of her youngest child by C-section was extremely difficult, she recalled. After giving birth, Towner, 27, of Mount Morris, a city just north of Flint, said she had a lot on her plate. Her daughter, who has autism, had to repeat kindergarten. Towner didn't have transportation. The Rx Kids program, which she applied to while living in Flint, gave her "so much more room to breathe," she said. The majority of her monthly cash payments went to rent — the rest on her kids' food, household products and other essentials. Shalamar Reed was about seven months pregnant when she got into the Rx Kids program in Flint. She had been diagnosed with preeclampsia, a serious medical condition associated with high blood pressure. Reed, who was put on bed rest in her first trimester, applied to the program because she had to quit her job as a direct care worker, she said. With the $1,500 lump sum, she purchased her daughter's essentials: crib, car seat and stroller. She uses the $500 a month to buy formula, diapers and wipes. The 36-year-old Flint mom sees Rx Kids as extra help, giving her a boost when she may not have enough. "When I run out of something, I'm not stressed," she said in January. This article was produced as part of a series for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism's 2024 Data Fellowship. Contact Nushrat Rahman: nrahman@ Follow her on X: @NushratR. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Rx Kids expands in Michigan aiming to cut infant poverty
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10-04-2025
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Warren Evans announces program to curb childhood poverty for cities in Wayne County
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans announced Wednesday that a restriction-free, cash aid program for expectant mothers and babies is coming to Wayne County. The two-year effort, called Rx Kids, would offer $1,500 to pregnant mothers during pregnancy and another $500 a month for the first six months after birth. Rx Kids is already operating in Flint, Kalamazoo and the Eastern Upper Peninsula. It was among the initiatives touted by Evans to curb childhood poverty, aid families and 'keep Wayne County healthy.' Another aims to ensure seniors and schoolchildren get access to fresh fruit and vegetables and a nonprofit partnership will offer students access to on-the-spot eye exams and prescription eyeglasses. "Too often, in speeches, there's a lot of talk about a vision for the future. That's fine, I guess, as long as that forecast is based in reality," Evans told a packed crowd at Woodhaven High School in Brownstown Township during his 10th State of the County address. "In other words, don't promise what you can't deliver. In our case, there's plenty of good news, not only about what we've accomplished, but about what's coming." Here are some key takeaways from Evan's 2025 speech: Evans said the county is working with Flint pediatrician Dr. Mona Hanna and Luke Shaefer, who heads up the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative, to launch a two-year expansion of Rx Kids to parts of Wayne County. 'The program, launched first in Flint, is making a real dent in child poverty,' he said. 'The same thing can happen for us here in Wayne County.' The program would start in the next couple months, Evans told reporters after his speech. "I think the (Wayne County) Commission is at its final approval. It's why it took this long and so we should be starting very soon. I'm really optimistic about what it will do. I think there's skeptics around that think just the dispensation of the money is problematic. I'm not one of those," he said. Evans, in his speech, said the program would expand 'to several Downriver communities," and later clarified that it wouldn't just be restricted to that area. "Pending Commission approval, targeted launch areas for Rx Kids will include River Rouge, Inkster, Highland Park, Melvindale, and other high-need Wayne County communities, based on economic challenges and health disparities," said Kennyle Johnson, interim director of Wayne County's department of health, human and veterans services in a statement Thursday morning. The program won't be available across Wayne County, however, because of limited resources, Evans told reporters Wednesday. Detroit would not be included in the program, he said. Rx Kids, which began in Flint more than a year ago, recently kicked off in Kalamazoo and five counties in the eastern U.P. The program is also expected to launch in Pontiac this May. Evans also pointed to an effort under the banner of the county's 'Well Wayne 2025' plan that is bringing relief to residents who he said for too long have had to choose between the need for adequate healthcare and the burden of medical debt. Roughly 300,000 residents across Wayne County have unaffordable medical debt, he said, ranking the county eighth among all counties in the nation. Last year, the county collaborated with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to wipe out $27 million in debt for 46,000 county residents. "Tonight, I'm happy to announce that since then, we've helped an additional 24,000 residents, wiping out an additional $13 million dollars in medical debt. That's 70,000 residents and $40 million dollars already. Our goal is to erase it all, and we have certified the funds to do it," he said. More: Program to erase medical debt in Wayne Co. shows insured workers may be struggling most Evans emphasized the importance of transit for residents who can't afford a car and to attract young professionals and families to the region. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill earlier this year ensuring that Wayne County communities could no longer opt out of the transit millage funding the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), the bus system for southeast Michigan. This opens the door for a countywide transit proposal on the ballot, Evans said. "This is a defining moment," Evans said. "The voters will have the final say in 2026, and this administration will be doing everything we can to keep people in a position to understand why this is so important. I believe this is the first time, probably in Wayne County's history, that every community — regardless of size — will have a seat at the table to offer input as we create a transit plan.' Evans also used the speech to cite the accomplishments of his administration over the past year, including preparing the county for weather-related emergencies, handling hazardous waste coming from out of state and construction projects. There'd be "shovels in the ground next week," he said, for the Allen Road Grade Separation Project, an effort to ease traffic delays from a rail crossing on Allen Road in the city of Woodhaven. The project will lower the road, which will be dedicated to vehicles, and build a bridge above the road for the train. That was welcome news for Republican state Rep. Jamie Thompson, of Brownstown, whose district includes Woodhaven. The train affects her daily, she said. She was excited to hear about the groundbreaking and said she would hold officials to it. "What ends up happening in this area is, if you get stopped by any of those trains, any four of them, you're stuck for 45 minutes. You have no way around, because no matter which way you go, there's another train. So, it's been a huge issue for a very long time," she said. She said she appreciated that Evans delivered his annual address Downriver because the community often 'gets lost in the shuffle' and doesn't get as much attention as other major cities, she said. Wayne County, made up of 43 cities and townships, is home to nearly 1.8 million people, according to 2020 Census estimates. The county saw a population increase of about 9,000 in the last year, Evans said. That's the first time since 2018 that Wayne County added residents, the Free Press reported last month. Detroit Free Press staff writer Clara Hendrickson contributed to this report. Contact Nushrat Rahman: nrahman@ Follow her on X: @NushratR. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Cash aid program for new moms coming to Wayne County
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29-01-2025
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SchoolHouse Connection and University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions Launch Comprehensive Data Profiles on Child and Youth Homelessness
These profiles organize and analyze federal data over a four-year period. WASHINGTON, DC / / January 29, 2025 / SchoolHouse Connection, in partnership with the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative, today announced the launch of new, updated interactive data profiles examining child and youth homelessness across the United States. These profiles organize and analyze federal data over a four-year period. "Child and youth homelessness is largely invisible in our communities and in our schools," said Barbara Duffield, Executive Director of SchoolHouse Connection. "These data profiles help shine a light on these students, the harmful impact of homelessness on their school attendance and achievement, and where progress can be made." The interactive dashboard allows users to explore homelessness trends across multiple geographic areas - from national and state levels to local communities, U.S. Congressional districts, and state legislative districts. New features help school districts assess whether they may be under-identifying students experiencing homelessness and highlight districts that are categorized as "severely underfunded" - those that have identified students experiencing homelessness but do not receive McKinney-Vento subgrants to serve them. Users can also compare educational outcomes between homeless students and their housed peers through critical indicators such as chronic absenteeism and graduation rates. "The data profiles make information on children experiencing homelessness easily accessible to decision makers at local, state, and national levels," said Jennifer Erb-Downward, Director of Housing Stability Programs and Policy Initiatives at Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. "This is the kind of information that is needed if we are going to come together to truly prevent and solve homelessness." Join Us for a Deep Dive into the Data SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions will host a webinar today, January 29, at 12PM Eastern to demonstrate the features of the new data profiles and discuss key findings. Participants will learn how to: Navigate the interactive dashboard Interpret trends and patterns in the data Use this information to inform local and state policy To register for the webinar, click here. The recording will be available here within 1-2 business days. The data profiles are now available at About SchoolHouse Connection SchoolHouse Connection is a national non-profit organization working to overcome homelessness through education. We provide strategic advocacy and practical assistance in partnership with early childhood programs, schools, institutions of higher education, service providers, families, and youth. About University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions Poverty Solutions is a university-wide presidential initiative on a mission to partner with communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty through action-based research. SchoolHouse Connection is a national non-profit organization working to overcome homelessness through education. We provide strategic advocacy and practical assistance in partnership with schools, early childhood programs, institutions of higher education, service providers, families, and youth. Our vision is that children and youth experiencing homelessness have full access to quality learning, birth through higher education, so they will never be homeless as adults, and the next generation will never be homeless. To learn more, please visit Contact Details Barbara Duffield, (202) 549-7668+1 202-549-7668barbara@ Company Website SOURCE: SchoolHouse Connection View the original press release on ACCESS Newswire Sign in to access your portfolio
