It’s traumatic to repeatedly hear about the poverty in Central New York. The good news is we have the ingredients to quell the suffering: money and solutions that work. We need a coalition to work ...

Driving through the Garfield Park neighborhoods, I am often awestruck by the many images of beauty, including institutions, like the Golden Dome and Garfield Park Conservatory. But also by the sight ...

As Congress debates major tax reforms, a proven anti-poverty tool hangs in the balance: the child tax credit. This credit reduces a family’s tax bill by up to $2,000 per child, but its current ...

While the economy was a key topic of discussion for the two presidential candidates when they met on the debate stage for the first time on Tuesday, the duel ended without explicit consideration of ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Since 1906, Matrix Human Services has helped Detroit ...

The government struggles with a lot — but one thing it excels at is writing checks. There’s a reason Social Security is one of the U.S. government’s most popular programs: Fraud is minimal. There’s ...

Since the launch of the Florida Prosperity Initiative, the number of children living in poverty has declined by more than 200 ...

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ANN ARBOR, MI — A new Ann Arbor program to give 100 households $528 per month in guaranteed income for two years is gearing up to accept applications. The University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions ...

Mayor Mary Sheffield tapped a U of M expert to spearhead her sweeping policy agenda on the systemic issue of poverty. Why it matters: Her announcement of Luke Shaefer becoming the city's first chief ...