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Supporting Michigan’s Poorest Families with Young Children from Birth to Age Three
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2012 data on poverty rates across the country and the data was bleak for Michigan. While our child poverty rate did not increase from the previous year, it remained stagnant, demonstrating that … Continue reading
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Tagged child care, early childhood, home visiting, poverty, return on investment
Child Abuse Prevention Month ≈ Month of the Young Child
This month, child advocates across the country are promoting awareness around two very important issues. April marks the national Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Young Child. Coincidentally, these two topics have a lot of overlap since … Continue reading
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Tagged child abuse, equity, poverty, prevention, young children
Will We Let Michigan Fall Off the Cliff?
The elections now seem like a distant past as talk of the federal “fiscal cliff” has taken over the media. While the political showdown in Washington, D.C. may seem like typical hoopla, folks in Michigan should care about the looming … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Congress, families, fiscal cliff, poverty
A Double Whammy
$492. That’s the maximum monthly Family Independence Program (FIP) benefit for a family of three in Michigan. However, between September of last year and February, more than 46,000 kids lost cash assistance due to Michigan’s new time limit. $432. That … Continue reading
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Tagged cash assistance, EITC, poverty
Hearings on deaf ears?
On October 1, 2011 over 11,000 families and nearly 30,000 children were removed from the state’s Family Independence Program (FIP) caseload in Michigan. However, a federal judge ordered a temporary injunction halting these cuts saying that the state did not … Continue reading
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Tagged cash assistance, equity, poverty
