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ADVISORY FROM EXPERTS
Professors at the University of Michigan are ready to converse about the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 evaluation of poverty and income data, set to publish on Sept. 9.
The Supplemental Poverty Rate—favored by a majority of academics—stood at 12.9% in 2023, encompassing 42.8 million individuals in poverty. For renting families consisting of two adults and two children, the poverty threshold in 2023 was $37,482.
Luke Shaefer holds the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professorship in Social Justice and Social Policy, serves as a professor in public policy and social work, and is the faculty director for Poverty Solutions at U-M, a comprehensive initiative aimed at preventing and mitigating poverty via research grounded in action. Shaefer focuses on poverty and social welfare policies, particularly on tax credits as methods to alleviate poverty. He is a co-creator of Rx Kids, the first national communitywide maternal and infant health cash prescription initiative.
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Trina Shanks serves as the Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and is a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research. Her research examines the effects of poverty and affluence on children’s welfare; asset accumulation policies and practices throughout various life stages; and community and economic advancement.
Contact: [email protected]
Kristin Seefeldt is an associate professor of social work and public policy and serves as the senior associate faculty director of Poverty Solutions at U-M. Her research investigates how economic shifts and policy amendments influence the daily experiences of economically disadvantaged families, and she is currently spearheading a guaranteed income initiative and research project in Ann Arbor.
Contact: [email protected]
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