How to support ALICE households at scale
In my last post, I explored the data in the latest ALICE report which showed that the share of Michigan households that did not earn
The young adult B.A. advantage is growing
Conventional wisdom is overwhelmingly that earning a B.A. is now less and less valuable. The reality is the exact opposite: the young adult B.A. advantage
Economy improves, ALICE rate goes up
The Michigan Association of United Ways recently released a 2024 update to their 2023 ALICE report. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and
The transformational impact of a working parents tax cut
We have been arguing that our proposal for a working parents tax cut would be transformational for hardworking Michigan parents with young children. Our proposed
Michigan is missing talent-magnet neighborhoods
Last year, we released a proposal for the Neighborhood Talent Concentration Initiative (NTCI). The proposal was built on what we see as the new calculus
Helping one child is fantastic – but how about we help 250,000 in one year
As the leader of a youth-focused foundation in Detroit, I know firsthand that the Working Parents Tax Cut is a life-changing policy for hardworking families
