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Poverty in Michigan
Poverty grows in Michigan

Spotlight

• Child Nutrition Act Fact Sheet PDF icon

• Click here for the most recent U.S. Census data on poverty in the U.S., Michigan and local communities.
This is the Census Bureau's Sept. 28, 2010 update of the American Community Survey.

• Double Up Food Bucks Comes to the Battle Creek Area PDF icon

• Double Up Food Bucks Comes to Washtenaw County PDF icon

• www.TraverseBayPRI.org -- Region 2 website
Regular web updates on poverty reduction accomplishments in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties.


Families

• Michigan Community Action Agency Association

• Michigan League for Human Services


Children

• First Focus: The Cost of Doing Nothing. PDF icon
An addition of three million children to the ranks of the poor would mean an overall economic loss of at least $1.7 trillion over the lifetime of these children.

• The Center for American Progress
Read the Center's report on child poverty.

• Michigan's Early Childhood Investment Corporation

• Children's Trust Fund

• Michigan's Children


Michigan Business One Stop
Link to Department and Agencies Web Site Index
Link to Statewide Online Services Index
Link to Statewide Web-based Surveys
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Quick Links
 •  Michigan Works! Association
 •  Campaign to End Homelessness
 •  Michigan Promise Scholarship
 •  JET
 •  Earned Income Tax Credit
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