State of Opportunity
This reporting project wrapped up in 2018.
State of Opportunity was a multi-year reporting and community engagement project focused on how poverty affects children in Michigan. It will shed light on the challenges of growing up or raising kids while struggling to pay the bills and highlight the successes and the resilience of these families and the people who serve them.
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School is almost out for summer! For some students, that means camp. For others, it means time to get a job. For the three high school sophomores you’re… -
We think of scholarships as a way to help more students go to college. But there’s a new scholarship program in Michigan that has nothing to do with… -
As part of our State of Opportunity project, we’re following parents as they struggle to get off public assistance and make a better future for their… -
The debate over federal spending cuts has made Head Start a major topic of conversation in Washington. Leaders from both parties warn that tens of… -
There's a growing consensus that more needs to be done to prepare children for kindergarten. But does preschool really have a significant impact on the… -
Health insurance is such a political issue, talked about all the time and so dispassionately, that it can be easy to forget just how important it is to… -
State of Opportunity is covering tomorrow's announcement of poverty estimates by the Census Bureau. The numbers will show how many Americans lived in…
