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UM: Before COVID about 14% of state residents were living in poverty, 29% near it

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Get the newsShare This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutThe Michigan Poverty and Well-Being Map has been published since 2017 as part of an effort to assist federal, state and local poverty alleviationA link has been sent to your friend's email address.A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read theWelcome to our new and improved comments.This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.You will need to register before adding a comment.Typed comments will be lost if you are not logged in.Please be polite.It's OK to disagree with someone's ideas, but personal attacks, insults, threats, hate speech, advocating violence and other violations can result in a ban.If you see comments in violation of our , please report them.Ann Arbor&nbsp;— Even before Michigan exceeded&nbsp;Great Recession-level weekly unemployment numbers in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, 14% of residents were&nbsp;below the poverty line, University of Michigan researchers say.Michigan's poverty rate is just one of nine indicators included in the released&nbsp;by the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions, which aims&nbsp;to prevent and alleviate poverty through action-based research."Even before the pandemic spread to Michigan, there were many people struggling, and that shows up in a number of different ways on the Poverty and Well-Being Map," said H. Luke Shaefer, the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy.The Michigan Poverty and Well-Being Map has been published since 2017 as part of an effort to assist federal, state and local poverty alleviation initiatives.The following Michigan counties have the highest poverty rates:Isabella County: 23.4%Lake County: 22.3%Wayne County: 21.7%Luce County: 20.7%Clare County: 20.6%The Poverty and Well-Being Map also tracks people whose income level is above the federal poverty line, but&nbsp;cannot afford a basic household budget. The&nbsp;Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed (ALICE) metric provides a&nbsp;sense of how many Michiganians are struggling financially, said Jennifer Erb-Downward, a senior research associate at Poverty Solutions.The following Michigan counties have the highest percentage of ALICE households:Baraga County: 43.0%Alger County: 40.6%Luce County: 40.1%Montmorency County: 38.7%Lake County: 38.3%The map also tracks&nbsp;the percentage of students who have experienced homelessness by the time they reach fifth grade—7.6% of students statewide.Erb-Downward has done research linking&nbsp;child homelessness and chronic absenteeism, which hurts students' academic performance. She anticipates the COVID-19 pandemic will leave even more families without a stable place to live.The following counties have the highest rate of student homelessness by fifth grade:Oceana County: 27.4%Lake County: 25.5%Iosco County: 22.9%Alcona County: 22.4%Ogemaw and Newaygo counties: 18.8%There is also evidence of an undercount of homeless children in Wayne County, Erb-Downward said, which&nbsp;means the percentage of children who experience homelessness by the end of elementary school is likely much higher than the data show for Southeast Michigan as a whole.Twitter: Read or Share this story: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/04/umich-before-covid-14-percent-of-state-residents-were-living-in-poverty/3078592001/to help improve our site experience!More Stories

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