WDET

Tags > Poverty

May 07

Poverty Worsens For Wayne County Children
by: Pat Batcheller

More than 50 percent of children in Detroit live in poverty, about one in three countywide.

Comments
Mar 20

Call to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage
by: J. Carlisle Larsen

Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Seth Harris speaks with WDET's J. Carlisle Larsen about the President's call to raise the national minimum wage.

Comments
Feb 22

Summer Bridge Card-style Program Aims at Childhood Hunger
by: Pat Batcheller

Low-income families in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and mid-Michigan benefit from pilot program.

Comments
Feb 11

Legal Aid for Poor is Scarce - The Craig Fahle Show

For many, access to legal aid is dwindling. FLAP (Family Law Assistance Project) Executive Director Bill Knight and Oakland County Bar Foundation President Liz Luckenbach speak with Craig about the findings of a recent study from the State Bar of Michigan, which states that for every 13,222 people living in poverty in the state of Michigan, there is one legal aid attorney.

Comments
Jan 31

Report: More Michigan Children Live In Poverty Since '05
by: Pat Batcheller

Kids Count report data book says poverty touched all counties, regardless of income level.

Comments
Jan 23

Warming Centers Take In Homeless
by: Pat Batcheller

Cass Community Social Services and Operation Get Down give homeless people a place to get out of the cold.

Comments
Jan 22

Free Tax Help for Low-Income Families
by: Pat Batcheller

Accountants volunteer to help at Focus:HOPE on January 26, February 2, and February 9.

Comments
Jan 10

Ecorse Balances Budget Again
by: Pat Batcheller

City banks $2.4 million in general fund. Emergency Financial Manager Joyce Parker explains how.

Comments
Dec 10

Long-term Unemployed Face "Human" Cliff
by: Pat Batcheller

Rep. Levin says jobless benefits could run out soon for thousands of Michigan residents.

Comments
Nov 12

Gerry Brisson On Why to Donate to Gleaners - The Craig Fahle Show

Gerry Brisson, Senior Vice President of Advancement at Gleaners Food Bank, talks about why people should donate to food banks.

Comments
Oct 17

This Haunted House Will Scare the "H" Out Of You!
by: Pat Batcheller

Cass Community Social Services opens Detroit Urban Legends Haunted House this weekend.

Comments
Oct 03

In The Matrix: Fighting Poverty
by: Pat Batcheller

Non-profit's anti-poverty program to become national model.

Comments
Sep 24

US Census: Michigan Poverty
by: J. Carlisle Larsen

The U-S Census Bureau has released its 2010 - 2011 figures on poverty throughout the country. Michigan’s poverty rate increased for the third straight year with nearly 18-percent of the population below the poverty line. Doctor Sheldon Danziger is a professor at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He tells WDET’s J. Carlisle Larsen that the poverty rates are tied directly to slow economic recovery caused by the Great Recession.

Comments

Bullseye

Sun 3 p.m.–4 p.m.

Listen Now

Learn More

Radiolab

Fri 2 p.m.–3 p.m.

Sun 4 p.m.–5 p.m.

Learn More

Poverty Worsens For Wayne County Children

Call to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage

Summer Bridge Card-style Program Aims at Childhood Hunger

Legal Aid for Poor is Scarce - The Craig Fahle Show

Report: More Michigan Children Live In Poverty Since '05

Warming Centers Take In Homeless

Free Tax Help for Low-Income Families

Ecorse Balances Budget Again

Long-term Unemployed Face "Human" Cliff

Gerry Brisson On Why to Donate to Gleaners - The Craig Fahle Show

This Haunted House Will Scare the "H" Out Of You!

In The Matrix: Fighting Poverty

US Census: Michigan Poverty

Bullseye

Sun 3 p.m.–4 p.m.

Radiolab

Fri 2 p.m.–3 p.m. Sun 4 p.m.–5 p.m.

Fri 2 p.m.–3 p.m.

Sun 4 p.m.–5 p.m.