In July, about 900 city of Detroit employees could see their wages rise to $21.45 an hour, or $44,616 a year.
Health and Welfare
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A third of Detroiters live below the poverty level. Could that change?
Luke Shaefer and Benita Miller recently joined Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield’s administration as part of her push to “break the cycle of poverty.”
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Detroit lags on toxic demo dirt testing, puts more protocols in place
New safeguards were first announced after a January Free Press report found neighbors of contaminated sites unaware of the risk, and environmental experts critical of the city’s dirt testing protocols.
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Commentary: Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short‑term solutions
In November 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revised how it would allocate funding through its flagship homelessness program, the Continuum of Care.
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Mayor Sheffield taps Dearborn exec as Detroit’s chief health officer
Abazeed is a three-time graduate of the University of Michigan and moved to Washington, DC in 2017 to serve as a public health adviser for the National Institutes of Health.
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Pregnant moms in U.P. can get $4,500: Who qualifies, how to apply
The program − which grew out of Flint two years ago and is funded with public and private dollars − is operating in 39 communities so far, including Detroit.
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The therapeutic benefits of storytelling for seniors | One Detroit
One Detroit’s Bill Kubota talked to a psychologist specializing in the well-being of aging Americans and a doctor and professor who’s made it her mission to bring the benefits of storytelling into her Harvard Medical School classroom.
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Detroit redirects nearly half of housing budget to fund new department
The Department of Human, Homeless and Family Services, which will get going with $41 million from the Housing and Revitalization Department budget, takes over a variety of “people-centered issues.
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How conversations impact the lives of senior citizens and their caregivers | One Detroit
In this segment, One Detroit contributor Sarah Zientarski sits down with caregivers and senior citizens at American House in Livonia to explore the role of compassion, conversation, and community.
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Rea Tajiri on telling her story in caregiving film ‘Wisdom Gone Wild,’ a look at expert caregiving panel | One Detroit
As part of Detroit PBS’ yearlong caregiving initiative, the station, in partnership with the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, the Asian American Journalists Association – Michigan Chapter, and Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation recently hosted an evening of film, conversation and community. The event was a co-presentation with POV, which showcases independent films on PBS.