Reports

• The Michigan Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index

• Policy Brief: Elders Living on the Edge: When Basic Needs Exceed Income in Michigan (Policy Brief)

 

Media

• 8-16-11, Demographic Tidal Wave Makes Retirement Less Certain, WHMI 93.5
  
• 8-2-11, Uncertainty in Washington Concerns Seniors, Gaylord Herald Times
• 7-27-11, WSU Research Finds One-Third of Seniors Financially Insecure, The South End

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State Resources

• State Plan on Services to Michigan's Older Adults
• Invisible Poverty: New Measure Unveils Financial Hardship in Michigan's Older Adult Population - Analysis of Population Below the Elder Index in Michigan
• Fact Sheet: Michigan Elder Economic Security Initiative

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Press Kit

• PRESS RELEASE: Invisible Poverty: One in Three Michigan Seniors Can’t Afford Basics (July 2011)
• PRESS RELEASE: Release of Michigan Data on Poverty Reinforces Need to Strengthen Housing Supports for Elders (September 29, 2009)
• POST RELEASE: Michigan Elders Living on the Edge - New Report Shows Basic Needs Are Exceeding Income (July 16, 2009)
• PRESS RELEASE: Introduction of Measuring American Poverty Act - "Long Overdue" National and State Organizations Show Strong Support Call Federal Poverty Level "Unrealistic" (July 21, 2008)