State of Opportunity

Series produced by Michigan Radio

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State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio 

What can be done to break the cycle of poverty and improve opportunities for the most disadvantaged children?

Michigan Radio’s State of Opportunity project is looking at what can be done to break the cycle of poverty and improve opportunities for the most disadvantaged children. We’re examining the impact that healthcare, schools, family, the local community, and public policy have on child development…from cradle to college.


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The Teen Parent Center is a housing shelter in Grand Rapids for teen moms with nowhere else to stay. The shelter is run by the Salvation Army, and ...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Our State of Opportunity team has spent the last several months reporting on preschool. But there’s one aspect of preschool we haven’t touched o...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
Caption: Keisha Johnson walks her kids to school., Credit: Jennifer Guerra
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 the...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A family photo of Keisha Johnson and her three children, Credit: Keisha Johnson
When it comes to the “cycle of poverty,” the brutal truth is more than forty percent of children raised in poverty stay in poverty as adults. Among...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01