Mayor Mary Sheffield is reshuffling city departments and has created new positions to tackle poverty and homelessness in the ...

Nearly two weeks into her role as Detroit mayor, Mary Sheffield has hit the ground running with some major moves in the city.

Detroit’s leadership doesn’t need more data to be reminded of what to do right now. Despite available data that has shown ...

One in two children in Detroit lives in poverty, and roughly one-third of adults across the city live below the poverty line.

Newly sworn-in Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield will support families with newborns through cash assistance as part of the ...

Rx Kids, a program that offers pregnant moms cash assistance, is growing quickly in Michigan. It will come to Detroit next.

New numbers reveal that more than half of all children living in the city of Detroit have fallen below the poverty line. According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau in September, 51% of ...

The city plans to provide $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 a month after birth as part of an effort to reduce infant ...

As part of an effort to address quality of life issues for Detroit residents, Mayor Mary Sheffield has tapped a University of ...

The city of Detroit is becoming the largest city in the state to participate in the Rx Kids program, Detroit Mayor Mary ...

Mayor names city's first-ever Chief Executive of Health, Human Services and Poverty Solutions, director of Human, Homeless ...

Detroit’s school superintendent wants legislators to change a state law that mandates penalties for not meeting daily ...