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Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $170,000 from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for her study: Testing Long-Term Impacts of Individual Development Account and Asset Building on Social and Economic Well-Being.
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $50,000 from the Annie E. Casey Foundation for her study: Testing Long-Term Impacts of Individual Development Account and Asset Building on Social and Economic Well-Being.
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $17,500 from the National Poverty Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for her study: Testing Long-Term Impacts of Individual Development Account and Asset Building on Social and Economic Well-Being.
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $50,000 from FB Heron Foundation for her study: Testing Long-Term Impacts of Individual Development Account and Asset Building on Social and Economic Well-Being.
Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale

HUD's OUP Announced publishing the: Research in Focus Inaugural Edition including the article: "Assessing the Effectiveness of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) (Highlighted Grantee: Dr. Michal Grinstein-Weiss, 2001
EDSRG and 2003 DDRG grantee)." Click here to read this edition

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $750,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to study the long-term impact of Individual Development Accounts and asset building on social and economic well-being. Co-Principal Investigators: Michael Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale.

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss was invited by the Israeli Ministery of Social Affairs and Social Services to give the opening remarks at the Senior Staff for Social Policy in Israel Podium: "New Programs to Alleviate Poverty - The Role of the Ministry of Social Affairs," held in Jerusalem, Israel. Michal's presentation, "IDAs and Asset Building in the United States: Innovation in Poverty Alleviation,"

laid the foundation for three additional presentations and an open discussion for all attendees. This prestigious conference examined the new reform recently enacted in Israel to address the growing problem of poverty and inequality, and the role of the Ministry of Social Affairs in addressing poverty. The conference was attended by Israeli government officials, researchers, policy experts, and practitioners. Click here to see a short movie of the presentation

Click here to read Contact, UNC School of Social Work Magazine, article about Dr. Grinstein work in Israel

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss' work was reported in the HUD publication "Ideas that Work." Click here to see the full article

Dr. Grinstein-Weiss' policy brief on IDAs was published by the Institute for Health and Social Affairs, a government affiliated think-tank in Korea. This policy brief was translated to Korean and distributed to government officers, major social work agencies, and universities throughout Korea. Click here to see the full article or click here for the English translation that was published as a working paper by the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis.

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