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Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received more
than $450,000 from the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation ($400,000), FB Heron Foundation
($25,000) and Annie E. Casey Foundation ($40,000),
for her reaserch - Testing Long-Term Impacts of
Individual Development Account and Asset Building
on Social and Economic Well-Being. Co-PI: Michael
Sherraden, William M. Rohe, and William Gale
Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received $20,000
from the National Center for Marriage Research
for her research - Does Homeownership Affect Relationship
Stability: Evidence from an Event History Analysis.Co-PI:
Pajarita Charles and Kim Manturuk
Responsible
Homeownership
Protecting Homeowners Today, Guiding Policymakers
Tomorrow
New America Foundation
Featured Speaker: Sheila Bair, Chairman,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Presenters: Roberto G. Quercia, Michael
Grinstein-Weiss and Janneke Ratcliff
Center for Community Capital, The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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to view C-SPAN
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to read article
Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $125,000
from the Rockefeller 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 $60,000
from the Smith Richardson Foundation Domestic
Public Policy Research Fellowship Program for
her study: Testing Long-Term Impacts of Individual
Development Account and Asset Building on Social
and Economic Well-Being.
Dr. Grinstein-Weiss received a $36,287
from the Department of Health and Human Services
for her study: Evaluation Design for Assets for
Independence
Programs.
Urban Institute, funding from Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), US
Co-Principal Investigator: William M. Rohe
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
"UNC
School of Social Work faculty search for solutions
to help people cope with troubled economy"
School of Social Work media
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.
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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,"
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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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