Table 3.

Proposed solutions for three Urban HEART indicators

Indicator	Proposed solutions
Percent children not living in poverty	• Provide subsidized housing to assure parents with low income can use their money on other things to support their children. • Provide minimum income to households with young children to assure basic needs are met. • Improve parents’ access to job training to improve employment prospects.
Percent high school education	• Increase housing stability so kids are not homeless or changing schools all the time. • Provide platform/opportunity to engage students on the fringes of dropping out. • Invest in schools so kids get a high-quality education. • Provide hands-on learning, vocational training, and job training while in school. • Provide college classes/credit opportunities for high school students to get into college. • Incentivize high school completion (e.g., offer tuition support for college).
Percent in labor force	• Provide companies better incentives to move to Detroit. • Create policies that ensure that a proportion of all new jobs created in the city should go to local residents. • Provide workforce development training in the community. • Provide support services to enable people to work (e.g., transportation, childcare).