The Michigan state police awarded two million dollars to schools across the state to improve safety.
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Federal funding is going to help homeless youth in northern Michigan
33 million dollars in federal grant money has been awarded ten communities across the nation; Including a group of counties in northern Michigan. The money is earmarked to help address youth homelessness.
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Grant money will support Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary
A grant has been awarded to the only marine sanctuary in the state.
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Over $96 million in sewer grants awarded statewide
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The money is being used, in some cases, to fund what officials call innovative approaches to addressing waste water.
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Michigan has been awarded a federal grant to combat opioid abuse
The $2.25 million grant will be distributed over three years by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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$1.2 million grant will help in efforts to increase access to care for children with epilepsy in Michigan
Michigan is providing one (point) two million dollars to improve access to specialized pediatric epilepsy services.
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Up to 40 million in grants will be distributed to select schools across the state
The Michigan Department of Education selected 14 low performing schools to split the 40 million dollar grant.
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Recycling efforts in northeast Michigan are expected to increase due to new grant funding
The $35,000 grant goes toward a recycling project aimed to recover resources, and decrease landfill usage.
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More than eight-and-a-half million dollars in grants is now available for organizations that provide services to crime victims in Michigan
The money will go to organizations that provide services for abuse victims and victims of underserved crimes That includes families of murder victims and people injured by drunk drivers.
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The Michigan Humanities Council has awarded grant money to support Native American heritage as part of a unique Michigan tour event
A 25,000 dollar grant was given to the Lake Huron Discovery Tour.
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Genesee County awarded a 300-thousand dollar EPA grant to continue cleanup at a former GM facility
More than a million dollars in grants have been awarded to clean up Michigan Brownfield sites.
300-thousand of that money has been earmarked to clean up a former GM facility in Flint.
Brownfield sites are designated by cities, as areas for cleanup and revitalization. Continue reading
First step: creating cures from worms
Dr. Xantha Karp, examining her nematodes.
More than a quarter million dollars in grant money from the National Institutes of Health was recently awarded to a microbiologist from CMU in order to bolster a certain type of stem cell research.
Dr. Xantha Karp is a CMU professor, and the lead microbiologist on this stem cell research project.
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Sault tribe receives $300K for education programs
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians recently received over a quarter million dollars from the federal government to bolster their education programs. Continue reading
Petoskey State Park will soon expand, after recent federal award to the state
The state plans on purchasing a 1,400 foot stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline adjacent to Petoskey State Park, thanks to a recently awarded federal grant. Continue reading
CMU receives multi-million dollar grant to expand STEM programs
Science and math camp at CMU
Central Michigan University has received a five-million dollar grant to help expand STEM programs.
The donation from the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation will help create more science, technology, engineering and math programs, also known as STEM, for children ages 10 to 15. Continue reading
The DEQ grants quarter million dollars for ‘Trail Towns’
The state granted more than a quarter-million dollars for improving coastal trails and nearby towns across the state.
Grand Traverse County received the single largest grant, just under $100,000.
The rest of the money was parceled out to the Clinton River Watershed Council, and three other environmental groups farther south.
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Saginaw Bay Conservation and Development awarded federal grant to work on Great Lakes restoration
A central Michigan organization has been awarded a federal grant to help restore the Great Lakes and its watersheds.
The Saginaw Bay Conservation and Development Center was awarded a $30,000 grant to work on the Cass River. Work will focus on things like streambank stabilization, fish habitat restoration and sediment reduction.
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Mid-Michigan Community College to receive federal grant for TRIO program
A federal grant for over $200,000 has been awarded to Mid-Michigan Community college.
The money is used to help high risk students with being successful at college.
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State announces grants to help prevent campus sexual assault
The state is asking colleges and universities to submit proposals to help prevent campus sexual assaults. It will award $500,000 in grants to help fund programs that are approved.
First Lady Sue Snyder is leading the effort. She detailed the grant process during a press call on Wednesday. Continue reading
Indoor farmers market set to come to the City of Harrison
Construction will begin soon on a new year-round farmers market in the City of Harrison.
The Clare County community was awarded nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to build a permanent farmers market. Right now, the market utilizes tents set up in a downtown parking lot. Continue reading
Saginaw Fire Department’s SAFER Grant extended to September
A grant for Saginaw’s Fire Department has been extended through September. The move is saving fifteen jobs.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant was scheduled to end June 30th, but was given a temporary extension.
Saginaw police use safe neighborhood grant to reduce violence in the city.
The Saginaw police are planning to use the summer months to reconnect with city youth and continue work on lowering the city’s crime rates.
To that end, police are beginning to tap into a 174 thousand dollar grant through Project Safe Neighborhood.
“What we plan on to use the grant for is to basically re-engage with youth, within the school system. To put school resource officers back into the schools on a part time basis, here in the city of Saginaw,” said Robert Ruth, the Chief of Police in Saginaw. Working with children; trying to re-engage with them.”
Ruth says the department also plans to use the money to increase enforcement in the streets by targeting gun and gang violence.
The funding comes from a $500 thousand grant aimed at reducing gun and gang violence in the city, given by the US Department of Justice Safe Neighborhoods project.
Arenac and Wexford county receive $3.4 sewer upgrades to address contaminated water
Old sewage systems have contaminated surface and groundwater in Arenac County for years, according to officials with the Michigan USDA.
This month the USDA announced more than $3 million in grants will be going to two towns in Arenac and Wexford counties to fix these systems. Continue reading
Another million for Michigan waters
The Michigan DNR has awarded one-and-a-quarter million dollars to 7 projects through its Aquatic Habitat Grant Program.
Friends of the Shiawassee received the single largest donation, $365-thousand, for their dam removal project.
Gary Burk is the Board Director for the Friends, he says the project is important for a number of reasons.
“We were actually approached by the State as to whether we could be a local agency to help direct grant dollars and project management for the removal of that dam. There’s a number of reasons for the removal. It’s a deteriorated structure, and we’d like to restore connectivity to the river. Plus, there have been some drownings at the dam.”
For a full list of the projects that were awarded grant money from the DNR visit their website here.
Lawmakers are pushing for human trafficking awareness training for healthcare workers
Michigan’s Junior U.S. Senator is leading a new push at the federal level to fight back against human trafficking.
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