The following requests are listed in alphabetical order. You can find the Senator's financial certification letter for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies requests here.
Project Title: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Incubator Center
Recipient Name: Jackson College
Project Purpose: The project will establish an AI Incubator Center to prepare students for changing economic and workforce dynamics and provide collaborative opportunities with K-12 partners, entrepreneurs, and local industries.
Project Location: Jackson, Michigan
Requested Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Aviation Maintenance Technology Training Program
Recipient Name: Lansing Community College
Project Purpose: The project will allow for the purchase of an airplane and avionics package, operations manuals, and repair materials for the college’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of aircraft’s operation and maintenance to meet industry workforce needs.
Project Location: Lansing, Michigan
Requested Amount: $730,000
Project Title: Behavioral Health Crisis Stabilization Unit Services
Recipient Name: County of Kent
Project Purpose: The project supports the Crisis Stabilization Unit, which delivers behavioral health services to individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
Project Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Title: Behavioral Health Specialist
Recipient Name: City of Wyoming
Project Purpose: The project supports the salary of a behavioral health specialist to co-respond to mental health crises.
Project Location: Wyoming, Michigan
Requested Amount: $155,000
Project Title: Career Tech Center
Recipient Name: Kent Intermediate School District
Project Purpose: The project will reduce the waitlist for CTE courses at the Kent Career Tech Center (KCTC) to ensure that all students have access to courses that prepare them for high-demand careers in fields such as health care, manufacturing, information technology, and skilled trades.
Project Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Requested Amount: $750,000
Project Title: Childcare Support for Student Parents Program
Recipient Name: Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential
Project Purpose: The project supports the state’s “Study without Stress: Improving Childcare Support for Student Parents” program by improving data, policy, and on-campus support for student parents.
Project Location: Lansing, Michigan
Requested Amount: $704,000
Project Title: College and Career Readiness Center
Recipient Name: Shiawassee Regional Education Service District
Project Purpose: The project will provide current industry equipment in high school Career and Technical Education training programs to ensure students are well-prepared for high demand and high wage roles with regional employers.
Project Location: Corunna, Michigan
Requested Amount: $267,000
Project Title: College of Aviation Workforce Recruitment and Training Program
Recipient Name: Western Michigan University
Project Purpose: The project will invest in recruitment and training equipment to prepare highly qualified graduates for the aviation industry.
Project Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Requested Amount: $909,000
Project Title: Credit Recovery Program
Recipient Name: Lansing School District
Project Purpose: The project would support staff and equipment for students’ credit recovery, including hiring teachers and school counselors, to improve graduation readiness.
Project Location: Lansing, Michigan
Requested Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Cybersecurity Innovation Center
Recipient Name: Northern Michigan University
Project Purpose: The project will construct an advanced cybersecurity classroom and laboratory project, including upgrading the school’s Auto and Truck Cyber Program and utilizing a mobile cybersecurity lab that can be brought to K-12 students.
Project Location: Marquette, Michigan
Requested Amount: $606,000
Project Title: Digital Manufacturing Small Business Workforce Development Program
Recipient Name: University of Michigan-Dearborn
Project Purpose: The project will establish an accessible and scalable Digital Manufacturing Workforce development program to address digital skill gaps and empower small and medium-sized businesses in Michigan to adapt to technological changes.
Project Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Requested Amount: $800,000
Project Title: Finish Line Retention and Completion Program
Recipient Name: Ferris State University
Project Purpose: The program will implement and scale a data-driven program to provide emergency financial aid for at-risk students facing financial hardship to ensure they can compete their credentials.
Project Location: Big Rapids, Michigan
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Title: Upper Peninsula Multi-Agency First Responder Training Center
Recipient Name: Northern Michigan University
Project Purpose: The project would create an Upper Peninsula Multi-Agency Fire/EMS/Police training facility to improve response efficiency and effectiveness of the region’s first responders, increase opportunity for interagency training, and decrease the cost and time requirement currently needed for advanced training.
Project Location: Marquette, Michigan
Requested Amount: $575,000
Project Title: Great Lakes Sustainability Project
Recipient Name: Lake Superior State University
Project Purpose: The Great Lakes Sustainability Project will prepare students for a variety of jobs that contribute to sustaining the Great Lakes freshwater supply, including natural resources, fisheries and wildlife management, conversation biology, parks and recreation, and education.
Project Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Requested Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Grow Detroit Summer Employment Program
Recipient Name: City of Detroit
Project Purpose: The project will expand the city’s program for addressing youth unemployment among Detroit's young population through fostering partnerships, increasing outreach, and providing comprehensive support to participants.
Project Location: Detroit, Michigan
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
Project Title: Lake Huron Environmental Sciences Research Station
Recipient Name: Saginaw Valley State University
Project Purpose: The project will provide equipment and technology upgrades for the Lake Huron Environmental Sciences Research Station that will serve as the headquarters of the Saginaw Bay Environmental Sciences Institute, the Science and Sustainability Education Center, and the Mobile Sciences Laboratory.
Project Location: University Center, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Project Title: The Lenore Croudy Student Success Project
Recipient Name: Mott Community College
Project Purpose: The project will provide support services, such as expanded child care, mental health and other services, at the Lenore Croudy Family Life Center to help students complete programs of study at Mott Community College.
Project Location: Flint, Michigan
Requested Amount: $660,000
Project Title: Lifelong Wellbeing Center
Recipient Name: Michigan State University
Project Purpose: The project will support the construction of the Lifelong Wellbeing Center, which will foster campus and community partnerships and provide community space, multipurpose classrooms and programming, and hybrid classroom space.
Project Location: East Lansing, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,250,000
Project Title: Masonry Trades and Community College Partnership
Recipient Name: Schoolcraft Community College District
Project Purpose: Schoolcraft College is partnering with the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers to create a collaborative learning model to prepare students for the trades while earning college credit.
Project Location: Livonia, Michigan
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
Project Title: Mental Health Crisis Co-Response Pilot Program
Recipient Name: City of Grand Rapids
Project Purpose: The project will expand the police department’s pilot program that deploys a trained crisis intervention team officer and a trained mental health professional into the field to respond to calls where a mental health crisis exists.
Project Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Requested Amount: $130,000
Project Title: Michigan Veteran and Underserved Urban and Rural Education Program
Recipient Name: Grand Valley State University
Project Purpose: The project will develop and expand curricula to veterans and underserved students by blending regional campuses across Michigan with flexible online learning.
Project Location: Allendale, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Project Title: Michigan Workforce Support and Economic Transition Office
Recipient Name: Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Project Purpose: The project establishes outreach and support services for transition-impacted automotive and utility workers.
Project Location: Lansing, Michigan
Requested Amount: $750,000
Project Title: Public Safety Technology
Recipient Name: Northern Michigan University
Project Purpose: The project upgrades the remaining legacy security cameras and increases storage capacity for the entire security camera system to enhance safety measures.
Project Location: Marquette, Michigan
Requested Amount: $500,000
Project Title: Saginaw Medical Diamond Project
Recipient Name: City of Saginaw
Project Purpose: The City of Saginaw is partnering with the Central Michigan College of Medicine to construct a behavioral health center and public health department building to improve health outcomes of underserved populations in northern lower Michigan.
Project Location: Saginaw, Michigan
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
Project Title: Senior Wellness Center
Recipient Name: City of Livonia
Project Purpose: The project will relocate an outdated senior center to a new community recreation center, which will provide health, wellness, and recreation programs and services for Livonia's seniors.
Project Location: Livonia, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Project Title: Southeast Michigan Student Success Center
Recipient Name: Henry Ford College
Project Purpose: The project supports students’ needs related to advising, financial aid, career focus and retention, and student life services including transportation, emergency grants, work study, and student counseling.
Project Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,774,000
Project Title: STEM Innovation and Education Center
Recipient Name: Alpena Community College
Project Purpose: The project will improve dual enrollment and early college outreach to regional K-12 districts; advance research, education, and training around renewable energy and grid resilience.
Project Location: Jackson, Michigan
Requested Amount: $1,750,000
Project Title: Student Success Center
Recipient Name: Macomb Community College
Project Purpose: The project will implement and scale student tutoring and academic support services to reduce achievement gaps and improve student success rates.
Project Location: Warren, Michigan
Requested Amount: $230,000
Project Title: Work-Based Learning Project
Recipient Name: Northern Michigan University
Project Purpose: The project supports an integrated work-based learning experience, allowing students to earn academic credit and a salary for work or research performed, and simultaneously providing Upper Peninsula and statewide employers with a more competitive advantage for workforce recruitment.
Project Location: Marquette, Michigan
Requested Amount: $750,000
