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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