Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

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 here.

GRCC Center for Automation

Recipient Name: Grand Rapids Community College
Purpose: Create state-of-the-art, fully automated training laboratory
Project Location: Grand Rapids
Requested amount: $997,771

The Bay County Health And Human Services Complex Proposal

Recipient Name: Bay County Health Department
Purpose: Develop a Community Based Health Center and Complex
Project Location: Bay City
Requested amount: $2,000,000

Monroe County Community College - Nursing and Respiratory Therapy Labs

Recipient Name: Monroe County Community College
Purpose: To expand the Health Science program to address health care workforce needs.
Project Location: Monroe
Requested amount: $667,000

Pipeline to Mobility Electric Vehicle Careers

Recipient Name: Wayne County Community College District
Purpose: To create a mobility certification program focused on Automotive Electrification and Testing
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $330,000

Behavioral Health & Wellness Institute of Detroit

Recipient Name: City of Detroit on behalf of the City of Detroit Health Department
Purpose: To provide free access to virtual and in-person evidence-based training, certifications, services, and programs.
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $2,000,000

Meeting Health Needs in Stockbridge and the Surrounding Rural Areas (Stockbridge Area Health Center)

Recipient Name: Stockbridge Community Schools
Purpose: To support the development of a school-based health center
Project Location: Stockbridge
Requested amount: $2,500,000

STEM Astronomy Program Development

Recipient Name: Jackson College
Purpose: To support the development of a new astronomy & astrophysics program
Project Location: Jackson
Requested amount: $377,360

Challenger Learning Center at SC4 – Equipment Support

Recipient Name: St. Clair County Community College
Purpose: To fund interactive equipment which students use to engage in STEM learning.
Project Location: Port Huron Requested amount: $954,600

WKAR/Lansing School District Family Technology Center

Recipient Name: Michigan State University on behalf WKAR Public
Media Purpose: To support the development of the new Lansing School District Family Technology Center
Project Location: East Lansing
Requested amount: $1,500,000

Mott Community College (MCC) – The New Prahl College Center Project

Recipient Name: Charles Stewart Mott Community College
Purpose: To support technology and workspaces needs
Project Location: Flint
Requested amount: $1,660,000

Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory for the Central Michigan Economy, Central Michigan University

Recipient Name: Central Michigan University
Purpose: To enable the people and industries in the central part of the state to fully realize the promise of advanced manufacturing.
Project Location: Mount Pleasant
Requested amount: $2,000,000

Challenger Learning Center at St. Clair County Community College - Program Support

Recipient Name: St. Clair County Community College
Purpose: To support STEM education, with an emphasis on encouraging diversity in science fields, while supporting numerous disciplines in the aerospace industry.
Project Location: Port Huron
Requested amount: $375,000

Clinton Township Inclusive Playground

Recipient Name: Charter Township of Clinton
Purpose: To create an inclusionary play space.
Project Location: Clinton Township Requested amount: $896,000

College of Business enhancement planning

Recipient Name: Eastern Michigan University
Purpose: To support project planning for the relocation of the EMU College of Business
Project Location: Ypsilanti
Requested amount: $140,000

Increasing Digital Literacy Among Older Adults

Recipient Name: Eastern Michigan University
Purpose: To expand the Digital Connecting Corps (DCC) digital literacy program to provide more digital connection and literacy training for older adults.
Project Location: Ypsilanti
Requested amount: $ 225,000

Macomb County Health and Community Services

Recipient Name: Macomb County Health and Community Services
Project Purpose: To provide for a state of the art facility that will provide not only a one-stop shop for health and community services.
Project Location: Mt. Clemens
Requested amount: $3,000,000

MSU Child Development Laboratories (CDL) Community Expansion

Recipient Name: Michigan State University
Purpose: To open a new Lansing-based site serving the families of up to 144 infants, toddlers and preschoolers -- including children with special needs.
Project Location: East Lansing
Requested amount: $ 2,187,500

Oakland County Health Division - Laboratory Construction and Equipment

Recipient Name: Oakland County Health Division
Purpose: Development of a Health Division Laboratory facility expansion, equipped with advanced technology to meet the growing public health needs of the community.
Project Location: Pontiac
Requested amount: $ 1,200,000

Office of Women's Health

Recipient Name: Wayne State University on behalf of the Wayne State University Office of Women’s Health
Purpose: To support women’s health screenings, including testing for various diseases and illnesses such as cancers and high blood pressure.
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $150,000

Project Catalyst

Recipient Name: City of Livonia
Purpose: Implementing the City's community-inspired, resident-driven Master Plan, called Livonia Vision 21, which is a transformative project initiates to reimagine the city center with mixed-use residential, business and community spaces, thereby creating a functional downtown and a true sense of place.
Project Location: Livonia
Requested amount: $2,500,000

Rapid Education Prototyping for Change, Learners, Community, Equity

Recipient Name: Grand Valley State University
Purpose: To empower high school students through regional, user-centered design summits
Project Location: Allendale
Requested amount: $ 1,000,000

Resource Center for Advanced Automotive Technology (RCAAT)

Recipient Name: Macomb Community College
Purpose: To expand capacity to act as an educational convener, resource and repository of industry focused curriculum.
Project Location: Warren
Requested amount: $3,000,000

Saginaw County Health Department Public Health building

Recipient Name: Saginaw County
Purpose: To support a new Public Health building project.
Project Location: Saginaw
Requested amount: $3,000,000

Shelby Township Community Amphitheater

Recipient Name: Charter Township of Shelby
Purpose: The support technology need for a new amphitheater project
Project Location: Shelby Township
Requested amount: $3,000,000

Sister Friends Detroit

Recipient Name: City of Detroit on behalf of the City of Detroit Health Department
Purpose: To support volunteer training programs for mentors that support pregnant women
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $1,200,000

The Career and Technical Education Enhancement (CATEE) Complex

Recipient Name: North Central Michigan College
Purpose: To support growth in Nursing, Allied Health, and Skilled Trades programs.
Project Location: Petoskey
Requested amount: $ 2,000,000

Utility Line Relocation

Recipient Name: City of Saginaw
Purpose: To support a project that, in addition to bringing investment and jobs to the area, would help address some of these disparities by providing improved access to healthcare for city residents, as well as those within the county and region
Project Location: Saginaw
Requested amount: $ 2,500,000

Wayne State Center for Healthy Urban Waters Research, Education and Training

Recipient Name: Wayne State University on behalf of the Wayne State Center for Healthy Urban Waters Research, Education and Training
Purpose: To provide the most advanced instrumentation and training for Black/POC women and girls to become trained in the research, management and operation of water treatment facilities and projects.
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $3,000,000

Wayne State University's 21st Century Workforce Development Initiative for Women.

Recipient Name: Wayne State University
Purpose: To support Black/POC women in the STEM workforce
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $3,000,000

WCC Electric Battery Technician & Electric Charging Station Maintenance Curriculum/Lab Project

Recipient Name: Washtenaw Community College
Purpose: The build a skills training program that addresses workforce needs in the movement to electrification.
Project Location: Ann Arbor Requested amount: $2,521,740

WCMU Connectivity to Learning, Central Michigan University

Recipient Name: Central Michigan University
Purpose: To install Datacasting technology, as well as to provide home connectivity devices for rural and underserved students.
Project Location: Mount Pleasant
Requested amount: $2,000,000

Workforce on Wheels: Mobile Learning Environment

Recipient Name: Wayne County Community College District
Purpose: To acquire one or more mobile classrooms to bridge community engagement and college training.
Project Location: Detroit
Requested amount: $1,500,000