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US Gives Mich. $128M for Jobless Homeowners
(CBS) The Obama administration says more money is headed to Michigan to help unemployed homeowners avoid foreclosure. Michigan is expected to get about $128 million from the grants announced Wednesday....
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Lawmaker Seeks Federal Help After Detroit Fires
State Sen. Hansen Clarke is meeting with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials in Washington to discuss aid to Detroit following a series of fires that destroyed 29 occupied homes in several...
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DIA May Get Millions From State
State lawmakers could be painting a brighter picture for the Detroit Institute of Arts. The DIA will likely get a $10 million gift sometime in the next year. The plan calls for the DIA to get unspent...
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JC Penney Offers FIRST Robotics Grants
JC Penney stores have a huge new initiative to grow FIRST Robotics teams in Michigan. The Texas-based retailer is offering a $6,500 grant from each of its stores to a FIRST Robotics team. The grant...
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MVCA Awards Grants, Loans
The Michigan Venture Capital Association will award up to $50,000 in grants and loans to both Huron River Ventures and Michigan Accelerator Fund I, winners of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s...
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National Collaborative Announces $80 Million Investment in Five Cities
Living Cities, a collaborative of 22 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions, announced today that it will invest $80 million in five U.S. metropolitan areas to create innovations...
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$3 Million For Early Childhood Learning
The Early Childhood Investment Corp. announced this week that it will award $3 million in grants to Great Start Collaboratives across Michigan to establish local matching funds. Judy Y. Samelson, chief...
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A Little Help For A Big Idea
Do you have a kid around the house who is interested in changing their neighborhood, school, community or the whole world? Grant money is available for young people who have a plan for how to make...
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Select Fire Departments Will Benefit From Grants
DETROIT (WWJ) — U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, both D-Mich., announced more than $1.4 million in federal grants for nine fire departments in Michigan. The grants come through the Department...
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Michigan Communities Receive Grants For Advanced Lighting Technology
Fourteen Michigan cities, villages and counties have received a total of $1,066,429, in advanced lighting technology projects, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced Monday. The Advanced...
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Bank Offers Grants In 5 Detroit Neighborhoods
DETROIT (WWJ) – Citizens Bank will make $1.6 million in grants available to residents in five neighborhoods who want to fix up their homes. WWJ’s Florence Walton reports that the bank will offer the...
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MSU Gets Grant To Find New Ways To Create Jobs
E. LANSING (WWJ) – Michigan State University has received $915,000 grant from the federal government to think up new ways to create jobs in the area. Under the project, faculty and students will work...
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Consumers Energy Foundation Gives $1.25 Million Grants For Utility’s 125th...
LANSING — The Consumers Energy Foundation announced that it is awarding $1.25 million in grants to 10 community projects as part of the utility’s 125th anniversary celebration. “Michigan families and...
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Alcoa Foundation, UM Students Connect To Help Detroit
ANN ARBOR — University of Michigan students interested in helping transform Detroit and urban transportation will benefit from two Alcoa Foundation grants totaling $65,000, the University of Michigan...
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Michigan Awards $880,000 For Coastal Protection
LANSING (AP) - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has awarded 22 grants totaling about $880,000 for projects designed to protect the state’s Great Lakes coasts. The department says the...
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Metro Detroit To Get $4.2M For Housing, Homelessness Programs
CLINTON TWP. (WWJ/AP) – Metro Detroit will receive $4.2 million in federal funding to promote affordable housing, fight homelessness and boost the local economy. The U.S. Department of Housing and...
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Consumers Energy Foundation Announces $125,000 Grant To Literacy Program
JACKSON — The Consumers Energy Foundation announced today that it has awarded a $125,000 grant to support a new literacy program in Jackson County. The grant will benefit the newly created Energizing...
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Verizon Details 2012 Grants To Domestic Violence Programs
SOUTHFIELD — Verizon announced this week that it gave $141,000 in grants to Michigan domestic violence shelters and related organizations, and donated 3.4 million minutes of mobile phone service on...
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Protecting And Restoring Habitat For Aquatic Wildlife To Get Million Dollar Bump
DETROIT (AP) – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources plans to distribute $1 million to protect and restore habitat for fish and other aquatic wildlife. The department says that grants will be...
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Why Every College Student Should File A FAFSA
Photo Credit Thinkstock The federal government provides billions in grants, loans and work-study opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students each year. The College Board estimates that...
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