Flint ReCAST mini-grant applications open for 2024
By EVM Staff Local nonprofits can now apply for this year’s Flint Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma (ReCAST) mini-grants of $5,000 to $25,000. Flint ReCAST grants are awarded annually and meant to support evidence-based violence prevention and youth engagement programs as well as trauma-informed behavioral health services, according to a City of Flint press release on Jan. 29, 2024. This year’s mini-grant applications...
Mott Community College receives $340k grant to increase students’ degree, certificate completion rates
By EVM Staff Mott Community College (MCC) today announced a $340,000 grant to support increased degree and certificate completion for the college’s adult students. According to a press release on Jan. 29, 2024, MCC plans to use the grant, awarded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to partner with Diploma Equity Project, a Michigan nonprofit with a mission to eliminate the state’s gap in college degree completion based on race,...
MTA seeks public feedback about routes, sets six meeting dates
By Kate Stockrahm The Flint Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking public feedback as part of an ongoing fixed route study. The study, originally announced in June 2022, aims to understand how the MTA’s 14 primary routes serve the Flint community after recent years of population loss and decreased ridership following COVID-era restrictions. “After COVID our ridership numbers haven’t really responded like the rest of the...
Five candidates certified for 7th, 9th Ward council elections, Worthing opts out
By Kate Stockrahm Five candidates are now certified for this year’s 7th and 9th Ward Flint City Council elections. Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue confirmed today that two candidates will be vying for the 7th Ward seat, and three candidates are in the race for the 9th Ward seat. For the 7th Ward, the two certified candidates are current Councilwoman Candice Mushatt and Jan Marie Arbor. Mushatt has been serving in the role by council...
“Building the Dream”: Mayor Neeley partners with Financial Plus to help Flint kids access bank accounts
Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley is launching a new partnership with Financial Plus Credit Union to expand a youth financial literacy program for Flint kids. The “Building the Dream” program began with Mayor Neeley challenging Flint schoolchildren to fill up piggy banks, with the promise to help them open a bank account and will contribute $5 to their accounts. Financial Plus Credit Union is building on that promise by offering...
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