Community Priority Fund                        Approved Proposals

Community Violence Interventions Category                                      Approved by the Board of Commissioners on July 6, 2022.

Proposal Name

Recommendation

Request Amount

A Brighter Way

Full Funding 

$250,000

Supreme Felons Inc

Full Funding 

$1,200,000

The Dispute Resolution Center

Full Funding 

$200,000

We the People Opportunity FarmTechnical Assistance
Washtenaw My Brother's KeeperTechnical Assistance


Expanding Early Childhood Education Category                                Approved by the Board of Commissioners on October 19, 2022

Proposal Name

Recommendation

 Amount

Foundations Preschool of Washtenaw County

Recommended: Double Funding

 

$20,000

Bottles-N-Backpacks Child Development Center Inc.

Recommended: Full Funding

$600,000

Child Care Network

Recommended: Partial Funding 

$1,180,000

 


Addressing Housing and Homelessness Category                                            Approved by the Board of Commissioners on October 19, 2022

Proposal Name

Recommendation

 Amount

Huron Valley PACE

Recommended: Full Funding 

$278,181

Life After Incarceration: Transition and Reentry

Recommendation: 

Full Funding

$142,000

The House by the Side of the Road

Recommended: Full Funding

$75,000

Michigan Itinerant Shelter System Interdependent Out of Necessity (MISSION)

Recommended:  Full Funding 

$55,900

2Marines

Recommended: 

Full Funding

$ 22,000

Dawn, Inc DBA Dawn Farm

Recommended: Full Funding 

$21,040.20

Community Family Life Center

Recommended: Partial Funding

 

$676,582.80

 

Family Empowerment Program – EMU 

Recommended: Partial Funding

 

 $129,296

Marie's House of SerenityRecommended: Technical Assistance 


Direct Assistance to Households Category                                                      Approved by the Board of Commissioners on December 7, 2022                        

Proposal Name

Recommendation 

Amount

Women Working for Change (DBA Women and Men Working for Change)

Recommended: Full Funding

$185,000 

Northfield's Human Services (Food Pantry) 

Recommended: Full Funding

$111,000 

Washtenaw Intermediate School District – Trusted Advisors

Recommended: Full Funding 

$110,945 

Ypsilanti Community Schools- Resiliency Center

Recommended: Full Funding 

$50,000

Bethesda Bible Church 

Recommended: Full Funding 

$34,375 

Berea City of Hope 

Recommended: Full Funding 

$13,500 

Greater Faith Mission 

Recommended: Full Funding 

$12,000 

Emmanuel Lutheran Church- Clothes Closet 

Recommended: Full Funding 

$9000 

Beautiful Gate Food Pantry 

Recommended: Full Funding 

$5730

Jewish Family Services, on behalf of Buenos Vecinos

Recommended: Partial funding

$418,450 

Eastern Michigan University – Swoop Food Pantry

Recommended: Partial Funding 

$50,000


Addressing Educational Disparities Category                                                  Approved by the Board of Commissioners on December 7, 2022                                       

Proposal Name

Recommendation

 Amount

Washtenaw Community College Foundation

Recommended: Full Funding

$231,680

Family Learning Institute

Recommended: Full Funding 

$184,424.33

Willow Run Acres

Recommended: Full Funding

$90,500

Hutan for World Health

Recommended: Full Funding 

 

$70,950

Children's Literacy Network

Recommended: Full Funding

$44,000

Christian Love Fellowship 

Recommended: Full Funding

$39,655

Books for Kids

Recommended: Full Funding

 

$6,000

Growing Hope

Recommended: Partial Funding

$166,790.67

 

Hope Network Michigan Education Corps

Recommended: Partial Funding

$122,000

 

Our Community Reads

Recommended: Partial Funding

$44,000