Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program FY 1999 Grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT, FLINT, MI -- $149,931

The University of Michigan-Flint will receive a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Directions Grant of $149,931 to continue its partnership with the North Flint-Twenty-First Century Communities and the Flint Community Schools. Michigan-Flint received a Community Outreach Partnership Centers Program New Grant in FY 1996 to work on several outreach activities in Flint. This New Direction Grant will enable it to undertake new programs in the target area in the Flint Enterprise Community.

Among the activities Michigan-Flint will undertake are:

• After-school literacy and match tutoring programs in two elementary and one middle school and retention and graduation programs for high school students;
• A 13-week child development training for daycare providers and parents to raise the quality of childcare; and
• A 10-week series of computer-based courses introducing computer applications and business-oriented software to increase the number of resident-owned businesses.

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