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Community Project Funding Requests

Community Project Funding Requests

Congresswoman Dingell is accepting requests for proposals for Community Projects across the 12th District.

Attached you will find the designated forms to request community project funding by specific subcommittee accounts. Note that each Congressional office has an extremely limited number of project requests to submit so please prioritize projects for your community and please demonstrate strong community support for each request. We will not be able to submit all of the requests we receive, and ultimately the House Committee on Appropriations will determine which projects are funded.

Please see the checklist of required materials here and the forms for each subcommittee that are needed for our office to consider any request for FY22 Community Project Funding projects are below.

Appropriations Subcommittee Forms


Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding Submissions

Project Name: Access to Education Out of School Programming
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Intended Recipient:
Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS)
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:
2651 Saulino Court, Dearborn, MI 48120
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:
Available Here
Explanation of Request:
The funding would be used for out of school programming for K-9 students,
as well as targeted adult education services, with a focus on preparing parents
and caregivers to better support their children’s academic and social-emotional
well-being. The programming will be over 32 weeks and take place at ACCESS’
Youth and Family Center and in five schools across the 12th District in Allen Park
and Dearborn. They will also have 6 weeks of summer programming.
   
Project Name:  Center for Innovation in Occupational Education
Request Amount:
$2,728,696
Intended Recipient:
Henry Ford College
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient: 5105 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI 48128
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:
Available Here
Explanation of Request:
The funding would be used towards programming for Preschool through 12th grade
and adult education to develop student knowledge and skills in advanced
manufacturing linked to industry 4.0 and other industry sectors forecasting
high-growth and high-demand occupational outlooks. Each program will be
adapted and enhanced, “technologized”, interwoven with soft/foundational
skills, and developed into online educational resources (OERs) in an open-source
platform.
   
Project Name: The Collaborative Child Development Center
Request Amount: $297,800
Intended Recipient Eastern Michigan University
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient: 202 Welch Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter: Available Here
Explanation of Request: The funding would be used for Eastern Michigan University’s The Collaborative
Child Development Center in Ypsilanti, MI, to (1) continue to offer high-quality
early childhood educational services to children ages 18 months through five years
in eastern Washtenaw County, (2) expand services to include infants and evening
programs for children up to age 12, and (3) provide support services for up to ten
individuals to complete service hours at The Collaborative as part of their child care
certification program. These funds will also increase childcare scholarships to
low-income families.
   
Project Name: Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital's Virtual Patient Care
Request Amount:
$900,000
Intended Recipient:
Henry Ford Health System
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient
One Detroit Place, Detroit, MI 48202
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:  Available Here
Explanation of Request:  The funding would be used for Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital (HFWH)
to expand virtual patient support functions and pilot an inpatient video
monitoring system. The system would expand HFWH’s capabilities by
providing virtual patient support functions, such as telesitter monitoring,
electronic intensive care unit services, and in-house inpatient monitoring,
within the hospital through a two-way camera system that is linked to their
electronic medical record (EMR).
   
Project Name: Ecorse Creek
Request Amount:
$1,422,000
Intended Recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:
477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:
Available Here
Explanation of Request:
The funding would be used towards the pre-construction engineering
and design for phase to build a stormwater detention basin in Dearborn
Heights to reduce the severity of flood events in the communities
of Romulus, Inkster, Westland, Dearborn Heights, Taylor, Allen Park,
Melvindale, Lincoln Park, Ecorse, and Wyandotte.
   
Project Name: Prisoner Reentry Services
Request Amount $250,000
Intended Recipient:
Eastern Michigan University
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:
202 Welch Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter: Available Here
Explanation of Request:  EMU seeks funding for one year to double the number of formerly
incarcerated individuals in Washtenaw County who receive reentry
services provided by Social Work students in partnership with local nonprofits.
 
   
Project Name:  Police-Community Relations Training Program
Request Amount: $149,000
Intended Recipient:
Educate Youth Ypsilanti
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:  104 South Huron Street, #1, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:  Available Here
Explanation of Request:  The funding would be used for a law enforcement and community relations
training program targeted at the youth in Ypsilanti, connecting them with
law enforcement and building mutual trust. This program utilizes stakeholders
in the community to facilitate discussions and activities focusing on all
community members being part of the solutions to strengthen law enforcement
relations with the communities they serve.
   
Project Name:   Eastern Washtenaw County Recreation Center 
Request Amount:  $5,000,000
Intended Recipient:  Washtenaw County Government
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:  220 N Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:  Available Here
Explanation of Request: 

This project is the construction of a new recreation building in
Ypsilanti Township in eastern Washtenaw County. This project,
led by the Ann Arbor YMCA, is a partnership between the Y,
Washtenaw County, the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation
Commission, and Ypsilanti Township. It will promote the health
and wellbeing of eastern Washtenaw County residents, especially
our young people, through healthy living programming, indoor and
outdoor recreation activities, and youth development and social
responsibility programming. It is crucial that we focus our attention
on the development of the children in our community and this building
will provide them with a safe place to go, a place to attend  after-,
summer-, and out-of-school programming, to interact with other kids,
with opportunities to connect with mentors and gain access to resources for success.

   
Project Name:  Safe, Health, and Net Zero Energy Affordable Supportive Housing
Request Amount:   $7,500,000
Intended Recipient:  City of Ann Arbor 
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient:  2245 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:  Available Here
Explanation of Request:
This project will support the transition of ten affordable supportive
housing sites under the authority of the Ann Arbor Housing Commission (AAHC),
a public Housing Authority, to nearly net zero energy sites that ensure safe, healthy,
and comfortable housing for residents in need. Each of the nine sites will be equipped
with rooftop solar, battery storage (to serve as a generator during power outages),
deep energy efficiency improvements, upgraded electrical, and, to the fullest
extent possible, a transition to electrical appliances, including shared public EV infrastructure.
   
Project Name: WISE Center
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Intended Recipient: Jewish Family Services
Full Street Address of Intended Recipient: 2245 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Signed Financial Disclosure Letter:  Available Here
Explanation of Request:  The funding would be used for Jewish Family Services (JFS)
to transform the experience of aging by creating the WISE Center
at JFS as a meaningful “place” for Washtenaw County seniors.
The facility will support a network of expert behavioral mental
health services, comprehensive geriatric services and educational
programming, memory assessments, and a fully appointed kitchen
and workspace to address the specialized dietary needs of older adults.
 
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