- Program Flint Area
- Program Area Revitalizing the Education Continuum
- Grant Amount $775,000
- Grant Period May 1, 2009–April 30, 2010
- Location Flint, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Flint
About this grant
This grant will enable the Genesee Area Focus Fund to continue to develop and implement summer and year-round programs that provide education and employment opportunities for Flint area youth. The Summer Youth Initiative provides funding to area organizations to hire Genesee County teens to work in their respective summer programs. The 2008 Summer Youth Initiative provided funding to 23 nonprofit agencies and local businesses to employ 375 teenagers. The goal for 2009 is to serve 400 teenagers in Genesee County.