- Program Education
- Program Area Advancing Afterschool
- Grant Amount $450,000
- Grant Period October 1, 2025–September 30, 2028
- Location Detroit, MI, United States
- Geographic Focus Oakland, Wayne
About this grant
This grant will continue to support Driven by Growth, previously Books Before Boxing — an out-of-school time program operated by Downtown Boxing Gym near downtown Detroit — to provide college and career counseling, one-on-one academic support and mentoring, health and wellness education and a diverse range of enrichment activities to students ages 8 to 18. This project support will enable the grantee to continue to: 1) deliver high-quality out-of-school time programming; 2) expand services that respond to the emergent needs of students; 3) support comprehensive evaluation efforts to understand program outcomes for students; and 4) increase awareness of high-quality program models in Michigan.