Sen. Hollier Secures Millions For Several Detroit Organizations

DETROIT — Sen. Adam Hollier (D-Detroit) said Wednesday he has secured more than $4 million in the Michigan 2022 budget for several Detroit organizations.

The investments include:

• $1.5 million for Goodwill Industries’ Flip the Script Program in Detroit.
• $1 million for Focus: HOPE, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to overcoming racism and poverty through education and training services for minority residents.
• $1 million for the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council.
• $750,000 for the Motown Museum in Detroit.
• $500,000 for the Invest Detroit loan financing program.
• $250,000 for the JROTC Program in Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD).
• $150,000 for Wayne State University’s National De-escalation Training Center.

"We are thrilled that the leaders of our state government have agreed to an appropriation of $1.5 million to support Goodwill Detroit’s Flip the Script program, which is one of the country’s most successful alternative-sentencing and re-entry efforts," Daniel Varner said, the President and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit. "Programs like Flip direct people away from Michigan’s correctional system and toward positive contributions to family and society."

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