Editor’s note: This article was initially published at CrainsDetroit.com.
By Tyler Clifford
Dozens of nonprofits across metro Detroit were awarded $7 million by United Way for Southeastern Michigan to help the organizations serve vulnerable residents.
The yearlong grants, which go from July 1 through June 2019, were given out to 66 agencies in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties to continue offering crisis mitigating services such as emergency food, health support, housing, mental health and youth services among other things, the news release said.
The majority of the awards were renewal grants, which Vice President of Community Impact Operations Donna Satterfield said the organizations use to provide a safety net for people in crisis. To help improve services, United Way has developed a new data collection strategy to provide more information to the agencies to track the effectiveness of their programs.
“It’s to make sure we are investing in the right places so we are seeing the biggest impact, but we can also see where there is additional support that we can provide to these agencies,” she said. “It’s the process to provide more feedback about the data and the effectiveness of the program.”
Some of the beneficiaries include Dearborn-based ACCESS, Oak Park-based Forgotten Harvest and the Detroit Police Athletic League.
A full list of recipients can be found here.