2020 - 2021 Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Subrecipients

Accounting Aid Society - Awarded $87,121 for addressing economic opportunity by ensuring Detroit residents obtain access to the tax refunds and credits to which they are entitled. (Education)

Cass Community Social Services - Awarded $65,000 for operating the Sustainability Institute to train unemployed and underemployed adults to succeed in living wage jobs in the 21st Century Green Economy in metropolitan Detroit. (Education)

Center for Employment Opportunities - Awarded $82,121 for running the CEO program which aims to reduce recidivism and improve employment outcomes for people returning home from incarceration. (Education)

Clark Park Coalition - Awarded $82,121 for providing youth with after-school and summer recreational educational and sports programs that increase life and social skills, assist with homework, teaching healthy eating and nutrition education, and providing youth employment opportunities. (Recreation)

Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance - Awarded $82,121 for promoting the personal development of the neighborhood's youth by providing them with opportunities to engage in authentic decision-making and strong adult-youth partnerships through recreational programming. (Recreation)

Coleman A. Young Foundation - Awarded $72,121 for providing an after-school program for youth 6-12, youth leadership development program, parents workshops, life skills programming, and instills confidence in Detroit students. (Education)

DAPCEP (Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program) - Awarded $82,121 for partnering with universities, training programs, and K-12 school systems in order to connect youth to the best science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational experiences. (Education)

Delray United Action Council - Awarded $67,121 for providing transportation to senior residents living within the project area who are in need of transportation to school to obtain their GED, medical appointments, food shopping and to the Delray Center. DUAC also has an adult day care program that provides food & friendship/congregate meals, arts & crafts and senior outings. (Seniors)

Dominican Literacy Center - Awarded $82,121 for providing educational programs to tutor adults to read, write, and perform basic math operations, GED preparation, as well as learn computer skills. (Education)

Eastern Market Corporation - Awarded $57,121 for expanding its food access and nutrition education programs in the City of Detroit to serve more people and to serve them more deeply. (Health)

Focus:HOPE - Awarded $77,121 for preparing unemployed and under-employed Detroiters for information technology jobs, creating greater economic self-sufficiency. (Education)

Greater Detroit Agency for the Blind and Visually Impaired - Awarded $72,121 for providing "in-home" rehab therapy, mobility training and group support for the visually impaired. (Health)

Heritage Works - Awarded $72,121 for promoting the academic and career success as well as the well-being of youth, preparing for an increasingly international and competitive world. (Education)

International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit - Awarded $82,121 for providing adult educational services including ESL, GED, and financial empowerment classes, career development and vocational training programs as well as immigration/legal services. (Education)

Jefferson East, Inc. - Awarded $82,121 for providing the community with supplemental police patrols, crime statistic monitoring, resident safety organizing, safety assessments, target hardening services, and domestic violence prevention and recovery services. (Public Safety)

Joy-Southfield CDC - Awarded $72,121 for providing preventative health education programs and services, such as farmers market and Healthy Eating Activity & Learning (HEAL) workshop to the residents of Cody Rouge. (Health)

L&L Adult Day Care - Awarded $72,121 for providing adult day care services for senior citizens age 60 or older with or without developmental disabilities, mental impairments and/or physical disabilities, as well as providing respite for caregivers. (Seniors)

LASED (Latin Americans for Social & Economic Development, Inc.) - Awarded $77,121 for operating a senior center in Southwest Detroit which operates a food and friendship program, health and disease prevention classes for primarily Hispanic senior citizens, who are monolingual or limited English-speaking. (Seniors)

Luella Hannan Memorial Foundation (Hannan Center) - Awarded $82,121 for providing case management, information/referral, legal assistance, and small emergency grants to Detroit seniors. (Seniors)

Matrix Human Services - Awarded $82,121 for providing services to seniors to increase self-sufficiency in their homes. Services include access to direct services, nutritional and emergency food assistance, transportation services, and medical services. (Seniors)

Mosaic Youth Theatre - Awarded $77,121 for Mosaic Youth Ensembles, a comprehensive multi-tiered out-of-school-time Creative Youth Development program providing year-round performing arts/life-skills training, performance experience and travel opportunities to underserved youth. (Recreation)

My Community Dental Center - Awarded $71,409 for providing oral healthcare, including complete and partial dentures, to low-income patients within the City of Detroit. (Health)

Neighborhood Legal Services - Awarded $72,121 for providing case management services, legal services and appropriate referrals to victims of human trafficking. (Public Safety)

Project Healthy Community - Awarded $72,121 for preparing middle and high school student for college and their careers and making them stronger mentors for younger students through leadership and soft-skills development, workplace learning and volunteerism. (Education)

Ruth Ellis Center - Awarded $60,000 for increasing workforce development skills in various Detroit LGBTQ+ youth. (Education)

Siena Literacy Center - Awarded $77,121 for providing educational one-to-one or small group tutorial services to adults to increase their basic skills, assist ESL learners, increase computer literacy and prepare them for taking the GED or seeking employment. (Education)

SOAR Detroit - Awarded $72,121 for the In-School Reading Partnership Expansion Program, an expansion of SOAR Detroit's current reading intervention. SOAR Detroit partners with local elementary schools to help their student's achieve their reading goals. (Education)

Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development (SEED) - Awarded $72,121 for providing youth with educational opportunities through an Integrated Reading Curriculum with access to books, an obesity reduction program and a civil engagement program promoting social, political and economic equity. (Education)

St. Patrick Senior Center - Awarded $81,121 for providing companionship and acting as a liaison with community and medical resources to ensure seniors receive services needed to maintain independence, thereby preventing institutionalization through a daily meal program, an on-site medical clinic, and enhanced senior fitness program. (Seniors)

St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center - Awarded $87,121 for providing free Adult Education through HSE tutoring and workforce development programming. The Adult Education and Workforce Development programming assists students 18 and older in obtaining their HSE High School Equivalency Diploma (GED or HiSET). (Education)

The Youth Connection - Awarded $77,121 for providing youth programming with career development opportunities by exposing, engaging and training youth for employment, teaching life skills, and assisting with internship and certification opportunities. (Education)

The Yunion - Awarded $72,121 for providing Standing in the Gap (S.I.G.), an HIV prevention education program that is designed to address and decrease HIV infection among African American women and girls aged 13-60 using a faith-based approach. (Health)

Urban Neighborhood Initiative - Awarded $77,121 for ensuring all residents have access to primary and secondary education and post-secondary education and job training opportunities that lead to economic stability and growth. (Education)

Wellspring - Awarded $82,121 for providing math and reading curriculum, recreation, field trips, college prep, community service, outdoor adventure and leadership development for youth and young adults. (Education)

World Medical Relief - Awarded $60,000 for operating an Affordable Prescription Program, providing prescription medication to individuals 18 and older who do not have financial resources or insurance to pay retail price for their medication. (Health)

YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit - Awarded $77,121 for elevating achievement through standardized test-taking strategies, interactive career exploration, workforce development, summer employment, mentoring and academic support. (Education)