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ICYMI: MiLEAP | New Student Basic Needs Task Force Created to Support Michigan’s Low-Income College Students

Michigan Business Network
March 22, 2024 8:00 AM

MiLEAP convenes local, regional and state leaders to explore how insecurity with basic needs is affecting Michigan's college students and make recommendations to improve student success

LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced that it has assembled a task force to better understand how insecurity with basic needs is affecting Michigan's college students and what actions position students for success.

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MiLEAP | New Student Basic Needs Task Force Created to Support Michigan’s Low-Income College Students

Michigan Business Network
March 21, 2024 6:00 PM

MiLEAP convenes local, regional and state leaders to explore how insecurity with basic needs is affecting Michigan's college students and make recommendations to improve student success

LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced that it has assembled a task force to better understand how insecurity with basic needs is affecting Michigan's college students and what actions position students for success.

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MiLEAP Announces College Success Grant Opportunity to Help Michigan Colleges Increase Graduation Rates

Michigan Business Network
March 20, 2024 6:00 PM

Michigan public and tribal colleges could receive up to $1 million to help more Michiganders earn degrees or certificates

LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced that Michigan community and tribal colleges and universities can apply for College Success Grants. The funding can be used to create, support or improve programs or strategies that increase student success and boost graduation rates.

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Michigan Business Beat | Cathleen Edgerly, Downtown Lansing Inc. Receives Funding for Downtown Improvement Projects

Michigan Business Beat
March 20, 2024 12:00 PM

Jeffrey Mosher welcomed Cathleen Edgerly, Executive Director of Downtown Lansing Inc. Lansing, MI.

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MiLEAP Cuts Red Tape Making More Families Eligible for High-Quality, Affordable or No Cost Child Care

Michigan Business Network
March 20, 2024 11:00 AM

MiLEAP makes policy change to ensure eligible working parents who are working or going to school have equal access to child care subsidy

LANSING, Mich. – Today, the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) announced a policy change to make it easier for more families to access low or no cost child care. Effective February 25, 2024, MiLEAP removed the requirement that primary parents cooperate with the Office of Child Support to qualify for low or no cost child care through the Child Development and Care Program.

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LEO | Governor Whitmer Announces First-Ever Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan 

Michigan Business Network
March 19, 2024 1:00 PM

Workforce plan lays out strategies to train workers, grow middle-class and power Michigan’s business and entrepreneurial spirit 

LANSING, Mich.Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today released the Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan. The comprehensive, all-access roadmap lays out ambitious strategies and data-driven actions needed to build on Michigan’s success and ensure all Michiganders have the skills, opportunities, and support they need to make it in Michigan.

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Deadline Nears to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Benefits if Job Was Lost due to August Storms

Michigan Business Network
March 18, 2024 1:00 PM

Residents in 9 Michigan counties have until March 27, 2024, to apply if severe weather interrupted work

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) reminds residents in nine Michigan counties of an upcoming deadline to apply for disaster unemployment assistance if they lost work due to severe weather last summer.

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MEDC | DOE Funds Reaffirm Michigan’s Hydrogen Energy Leadership

Michigan Business Network
March 18, 2024 9:00 AM

Michigan’s lead position in the pursuit of large-scale hydrogen energy use is reinforced with two Department of Energy awards

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a total of $80 million for two hydrogen projects in Michigan, reaffirming the state’s leadership in clean energy and advanced manufacturing.

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LEO | 71 Students Honored in Michigan Career and Technical Institute’s Winter/Spring Graduation Ceremony

Michigan Business Network
March 15, 2024 12:00 PM

MCTI’s student-focused approach results in postsecondary success for individuals with disabilities

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Career and Technical Institute (MCTI) hosted its winter/spring graduation ceremony Thursday, celebrating 71 students who successfully completed in-demand training programs and earned credentials that will help them access competitive, integrated employment opportunities.

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Michigan Municipal League Honors State Representatives O’Neal and Tisdel

Michigan Business Network
March 13, 2024 1:00 PM

 as Legislators of the Year

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Municipal League has named State Representatives Amos O’Neal and Mark Tisdel as Legislators of the Year. Representatives O’Neal, D-Saginaw, and Tisdel, R-Rochester Hills, received the honor yesterday, March 12, at the League’s 2024 Capital Confrerence in Lansing.

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