FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 Contact: Rep. Sarah Anthony Phone: (517) 373-0826 Legislator hopes to increase the awareness of the benefits of CSAs LANSING — State Rep. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) introduced House Resolution 479 today, which designates December 21 as Children’s Savings Account Awareness Day. Children’s Savings Accounts (CSAs) offer several benefits for families, including the...
By Emily Reyst, communications & training associate Background In July, CEDAM established the Michigan Communities for Responsible Lending (MCRL) coalition, its goal being to create opportunities for Michigan residents to build and save assets, improve access to quality financial education and connect borrowers to affordable financial products. The coalition plans to address the payday lending...
By Danielle Siegel, AmeriCorps VISTA member, Community Foundation for Oceana County Have you seen one of the new Little Free Libraries popping up around Oceana County? Jumping into the early literacy effort is Eagle Scout Thomas Carey of Shelby Boy Scout Troop #1151. With the help of a local builder, Carey built and installed three...
By Alicia Guevara Warren, Michigan League for Public Policy (MLPP) For those of us who have kids, the struggles of being a new parent are unforgettable. Kids don’t come with a handbook or instruction booklet, and we often feel like we are learning as we go along. It doesn’t matter how old you were when you...
By Rep. Steve Tobocman, executive director of Global Detroit Michigan’s immigrant story is deeply woven into the history of the state. Take my grandfather, Morris Tobocman, who immigrated to Detroit from Poland a century ago to pursue the American Dream. He had almost no formal education, arrived penniless and knew no English. Like so many...
Michigan’s 2018 Ballot Proposals By Trenton Sabo, junior policy associate Ballot Proposal 1: The Legalization of Marijuana The legalization of marijuana is extremely popular in the State of Michigan. A clickondetroit.com poll found that Michigan residents in every age classification, with the exception of 65+, supported the universal legalization of marijuana in the state by...
By Camille Allen, junior communications associate CEDAM is excited to welcome Troy Villanueva, CEDAM’s new housing policy associate, to the team! A safe, affordable home (whether a rental or your own home) is critical to improving health, education and economic outcomes for families. Homeownership can be an important way to build equity and can be...
Last year CAHP acquired the since-closed Walter French school building. They have plans to transform the school into affordable housing and other spaces from which Lansing's southside residents can benefit
By Emily Reyst, communications and training associate Ashamed, heartbroken, inspired—I felt it all within a short period of thirty minutes. If you’ve read Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, or if you’ve had the opportunity to hear him speak, these sentiments likely resonate with you. Desmond is...
By Camille Allen, junior communications associate CEDAM is excited to welcome Project Rising Tide (PRT) Fellowship Coordinator Sarah Teater to the team! PRT is a Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) program designed to provide at-risk communities with the tools they need to attract business investment and create a sustainable economic development framework. In each Rising...
