GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids will obtain practically $1.5 million in federal funds for Treatment Violence, highway repairs and pairing psychological well being employees with police.
The {dollars} had been earmarked within the $1.5 trillion spending package deal accredited by Congress and signed final week by President Joe Biden.
“We’re very appreciative of the continued assist and engagement by our elected leaders in Congress,” stated Grand Rapids Metropolis Supervisor Mark Washington. “Senator Peters, Senator Stabenow and Congressman Meijer perceive the challenges and alternatives going through our metropolis and their assist in securing this funding reinforces their dedication to a shared imaginative and prescient for a group that’s secure, affluent, and profitable.”
Of the $1.48 million Grand Rapids will obtain, $180,000 will go towards funding the Grand Rapids Police Division’s pilot that pairs a disaster intervention group officer with a psychological well being skilled to answer psychological well being disaster calls.
One other $600,000 will go towards town’s Treatment Violence program primarily based on the nationwide violence discount and intervention mannequin. That work, overseen by the City League of West Michigan, started in fall 2021.
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Lastly, town will obtain $700,000 to rebuild César E. Chávez Avenue SW.
“The road, previously often known as Grandville Avenue, serves as a key roadway in a quickly rising and altering space of town,” Grand Rapids officers stated. “This funding will assist in rebuilding this vital thoroughfare.”
Metropolis officers say U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids, and U.S. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Flint, helped safe the funding allotments for town.
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