Grant money is now available to provide public transportation in Kalamazoo County for people seeking jobs or who have been recently employed and are waiting to receive their first paycheck, reports MLive. A $40,000 lifeline grant was awarded by the Greater Kalamazoo United Way and Kalamazoo Community Foundation to Kalamazoo Housing Choices and will be administered by Michigan Works and KRESA's Youth Opportunities Unlimited program.
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The hope of the grant will be to "bridge the gap between starting a job and getting (that) first paycheck," said Eric Stewart, Michigan Works service manager.
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Source: MLive
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