Second round of grants awarded to Michigan colleges and universities to help prevent sexual assault

Last Friday, First Lady Sue Snyder announced the Michigan colleges and universities who were selected to receive over $500,000 to implement innovative and strategic sexual assault prevention programs on their campuses.

Governor Rick Snyder recommended and the Michigan Legislature appropriated funds from the FY 2017 General Fund to support the Campus Sexual Assault Grant Program (CSAGP).This year 18 community colleges and universities will receive $506,191 in state grant funds.

“For the second year in a row, I am excited that colleges and universities across Michigan will be empowered to do more to help prevent sexual assaults on their campuses,” Sue Snyder said.

“The energy and enthusiasm displayed by these schools proves how necessary this funding is. We must continue to do everything we can to ensure our college and university campuses – our students’ homes away from home – are safe.”

The grant program aims to change the overall culture of sexual assault among the college-age population. Twenty-nine applications were received, totaling more than $924,000 in requests. Universities, colleges and community colleges receiving full or partial funding from the 2016 CSAGP include:

• Central Michigan University ($31,016).
• Concordia University ($26,038).
• Davenport University ($25,396).
• Delta College ($15,800).
• Eastern Michigan University ($51,186).
• Finlandia University ($25,708).
• Grand Valley State University ($33,454).
• Henry Ford College ($20,000).
• Kalamazoo College ($18,600).
• Lake Superior State University ($28,522).
• Lawrence Technological University ($20,690).
• Macomb Community College ($6,000).
• Michigan State University ($37,969).
• University of Michigan ? Ann Arbor ($53,505).
• University of Michigan ? Dearborn ($9,840).
• University of Michigan ? Flint ($34,150).
• Wayne State University ($7,700).
• Western Michigan University ($60,617).

The purpose of this grant is to fund the development of new and innovative programs to reduce and/or eliminate sexual assault on college campuses, with the goal of improving the safety and security of all students in campus environments throughout the state of Michigan.

A complete list of award recipients is available at www.michigan.gov/cjgrants. Grant recipients have until Dec. 1, 2017 to spend their awards.

The grant application review committee included representatives from the Michigan State Police, the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board and the Executive Office of the Governor.

For additional information about the first lady’s initiative to end campus sexual assault, visit  www.endcampussexualassault.com.