To retain current residents and welcome new faces to Michigan, the Michigan Growth Office is launching the second round of the regional talent retention and attraction program called Make MI Home.
The Make MI Home Program puts organization applicants in the driver’s seat to create region-specific programs that encourage current and future residents to grow roots in Michigan. Its goal is to test the efficacy of unique talent attraction and retention strategies as a tool to course correct Michigan’s overall population trends and get the state back into a healthy growthy cycle.
The program will award $500,000 to locally-driven solutions from nonprofits, local governments, economic development organizations, philanthropic foundations, and talent attraction champions across the state. Each grantee will receive up to $250,000, with the size of the awards determined by:
- The awardees’ region’s population relative to the entire state
- The number of people the consortium intends to serve
- Proposed program details
- The quality of the application.
Selected awardees will have 12 months from grant execution to select program beneficiaries and encumber funds to those beneficiaries. All funds must be disbursed within 48 months of grant execution.
Applications are open through Friday, May 2, at 5 p.m.