Appropriations Requests for : City of Detroit -- Rise and Ride Program

1. Cosponsoring legislators:

No Cosponsors

Recipient Information

2. Intended legislatively directed spending item recipient:

City of Detroit -- Rise and Ride Program

3. Physical address of legislatively directed spending item recipient and the intended location of the project or activity:

2 Woodward Ave, Suite 1026, Detroit, MI 48226

4. The recipient's employer identification number:

386004606

Funding Details

5. Requested amount of the legislatively directed spending item:

$2,000,000.00

6. What is the purpose and how does the legislatively directed spending item provide a public benefit that is an appropriate use of taxpayer money?

Expansion of the City of Detroit’s Rise and Ride Pilot Program would provide funding to support free bus rides for tens of thousands of K-12 students across the City of Detroit. By providing no-cost transportation, this program would remove a barrier to mobility access while providing new and improved connections to schools and after-school programs. Students and their families will benefit from improved educational outcomes driven by reduced absenteeism and increased participation rates in after-school programs that support enhanced learning as well as social, emotional, and physical health. By providing no-cost transportation to K-12 students, schools can reinvest funds currently dedicated to bus passes and other transportation support back into more after-school programming. This creates a multiplier effect whereby the student rides program increases mobility to the very after-school programs it is freeing up funding to grow.

7. Has the legislatively directed spending item previously received or been awarded any of the following types of funding in the past 5 years?

No previous funding received

8. Estimated time frame for completion of the legislatively directed spending item project:

Funding will be utilized within the fiscal year for which it is appropriated

Additional Information For Nonprofit Corporations

9. Is the recipient a nonprofit corporation?

No

Certification By Sponsoring Legislator

• "I certify that my immediate family members, legislative staff members, and I have no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the requested legislatively directed spending item."
• "I certify that the intended recipient of this legislatively directed spending item is not a for-profit entity."
• "I certify that the information in this form is true to the best of my knowledge."

Senator Mary Cavanagh