I will continue to fight for Michigan’s incredible non-profits and ensure they have the federal support they need to serve our communities.
I will continue to fight for Michigan's nonprofits and ensure they have the federal support they need to serve our communities.
Occurrences
Evidence
Scholten announced that Bethany Christian Services in Grand Rapids, a nonprofit, will receive $3,876,529 in federal HHS funding. The release says the funding will help the organization provide foster care placements, counseling, and family reunification services, and that she will keep working to protect and expand these federal investments.
Scholten announced Bethany Christian Services in Grand Rapids would receive $3,876,529 in federal HHS funding to provide foster care placements, counseling, and family reunification services for unaccompanied immigrant children in West Michigan. She said she would keep working to protect and expand those federal investments.
The official press-release listing states that Scholten announced Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids would receive $555,128 in federal support through HHS for clinical research related to frontotemporal degeneration and ALS.
Van Andel Institute describes itself as founded in Grand Rapids in 1996 and focused on biomedical research, science education, graduate training, and K-12 science programs, with a donations/support function.
Scholten's office posted FY2026 appropriations and Community Project Funding instructions, including programmatic/language requests, a CPF submission form, staff contacts, and language saying the office goal is to assist organizations' objectives through CPF and other funding mechanisms.
Scholten's office said she secured $750,000 for the Grand Rapids Urban League to construct a Youth Development Center expanding programs for young, at-risk people in West Michigan. The release says the project was one of 15 Community Project Funding allocations totaling more than $11.5 million for MI-03.
The official press-release archive lists 'Rep. Scholten Secures $11.5M for Community Projects Across West Michigan' dated March 6, 2024.
The House Clerk records Roll Call 64 on concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4366, status passed 339-85. The vote list records Scholten, Democratic, Michigan, voting Yea.
Congress.gov records H.R. 4366 as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, with latest action on March 9, 2024: became Public Law No. 118-42. The summary states the act provided FY2024 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies.
Assessments
Scholten secured federal HHS funding for a Michigan nonprofit and publicly committed to keep protecting and expanding those investments. That supports the promise in part, but the evidence shows a specific beneficiary rather than proof of broad, sustained support for Michigan nonprofits overall.