Governor Calls for Expansion to Futures for Frontliners Program

Liz Gullett

Governor Calls for Expansion to Futures for Frontliners Program

Jun 25, 2021

Governor Gretchen Whitmer called on an expansion to the Futures for Frontliners scholarship program to meet increased demand. The tuition-free scholarships would expand to include frontline workers who served between November 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021. With the expansion, upwards of 22,000 additional workers would be eligible to apply, adding to the more than 120,000 who have applied since the program launched at the end of 2020. The additional $100 million investment would come from federal American Rescue Plan funding.

When the program launched in September 2020, Michigan became the first state to utilize $24 million from the 2020 Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Inspired by the GI Bill, it offers eligible Michigan adults without college degrees or high school diplomas who were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 a tuition-free pathway to gaining skills needed. Funding was available to those in the medical field, as well as essential workers in manufacturing, nursing homes, grocery stores, sanitation, delivery, retail, and more.

For more information on the program, please click here.

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