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Mission-driven Organizations Join Forces to Advance Affordable Homeownership Opportunities

Cinnaire is one of 21 founding members of the Homeownership Alliance, a new initiative that will advocate for more resources and better policies to increase affordable homeownership opportunities for American families. The initiative is led by the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST), a non-profit organization that works to restore vacant and abandoned properties to productive use and to protect neighborhoods from blight.

MCSB 50 Companies To Watch Awardee, Certified Training Institute

In a lead-up to the 2020 Michigan Celebrates Small Business Gala Celebration Jeffrey Mosher spoke with several winning companies from this cycle. Due to the COVID-19, this year’s gala will take place online July 28th! Please visit michigancelebrates.org/

Here, Jeffrey Mosher speaks with Joshua Francis who is Vice President of Certified Training Institute based out of Traverse City, MI. Certified Training Institute was nominated as a Michigan 50 Companies to Watch of 2020.

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Nine grants totaling $69,676 awarded to support postsecondary attainment efforts across Michigan

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) has awarded $69,676 in its seventh round of COVID-19 Response Grants to nine organizations in Michigan. These grants help Michigan high schools, Local College Access Networks, community-based nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions support emergent postsecondary projects and programs in their communities. MCAN is also now partnering with other funders to cosponsor these grants.

Initial and continuing claims for unemployment insurance both fell slightly in the latest data. Both claims measures have been falling for the past couple of months, after spiking in the spring as the coronavirus pandemic struck the U.S. However, the rates of decline for both initial and continuing claims are slowing, suggesting that the pace of labor market improvement is softening. In addition, claims can be volatile around holidays.