Earmarks: Michigan

Here are the earmarks identified for Michigan, which total $13,765,000. Check out the earmarks for your state and then call your congressman and ask if he or she sponsored any of your state's earmarks. If the answer is yes, ask why the congressman's name isn't on the earmark. If you recognize the institution designated to receive the earmarked tax dollars, call them and ask them what they intend to do with your money.

Then email us at info@examiner.com with the subject line "Earmarks" and tell us what you found out.

Amount City Description
$750,000 Troy Automation Alley, to train incumbent and new workers to construct, manage, and evaluate the Digital Manufacturing Network
$550,000 Detroit Project to improve access to primary care and preventive health services for low-income and uninsured persons
$500,000 Oakland County Oakland Community College to lead a consortium on emerging sectors in secondary institutions
$425,000 Detroit Substance abuse prevention and treatment services for youth through the SAFETY program
$400,000 Flint Hamilton Community Health Network, for health information technology improvements
$400,000 Ann Arbor Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund, University of Michigan Depression Center for the postsecondary Education Campus Support Project
$375,000 Ann Arbor University of Michigan Health System for infectious disease laboratory facilities and equipment
$350,000 Bloomfield Hills Oakland Community College for international education programs
$350,000 Lansing Michigan Center for Infant Loss
$350,000 Monroe Mercy Memorial Hospital System for facilities and equipment
$350,000 Grand Rapids Cheery Street Health Services, for facilities and equipment
$350,000 Detroit Henry Ford Health System, for equipment for the Manufacturing Principles Applied to Health (MPATH) initiative in West Bloomfield, MI
$350,000 Adrian Herrick Memorial Hospital, for facilities and equipment
$350,000 West Bloomfield Friendship Circle, for educational programs for children with special needs
$340,000 Harrison Township St. John's North Shore Hospital for facilities and equipment
$300,000 Rochester Oakland University School of Nursing for facilities and equipment for the Center for Pre-Symptom Healthcare and Societal Health Research
$300,000 Kalamazoo Western Michigan University for facilities and equipment for smart nanosensor research
$300,000 Detroit Wayne County Department of Health for an Infant Mortality Prevention program
$300,000 Farmington Hills Jewish Association for Residential Care for mental health support services
$300,000 Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital for facilities and equipment
$300,000 Muskegon Small business health coverage program at Access Health, Inc.
$300,000 Marquette Marquette General Hospital for facilities and equipment
$270,000 Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Valley Community College for training and certification curriculum development
$250,000 Escanaba St. Francis Hospital for facilities and equipment
$250,000 Detroit University of Detroit Mercy for facilities and equipment for dental education and treatment
$250,000 Dearborn Western Wayne Family Health Center for facilities and equipment
$250,000 Big Rapids Ferris State University, for facilities and equipment
$250,000 Detroit Individual Development Account initiative
$200,000 Fremont Gerber Memorial Health Services, for facilities and equipment
$200,000 Jackson Jackson Community College, for equipment
$200,000 Howell Cleary University, to purchase equipment and develop technology instruction for high school students
$200,000 Southfield Lawrence Technological University for upgrades to the university wireless network
$200,000 Marquette Northern Michigan University for an international education initiative, which may include student scholarships
$200,000 Frankenmuth Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum for preservation of collection
$200,000 Frankenmuth Michigan's Own Military and Space Museum for preservation and display of collections, and for operating expenses
$200,000 Port Austin Thumb Rural Health Network for facilities and equipment
$200,000 Grand Rapids Van Andel Institute for the West Michigan Community Bio-Med/Molecular Cooperative
$175,000 Manistee West Shore Medical Center for facilities and equipment
$175,000 Detroit Wayne County Department of Health for a lead poisoning assessment, prevention and intervention program
$175,000 Saginaw Health Delivery, Inc., for facilities and equipment
$150,000 Detroit L.I.F.T. Women's Resource Center, for services to improve self-sufficiency and life skills of women transitioning from substance abuse, domestic violence or homelessness
$150,000 Livonia Madonna University Project LEARN for a disaster relief and recovery program
$150,000 Detroit Substance abuse treatment and mental health services at The Family Life Center at the Northeast Guidance Center
$150,000 Greenville Spectrum Health United Memorial for an electronic health record system
$100,000 Grand Rapids St. Mary's Health Care for an automated record system
$100,000 Lansing Ingharm Regional Medical Center for health and educational outreach
$100,000 Plymouth Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center for a new market sector training pilot
$100,000 Deckerville Deckerville Community Hospital, for facilities and equipment
$100,000 Detroit Cyber Seniors, for the Experience Senior Power program
$100,000 Troy RARE Foundation, for educational programs for children
$100,000 Bloomfield Michigan Jewish Institute for curriculum development
$100,000 Saginaw Saginaw Valley State University for curriculum development at the Crisis Management Intervention Center
$100,000 Okemos School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan for an integrated school health network
$80,000 Portage Portage Community Outreach Center for facilities and equipment for the Family Health Clinic
$50,000 Grand Blanc Demonstration program through the Health Access network to improve access to dental care for low-income uninsured patients at the Genesys Health System

View the earmarks by state: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.