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Cc Bs Jamie, Thank you for sending the proposal from the United Way of Genesee County to the Michigan Health Endowment Fund, requesting a $500,000 grant to assist City of Flint residents with their water bills. Thank you, too, for sharing letters of support from Flint community leaders. I will be sharing the proposal with the MHEF Grantmaking Committee, which is currently preparing the Fund's 2015 grants program. I anticipate that in late July, we will be announcing a program and accepting applications until mid-September. Grants will be awarded in December and early next year. As we discussed, the Grants Committee is considering inviting community foundations to identify the most pressing health and wellness issues in their regions and submit proposals to the MHEF. If our board supports this approach, the best opportunity to seek a $500,000 grant will be through your local community foundation. After the committee has prepared its program recommendation for approval by the MHEF board, I will be in touch with you about next steps. Thanks again. xxxEND_PAGE:executiveofficeemails21_b0704_1665_1667_1 Paul Sent from my iPad