EXPANDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL
Unemployment Down to 3.8%: The unemployment rate in Michigan has declined from 7.4% to 3.8% since 1993. 586,600 New Jobs: 590,200 new jobs have been created in Michigan since 1993 - an average of 91,418 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 22,125 jobs per year during the previous administration. 570,500 New Private Sector Jobs: Since 1993, 570,500 new private sector jobs have been created in Michigan-an average of 88,909 jobs per year, compared to an average of just 16,425 private sector jobs per year in the previous administration. 54,000 New Manufacturing Jobs: 54,000 construction jobs have been created in Michigan since 1993 -- an average of 8,416 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of 18,600 construction jobs were lost each year during the previous administration. 61,300 New Construction Jobs: 61,300 construction jobs have been created in Michigan since 1993 -- an average of 9,553 jobs per year. In contrast, an average of 1,175 construction jobs were lost each year during the previous administration. 380,000 Have Received a Raise: Approximately 142,000 Michigan workers benefited from an increase in the minimum wage-from $4.25 to $4.75 -- on October 1, 1996. They, along with about 238,000 more received an additional raise-from $4.75 to $5.15 -- on September 1, 1997. Poverty Has Fallen: Nationally, the poverty rate has fallen from 15.1% in 1993 to 13.3% in 1997. In Michigan, the poverty rate has fallen from 15.4% in 1993 to 10.3% in 1997--down 5.1% under President Clinton. [Census Bureau] A $500 Child Tax Credit to Help Families Raising Children: To help make it easier for families to raise their children, the balanced budget included a $500 per-child tax credit for children under 17. Thanks to President Clinton, the Balanced Budget delivers a child tax credit to 982,000 families in Michigan. Business Failures Down 7.5%: Business failures in Michigan have dropped an average of 7.5% per year since 1993, after increasing 12.3% per year during the previous twelve years. [Oct. 98 data] Home Ownership Has Increased in Michigan: Home ownership in Michigan has increased from 71.5% to 76.6% since the fourth quarter of 1993. Home Building Up 6.1%: Home building in Michigan has increased by an average of 6.1% per year since 1993, after falling an average of 4.7% per year during the previous administration. Over $25,000 of Reduced Federal Debt for Every Family of Four: The national debt will be $1.7 trillion lower in FY99 than projected in 1993 -- that's $25,000 less debt for each family of four in Michigan this year. 3.6% Growth in Total Bank Loans and Leases: Michigan has seen a 3.6% average growth rate in total bank loans and leases per year since 1993. In contrast total bank loans and leases fell over 1.5 during the previous administration. 6.5% Growth in Commercial and Industrial Loans and Leases: Since 1993, Michigan has experienced a 6.5% annual growth rate in commercial and industrial loans and leases. In contrast commercial and industrial loans and leases fell over 1.6% during the previous administration. EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION
Over 33,000 Children in Head Start: Over 33,000 Michigan children were enrolled in Head Start in 1998. In FY99, Michigan will receive $170.8 million in Head Start funding, an increase of $63.4 million over 1993. More High-Quality Teachers With Smaller Class Sizes for Michigan's Schools: Thanks to President Clinton, the final FY99 budget provides for the first year of the President's new initiative to hire 100,000 new, well-prepared teachers, to reduce class sizes in the early grades to a national average of 18. Michigan receives $50.3 million in 1999 to hire about 1,293 new public school teachers. And, under President Clinton's proposal, Michigan would receive $56 million in FY00 to support a total of 1,516 teachers. $18.3 Million in Goals 2000 Funding: This year [FY99], Michigan receives $18.3 million in Goals 2000 funding. This money is used to raise academic achievement by raising academic standards, increasing parental and community involvement in education, expanding the use of computers and technology in classrooms, and supporting high-quality teacher professional development. $18.1 Million for Technology Literacy: This year [FY99], Michigan receives $18.1 million for the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund which helps communities and the private sector ensure that every student is equipped with the computer literacy skills needed for the 21st century. Connecting Michigan's Schools and Libraries to the Internet: The E-rate program is part of the Administration's effort to connect every classroom and library to the information superhighway, giving every child access to the resources and knowledge available online. This program helps schools and libraries by providing discounts of 20 to 90 percent on telecommunications services, internal connections and Internet access - with the largest discounts going to the poorest urban and rural schools. In the first year of funding alone, Michigan received over $56.9 million in E-rate discounts. $344 Million for Students Most in Need: Michigan receives $344 million in Title I Grants (to Local Education Agencies) providing extra help in the basics for students most in need, particularly communities and schools with high concentrations of children in low-income families [FY99]. This is an increase of $17.8 million over FY98 funding. 113,300 Students Will Receive Pell Grants: This year [FY00], Michigan will receive $194.7 million in Pell Grants for low-income students going to college, benefiting a total of 113,300 Michigan students. Expanded Work-Study To Help More Students Work Their Way Through College: The FY99 budget includes a significant expansion of the Federal Work Study program. Michigan will receive $27.6 million in Work-Study funding in 1999 to help Michigan students work their way through college. Nearly 3,000 Have Served in Michigan through AmeriCorps: Since the National Service program began in 1993, 2,706 AmeriCorps participants have earned money for college while working in Michigan's schools, hospitals, neighborhoods or parks. [through 11/98] Tuition Tax Credits in Balanced Budget Open the Doors of College and Promote Lifelong Learning: The balanced budget included both President Clinton's $1,500 HOPE Scholarship to help make the first two years of college as universal as a high school diploma and a Lifetime Learning Tax Credit for college juniors, seniors, graduate students and working Americans pursuing lifelong learning to upgrade their skills. This 20% tax credit will be applied to the first $5,000 of tuition and fees through 2002 and to the first $10,000 thereafter. 226,000 students in Michigan will receive a HOPE Scholarship tax credit of up to $1,500. 277,000 students in Michigan will receive the Lifetime Learning Tax Credit. [fully phased-in FY00 estimate] Expanded Job Training to Michigan's Dislocated Workers: Thanks to President Clinton, the FY99 budget includes a significant expansion in the dislocated worker program. Michigan will receive $21.6 million in 1999 to help 12,790 of Michigan's dislocated workers get the training and reemployment services they need to return to work as quickly as possible. FIGHTING CRIME AND VIOLENCE
Violent Crime Falls 21% in Michigan: Since 1992, serious crime in Michigan has fallen 9%. Violent crime and property crime have also declined 21% and 7% respectively. In Michigan's cities, between 1992 and 1997, serious crime, as indicated by the crime index, has declined 15% in Flint and 17% in Grand Rapids. In addition, murder has declined 21% in Detroit, with a 33% drop in robbery. In Flint, murder has dropped 63% with robbery declining 16%. [1992 and 1997 Uniform Crime Reports] Juvenile Arrests Down in Michigan: Michigan's juvenile murder arrests have decreased 47% between 1992 and 1997. [FBI, Uniform Crime Report, 1992 and 1997] 3,396 More Police: The President's 1994 Crime Bill has funded 3,396 new police officers to date in communities across Michigan. [through 7/99] Flint and Muskegon Will Receive Targeted Funding to Hire More Community Police: Flint and Muskegon were selected as pilot cities for the President's new effort to target high crime neighborhoods. The pilot program will provide full funding for new officers by waiving the usual matching requirements. Flint and Muskegon will deploy new officers to help meet the unique needs of their communities, such as combating gangs or targeting drug "hot spots." Reducing Crime with Drug Courts: Working to reduce drug-related crime in Michigan, the Clinton Administration has awarded Drug Court grants to the communities of Charlotte, Detroit, Kalamazoo and Eaton. The Administration had previously awarded grants to the Michigan communities of Mt. Clemens and Sault Ste. Marie. Drug courts use the coercive power of the criminal justice system to combine drug testing, sanctions, supervision and treatment to push nonviolent, drug-abusing offenders to stop using drugs and committing crimes. Over $6 Million to Combat Domestic Violence: Through the Violence Against Women Act, Michigan received $6.4 million in federal funds in FY98 to establish more women's shelters and bolster law enforcement, prosecution and victims' services. $2.1 Million in Grants for Battered Women and Children: This year [FY98], Michigan received approximately $2.1 million in HHS's Family Violence Prevention Program grants to assist women and children fleeing domestic abuse, an additional $358,000 increase over FY97. $16.9 Million to Keep Drugs & Violence Out of Michigan's Schools: Michigan receives $16.9 million in FY99 for the Safe & Drug Free Schools Program, which invests in school security and drug prevention programs. MOVING MICHIGAN RESIDENTS FROM WELFARE TO WORK
422,773 Fewer People on Welfare: There are 422,773 fewer people on welfare in Michigan now than there were at the beginning of 1993 -- a 62% decrease. [through 3/99] Child Support Collections Up 47%: Child support collections have increased by more than $369 million-or 47% -- in Michigan since FY92. [through FY98] Encouraging Responsible Choices-Preventing Teen Pregnancy in Michigan: Since 1993, President Clinton and Vice President Gore have supported innovative and promising teen pregnancy prevention strategies, with significant components of the strategy becoming law in the 1996 Personal Responsibility Act. The law requires unmarried minor parents to stay in school and live at home or in a supervised setting; encourages "second chance homes" to provide teen parents with the skills and support they need; and provides $50 million a year in new funding for state abstinence education activities. Efforts are making a difference, adolescent pregnancy rates and teen abortion rates are declining. And between 1992 and 1997, teen birth rates declined 22% in Michigan. $69.3 Million for Michigan Welfare-to-Work: In 1998, Michigan received $42.2 million in Federal welfare-to-work state formula grants (the state matched $21.1 million in funding), helping Michigan welfare recipients get and keep jobs. In addition, $5.3 million in competitive grants were awarded to Michigan localities to support innovative welfare-to-work strategies and Native American tribes in Michigan received $733,000 in Federal funding. Part of the President's comprehensive efforts to move recipients from welfare to work, this funding was included in the $3 billion welfare to work fund in the 1997 Balanced Budget Act. Helping People Get to Work: Through the Access to Jobs initiative, the Clinton-Gore Administration is working with communities across the country to design transportation solutions to help welfare recipients and other low-income workers get to and from work. Statewide, Michigan has received $851,190 this year to fund innovative transit projects. In addition to this funding, Detroit has received $1.38 million for these transportation projects. INVESTING IN MICHIGAN'S HEALTH
Health Care for Uninsured Children: The balanced budget included the largest single investment in health care for children since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 -- an unprecedented $24 billion over five years to cover as many as five million children throughout the nation. This investment guarantees the full range of benefits-from checkups to surgery -- that children need to grow up strong and healthy. It ensures that prescription drugs, vision, hearing, and mental health coverage now offered at the state level are extended to millions of uninsured children. To expand health coverage to 156,000 uninsured children in Michigan the Balanced Budget provided $92 million in 1998. This compares to the 1995 Republican plan vetoed by President Clinton that would have denied health coverage to 57,900 children in Michigan. Helping Nearly 218,000 Michigan Women and Children with WIC: The Clinton Administration is committed to full funding in the Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). In FY98, Michigan received $115.2 million in total WIC grant funding, helping 217,700 women, infants and children in need receive health and food assistance, 13,000 more than in 1994. More Toddlers Are Being Immunized: As a result of the President's 1993 Childhood Immunization Initiative, childhood immunization rates have reached an historic high. According to the CDC,by 1996, 90% or more of America's toddlers received the most critical doses of each of the routinely recommended vaccines-surpassing the President's 1993 goal. In Michigan in 1997, 95% of two-year olds received the vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis; 91% received the vaccine for polio; 89% received the vaccine for measles, and 91% received the vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae B, the bacteria causing a form of meningitis. Increased Funding for Ryan White by $60.9 Million: Between 1993 and 1998, Michigan communities received $60.9 million in Ryan White formula and other HIV/AIDS program funds. This funding provides people living with HIV and AIDS medical and support services, including the AIDS Drug Assistance Program which helps those without insurance obtain much needed prescription drugs. [HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration, 12/98] Tobacco Plan Will Cut Smoking and Premature Deaths by 34% in Michigan: The Clinton Administration's tobacco proposal, combined with the recently enacted state tobacco settlements, will cut youth smoking and resulting premature deaths 34% in Michigan by 2004. Between 2000 and 2004, 114,500 of Michigan's youth will be kept from smoking and 36,600 will be spared a premature tobacco-related death. [Treasury Dept., 2/99] 5,320,000 Americans in Michigan Cannot Be Assured They Have Patient Protections: Even if Michigan enacted all the protections in the Patients' Bill of Rights, 5,320,000 people in Michigan cannot be assured they have the comprehensive patient protections recommended by the President's Advisory Commission. This is because the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) may preempt state-enacted protections. That is why the President has called on Congress to pass a federally enforceable patients' bill of rights so that everyone enrolled in managed care may have a basic set of protections. Notably, 2,560,000 Michigan women are in ERISA health plans and are therefore not necessarily protected. Women are particularly vulnerable without these protections because they are greater users of health care services, they make three-quarters of the health care decisions for their families, and they have specific health care needs addressed by a patients' bill of rights. PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
Brownfields-Revitalizing Communities in Michigan: As part of the Clinton-Gore Administration's efforts to clean up Brownfields, the EPA has awarded grants to counties and communities in Michigan-Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Ypsilanti, St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Benton Charter Township, Chippewa County, Kinross Township, and Wayne County for environmental clean-up and economic revitalization. In addition, the Downriver Community Conference, including the communities of Monroe, Trenton, and Riverview, will benefit from a Brownfields grant. These projects are intended to jump-start local clean-up efforts by providing funds to return unproductive, abandoned, contaminated urban properties to productive use. 37 Toxic Waste Sites Cleaned Up: Since 1993, the EPA has completed 37 Superfund toxic waste cleanups in Michigan-more than any other. These sites are located in Lansing, Ionia, Filer City, Adrian, Kalamazoo (2), Swartz Creek, Albion, Hartford Township, Detroit, Grand Rapids (2), Marquette, St. Louis, Oscoda, Otisville, Belding, Avon Township, Utica, Lansing Township, Whitehall, Sturgis, Battle Creek, Highland, Kent City, Kentwood, Cadillac (2), Pere Marquette Township, Brighton (2), Rose Township, Holland, Wyandotte, Clare, Grand Ledge and Niles [through 6/99]. This is more than 4 times the number of sites cleaned up in Michigan during the previous twelve years . $25.9 Million in Safe Drinking Water Funding: This year [FY99], thanks to President Clinton, Michigan will receive $21.9 million for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds to provide low-interest loans to municipalities to build, improve, and prevent pollution of drinking water systems. In addition, Michigan will receive $3.9 million in Public Water Supply Supervision grants to help monitor drinking water quality and enforce health standards. SPEARHEADING RURAL AND URBAN RENEWAL EFFORTS
Revitalizing Michigan's Communities: Detroit was designated an Empowerment Zone in December, 1994 and was awarded $100 million to create more jobs, housing, and economic opportunity. Similarly in 1994, Muskegon, Flint, and Lake County were each named Enterprise Communities. In 1999, Harrison was designated a Rural Enterprise Community. Expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Will Help Develop 5,600 To 6,700 New Affordable Housing Units in Michigan Over the Next 5 years: Last year, the President and Vice President pushed for a 40-percent expansion in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. This year, the President and Vice President will try again to enact tax incentives to develop affordable housing. In Michigan alone, this proposal would mean an additional 5,600 - 6,700 quality rental housing units for low-income American families during the next five years. Helping Rural Michigan Families: Since 1993, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has invested more than $1.32 billion in Michigan for rural economic development efforts including rural water and sewer, housing and business assistance.[through FY98] PROVIDING DISASTER RELIEF
$97.6 Million in Federal Emergency Assistance: Since 1993, Michigan has received $97.6 million in disaster relief. This includes $32 million in aid to the damage caused by severe storms and straight line winds in 1998. [FEMA, 12/98] EXPANDING FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
Over $3.2 Billion in Federal Highway Aid: Since 1993, Michigan has received over $3.2 billion in federal highway aid. Included in this funding is $1.6 million for emergency relief in response to natural disasters and $152,800 for scenic byways. These funds have helped generate 135,664 jobs. [through FY98] Over $303 Million in Aviation Funds: From FY93-FY98 Michigan received over $303 million in Airport Improvement Program funds to help build and renovate airports, and, when necessary, to provide funds for noise abatement to improve the quality of life for residents who live near airports. Approximately $444 Million in Transit Funds: Michigan has received approximately $444 million in FTA funds since 1993 to support mass transportation in Michigan. The funds have been used to replace and repair the state's bus system and upgrade facilities. Saving Lives and Property: In 1997 the United States Coast Guard saved 281 lives and over $37.8 million of property in Michigan.
Last Updated August 1999
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