B. Side Boot Camp: Entrepreneurship Education Program for At Risk Youth

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Project Name:	B. Side Boot Camp: Entrepreneurship Education Program for At Risk Youth
Project Address:	Office of Research and Development, Starkweather Hall, 2nd Floor, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Amount Requested:	$300,000
Federal Department or Agency:	Department of Justice
Individual or entity requesting this appropriation:	Eastern Michigan University
Value to Michigan’s 15th Congressional District and the American taxpayer:
Prevent first-time juvenile offenders in the Washtenaw County and greater Ypsilanti areas from becoming repeat offenders by teaching business and professional skills, encouraging creative and intelligent risk taking, and instilling financial independence and community responsibility through entrepreneurial education and training.

Representative John Dingell