Michigan Child Care Stabilization Grants records request

To Whom It May Concern:

Under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act § 15.231 et seq., we are requesting an opportunity to inspect or obtain copies of public records:

All denial letters related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any spending, expenditure, performance or other data and/or memos related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any audits and reviews of Michigan's Child Care Stabilization Grant program;
A record of current waitlists reported by childcare providers for their facilities;
Any data detailing the breakdown of the distribution of grant funds by county.

We also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock, processed by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for commercial usage.

The Michigan Freedom of Information Act requires a response to this request within five days. If access to the records we are requesting will take longer than this amount of time, please contact us with information about when we might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested records. We ask the request be returned in an accessible digital format, such as .pdf, .csv or .xlsx for data files.

In the event that there are fees, we would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. We look forward to receiving your response to this request.
Sincerely,
Apoorvaa Mandar Bichu

Point number two refers to any relevant records of spending and expenditure, performance reviews of the childcare stabilization grants, and any other data and/or memos or emails exchanged pertaining to the childcare stabilization grants. Let us know if it is possible to attain these records, as well as the records pertaining to:

Any audits and reviews of Michigan's Child Care Stabilization Grant program;
A record of current waitlists reported by childcare providers for their facilities;
Any data detailing the breakdown of the distribution of grant funds by county.

Thank you,
Apoorvaa Mandar Bichu

I can be contacted at 402-319-9870, and will be available to answer any queries anytime after noon (CST). Thank you.

Sincerely,
Apoorvaa Mandar Bichu

Good afternoon!

Thank you for your follow-up. We have gone through the grant information posted on the website, and are asking for information that is not already posted on the website which could include (but is not limited to):

All denial letters related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any other data and/or memos related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any audits and reviews of Michigan's Child Care Stabilization Grant program;
A record of current waitlists reported by childcare providers for their facilities;
Any data detailing the breakdown of the distribution of grant funds by county.

If some of these overlap with what has already been included on the website, that data need not be included as part of the records. We are particularly interested in looking at any denial letters related to the grants (which are not included on the website), and any other memos and/or audits that have not already been included on the website.

Thank you!

Sincerely,
Apoorvaa Mandar Bichu

Good evening!

This is to follow-up on my request, since the 10 days that were asked for the request to be processed have passed. As mentioned in our prior requests, we are seeking:

All denial letters related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any other data and/or memos related to Michigan’s Child Care Stabilization Grants;
Any audits and reviews of Michigan's Child Care Stabilization Grant program;
A record of current waitlists reported by childcare providers for their facilities;
Any data detailing the breakdown of the distribution of grant funds by county.

Thank you!