Tom Gores announced along with Consumers Energy that each will be donating $1 million to help create a scholarship program that will provide all Flint High School graduates with a tuition-free path to college. The Flint Promise scholarship program plans to launch for the 2018-19 school year.
Gores has been active in his hometown of Flint since early 2016 as part of the community’s ongoing water crisis. The water crisis started in 2014 and numerous residents still remain without access to clean water. Plans and funding are finally in place to address the issue, but infrastructure improvements will likely need until at least 2020 before the work is done.