Flint Registry to receive $5M in new federal budget

FLINT, MI – The Flint Registry will receive $5 million from the bipartisan budget signed into law by President Joe Biden. The Flint Registry connects families to services designed to help minimize the impact of elevated lead in the city’s water supply in parts of 2014 and 2015. It was created in 2016 to help respond to the city’s water crisis. U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp.) called on the Biden administration to include the funding for the program in the new budget. “The Flint Registry is a powerful tool...