COUNTY OF MACOMB
Total received in grants · trailing 12 months
$1.6M
$0for every U.S. household÷ 131M U.S. households
In perspective
0.0%of all $162.9B in tracked grants
1separate grants, trailing 12 months
COUNTY OF MACOMB has received $1.6M across 1 federal grant of $1M or more on record.
Data as of July 24, 2026. Source: USAspending.gov, prime contract awards $1M+. Federal spending data lags and has known gaps. This is not a real-time or complete record.
Grants by agency
Where this recipient’s grant dollars come from.
All grant awards
Swipe to see description and amount →
| Agency | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Justice | IN 2022, THE MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTORS OFFICE (IN MICHIGANS THIRD LARGEST COUNTY) HIRED A CONVICTION INTEGRITY ATTORNEY (CIA), FOR ITS NEWLY ESTABLISHED CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT (CIU). THE PURPOSE OF THE CIU IS TO ADDRESS CLAIMS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTION. MOST APPLYING TO THE CIU ARE CONVICTED OF VIOLENT CRIMES. RACIAL DISPARITY AND EDUCATIONAL DEFICITS ARE PREVALENT. APPLICANTS TO THE CIU ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK. THE 2020 CENSUS SHOWED A COUNTY POPULATION OF 876,792; 79 PERCENT WERE WHITE/ALONE, AND 13.3 PERCENT WERE BLACK/ALONE. IN 2022, THE CIU HAD 44 REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE. TWENTY-FIVE MET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND OF THOSE, 14 WERE BLACK (56 PERCENT), 9 WERE WHITE (36 PERCENT), 1 IDENTIFIED AS LATINO, AND 1 PERSONS RACE IS UNKNOWN. CRIME SEVERITY OF THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WAS HIGH. FIFTEEN INVOLVED HOMICIDES. TWELVE OF THOSE INVOLVED LIFE SENTENCES. THREE WERE SECOND-DEGREE MURDERS WITH MINIMUM SENTENCES OF 1750 YEARS. OF THE REMAINING CASES, MOST WERE VIOLENT FELONIES WITH MINIMAL SENTENCES OF 185 YEARS. IN MACOMB COUNTY, 90.4 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS HAVE AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. OF THE 15 HOMICIDE CONVICTIONS, 3 HAD LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, 1 HAD OBTAINED A GED, 3 HAD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS, AND 2 HAD HIGH SCHOOL PLUS ADDITIONAL EDUCATION; THE EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF 6 WAS UNKNOWN. TWO OF THE 15 WERE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CIAS GOAL IS TO ANALYZE AND REVIEW CLAIMS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS IN A POPULATION OFTEN UNDERSERVED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THESE APPLICANTS OFTEN LACK RESOURCES TO LOCATE EVIDENCE, CONDUCT FORENSIC TESTING, AND OBTAIN EXPERTS AND ADEQUATE DEFENSE COUNSEL. GRANT OBJECTIVES ARE TO REVIEW CASES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL POST-CONVICTION DNA CASES, REVIEW CASES TO DETERMINE WHETHER DNA TESTING MAY PROVE ACTUAL INNOCENCE IN A VIOLENT FELONY, LOCATE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE, CONDUCT DNA TESTING, AND RECOMMEND RELIEF WHEN WARRANTED. TO DATE ONE WRONGFUL CONVICTION HAS BEEN DISMISSED AND VACATED. CURRENT CASES WILL TAKE 34 YEARS TO CLEAR. EVERY MONTH, THE CIA RECEIVES 25 NEW REQUESTS TO ASSESS AND POTENTIALLY INVESTIGATE. WITH THE GRANT MONEY, ADDITIONAL DEDICATED RESOURCES WOULD ASSIST THE CIU IN INVESTIGATIONS OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS USING DNA EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH ACTUAL INNOCENCE. THE CIU PROJECTS IT COULD IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND SPEED OF VIOLENT FELONY CASE REVIEW TO ESTABLISH INNOCENCE OR NOT VIA DNA TESTING BY 100200 PERCENT OVER THREE YEARS. CONFERENCE ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION: NO CONFERENCE ACTIVITY IS PROPOSED | $1,600,000 |