Emergency Manager City Of Detroit Order 27: Establishing A Grants Management Department

The City of Detroit filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on July 18, 2013 to restructure its debt; it seeks to implement a restructuring plan that will allow it to reduce its liabilities by more than $7 billion.  The city's restructuring is overseen by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who was appointed in March 2013. The Emergency Manager is responsible for ensuring that the city can continue to provide services essential to public health, safety, and welfare. In this document released on June 27, 2014, the Emergency Manager ordered the city to create an Office of Grants Management as a way . . .