Crisis Relief Grants for Food and Beverage Service Workers

Crisis Relief Grants for Food and Beverage Service Workers is sponsored by CORE Gives. These grants support current or recently employed food and beverage service workers in Michigan, including servers, bartenders, cooks, baristas, hosts, and managers, who are facing significant personal hardship due to economic impacts.

Apply For Grant | Core Gives Crisis Stabilization Grant Criteria Must be currently working in the food and beverage service industry and have worked in the food and beverage service industry for the past 90 days or on a documented leave of absence due to qualifying circumstance. Must have a legally dependent child under the age of 18 or a medically dependent child with documentation living within your home.

Must have a qualifying circumstance within the last 90 days. Please note: Support from CORE Crisis Stabilization Grant is limited to one lifetime grant per family. * Grant criteria as of Jan.

1, 2024. CORE reserves the right to modify criteria at any time. What is a qualified circumstance?

List of qualifying circumstances: Significant medical diagnosis or injury requiring current and/or ongoing treatment of the food and beverage service worker, their spouse/domestic partner, or their child Death of the food and beverage service worker, their spouse/domestic partner or the food and beverage service worker’s child Loss of employment or home due to a natural disaster Loss of employment or home due to a fire unrelated to a natural disaster Documented domestic violence or abuse Documentation is required to receive a CORE grant such as, but not limited to documentation of diagnosis, ongoing care, domestic violence/abuse, or natural disaster.

List of circumstances that are NOT eligible for CORE support: Homelessness without a qualifying circumstance Loss of work or wages (being fired, decrease in work shifts, or unable to find a new job) Divorce or separation from a significant other Car repair or accident without significant documented injury Late bills without a qualifying circumstance Undocumented domestic violence Death of a family member that is not a food and beverage worker, their spouse/domestic partner, and the food and beverage service worker’s child (the food and beverage service worker’s parent, grandparent, aunt, or uncle, etc. do not qualify What is the CORE Application Process?

1.) Complete Application – Complete and submit application. Please submit the best possible documents.

Submitting all documents can speed up the application process. Applying without all requested documents can lead to your application being declined. 2.)

Initial Review – A CORE case manager will review our application. Once your application is reviewed, a case manager will be reaching out to you through email via Submittable with the results of the initial review. The case manager will let you know if your application can proceed to the next step.

3.) Case Manager Call – After the initial review, a CORE case manager will call you with the result of the initial review. 4.)

Additional Documentation (if applicable) – If your application needs additional paperwork, a CORE case manager will email you a form asking for your additional paperwork. 5.) CORE Grant Approval Committee – All CORE applications are seen by the CORE Grant Approval Committee to ensure that the application meets CORE’s criteria.

CORE will be contacting you with the Grant Approval Committee’s decision. 6.) Payment Form – If your application is approved, a CORE case manager will email you a form asking for payment information and an optional media release.

(Choosing to not allow CORE to use your story will have no effect on your grant approval or payment.) 7.) Payment Complete – Once the payment form is complete CORE will verify applicant information and make the payment via direct deposit.

If direct deposit is not an option, electronic gift cards are available. What Documentation do I need to provide for my circumstance? A: Documentation varies based on each unique circumstance.

To be accepted, submissions should include full-page, completed documents.

Examples include but are not limited to the following: Natural Disaster: FEMA or Red Cross documentation, letter from landlord/management company stating home is unlivable, documentation of prolonged business closure, or quote from a repair company of damage NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of devastation to home or business Medical: official physician documentation, hospital discharge papers, screenshot of diagnosis and care from online chart *Please submit all documentation through CORE’s HIPAA compliant platform, Submittable.

NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of injury or prescription bottles Death: death certificate, newspaper article or obituary Domestic Violence/Abuse: police report, TPO, letter from a domestic violence/abuse help organization stating ongoing assistance NOT ACCEPTED: videos or images of injuries *All submitted documentation is subject to verification. What qualifies as a food and beverage service job?

third-party delivery drivers factory or off-site food preparation jobs hotel bar/dining and in-room service DoorDash, UberEats, Postmates, etc. Grocery stores or supermarkets Off-site food production facilities We will be accepting 2026 applications for the following grants during these dates: Crisis Stabilazation Grant: July 1 - December 15 Caring for the Classroom Grant: July 1 - August 31 Groceries with Gratitude Grant: November 1 - December 31 Special Note: Program dates subject to change based on available funding.

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