NFL Grassroots Program
The National Football League (NFL) Youth Football Fund Grassroots Program is a partnership of the National Foot Ball League Youth Football Fund (NFL YFF) and LISC. It provides non-proift, neighborhood-based organizations, middle schools and high schools with financing and technical assistance to improve the quality, safety, and accessibility of local football fields. Five local groups, Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation, Detroit Police Athletic League, Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance, Detroit Public Schools and Boys and Girls Club of Michigan have receive competitive awards totaling $600,000 to create four football fields and one flag football field in Detroit neighborhoods.