Press Releases
FY 2022 Community Project Funding Requests
Washington,
June 15, 2021
Community Project Funding Community Project Funding (CPF) is a new initiative by the U.S. House of Representatives that will allow Members of Congress to request direct funding for fiscal year 2022 and thereafter for projects that benefit the communities they represent. CPF is separate from federal grants and funding apportioned by formula to states or awarded by federal agencies. The following projects, listed in alphabetical order by recipient, were submitted for FY22: Project Name: Novel Analytical and Empirical Approaches to the Prediction and Monitoring of Disease Transmission Request Amount: $760,000 Intended Recipient: God’s Love We Deliver, Inc Street Address of Intended Recipient: 166 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013 Signed Financial Disclosure Letter Purpose of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will allow the organization to reach more vulnerable people with medically tailored meals and nutrition education, thereby reducing healthcare utilization and costs for a high use population. Project Name: Hudson River Park Pedestrian Safety and Security Project Request Amount: $1,974,684 Intended Recipient: Hudson River Park Trust Street Address of Intended Recipient: 353 West St, New York, NY 10014 Financial Disclosure Purpose of Request: The project would deploy permanent safety measures including bollards and gates to further reduce vulnerability and to install camera infrastructure with feeds to NYPD Counter Terrorism Bureau. Project Name: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Expanded Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Request Amount: $351,274 Intended Recipient: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Inc. Street Address of Intended Recipient: 208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011 Signed Financial Disclosure Letter Purpose of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the LGBTQ community experience higher rates of mental health challenges, which often co-occur with higher rates of substance abuse, greater risk of HIV/AIDS, and diminished access to medical care. The Center provides early intervention holistic and affirming care to address these challenges early and in a supportive manner. Project Name: Brooklyn Parenting Center at Maimonides Medical Center Project Name: Harborview Terrace Elevator Repair Request Amount: $306,501 Intended Recipient: New York University Street Address of Intended Recipient: 655 Broadway, New York, NY 10012 Signed Financial Disclosure Letter Purpose of Request: The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide formerly incarcerated students valuable skills in social science research and reintegrate them into New York City while also engaging them in knowledge-creation to improve research methodologies, engage a wider range of subjects, and develop higher quality social science data. Project Name: Tri-State Regional Transit Planning Initiative Request Amount: $134,000 Intended Recipient: Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Street Address of Intended Recipient: 615 W 131st St, 6th Floor, Mail Code 8725, New York NY 10027-7922. Financial Disclosure Purpose of Request: The project would launch a new summer training program in accounting for low-income, first-generation, college-bound high school students from all over the Manhattan to meet small business owners’ need for accounting services and to provide students the skills to become accountants.
Project Name: Ryan Health Mental Health Facility Expansion House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Opportunities for “Member Designated Projects” for the forthcoming surface transportation reauthorization (commonly referred to as the 5-year federal “Highway Bill”) will be available through the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Disclosures: “Member Designated Project” Requests Submitted (listed in alphabetical order)
Opportunities for “NDAA Community Project Funding Requests” will be available through the House Committee on Armed Services. Project Name: Novel Analytical and Empirical Approaches to the Prediction and Monitoring of Disease Transmission Request Amount: $1,500,000 Intended Recipient: American Museum of Natural History Financial Disclosure Street Address of Intended Recipient: 200 Central Park West, New York, NY 10011 Purpose of Request: Leveraging a multi-faceted research and computational partnership with DoD, the American Museum of Natural History has been conducting research through its Institute for Comparative Genomics that directly relates to Defenses Sciences’ goals by increasing our capacity to predict where disease outbreaks might occur and to effectively monitor disease-causing agents and their global spread, an endeavor vital for national security and to protect our troops against the spread of infectious disease. The Museum proposes to respond to this interest with an integrated suite of science-based research and programs that will support (1) identifying where disease outbreaks are likely to occur; (2) how diseases could be spread on a mass scale; (3) how animals like bats factor into disease spread or (4) how military can protect their troops against spread of human infectious disease. |