Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing the inclusion of congressionally directed funding for 24 projects around Southeastern Pennsylvania in the Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bills. Senator Casey advocated for each of the projects to be included in the appropriations subcommittee bills. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released nine of the 12 bills on Monday, October 18; the other three had already been released.
“I’m pleased to advance this critical funding for infrastructure, early childhood education and other community development projects,” said Senator Casey. “As we build back better, these investments will help revitalize communities across Southeastern Pennsylvania. I will continue to advocate for resources for our Commonwealth and work with my colleagues to get these spending bills passed into law.”
Recipient |
Funding Amount |
Project |
|---|---|---|
| Berks County | $100,000 | To complete the necessary capacity and environmental study to review the available capacity and potential impacts of adding passenger rail service to the existing freight lines between Reading, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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Berks Latino Workforce Development Corporation |
$500,000 | To support the Berks Latino Workforce Development Corporation to establish an expanded technical center that will offer dual-language programs in adult education and occupational training in high-demand occupations. |
| County of Delaware (PA) | $1,000,000 | To support work to make a rail crossing safer in Darby. |
| Covenant House Pennsylvania | $750,000 | To construct a new transitional housing facility that will feature a 12-unit congregate site to serve more young people in need to housing. |
| Delaware County Community College | $1,000,000 | To establish a new early childhood education center at its new Southeast Campus. |
| Cheyney University | $400,000 | To fund Cheyney University' recently launched initiative, the ThinkUbator, that invites the thriving life sciences community to come to Cheyney's campus. |
| Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation | $400,000 | To support start up culinary businesses in Philadelphia. |
| JEVS Human Services | $1,000,000 | To support JEVS Human Services to expand its vocational program. |
| JEVS Human Services | $400,000 | To support the Choice is Yours (TCY), a 13-month innovative diversion program for first-time, nonviolent felony drug sellers. |
| Liberty Resources Inc. | $1,000,000 | To address unmet needs of people with disabilities in the City of Chester by developing at least six affordable, accessible housing units and associated services. |
| Lincoln University | $160,000 | To support a food sustainability research and learning program. |
| Montgomery County Community College | $70,000 | To support the installation of a Voyage Mark II Scale Solar System Exhibit at Montgomery County Community College. |
| PA Department of Transportation | $2,000,000 | To support the construction of a commuter rail multimodal facility, to be located adjacent the site of the newly constructed Coatesville Amtrak/SEPTA rail station. |
| Philadelphia Department of Public Health | $1,900,000 | To support the construction of a new Public Health Laboratory. |
| Philadelphia Housing Authority | $500,000 | To develop the Sharswood Ridge Mixed-Use Project, which will consist of 200,000 square feet of neighborhood serving commercial space including a confirmed grocery store, urgent care, bank branch, as well as 98 market rate and affordable rental units. |
| Philadelphia International Airport | $1,000,000 | To address taxiway deterioration which is currently impacting the ingress and egress of aircraft. |
| Philadelphia Youth Basketball | $100,000 | To renovate of a 100,000 square foot building to create an impactful youth development and community center. |
| Please Touch Museum | $1,000,000 | To support the Museum's Kindergarten Readiness Program, which supports early education for young children, as it expands from a pilot phase to target more eligible families and prepares for even further expansion. |
| Please Touch Museum | $500,000 | To support historic preservation projects and to maintain Memorial Hall for the safety of visitors. |
| Temple University Health System | $400,000 | To support the cost of expanding and enhancing the emergency department and behavioral health services at Temple University Hospital-Episcopal Campus to better serve patients coming from lower socioeconomic status and minority neighborhoods in Philadelphia. |
| The Big SandBox | $650,000 | To develop schoolyards in Philadelphia into a welcoming and safe environment for children. |
| United Way of Bucks County | $220,000 | To expand services and increase outreach to the community through the creation of financial stability programs, collaboration with existing nonprofits and agencies that promote good health, and continued distribution of essential items at its HELP Center, a coordinated Health Eating and Living Partnership serving Bucks County and beyond. |
| Urban League of Philadelphia | $950,000 | To support a project to provide housing for the formerly incarcerated, called a Home for Returning Citizens. |
| Philadelphia Energy Authority* | $2,100,000 | To begin PEA's Build to Last affordable housing pilot program. |
*Indicates previously announced funding
