Committee on Appropriations
Members of the House were allowed to submit up to 15 Community Project Funding requests for the fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills. Congresswoman Norton received 39 requests for projects in the District of Columbia. She submitted the following 15 requests.
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Recipient: Bread for the City
Amount: $3,000,000
Purpose: Start-up costs for a medical clinic
Recipient: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Amount: $250,000
Purpose: Training in technical theater jobs for youth and young adults
Recipient: Covenant House Washington
Amount: $329,750
Purpose: Job training for young adults
Recipient: Dance Institute of Washington, Inc.
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: Dance training and access to dance performances
Recipient: The George Washington University
Amount: $1,190,000
Purpose: Build and outfit a new cancer prevention and wellness center
Recipient: Healthy Babies Project, Inc.
Amount: $340,000
Purpose: Expand and rehabilitate transitional housing for homeless youth who are pregnant or parents
Recipient: Horton’s Kids
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: Transform a building into a community center
Recipient: House of Ruth
Amount: $7,160,828
Purpose: Renovate and rehabilitate an apartment building for vulnerable individuals
Recipient: The L’Enfant Trust
Amount: $2,000,000
Purpose: Rehabilitate a house for multi-unit affordable homeownership
Recipient: My Sister’s Place
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: Rehabilitate and maintain a domestic violence shelter and transitional housing
Recipient: National Children’s Museum
Amount: $1,000,000
Purpose: Educational exhibits and staff
Recipient: University of the District of Columbia
Amount: $4,700,000
Purpose: Establish a math teacher training institute
Recipient: Washington Area Community Investment Fund
Amount: $4,000,000
Purpose: Create an entrepreneurship center
Recipient: Wendt Center for Loss and Healing
Amount: $94,444
Purpose: Crisis response mental health services
Recipient: Whitman-Walker Health
Amount: $250,000
Purpose: Purchase a mobile health unit
Members of the House were allowed to submit up to 10 Community Project Funding requests for the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. Congresswoman Norton received 80 requests for projects in the District of Columbia. She submitted the following 10 requests.
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Recipient: 11th Street Bridge Park
Amount: $3,000,000
Purpose: Continued construction for a new venue for recreation, environmental education and the arts and connect communities on both sides of the Anacostia River.
Purpose: Continued construction for a new venue for recreation, environmental education and the arts and connect communities on both sides of the Anacostia River.
Recipient: Calvary Women’s Services
Amount: $200,000
Purpose: Expand both traditional housing and rapid rehousing for single women experiencing homelessness in the District of Columbia.
Purpose: Expand both traditional housing and rapid rehousing for single women experiencing homelessness in the District of Columbia.
Recipient: Capital Clubhouse Inc.
Amount: $202,600
Purpose: To consolidate the presence of a global mental health model, in a building better suited for expanded membership and activities.
Purpose: To consolidate the presence of a global mental health model, in a building better suited for expanded membership and activities.
Recipient: Children’s National Hospital
Amount: $3,000,000
Purpose: To add 14 new private rooms to its intensive care unit, as well as four hemodialysis rooms. It would also support the installation of negative pressure rooms and HVAC equipment and controls needed during a pandemic.
Purpose: To add 14 new private rooms to its intensive care unit, as well as four hemodialysis rooms. It would also support the installation of negative pressure rooms and HVAC equipment and controls needed during a pandemic.
Recipient: District Alliance for Safe Housing
Amount: $526,730
Purpose: The purchase and renovation of the largest dedicated safe housing program in the District of Columbia. The building would also be used as the workspace for the majority of DASH’s staff.
Purpose: The purchase and renovation of the largest dedicated safe housing program in the District of Columbia. The building would also be used as the workspace for the majority of DASH’s staff.
Recipient: DC Central Kitchen
Amount: $500,000
Purpose: To double DC Central kitchen’s training capacity from 88 WIOA- eligible District of Columbia residents each year to 175.
Purpose: To double DC Central kitchen’s training capacity from 88 WIOA- eligible District of Columbia residents each year to 175.
Recipient: DC Safe
Amount: $570,000
Purpose: Construction of a new, permanent facility for the SAFE Space Crisis Shelter, the only immediate-entry domestic violence shelter in the District of Columbia. With 30 apartment-style units, the new facility would double current capacity, housing an estimated 750 survivors and families each year.
Purpose: Construction of a new, permanent facility for the SAFE Space Crisis Shelter, the only immediate-entry domestic violence shelter in the District of Columbia. With 30 apartment-style units, the new facility would double current capacity, housing an estimated 750 survivors and families each year.
Recipient: Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center
Amount: $910,000
Purpose: To develop a network of trusted, accessible resilience hubs within walking distance of all Ward 7 residents in the District of Columbia. The hubs will be used to enhance resilience before, during and after disruptions, such as the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.
Purpose: To develop a network of trusted, accessible resilience hubs within walking distance of all Ward 7 residents in the District of Columbia. The hubs will be used to enhance resilience before, during and after disruptions, such as the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.
Recipient: Marshall Heights Community Development Organization, Inc.
Amount: $5,000,000
Purpose: The establishment and operation of a 9,000 square foot Urban Prosperity Hub – community culinary kitchen, small business center, event and training center, a grab-n’ go-deli and makespace retail showroom for District of Columbia vendor opportunities. In addition, the funding would be used to promote economic development in the District--primarily in Wards 7 & 8.
Purpose: The establishment and operation of a 9,000 square foot Urban Prosperity Hub – community culinary kitchen, small business center, event and training center, a grab-n’ go-deli and makespace retail showroom for District of Columbia vendor opportunities. In addition, the funding would be used to promote economic development in the District--primarily in Wards 7 & 8.
Recipient: MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Amount: $792,000
Purpose: To support construction of a full-scope maternity center, which would offer full integration of prenatal clinical care, mental health and social and legal services for underserved prenatal patients in the District of Columbia.
Purpose: To support construction of a full-scope maternity center, which would offer full integration of prenatal clinical care, mental health and social and legal services for underserved prenatal patients in the District of Columbia.