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New Haven, CT - Today, Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut Congressional Delegation announce that the State of Connecticut is receiving an $18 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to address homelessness among people in unsheltered settings and in rural communities.
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Hartford, CT – Today, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT) and U.S. Representatives John B. Larson (CT-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Jim Himes (CT-04), and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) announced $2.408 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support six traffic safety projects across Connecticut. The funds are awarded through the U.S.
Hartford, CT - Today, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, alongside Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Chris Murphy, and Our Piece of the Pie (OPP) President & CEO Hector Rivera announced that OPP’s Youth Service Corps has received $2.6 million in federal and state grants to expand and enhance services for Hartford youth. The Youth Service Corps (YSC), which was launched in the first year of Mayor Bronin’s administration, connects young
HARTFORD — When military veteran Giselle Jacobs received her Veterans Assistance Supportive Housing Voucher in 2009, it could not have come at a better time for her and her children, she said.
Jacobs became homeless and was traveling to different homeless shelters throughout the city. When this was disclosed to the Veterans Affairs office, she was connected to a program that helped her to start the process of gaining the voucher.
Hartford, CT – In a press conference today in Hartford, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $293,976 in HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers to the City of Hartford Housing Authority to provide a permanent home to veterans experiencing homelessness. In total, HUD awarded $25.4 million to 99 Public Housing Agencies across the country.
Washington, D.C. - The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Connecticut received its first “Internet for All” grants for deploying high-speed Internet networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Internet for All initiative.
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Connecticut Department of Public Health has been awarded a $32,253,484 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that will be used to support the state agency’s newly launched Office of Public Heath Workforce Development.
The state of Connecticut will receive $42 million to connect 10,000 homes and businesses to affordable high-speed Internet, the federal government announced Tuesday.
The project will invest in serving 6% of locations still lacking high-speed Internet in the state.
Connecticut was one of five states to receive the competitive grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the American Rescue Plan’s Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.
Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont, a former cable executive, said it was one of his top priorities.
EAST HARTFORD — The town’s fire department will receive $875,000 in federal funding for essential equipment to help keep firefighters safe.
The grant is the largest amount of money the department has received from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, which is funded through the American Rescue Plan Act.
On Friday, town officials, members of the fire department, and state representatives gathered in front of the public safety complex to announce the funding.