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Manchester, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) announced $230,000 in funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for community organizations to expand local arts initiatives.
HARTFORD, CT — A community health center in Hartford will receive a major federal funding boost courtesy of a $4.2 million federal grant earmarked for expanded behavioral health services.
The Charter Oak Health Center, located at 401 New Britain Ave., Hartford, is a community health center offering health care to underserved populations in that area, regardless of the ability to pay.
As a result, it relies on government grants and other funding sources to operate.
At a time when when health centers are only able to meet about 27% of the demand for mental health services and just 6% for substance use disorder treatment, Connecticut’s congressional delegation announced a federal grant to expand both options in the state on Monday.
Both US Senators and all five members of Congress signed onto a statement released Monday detailing $4.2 million to be distributed to seven community health centers in Connecticut for the expansion of mental health, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services.
Hartford, CT - Today, the Connecticut Congressional delegation announced $4.2 million for seven community health centers in Connecticut to expand mental health, behavioral health, and substance use disorder services.
Local efforts to improve the accessibility and safety of its roadways received a major federal funding boost, officials announced last week.
Connecticut's Senate and Congressional delegations on Sept. 11 announced nearly $17 million in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support five traffic safety projects across Connecticut, including one project in West Hartford.
West Hartford is earmarked to receive $3,178,100 for its so-called "Vulnerable User Safety Program."
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads For All (SS4A) 2024 program grants have been announced, and the Town of West Hartford will receive a portion of the nearly $17 million in grants allocated to Connecticut for traffic safety projects through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Nearly $17 million is coming to Connecticut for traffic safety projects aimed at ending fatalities on the state’s roads, according to Connecticut’s congressional delegation.
The money, from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program, was announced Wednesday in a release from U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and U.S. Reps. John Larson, Joe Courtney, Rosa DeLauro and Jim Himes.