REP BOYLE COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING SUBMISSIONS FOR FY23

WASHINGTON, DC - Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro announced that the House Committee on Appropriations will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 15 Community Project Funding requests across all subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2023 and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. More information on the process can be found on the House Appropriations Committee page here.

Projects requested
Note: The projects are listed below by recipient name.

Applicant name: Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) Pennsylvania
Project Name: From Classrooms to Careers
Address: 7500 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119
Amount Requested: $350,000
Project description and explanation:

With Gun violence continuing to plague our city, the youth of Philadelphia need quality programming that meet their needs, redirect them, and give them the skills to live successful and productive lives. In an effort to assist in curbing this life altering, fatal, and nonproductive trend among youth in Philadelphia, the Jobs for America's Graduates Pennsylvania (JAG PA) would act as a catalyst for change by offering College & Career Readiness programming to help and support students to discover their talents and provide knowledge and resources to help these future leaders to find their career pathway. JAG PA would implement five new programs in Philadelphia as part of its expansion efforts. These new programs will provide civic awareness, leadership development, employability training, jobs, and post-secondary opportunities for students of promise in high schools, out-of-school and after school programs during the 2022-2023 school year. The program provides one year of in and out-of-class instruction and training, and 12 months of follow-up services for recent high school and out-of- school graduates to ensure that students maintain employment, remain in college, and continue career training.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Mural Arts Philadelphia
Project Name: Color Me Back program
Address: 1727-29 Mt. Vernon Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project description and explanation:
Mural Arts Philadelphia recently expanded its Color Me Back: A Same Day Work and Pay Program to Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, located in PA District 2. Color Me Back was launched in April 2019 and combines an opportunity to earn wages with art-making and access to social services for individuals experiencing economic and housing insecurity. Participants connect, contribute, and engage with outreach specialists who can link them with support services, including social and/or behavioral health services and opportunities for longer- term employment while working in the program. Since it began in September 2021, the Kensington project has made 412 payments to 70 unique participants, totaling $20,100. In FY23 they are looking to expand the program, hiring 15-20 additional participants a day and adding another work location and several public art projects in Kensington in partnership with SEPTA and community investment partners. Federal support in the amount of $500,000 will help them achieve expansion goals.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Self Help Movement, Inc.
Project Name: Self Help Movement Restoration and Expansion Project
Address: 2600 Southampton Road, Philadelphia, PA 19116
Amount Requested: $1.5 million
Project description and explanation:
The Self Help Movement, Inc., has a long and effective history of service to persons struggling with addiction. Self Help seeks $1.5 million in Community Project funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to complete ongoing renovations that will ensure the facility meets continuing and growing needs for addiction recovery services. Self Help Movement provides multi-level care, housing over 200 persons in recovery. It is a residential alcohol and other drugs program committed to providing treatment for men who have a desire to stop using addictive substances. There are two levels of residential treatment, Inpatient and Halfway House. It offers a non-treatment Transitional Living Facility for men and treats their substance related addictions and provides individualized and flexible treatment programs geared toward each person's individual needs. Self Help Movement, Inc is in the process of renovating our last remaining, 90,000 square foot, three-story building, the "Southampton Road Building". It is currently looking to out-fit the basement and first floor to expand the services they presently provide. Federal funding is needed to complete these renovations which would provide a safe and efficient building to continue to serve those in need.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Center City District
Project Name: 6th Street Lighting, Center City Highway Infrastructure
Address: 660 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project description and explanation:
Center City District (CCD) requests $500,000 to add pedestrian-scale lighting along South 6th Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets. This project is part of a comprehensive plan of improvements to enhance pedestrian mobility and safety, support life-sciences and residential investment, and to link Independence National Historic Park to historic Jewelers' Row. In the last two years, private developers have invested several hundred million dollars to transform two major buildings on South 6th Street, bringing new volumes of pedestrians to the blocks between Chestnut and Walnut Streets. Independence Hall is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Landmark. Jewelers' Row is one of the oldest diamond districts in the nation. However, these unique assets are poorly connected and the public environment that links them together is neither welcoming nor well illuminated for residents, tourists or the researchers in the Curtis Building who are connected with Thomas Jefferson University three blocks to the west. These improvements will be coordinated with a larger CCD plan to improve lighting, gateway signage and public amenities on 600 and 700 blocks of Sansom Street, funded separately with a Commonwealth Redevelopment Assistance Capital grant of $500,000, and CCD investment of $1 million. This project will enhance the safety and mobility of a needed connection within the historic district as our nation's 250th anniversary approaches and help prepare the City for celebrations in the cradle of liberty.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Congreso de Latinos Unidos (d/b/a Congreso)
Project Name: Congreso Accessibility Project
Address:216 W. Somerset Street, Philadelphia, PA 19133
Amount Requested: $1,100,000
Project description and explanation: Updating the entrance and frontage to ensure accessibility via a forty foot ADA-compliant ramp with an upper and lower landing. The doors and steel gates to the building will also be renovated to better accommodate those utilizing the facilities. The lobby will also be renovated so that individuals with mobility issues can better navigate the facility. The building is currently serviced by two elevators that are insufficient to meet the needs of those in need of Congreso's services. On busy days, the wait for the elevators, particularly for individuals with mobility issues, creates significant congestion in Congreso's lobby. A portion of the funding will go towards the complete renovation of the elevators. The renovation goal is to ensure that the organization's services can be accessed in an equitable manner to all residents of Philadelphia.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: CH Pennsylvania Under-21 (d/b/a Covenant House PA)
Project Name: Kensington Transitional Housing Facility Capital Improvements Project
Address: 31 E. Armat Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144
Amount Requested:$225,000
Project description and explanation:
CHPA seeks support for the installation of a generator and the replacement a 20-year-old elevator at its 20-bed transitional housing facility located in Kensington that serves young adults (ages 18 to 22) who are experiencing homeless and or are victims of human trafficking. These upgrades and repairs are needed to keep the 24/7 facility and those living there as safe as possible. CHPA provides a continuum of housing and supportive services to young adults and families who are homeless in PA, with 80% of services delivered in Philadelphia. With a safe and stable place to live in transitional housing at Kensington and Allegheny Avenues, CHPA young people are able to work on the skills that will ensure their path to self-sufficiency. From its transitional housing facility, CHPA provides youth with case management, educational and career development, financial literacy, life skills and medical/mental health programs. Transitional housing is proven to significantly improve outcomes for young people facing homeless. Much-needed upgrades at CHPA's Kensington facility will ensure that CHPA can sustain these outcomes and be available 24/7 to provide safe, support housing and a brighter future for young adults experiencing homelessness.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
Project Name: Delaware River Trail - Battery Segment Project
Address: 121 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Amount Requested: $1 million
Project description and explanation: This project will construct a segment of the Delaware River Trail along a recently acquired public easement adjacent to the Battery, a project transforming the former PECO generating station into a mixed-use residential and commercial destination. This project will extend the Delaware River Trail from where it currently terminates at Penn Treaty Park an additional 1000 linear feet and will also include improvements to the bulkhead. The trail will include a multi-use path, new plantings and trees, pedestrian-scaled lighting, and stormwater management components.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
Project Name: Graffitti Pier Improvement Project
Address: 121 N. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Amount Requested: $2 million
Project description and explanation: This project will make improvements to Pier 18, commonly known as Graffiti Pier, an outdoor street art gallery and open space destination in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia and one of the few extant remnants of the area's industrial path. Based on a design vetted through a robust community engagement process, the project will undertake an initial phase of improvements to the site, which is currently vacant land, to bring it to a level of repair safe for official public access. This work will include repairing the sub- and superstructural damage, constructing guardrails around the edges of the pier, and providing safe and accessible pathways to and around the Pier.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Feliz Filadelfia
Project Name: Hammond Avenue Baseball Fields Astroturf and Sports LIghting Renovation
Address: 5917 N. Front Street, Philadelphia PA 19120
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project description and explanation:
Funding will support the installation and maintenance of one new artificial turf infield, lighting for one baseball diamond and an electronic scoreboard for the Hammond Avenue baseball fields and clubhouse in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia. The facility enhancements will address player safety concerns and will provide year-round field availability for nearly 9,000 neighborhood young people, ages 6 -- 18. These improvements will also increase the number of after school sports programs and serve as a refuge for at-risk youth, helping to reduce crime rates, court costs, and other costs to the community. The funding will also help to position the Hammond Avenue baseball fields and clubhouse as a sports hub for the Olney and Hunting Park neighborhoods in the city. In addition, these improvements will help Feliz Filadelfia extend accessibility, diversity and sports equity in a community with a large African American and Hispanic/Latino population. The ability to offer additional programming enhancements include expanding the youth soccer, flag football and baseball teams, and clinics with the Phillies RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program. Astroturf fields will increase the number of games that can be practiced or played on several times per day without breaking down. The smoother surface will reduce the chances of sports injuries to players caused by slippery or uneven sports surfaces. Astroturf fields are low-cost maintenance and pesticide-free which help to protect the environment. The installation of sports lighting will increase the number of games that can be played and the ability to schedule games and team practices during the Fall and Winter seasons. Bright lights and increased attendance at regularly scheduled sporting events will help to reduce vandalism and crime in the area.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Fishtown/Kensington BID
Project Name: Frankford Avenue Connector Project
Address: 1509 N. Front Street, Philadelphia, PA 19125
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Project description and explanation:
Funding would make necessary changes to the public realm and urban design of the Fishtown/Riverwards neighborhoods. The overall objective of the project is to create a unified, inviting design for Frankford Avenue that will provide safe and attractive passage for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists between the neighborhood and the river. Specifically, all stakeholders of the public realm were engaged to accomplish a design that brought life, function and art to the collective space on Frankford Avenue (from Girard Avenue to the Delaware River trail by Rivers Casino). The traffic flow and size of Delaware Avenue make it impossible for residents and visitors to safely travel from the Fishtown/Kensington communities and enjoy all that the Delaware River has to offer. The project's plan/design uses the spaces under I-95, pedestrian openings along Delaware Avenue, and Delaware River trail to allow for public use, artistic expression, directional signage, hushed lighting, and, most important, a connecting pedestrian walkway to the River for the entire region to enjoy.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Independence Historical Trust
Project Name: Tamanend Plaza Design & Construction
Address: 143 S. 3rd Street, Phila, PA 19106
Amount Requested: $1,890,000
Project description and explanation:
The Independence Historical Trust and Old City District together seek federal funding in the amount of $1,890,000 to support the design and construction of Tamanend Plaza, an enhancement to the physical infrastructure of the Philadelphia historical area. This project will honor a Native American Leader and improve pedestrian access and experience. The project includes relocation of the statue of Lenni Lenape Leader Chief Tamanend and upgrades to the pedestrian environment and open spaces surrounding the intersection of 2nd Street and Market Street. This prominent location for the Tamanend memorial statue will provide a striking visual marker at the terminus of Market Street and will be one of the most substantial tributes to an indigenous person in the tri-state region.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation Community Park
Project Name: Corridor Revitalization Initiaitve for Chinatown (CRIC)
Address: 301 N. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Amount Requested: $606,300
Project description and explanation:
PCDC's "Corridor Revitalization Initiative for Chinatown" (CRIC) is a pandemic recovery initiative. CRIC will teach small businesses the necessary skills to compete in the post pandemic economy, offer technical assistance to increase operating efficiency and sales revenue, provide finance and business consultants, and generate marketing and promotion campaigns to attract visitors to the corridor. CRIC will exist in a brand-new small business technical assistance center. Also, this hub will offer space to new BIPOC pop-up businesses, which bring sought-after goods/services and create new jobs for limited-English proficient workers in this live-work community. The hub will offer bilingual business workshops to all businesses to increase financial knowledge, improve financial and operational management, increase revenue, expand e-commerce, and obtain working capital loans.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Project HOME
Project Name: Kensington Long-Term Recovery Residence Project
Address: 115 E. Huntingdon Street, Phila, PA 19125
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Project description and explanation:
Project HOME is redoubling its efforts to address homelessness by creating recovery housing coupled with services for people impacted by the opioid epidemic. The Long-Term Recovery Residence in Kensington is located at 115 East Huntingdon Street (the formerly-vacant Temple University Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing). This building will contain a 50-unit residential component for adults who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or have experienced homelessness, some living with disabilities, who are seeking recovery-focused housing; capital costs for this component are fully funded. The commercial space will include 8 safe haven beds geared towards transition and assessment; 4 apartments for people who are awaiting documentation; a touchdown space for Outreach and street medicine; an exam room; and a classroom for education and employment. This component has a $2 million funding gap for which we are seeking federal funding.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: Salvation Army
Project Name: The Salvation Army Red Shield Family Residence Revitalization Project
Address: 715 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project description and explanation: The project includes the following: remodeling the resident bathrooms, upgrading the fire system, remodeling the front desk, upgrading the intercom and security system, remodeling the staff men's bathroom, installing a new playground, and replacing windows and safety bars. Additionally, it will include retiling floors, replacing ceiling tiles, applying a fresh layer of paint throughout the facility, replacing window drapes, replacing office furniture, and replacing resident patio furniture. This construction project is a critical priority to continue providing quality service to families in need in Philadelphia.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

Applicant name: The Urban League of Philadelphia
Project Name: 2nd Congressional District Satellite Location of The Urban League of Philadelphia
Address: 121 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project description and explanation:
The Urban League seeks to acquire and rehabilitate a property in the 2nd District to open a permanent satellite location that will serve approximately 5,000 unique clients/year, particularly BIPOC residents. By establishing a satellite office in a high-traffic, public-transit accessible neighborhood in the 2nd District (location TBD via community feedback), the Urban League hopes to extend it's brand of empowerment and community-building to lift underserved residents out of poverty. Services will include HUD-certified housing counseling; financial literacy; first-time homebuyer workshops; eviction mediation; 1:1 job development; violence prevention programs; health & wellness; support for small businesses; referrals and resources; and social services.
Signed Disclosure letter: click here

###