SLED Recon April 17, 2025

Health & Human Services:

• TDMHSAS Awards $5,200,000 to Create Affordable Housing (Tennessee) 

• Funding Restored to Maryland Youth Mental Health Initiatives 

• Alaska Mental Health Trust awards $2M in Grants for Statewide Support Services 

K-12 Education:

• Colorado’s K-12 Education Department will not Comply with Trump Administration’s DEI Order 

• Trump Canceled Millions in California School Grants. The State is Suing to Reclaim the Money 

• PA Governor Joins Other States Suing Feds over Halt of School Funding 

• Trump Moves to Strip Maine of Federal Education Funding in Unprecedented Tactic 

Justice & Public Safety:

• Missouri Department of Public Safety Awards $50 Million to build Police Training Academy 

• City Awarded $100k Grant in the Spirit of Keeping Officers Safe (New York) 

SLED Information Technology:

• Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Celebrates $200,000 in Funding to Maryland Technology Center 

• State Awards ESF Funding for Artificial-Intelligence Department (New York) 

Higher Education:

• Local Community College Received $200k in Grant Money for Students (Ohio) 

• New Grant Supports MSU Student Parents Balancing School and Family (Minnesota) 

Cybersecurity:

• Iowa’s Top Elections Official Concerned over Cybersecurity Funding Pause 

Economic Development/Regulations:

• Small Business Grants Bolster Growth in Northeast Wisconsin Communities 

• Hamden Awarded State Grant for Economic Development Project (Connecticut) 
• Gov. Evers, WEDC Announce $3.2 Million in Grants to Support Small Businesses Statewide (Wisconsin) 
• Meriden Awarded State Grant for Economic Development Project (Connecticut) 

Community Development:

• Kansas City awards $600,000 in Neighborhood Grants for Cleanup, Safety (Missouri) 

• Danbury Awarded $5 Million for Downtown Revitalization (Connecticut) 

• Eastern Connecticut Foundation awards $60,000 to 2 Early Childhood Programs  

?Natural Resources/Environment:

• $125,000 Awarded to Arlington to Plant More Trees as Temperatures Rise (Virginia) 

• CT DoAg Announces Recipients of 2025 Agricultural Enhancement Grants (Connecticut) 

• Federal Money Secured to Plant More Trees in Western New York 

• Georgia Awards $25M for 12 Park, Trail and Conservation Projects Across State 

Transportation:

• Gov. Andy Beshear Awards over $3.6M in Grants to Enhance Reliable Railway Infrastructure (Kentucky) 

• Connecticut Receives $20.4M Federal Grant to Modernize Bus System in Southeastern Region