Health & Human Services: 

• Funding Secured for West Hawai’i Outpatient Care Center with Passage of State Budget 

• NC Budget Breakthrough has Over $200 Million for Duke-UNC Children’s Hospital (North Carolina) 

• Governor Newsom Delivers $760 Million in HHAP Funding to Support Communities’ Efforts in Reducing Homelessness (California) 

K-12 Education: 

• St. Cloud Schools Get a Boost or Student Job Training (Minnesota) 

• Melbourne Schol District Awarded $550,000 Grant for Student Programs (Arkansas) 

• Beshear Launches Universal Pre-K Pilot Program Amid 2028 Talk (Kentucky) 

• Governor Awards $500,000 to Program Converting Paraprofessionals to Teachers (South Dakota) 

Justice & Public Safety: 

• Bridgeport Secures 1st Round of Funding for New Police Headquarters (Connecticut) 

• Grant to Support Police Training (Ohio) 

SLED Information Technology: 

• Utah Broadband Awarded $23 Million From USDA’s ReConnect 

Higher Education: 

• Worcester College Awarded State Grant for Adult Education Program (Massachusetts) 

• ECU Research Project Receives NCInnovation Funding to Support Honeybee Health (North Carolina) 

• UTHSC Earns more than $300M in State Funding for Expansion Project (Tennessee)  

• Bowie State University Awarded $727,500 Grant to Expand Solar Energy and Clean Energy Workforce Programs (Maryland) 

Cybersecurity: 

• VSU Awarded $1.03M to Create AI & Cybersecurity Centers (Virginia) 

Economic Development/Regulations:

• Caled Receives $5 Million Go-Biz Grant to Accelerate Economic Development Permit Streamlining Efforts Across the State (California)
• Lancaster Port Authority Secures Aep Ohio Leap Grant to Fuel Local Economic Growth
• North Dakota Awards $4m to Drive Tourism Growth and Local Development
• Gov. Evers, Wedc Announce $5 Million in Talent Recruitment Grants to 17 Communities (Wisconsin)

Community Development:

• Governor Pritzker Announces $56 Million in Available Grant Funding for Community Development Block Grant Programs (Illinois)
• $50m in Grants for 71 Projects Across Wisconsin
• Santa Monica Council Approves $1.8 Million Federal Housing and Community Development Plan (California)
• $9m in Funding Available for Revitalizing Vacant, Abandoned Properties in Illinois

Natural Resources/Environment:

• Calvert County Secures Share of $1.8m Grant for Parks and Trails (Maryland)
• Faribault Environmental Commission Secures Grant for Tree Removal, Expands Energy Outreach (Minnesota)
• Governor Newsom Announces $30 Million for Regional Wildfire Prevention and Landscape Projects Ahead of Wildfire Season (California)

Transportation:

• Commissioners OK Application For Local Transportation Grant Funds (Oregon)
• Governors Dewine, Beshear Break Ground on Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project (Ohio)
• North Alabama Projects Included in $7.6 Million Round of Rebuild Alabama Grants