SLED Recon May 22, 2025

Health & Human Services:

• UA Team Gets $10M from State Agency to Develop Behavioral Health Crisis Hub (Arkansas)
• CoCo County Awarded $98 M in State Funding to Create 3 Mental Health Recovery Facilities (California)

K-12 Education:

• Millions of Dollars Approved for Construction, Repairs in Arkansas School Districts
• Yonkers Public Schools Gets $30M Increase in State Aid for Education (New York)
• Salinas School District Awarded $12.1 Million State Grant to Implement Community Schools (California)

Justice & Public Safety:

• Wash. Legislature Approves $100M in Public Safety Grans Aiming to Boost Recruitment (Washington)
• N.J. to Award $600K in Grants for ‘Click it or Ticket’ Enforcement Program Statewide (New Jersey)

SLED Information Technology:

• Bowie State University Receives NIH AIM-AHEAD Grant for AI Research (Maryland)
• State is Paying $22M to Improve Internet Access for these Local Affordable Housing Units (Massachusetts)

Higher Education:

• Jacksonville State University Receives $150,000 Grant to Enhance Forensic Training for Alabama Law Enforcement (Alabama)
• NCInnovation Gives Out $13.7M to 17 University Research Projects as Funding Comes Under Threat (North Carolina)
• Northeast State Community College Awarded $800K+ Grant (Tennessee)
• State College, Cambria Heights Schools Awarded Over $800k for Solar for Schools Fund (Pennsylvania)

Cybersecurity:

• NASA Awards Grants for Drone Innovations in Hurricane Relief and Air Traffic Cybersecurity (North Carolina, Texas)

Economic Development/Regulations:

• Philadelphia’s Navy Year Gets $30M from State to Build New Job-Creation Opportunities (Pennsylvania)
• Governor Moore Announces $37.7M for State Revitalization Programs; Applications Open May 29 (Maryland)
• Governor Hochul Celebrates More than $400 Million Investment in the State’s Capital City (New York)

Community Development:

• Governor Proposes Additional Helene Relief Funding (North Carolina)
• Gov. Whitmer Announces Funding for New Housing in U.P., Adding 22 Homes (Michigan)
• DEC Announces $22M in Climate Smart Communities Grants (New York)

Natural Resources/Environment:

• Nine Conservation Projects Get Funding to Protect Fish Habitats (Michigan)
• New York Offers $22 Million in Climate Grants to Local Governments
• New Brusnwick Receives $88K Litter-Abatement Grant from State (New Jersey)
• Galesburg Secures $1.2 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants for Environmental Cleanup (Illinois)

Transportation:

• California Invests Nearly $1.7 Billion to Improve Safety, Increase Mobility and Bolster Resiliency on the State Highway System
• Cypress Avenue Extension Moving Forward After State Funding (Ohio)
• VA Transportation Boad Approves Nearly $1 Billion in Funding for SMART SCALE Projects (Virginia)
• DiDomenico Secures $750,000 in Funding for Local Education, Transportation Projects (Massachusetts)