SLED Recon October 10, 2024

Health & Human Services:

• Opioid Crisis in Mass.: Mashpee Wampanoag, State to Get $60 Million. How They’ll Spend It.
• California Awards $167 Million in Prop 47 Savings to Communities for Treatment and Services
• Del. Gets $38.8 Million From Feds to Assist in Opioid Crisis  

K-12 Education:

• Schools in Pa. and N.J. are Getting Money for Electric School Buses
• Cuellar Announces Over $1.6M for After-School Programs in 2 Districts (Texas) 
• EPA Announces $24M in Funding for Clean Water in Idaho Schools and Homes

Justice & Public Safety:

• OCCF Awards More Than $8.9 Million in Grants to Support Youth, Juvenile Justice and Criminal Justice Reform Programs (Oklahoma)
• Department of Justice Awards City of Atlanta Nearly $1 Million Grant to Fight Violent Crime (Georgia)
• Rep. Sewell Secures $24.7 Million From the DOJ (Alabama)

SLED Information Technology:

• U.S. Approves $1B Arkansas Proposal for High-Speed Internet in Underserved Areas
• Rhode Island Announces $13 Million in Broadband Grants
• MD Dept of Planning Awarded Grant for Eastern Shore Drone Pilot Program
• City of Oakland Announces $38.5M Investment in Broadband Infrastructure and Devices to Enhance Digital Access in East and West Oakland (California)

Higher Education:

• FSU Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases Gets $5M in Funding (Florida)
• Plymouth State University Receives Federal Funding for Sustainability Projects (New Hampshire)
• Kennesaw State Researcher Receives NSF Grant to Enhance Quantum Machine Learning Education (Georgia)
• Wayne State Scores Unusual $200K Grant to Improve Mine Worker Safety (Michigan)

Cybersecurity:

• Regent University Awarded a $350K Grant for Cybersecurity Education (Virginia)
• UW-Stout Receives $125k Grant to Improve Cybersecurity in U.S. Defense Supply chain (Wisconsin)

Economic Development/Regulations:

• State Economic Development Department Grant Available (New Mexico)

• Kentucky Issues $5.5M in State Funds for Riverport Infrastructure Projects
• Indiana Awarded $550K in Grant Funding to Power Small Business Exports
• $400 Million PA SITES Program to Invest in Lehigh Valley Development Prospects (Pennsylvania)

Community Development:

• $7.9 Million Doled Out in State Grocery Funding (Illinois)
• Walz Announces $6M in Child Care Expansion Grants (Minnesota)
• State Agency Approves $40 Million for North Bend Affordable Housing Project (Oregon)
• NEW Communities Receive Grants for Library Technology (Wisconsin)

Natural Resources/Environment:

• Grants Awarded to Maryland Department of Natural Resources to Conserve Native Brook Trout and Sunfish and Restore Their Habitat
• Ecology invests $53.3 Million to Help Rivers and Streams (Washington)
• Rep. Watson Coleman Gathers Community Partners to Celebrate $715,000 in Funding for Delaware River Basin Commission (New Jersey)

Transportation:

• Starr County Secures $232 Million In Federal Funding for Major Transportation Upgrades (Texas)
• Second State Grant for Safe Road Zone Project (Minnesota)
• Caltrans to Award $206 Million for 149 Transportation Projects to Reduce Pollution (California)
• U.S. Department of Transportation Release Initial 32 Million in Funding to TDOT (Tennessee)