Md. Senate passes over $41 million in federal investments for community-led projects across the state
MARYLAND – U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has announced the passage of $41,921,000 in direct federal investments for community-led projects throughout the state of Maryland for Fiscal Year 2024.
The package consists of the FY24 funding bills for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), Agriculture, Rural Development, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.
Projects across the state are being funded through these bills, including several on the Eastern Shore.
Through the THUD funding:
- Benedictine Residential Facility: Benedictine School for Exceptional Children (Caroline County) – $1,800,000
- The Benedictine School is a multi-functional, year-round education and residential center serving over 150 children and adults with severe intellectual disabilities. Funds will renovate the outdated living areas and health facilities to better suit the needs of students and their families.
- Cambridge Neighborhood – Camper Street (Dorchester County) – $450,000
- Funds will be used to prepare sites in Ward 3 for the construction of safe, affordable, and energy efficient homes to help low-income families achieve sustainable homeownership.
Through the Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA funding:
- Adkins Arboretum Site Improvements (Caroline County) – $260,000
- Funding will update amenities to better serve visitors of the Adkins Arboretum, which features 400 acres of native plants from the Mid-Atlantic Coastal region
- BAAM Academic Center (Talbot County) – $525,000
- Building African American Minds provides youth mentoring and services to Black students in Talbot County. Funding will be used to complete an academic center that will house staff offices and programs, including student after school and summer programs, as well as career/workforce development.
- HOPE Center (Talbot County) – $630,000
- Funds will be used to construct a new facility to house HOPE’s offices and entrepreneurship and empowerment after school program for middle school girls, allowing it to serve 50% more students.
