News List
  • Project Vida Awarded $800K from the Department of Health and Human Services
    Sep 27, 2012  - Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services awarded Project Vida an $800,001 federal grant for health assessment and prevention as well as health education for family and youth services. Of the total amount, $800,001, $481,866 is made avail... More
  • UTEP Awarded $600K from the Department of Health and Human Services
    Sep 27, 2012  - Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was awarded $604,925 in federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services for scholarships for underserved students. "These scholarships will help provide more El Pasoans access to education... More
  • Sun Metro Awarded $13 Million from the Department of Transportation
    Sep 20, 2012  - Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) announced that Sun Metro will receive $13,540,000 in federal funds from the Department of Transportation through the Federal Transit Administration for on-going regional transportation projects. This grant, which is part of the Clean Fuels Program, will b... More
  • Reyes Announces $355,558 Federal Grant for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of El Paso
    Sep 6, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) today announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency will award $355,558 to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of El Paso. The funding will support the Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program which aims to foster collaborati... More
  • National Science Foundation Awards UTEP a $225K Research Grant
    Sep 5, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will award a $225,035 research grant to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program under the National Science Foundation, will help UTEP acqui... More
  • National Science Foundation Awards UTEP $1.05 Million in Federal Grants
    Aug 23, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the National Science Foundation (NSF) will award two grants totaling $1,051,474 to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The first NSF grant for $987,000 will support the UT System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program w... More
  • Department of Health and Human Services Awards EPCC $588K in Federal Funds
    Aug 10, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that El Paso Community College (EPCC) will be awarded $588,797 in federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The office of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences announced that EPCC’s project “RISE to the chall... More
  • El Paso Credit Union Affordable Housing Receives a $98K Grant
    Aug 8, 2012  - Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of the Treasury will award the El Paso Credit Union Affordable Housing LLC (El Paso CU) a $98,400 federal grant to assist in the city’s affordable housing markets. El Paso will receive the award under the fiscal year 2012 f... More
  • UTEP Receives $530K HHS Research Grant
    Aug 1, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Health & Human Services, through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will award a $531,600 research grant to the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The funds ... More
  • UTEP Nursing School Receives a $16K Grant
    Jul 3, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services will award the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) a $15,909 grant through the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP). The Nurse Faculty Loan Program’s objective is to increase the number of qualified nu... More