COMPLETED: 2022 Local Project Funding Submissions
LOCAL PROJECTS FUNDING SUBMISSIONS
Once again, Congress will be providing Member-directed federal funding to a select number of Community Projects through the appropriations process. Under the newly adopted process, each House member is allowed to submit 15 project requests on behalf of their Congressional District to the Appropriations Committee, though a smaller number of requests are likely to be funded. This means only a few projects from the cities, governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations in the 11th District will be funded.
Entities Eligible to Submit Community Project Funding Requests
Governmental organizations and non-profits with 501(c)(3) status are eligible to submit project requests.
Eligible Projects
For FY 2023, Community Project requests are available from 52 accounts across 10 different appropriations bills. In-depth information on eligibility requirements and allowable uses for each account can be found here on the Appropriations Committee website or here in condensed form.
The Committee will give preference to project requests that already have local, state, or private funding and only need the remaining federal funds to fully complete the project or implement the program.
In addition, community engagement and support is crucial in determining which projects are worthy of federal funding. Only projects with demonstrated community support will be considered. Examples of these include, but are not limited to:
- Letters of support from elected community leaders (e.g., mayors or other officials);
- Press articles highlighting the need for the requested Community Project Funding;
- Support from newspaper editorial boards;
- Projects listed on State intended use plans, community development plans, or other publicly available planning documents; or
- Resolutions passed by city councils or boards
The deadline for submitting Community Project Funding requests has passed.
Transparency
All requests submitted by Congressman DeSaulnier to the Appropriations Committee are posted below. Members are required to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in the requests made.
Projects Requested
Listed below are the Community Project Funding requests Congressman DeSaulnierhas submitted to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Note: The projects are listed in alphabetical order by project sponsor.
Proposed Recipient: Choice in Aging
Project Name: Increasing Access to Community Living Supports
Recipient Address: 490 Gold Club Road, Pleasant Hill, California 94523
Project Description: Increasing access to and awareness of community-based alternatives to skilled nursing placement including by increasing staffing needs, increasing programming and training, and increasing community awareness.
Requested Amount: $500,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: City of Concord
Project Name: Citywide Traffic System Upgrade Phase 2 Project
Recipient Address: 1950 Parkside Drive, MD/51, Concord, California 94519
Project Description: Upgrading traffic signal equipment at 45 intersections citywide, implement a lead pedestrian interval, and upgrade approximately 50 curb ramps to current ADA standards.
Requested Amount: $631,200
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: City of Lafayette
Project Name: School Street Safe Routes to School Project
Recipient Address: 3675 Mount Diablo Boulevard #210, Lafayette, California 94549
Project Description: Assisting with the design and construction of improvements to create a Safe Route to School and Complete Street corridor along School Street in Lafayette to create a safety buffer, enhance roadway crossing elements, and ADA improvements.
Requested Amount: $3,100,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: City of Orinda
Project Name: Lamorinda Smart Signal System Project
Recipient Address: 22 Orinda Way, Orinda, California 94563
Project Description: Acquiring project elements (controllers, cabinets, switches and modems), data plan, video detection, signal control prioritization, communications, city data access, and workshops and training. Project construction including systems engineering, design, signal synchronization and project management.
Requested Amount: $4,185,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: City of Richmond
Project Name: Office of Neighborhood Safety Community Violence Intervention Programs
Recipient Address: 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, California 94804
Project Description: Supporting the Operation Peacemaker Fellowship in its work to preemptively reduce gun violence by providing supportive services like building skills, credentials, and networks to enhance the future economic opportunity for individuals from the community identified as most likely to be involved with gun violence.
Requested Amount: $300,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: City of Walnut Creek
Project Name: Ygnacio Valley Road Fiber Infrastructure Project
Recipient Address: 1666 North Main Street, Walnut Creek, California 94596
Project Description: Installing Fiber Optic Communication Infrastructure on Ygnacio Valley Road between Interstate 680 and Oak Grove Road to improve communication, increasing data bandwidth along the corridor to allow for SMART infrastructure.
Requested Amount: $2,520,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Construction Trades Workforce Initiative
Project Name: Building Construction Apprenticeship Readiness Programs
Recipient Address: 7750 Pardee Lane, Suite 100, Oakland, California 94621
Project Description: Developing a Career Technical Education (CTE) Capstone course designed to educate, train, and connect local high school graduates to career opportunities in the unionized construction trades in the East Bay, including Contra Costa County.
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Contra Costa Community College District
Project Name: Open Educational Resources Project
Recipient Address: 500 Court Street, Martinez, California 94553
Project Description: Expanding the number of courses that are offered using open educational resources or zero textbook cost courses to reduce textbook expenses for students.
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Contra Costa County, Probation Department, Office of Reentry & Justice
Project Name: Strategies for Supporting Youth in the Community
Recipient Address: 50 Douglas Drive, Suite 202, Martinez, California 94553
Project Description: Training for all departments and offices with law enforcement duties in Contra Costa County in "Policing the Teen Brain" in an effort to increase law enforcement awareness of teen behavior to help them better respond to young adults to minimize violence and reduce arrests.
Requested Amount: $1,180,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Court Appointed Special Advocates Program, Inc. (CASA of Contra Costa County)
Project Name: The A Home Within--CASA Therapy Project
Recipient Address: 2151 Salvio Street, Suite 295, Concord, California 94520
Project Description: Volunteer recruitment and retention, client screening and clinical intake, and clinical consultation provided to project volunteers to expand to support more former foster youth.
Requested Amount: $600,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: East Bay Regional Park District
Project Name: Concord-Port Chicago Building Restoration Project
Recipient Address: 2950 Peralta Oaks Court, Oakland, California 94605
Project Description: Preparation and restoration of the Concord Naval Weapons Station Building as a public meeting space to tell the history of the explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California, the subsequent mutiny trial of 50 African American sailors, military integration, and the African American community response to these events that exposed the injustices of racism in the military.
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Eden Housing Inc.
Project Name: 100 38th Street Supportive and Family Affordable Apartments for Formerly Homeless, Veterans, and Large Families Project
Recipient Address: 22645 Grand Street, Hayward, California 94541
Project Description: Design, construction, and adaptive reuse of the 100 38th Street Supportive and Family Affordable Apartments complex. This complex will have 135 new affordable apartments and include permanent housing for homeless, veterans, large families and special needs individuals.
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission
Project Name: Growing and Retaining a Vibrant Homegrown Early Childhood Workforce Project
Recipient Address: 4005 Port Chicago Highway, Suite 120, Concord, California 94520
Project Description: Conducting a local child care workforce compensation assessment that would provide Contra Costa County with current data and demographics about its workforce composition, needs, and gaps in an effort to build a new pipeline of childcare professionals while also retaining and supporting the current workforce.
Requested Amount: $150,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: Opportunity Junction
Project Name: Healthcare Career Pathway: Medical Assistant (MA) Training Demonstration Project
Recipient Address: 3102 Delta Fair Boulevard, Antioch, California 94509
Project Description: Creating a pathway to sustainable employment in the healthcare field by creating a program to train 45 clients to be Medical Assistants.
Requested Amount: $470,000
Member Certification Letter
Proposed Recipient: White Pony Express
Project Name: Food Rescue - School Pantry Program
Recipient Address: 3380 Vincent Road #107, Pleasant Hill, California 94523
Project Description: Adding three local schools in Pittsburg, Brentwood, and Martinez California to the School Pantry Program, which helps bring high-quality, largely perishable, surplus fresh food from local retailers, farmers markets, restaurants, and wholesalers to hungry children.
Requested Amount: $105,000
Member Certification Letter