Seattle City Wire

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is today announcing her Community Project Funding (CPF) requests for the 2024 Fiscal Year (FY24). CPF allows Members of Congress to secure funding for specific projects in their districts through the annual appropriations process.

“In the two years since Democrats revived Community Project Funding, I’ve been proud to bring more than $37 million directly to projects across the Seattle area that will help to preserve our culture and history, address the affordable housing crisis, and improve the safety and accessibility of transit,” said Congresswoman Jayapal. “This year, I’m thrilled to announce 15 more projects that I’ll be fighting to fully fund. From food assistance to affordable housing, earthquake resilience to mental health crisis intervention, and so much more, these are projects that will make Seattle a better place to live and ensure that more of our neighbors are able to thrive, not just survive.”

Jayapal is submitting requests for more than $50 million in federal funding for 15 projects (listed in alphabetical order by project recipient):

• $5,000,000 for the City of Burien’s Boulevard Park Community Flood Reduction Project
• $5,000,000 for the City of Seattle’s Construction of Henderson Street Affordable Housing Project
• $3,500,000 for the City of Seattle’s Implementation of the Civilian Assisted Response & Engagement Department Pilot Program
• $1,825,000 for Community Roots Housing’s Capital Repairs of Four Affordable Housing Properties
• $3,200,000 for ecoTHRIVE Housing’s Construction of Affordable Cottage Units 
• $750,000 for FamilyWorks’ Wallingford Food Bank Renovation
• $5,000,000 for Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King and Kittitas Counties’ Construction of 20 Affordable Homes at Burien Miller Creek
• $5,000,000 for Mary’s Place’s Emergency Family Shelter
• $3,570,000 for Northeastern University Seattle’s Seattle Additive Manufacturing Lab & Community Experiential Learning Space
• $2,360,000 for Northwest Seaport Alliance’s Zero Emission Drayage Truck Charging Program
• $2,523,000 for Seattle Public Library’s University Branch Seismic Structural Upgrades 
• $3,500,000 for the University of Washington’s Advanced Nano and Quantum Systems
• $800,000 for the Vashon Maury Community Food Bank
• $5,000,000 for the YMCA of Greater Seattle for University Family YMCA Redevelopment
• $3,000,000 for the Construction of a Youth Workforce Development Center by YouthCare

Since the reinstatement of CPF by the Democratic House leadership in the 117th Congress, Jayapal has secured more than $37 million for 25 community projects in WA-07. The full list from FY22 can be found here and FY23 here. Full descriptions of the programs for the FY24 submissions can be found here.

Original source can be found here.