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Dear Fellow Vermonter,
As part of the 2022 Appropriations Bill, I recently announced $38 million in Congressionally Directed Funding for a number of important community projects from one end of the state to the other.
What I like about the Congressionally Directed Funding process is that it allows individuals and local organizations to bring forth proposals that are important to their communities — some of which may have been long-neglected. In other words, this is not a top-down bureaucratic process but one which encourages input from the grassroots.
As work begins on the 2023 Appropriations Bill, it is once again time for my office to hear from Vermonters and local organizations about local projects they would like to see funded. I wish I could tell you that all of the requests will be approved. They won't. We will receive hundreds of submissions and only a small fraction will end up being accepted. But it is worth trying.
So, if you have a project idea, whether it is about affordable housing, infrastructure, health care, environmental protection, education, protecting our most vulnerable citizens, community engagement, agriculture, or anything else, and you would like your project to be considered for federal funding, please fill out an appropriations request application here.
In these difficult times, my office looks forward to working with you to improve the quality of life in our state. You can find more information about the Congressionally Directed Funding process on my website here. The deadline to submit requests for FY2023 is Friday, April 22, 2022.
Sincerely,
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