Securing Over $100 Million for
Vermont Projects

Dear Fellow Vermonter,

On Friday, I joined Senator Peter Welch in Montpelier to announce more than $100 million in federal funding that the Vermont congressional delegation secured for 69 projects across Vermont. 

Together, Senator Welch, Congresswoman Balint and I secured this funding to help meet the needs in communities in every corner of our state. I am particularly proud to have worked with Senator Welch to secure $4.6 million for the University of Detroit Mercy to build a state-of-the-art dental clinic and training site in Colchester. That site will enable Vermonters to access affordable dental care while bringing dentists to Vermont to complete their education, with the hope that many will stay here to build a dental practice.

Additionally, I am glad to have secured $10.5 million for affordable housing and needed housing shelters across the state, $4,450,000 to support energy infrastructure through the Vermont Electric Cooperative and $2,498,000 for Vermont’s 13 Career and Technical Education Centers to address critical workforce shortages our state faces in medicine, construction and manufacturing.

I am also glad to have worked with the Johnson Health Center to provide $2,385,000 in funding for outpatient care for substance use disorder, $2,000,000 for the Vermont Department of Public Safety to upgrade its communications equipment, $1,662,000 for health care education at the Community College of Vermont and $1.5 million for a new highway garage and fire station in Newark.

In addition to the funding for these specific Vermont projects, as Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, I am proud to have secured needed increases in funding for federal primary care programs. This funding will help Vermont’s 11 Community Health Centers that provide high-quality primary care to one in three Vermonters, more than 200,000 people, across 93 sites. At a time when our nation confronts incredible challenges, ensuring the federal government pays attention to the needs of working Vermonters remains my top priority.

For more information on the specific projects, visit: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-welch-balint-secure-more-than-100-million-for-vermont-in-federal-funding-bills/. I look forward to delivering on these projects and seeing real results for working people across Vermont.

Sincerely,