Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced three Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) to help local fire companies purchase much-needed personal protective equipment to keep them safe.
The following companies will receive a total of $127,461.90 in federal funds:
Ledgedale Volunteer Hose Company will receive $76,033.33 to…
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced 12 venues in Pennsylvania’s 8th District will receive a total of $10.7 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grants (SVOG) program. Rep. Cartwright voted to establish the program through COVID-19 relief compromise passed in December 2020, then enhance it by helping pass the American Rescue Plan. The fund…
Plains Township, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced an Assistance to Firefighters Grant to help Plains Township meet its firefighting needs.
Plains Township Fire Department, proudly protecting 15,000 residents, has been awarded a grant totaling $93,104.76 to purchase source capture diesel fume extraction systems for both fire houses.
“This funding will…
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Scranton-Lackawanna Head Start received $1,639,392 from the Early Head Start Child Care Partnerships program and $248,300 from the Head Start Emergency Supplemental funds. The funds will support the Scranton-Lackawanna Head Start Program in their mission to meet the needs of low-income children and families…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today voted to pass a seven-bill fiscal year 2022 appropriations package (H.R. 4502). It passed on a 219-208 vote. In addition to strong funding for infrastructure, job training, education, veterans’ health care and more, the package includes $14.5 million in direct funding for seven projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania for…
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (D-PA-08) introduced the Grace Hopper Code for Us Act, which would help train people for in-demand information technology (IT) jobs, while addressing the shortage of professionals with a background in older coding languages needed to maintain and modernize critical government IT systems.
Older coding languages continue to underpin major sectors…
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) welcomed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) launch of “Investing in America’s Communities,” the largest DOC economic development initiative in decades that will help communities across the country recover and rebuild from the pandemic-driven economic downturn.
Investing in America’s Communities is comprised of six…
Scranton, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) announced that Scranton-Lackawanna Head Start received a competitive five-year grant award, with this year’s award totaling $5,290,611. These funds will be used for the continuation of high quality, comprehensive, early childhood education for children in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Rep. Cartwright has been working with…
Eighth Congressional District, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) is reminding Northeastern Pennsylvania working families that advance monthly Child Tax Credit payments of up to $300 per month per child will begin landing in their bank accounts on Thursday, July 15, and continue through December 2021.
An estimated 90 percent of children in Pennsylvania’s Eighth…
Eighth Congressional District, PA – U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-08) today announced that two Appropriations bills approved by their respective subcommittees yesterday include $11.1 million in funding he requested for six projects in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
In the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) fiscal year 2022 funding bill, which Rep. Cartwright…
