Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) awarded a $350,000 Transitional Housing Assistance grant to the Women’s Resource Center in Scranton.
The DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) manages the Transitional Housing Grant Assistance program. OVW provides federal leadership in developing the national capacity to reduce…
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced his new initiative to address health care in the U. S.: a roundtable of community members and leaders directly impacted by health care legislation to discuss and debate the Affordable Care Act and offer recommendations on how to improve the ACA.
“I have enlisted a number of distinguished members of our community to…
Schuylkill County, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $118,400 in Economic Impact Initiative and Community Facilities Grants in Schuylkill County. These grant and loan programs fall within the scope of USDA Rural Development, which is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural…
Blakely, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a Community Facility Grant to Blakely Hose Co. #2.
The $32,000 Rural Development grant funds will be used to help with the purchase of a 2018 rescue/pumper/squad vehicle for the fire company. This vehicle is a type of specialty firefighting or emergency medical…
U.S. Representatives Matt Cartwright (D-PA-17) and Steve Cohen (D-TN-09) were joined by U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) in introducing the bicameral Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, legislation that would eliminate the excessive rates and fees that many consumers are charged for payday loans, car title loans, and other types of…
Today, Representative Matt Cartwright (PA-17) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation that will help improve America’s public health response to climate change by supporting research, monitoring, and preparation in the health sector and by developing a national action plan. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Doris Matsui (CA-06), and Salud Carbajal…
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that he will serve in a leadership role in the Jobs for America task forces, a unified effort from the House Democratic Caucus to craft a legislative agenda to benefit hardworking Americans and middle-class families.
Rep. Cartwright will serve as co-chair for the Rebuilding America Task Force.
“Investing in infrastructure will…
East Stroudsburg, PA – Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the Pocono Services for Families & Children received $1,546,043 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These funds are used for the continuation of high quality, comprehensive, early childhood education.
Head Start is a federal program created in 1965 to…
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that Lafayette College received a $169,545 federal grant from a tech program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Electrical, Communications and Cyber System (ECCS) program promotes fundamental research in device and component technologies, power, controls, computation, networking, communications, and cyber technologies to…
Today, U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright introduced bipartisan legislation that would improve orthotics and prosthetics care for service members and veterans. The Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act would support colleges and universities seeking to establish degree programs to train specialists in orthotics and prosthetics.
“There is an urgent need for orthotics and…
