Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has announced federal funding for education projects in Randolph and Upshur counties, and for a solar power project in Tucker County.
Capito, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced this week resources from several federal agencies for projects that will support initiatives across the state, including economic development, education, environmental cleanup, and drug interdiction projects.
The senator, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for a variety of health projects in West Virginia.
A total of $2,113,391 in HHS Head Start Program funding was announced for Upshur Human Resources, Inc., in Buckhannon.
Capito, also a Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced funding awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a variety of programs in West Virginia, including funding made available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Capito helped lead negotiations on.
A total of $730,000 in EPA Clean School Bus Program funding was announced for Randolph County Schools.
Capito also secured grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) for rural economic development projects.
A total of $86,890 in USDA Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant funding was announced for Valley Scenic View, LLC in Davis, to purchase and install an energy-efficient solar array.
Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Labor-HHS Subcommittee, also announced funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for two regions of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program to aid law enforcement in intercepting deadly drugs, including fentanyl, in West Virginia communities.
She also secured a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to help homeless and at-risk veterans re-enter the workforce.