Congressman Brady wins $3.7 million in Federal Funding for Job Creation and Violence Prevention Funding for the First District

PHILADELPHIA --- With House and Senate passage of the FY10 Omnibus Appropriation Act, $3.7 million in requested funding by Congressman Robert Brady (D., PA) is set to flow into Philadelphia and Delaware Counties.  Congressman Brady was successful in winning critically needed funding to improve North Philadelphia’s historic Uptown Theater, job training by the Urban League and transportation improvements for the Philadelphia Art Museum (a joint request with Rep. Chaka Fattah.)
 
Congressman Brady also won nearly $1 million in violence prevention funding. And, on the heels of tensions at South Philadelphia High School, he was able to secure $100,000 for the Main Line Chinese Culture Center for after-school and weekend programs at the Russell Beyer’s Charter School.

The funding allocations also include: a Department of Justice Gunshot location system     that will place networked sensors at specific coordinates on buildings and telephone poles to accurately detect and locate the origin of weapon fire and an ophthalmic pediatric outreach program at Wills Eye Hospital. The bill now awaits President Obama’s signature.
 

“I remain committed to ensuring that my district receives its fair share of federal dollars  to benefit a wide cross section of the First Congressional District,” Congressman Brady said.
 
            The total FY10 Omnibus allocations for the First Congressional District are:

FY10 Commerce, Justice and Science

                       
                        $500,000 -       Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing                       Services Technology Program - Gunshot Location System                   
                      $200,000 -       Widener University Delaware County Violence Prevention                                                                    Collaborative
                       $200,000 -       St. Joseph’s Institute for Violence Research and Prevention
                       $100,000 -       Preparing Philadelphia’s Future Global Leaders Program
 
 

FY10 Financial Services and General Government

           
                        $150,000 -       Urban League of Philadelphia Entrepreneurship Center
            

FY10 Labor, Health and Human Services

           
                        $800,000 -      Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
                        $150,000  -      Wills Eye Health System Opthalmic Pediatric Outreach

FY10 Transportation, HUD

                                    $750,000  -      Philadelphia Museum of Art Transportation     Improvement Program
                                    $500,000  -      PA Turnpike I-95 Interchange
                                    $350,000  -      Uptown Theater Renovation Project
 

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