Rep Scanlon Seeks Funding For 15 Community Projects In Delco, Philly

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon recently submitted requests to fund 15 community projects in Pennsylvania's 5th Congressional District.

Implemented last year, the Community Project Funding program allows members of Congress to make recommendations for funds to be set aside within specific federal accounts for certain projects proposed by local governments, public institutions, and nonprofits.

Scanlon secured funding for all 10 projects she submitted for Fiscal Year 2022, totaling nearly $8.5 million in funding for the district.

For 2023, Scanlon is seeking funding for the following projects:

• The Africa Center (Philadelphia, PA): $2,000,000
• Access Community Center (Chester, PA): $850,000
• Navy Yard Quay Wall Reconstruction (Philadelphia, PA): $2,000,000
• Prison-to-Community Workforce Development Initiative (Thorton, PA): $1,988,635
• Delaware County Health Department Health Equity Resource Improvement Initiative (Media, PA): $1,750,000
• Haverford Township Free Library Redevelopment (Havertown, PA): $2,000,000
• Helping Babies, Bellies, and Bottoms Program (Aston, PA): $50,000
• Riddle Hospital ICU/Critical Nursing Unit Construction and Equipment: $2,000,000
• Southwest Philadelphia Birth Center (Philadelphia, PA): $1,000,000
• Schuylkill River Trail – Bartram's to Passyunk Phase II Land Acquisition (Philadelphia, PA): $2,000,000
• Senior Community Services Schoolhouse Capital Improvements (Folsom, PA): $2,000,000
• Delaware County Food Bank Acquisition and Renovation (Holmes, PA): $2,000,000
• MusicMan Butterfly Buddy Program Project (Drexel Hill, PA): $115,000
• Media VFW Post Maintenance (Media, PA): $50,000
• Lansdowne Y Swimming Pool Rehabilitation (Lansdowne, PA): $1,500,000

Legislators were permitted to recommend up to 15 projects for 2023.

The final determination on which projects will be funded is made by the House Committee on Appropriations and is subject to a vote in the House on a Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill.

"Our office received 50 high-quality applications from nonprofit and government organizations across PA-05," Scanlon said. "After exhaustive deliberation — including steps to ensure all projects have broad community support, advance equitable goals, and meet other program parameters — I am thrilled to recommend these excellent projects to the Appropriations Committee for consideration. Each of these well-thought-out projects responds directly to one or more of our community’s most pressing needs, and I am proud to advocate for federal funding to support them."

Full project descriptions are available on Scanlon’s website here.