Roughly $4.8 million for community-based projects involving Arlington is included in draft U.S. Senate appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2025.
The bills, which have now passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, would secure additional funding for affordable housing, workforce development programs and health care for low-income families in Arlington.
A list of the initiatives is below.
- $1.66 million for Neighborhood Health to expand access to pediatric primary care and dental, vision and behavioral health services for low-income children in Arlington.
- $1.18 million for Affordable Homes and Communities Inc. to support redeveloping the Goodwill on 10 S. Glebe Road as an affordable housing building with a retail and donation center on the bottom two floors.
- $1.15 million for the English Empowerment Center to help residents of Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax County develop English proficiency to enter the workforce.
- $430,000 for Virginia Commonwealth University to support the recruitment, training and management of interns at small businesses in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties.
- $405,000 for Survivor Ventures to help survivors of human trafficking enter or re-enter the workforce through jobs at small businesses. This project would involve Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties as well as the cities of Falls Church, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Manassas.
In total, draft legislation includes $125 million for Virginia community projects, according to a press release from Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.).
“We’re also very glad this draft legislation includes $125 million for communities in every corner of the Commonwealth to carry out community-based, high-impact projects that grow our economy and benefit Virginians,” the senators said. “We are looking forward to advocating for these priorities and working with the House of Representatives to provide robust funding bills that address the needs of Virginia and the country.”
