Federal Grants Issued to Rep. Shays in 2006

Date	Amount	Agency	Purpose
	$1,022,565	HUD	Support 84 Section 8 housing vouchers for Stamford residents. More »
4/25/2006	$5,000,000	USDA	Redding Wastewater Treatment Plant, visited by USDA Rural Development State Director David Tuttle. More »
5/12/2006	$200,000	EPA	Clean up contaminated sites in Shelton. More »
5/12/2006	$400,000	EPA	Clean up contaminated sites in Bridgeport. More »
5/12/2006	$400,000	EPA	Clean up contamnated sites in Norwalk. More »
6/26/2006	$22,000,000	Veterans Affairs	New state veterans care facility. US Sec of Veterans Affair R. James (Jim) Nicholson visits. More »
7/7/2006	$2,750,000	Federal Highway Admin/DOT	Bridgeport HighSpeed Ferry. Federal Highway Administrator J. Richard Capka visits. More »
7/12/2006	$250,000	Veterans Affairs	Expand mental illness programs for veterans. More »
7/27/2006	$616,128	Dept. of Education	Fairfield University and University of Bridgeport. More » .
8/1/2006	$1,500,000	Dept. of Labor	Job training grant to The WorkPlace Inc, a site visited by Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training Administration Emily Stover DeRocco. More »
8/10/2006	$750,000	HUD via state’s Department of Economic and Community Development	Conversion of a vacant school building into a senior center. More »
8/31/2006	$2,880,000	Dept. of Education	Early Childhood Development programs under the Early Reading First program. More »
9/1/2006	$400,000	HHS	Oral Health Initiative for HIV positive residents. More »
9/11/2006	$465,890	HHS	Job Opportunities for Low Income individuals to create 55 new jobs. More »
8/18/2006		Veterans Affairs	Veterans Health Care Forum. Participants included Acting Under Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Dr. Michael Kussman, VA Connecticut Healthcare System Director Roger Johnson and Director of the Hartford VA Regional Office Linda Walker. More »
9/12/2006	$6,100,000	HHS	Early release of low income home energy assistance program. More »
9/15/2006	$245,570	HHS	Youth Power Partnership to reduce adolescent risk behaviors. More »
9/25/2006		Departments of Commerce, Education and Homeland Security	Distribution of NOAA Public Alert radios -- delivered to at least one school with NOAA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere Timothy Keeney. More »
9/26/2006	$24,968	Dept of Homeland Security	Port Security grant for Bridgeport. More »
9/28/2006	$476,753	Dept. of Education	Smaller Learning Community Grant to fund career academies. More »
10/5/2006	$16,103	Department of Homeland Security	Support physical exams and vaccinations for 45 volunteer first responders in Stamford. More »
10/5/2006	$110,074	Department of Homeland Security	Fire Grant to purchase training equipment, pagers, "jaws of life," and hydraulic rescue tools for local fire departments. More »
10/18/2006	$190,890	HUD	Homeless Veterans Reintergration Grant to assist veterans with housing, health, and employment asistance. More »
10/26/2006	$40,000	NEA	Pay Family Self Sufficiency program coordinators that link welfare families to training and support services. More »
10/27/2006		HUD	Grant to encourage reading and discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird. More »
11/3/2006	$84,000	Dept of Homeland Security	Grant to help fire departments increase the number of frontline firefighters. More »
11/3/2006	156,173	HUD	Provides funding for the employment and support of Service Coordinators in insured and assisted housing developments. More »
11/3/2006	$172,229	HUD	Funding will be used for a Resident Services Coordinator fan 88-unit residential building owned and managed by New Neighborhoods, Inc. More »
	*Total*: $46,251,343