Community Project Funding Requests

FY26 Community Project Funding Requests

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration

Project Title: Early Childhood Care Learning Center in Kingston, PA
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Recipient: Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania, 613 S.J. Strauss Lane, Kingston, PA 18704
Project Description: The funding would be used to expand the Illumination Early Learning Center into a new building to accommodate more children while fostering partnerships with local educational institutions to train new instructors. The project will construct an essential childcare training facility to increase childcare capacity and education in a rural area.
Financial Interest Certification 

Project Title: West End Fire Company Fire Trucks in Chestnuthill Township, PA
Amount Requested: $1,169,297.50
Recipient: West End Fire Company of Brodheadsville, 128 Route 715, Brodheadsville, PA 18322
Project Description: The funding would be for the acquisition of two crucial firefighting vehicles, a rescue truck and an engine truck, for the West End Fire Company in Brodheadsville. These vehicles are essential to bolstering the capabilities of the area’s volunteer fire service, significantly enhancing its ability to respond promptly and effectively to emergencies across Chestnuthill Township and the broader West End of Monroe County.
Financial Interest Certification

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Kingston Municipal Police Department Equipment and Technology Upgrades
Amount Requested: $2,289,580
Recipient: Kingston Municipal Police Department, 500 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704
Project Description: The funding would be used for upgrading equipment and technology to increase officer safety and effectiveness of law enforcement operations in the township of Kingston. The upgraded equipment will increase public safety, officer safety, and operational effectiveness of the Kingston Police Department.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Scranton Police Department Equipment and Technology Upgrades
Amount Requested: $1,488,000
Recipient: Scranton Police Department, 100 S. Washington Avenue Scranton PA 18503
Project Description: The funding would be used for upgrading equipment and modernizing technology to increase officer safety and the effectiveness of law enforcement operations in the City of Scranton.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Monroe County DA Opioid Crimes Section
Amount Requested: $2,040,758
Recipient: Monroe County Office of the District Attorney, 701 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Project Description: The funding would be used for expanded programming in Monroe, Carbon and Pike Counties aimed at reducing drug use, drug-related crime, and drug-related deaths. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will alleviate current burdens on local law enforcement, healthcare systems, and social services, while helping individuals recover from opioid addiction and return to the workforce, generating more tax revenue.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: City of Wilkes-Barre Equipment Upgrades
Amount Requested: $744,830
Recipient: City of Wilkes-Barre, 40 East Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
Project Description: The funding would be used for the acquisition of new police vehicles and upgrading equipment to increase the effectiveness of law enforcement operations in the City of Wilkes-Barre. The funding will enable the City of Wilkes-Barre to increase public safety and the operational effectiveness of the City’s police department officers.
Financial Interest Certification

Subcommittee on Homeland Security 

Project Title: City of Scranton Emergency Operations Center
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Recipient: City of Scranton, 340 N Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
Project Description: The funding would be used constructing and equipping a mixed-use facility that will serve as a central coordination hub for disaster response. The EOC’s primary functions will include situational awareness, resource management, operational planning and public information management. The proposed project will support incident management operations across multiple functional disciplines for the benefit of Lackawanna County and surrounding municipalities.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Monroe County Goose Pond Dam Project
Amount Requested: $2,800,000
Recipient: Monroe County, 1 Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Project Description: The funding would be used for a structural rehabilitation project of the aging Goose Pond Dam to bring the spillway and outlet structure back into compliance with current state and federal regulations. This project will alleviate current maintenance and safety hazards and expand flood mitigation capacity to the over 40,000 people who live in its watershed.
Financial Interest Certification

Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Project Title: Dallas Area Municipal Authority Wastewater Infrastructure Expansion
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Recipient: Dallas Area Municipal Authority, 101 Memorial Highway, Shavertown, PA 18708
Project Description: The funding would be used to repair, construct, and expand wastewater infrastructure of three municipal authorities: Harvey’s Lake, Dallas Area, and Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authorities. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will implement a redundant system to transfer wastewater under the Susquehanna River, highly limiting the risk of a catastrophic health and biohazard situation.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Eastern Pike County Sewer Extension
Amount Requested: $15,675,000
Recipient:  Milford Borough, 500 Broad Street, Milford, PA 18337
Project Description: The funding would be used to extend wastewater treatment from the Westfall Municipal Authority to connect the commercial and residential districts in both Matamoras Borough and Milford Borough. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will alleviate current wastewater constraints within these communities and replace on-lot systems that are substandard and antiquated.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Monroe County Wastewater Treatment Project
Amount Requested: $3,867,360
Recipient: Monroe County, 1 Quaker Plaza, Stroudsburg, PA 18360
Project Description: The funding would be used for wastewater treatment, demolition, of the existing wastewater plant at the end of its operational life, and construction of a new facility outside a flood zone. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the existing facility is at the end of its operational life, and construction of a new facility will bring more reliable and efficient wastewater infrastructure to Monroe County and its residents.
Financial Interest Certification

Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development

Project Title: SR 6 Over Wallenpaupack Creek Bridge
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Recipient: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, District 4, 55 Keystone Industrial Park, Dunmore, PA 18512
Project Description: The funding would be used rehabilitate the bridge on State Route 6 (G.A.R. Highway) that spans over Wallenpaupack Creek in Pike and Wayne Counties. Specifically, the funding would allow for the deck rehabilitation of two structures on SR 6 over Wallenpaupack Creek and PP and L Flume, including such activities as substructure repairs, deck preservation, abutment repairs, and expansion joint replacements. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will extend the life of the bridge and ensure safe travel for the 9,766 vehicles using the bridge each day.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Route 309/Mundy Street Crossroads Improvement Project
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Recipient: Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, 16 Luzerne Avenue, Suite #210, West Pittston, PA 18643
Project Description: The funding would be used to improve traffic signals at six crossroads within the public rights-of-way on PA Route 309 – a two-lane road without traffic signals – in the Township of Plains, Luzerne County. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because funds because it will increase traffic efficiency and public safety along PA Route 309, as the outdated, existing infrastructure is not sufficient to manage current traffic volume in the area.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Veterans Permanent Supportive Housing
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Recipient: Lackawanna County, 123 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
Project Description: The funding would be used to renovate a condemned house in South Scranton into an eight-unit affordable veterans housing unit. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it would create a permanent veterans housing facility and ensure services are provided to help transition low-income and/or at-risk veterans back into their communities.
Financial Interest Certification

Project Title: Wayne & Pike County Career and Technical Center
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Recipient: Pike County, 500 Broad Street Milford, PA 18337
Project Description: The funding would be used to construct a new state-of-the-art 73,600 square feet educational facility providing career readiness educational programs. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will provide educational benefits such as practical skills, career readiness, work-based learning, and focus on careers in high-demand industries in a community not currently served by a Career and Technical Center.
Financial Interest Certification