FY 2023 Community Project Funding Submissions
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro announced that the House Committee on Appropriations would be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members, in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests that are considered each year for House Appropriations bills. Each Member was limited to no more than 15 Community Project Funding requests across all Appropriations subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2023 and there is no guarantee that any requested projects will be funded. The FY2023 CPF process had a limited scope with combined earmarks capped at 1% of all discretionary spending.
Congresswoman Jacobs submitted the following fifteen (15) FY23 Community Project Funding requests for consideration by the House Committee on Appropriations.
The requests are listed by the subcommittee to which they were submitted and are otherwise listed in alphabetical order.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
No Shots Fired
- Recipient: Shaphat Outreach
- Address: 632 West Washington Avenue, Unit C, El Cajon, CA 92020
- Amount Requested: $1,200,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enable former gang members to conduct street outreach to those still involved in gang activity. The activities vary from: offering individuals to be part of specific “No Shots Fired” programming, finding out information about current shootings, providing non-traditional 1:1 and group mentoring (utilizing mentorship and mental health expertise based on their lived experience methods) to those who are willing to be supported, requesting they spread the word about the mentorship program for those who are ready and willing, and patrolling the streets for activity and potentials for street interventions for gang activity.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Care Access Real Estate (CARE) San Diego – Year 2
- Recipient: LISC San Diego
- Address: 4305 University Avenue, Suite 420, San Diego CA 92105
- Amount Requested: $1,000,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enable San Diego small child care businesses to overcome the barriers to expansion, covering pre-development, acquisition, and renovation costs, with federal funds matched by impact investors and philanthropy on at least a 2:1 basis. Both center-based and family child care businesses would qualify for the support, and all projects would result in an increase in child care slots – supporting local San Diego small businesses and helping to address our region’s child care crisis.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Twin-Engine Firefighting Helicopter (Bell 412)
- Recipient: County of San Diego
- Address: 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101
- Amount Requested: $750,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help the County combat wildfires that have been devastating for our region and our state. This request was jointly submitted by Reps. Jacobs, Peters, Vargas, Levin, and Issa.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Behavioral Modification Program for At-Risk Youth
- Recipient: County of San Diego
- Address: 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101
- Amount Requested: $220,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the Polinsky Children’s Center (PCC) is San Diego County’s emergency 24-hour temporary emergency shelter of children who must be separated from their families for their own safety, or when parents can not provide care. The purpose of the program is for trained PCC staff to be able to teach and role-model social skills and positive behaviors to the children and youth so that they can thrive and develop self-sufficiency. The proposed training will assist child welfare involved youth to be able to maintain permanent placement, and succeed in school, work, and other important areas where appropriate social skills and prosocial behaviors are necessary.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Bridge: Early Childhood Mental Health
- Recipient: San Diego State University
- Address: 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182
- Amount Requested: $524,972
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would enable SDSU’s Center for Excellence in Early Development to pilot an expanded Bridge program in 80 Preschool-Third Grade classrooms within San Diego Unified School District. By funding this project, SDSU will be able to support 80 classrooms in high poverty areas of San Diego providing approximately 20 schools, 80 teachers, and 2,000 children behavioral health training and supports within the school environment. Additionally, building the capacity of 80 teachers to support and retain children with challenging behaviors and enhancing the discipline policies of 20 schools will continue to benefit generations to come.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Convergence – A Partnership to Increase Access to Affordable Child Care in San Diego
- Recipient: University of California, San Diego
- Address: 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Amount Requested: $1,600,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because there are dire economic consequences to allowing the child care crisis to continue. More than six in ten California children under the age of 12 live in families where all parents work. This makes child care a vital component of our social and economic infrastructure. Unfortunately, California lost a third of its child care workforce in 2020, bringing about a child care crisis that continues to prevent parents from working. This has had significant economic consequences, as First 5 Orange County found that child care disruptions in 2020 and 2021 cost Orange County $4.3 billion in lost productivity and wages.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
El Cajon Behavioral Health Center Renovation and Expansion
- Recipient: La Maestra Family Clinic Inc. dba La Maestra Community Health Centers
- Address: 4060 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, CA 92105
- Amount Requested: $751,681
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would be used to improve access to primary health care and specialty care -- including behavioral health services and substance use disorder services (SUDS) -- for low-income, uninsured, and underinsured immigrant and refugee populations in the Southern California Border Region, specifically in El Cajon, CA, located in the 53rd Congressional District. La Maestra’s proposed project includes expansion, interior remodeling, and accessibility upgrades to the organization’s newly acquired 6,205 square foot building located at 181 Rea Avenue in El Cajon. For the proposed project, La Maestra will utilize the site to increase the number of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), 330(h)-funded clinic sites, also known as the HOPE Clinic. The organization will expand access to high quality, culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health and substance use disorder services, including medication-assisted treatment, as well as integrated primary care with a focus on homeless individuals and their families.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers
- Recipient: San Diego Community College District
- Address: 3375 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108
- Amount Requested: $1,200,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because LGBTQIA+ young adults are one of the most vulnerable populations among youth today. The funding would be used by the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to support the expansion of a Pride Center on four SDCCD campuses, scale up the Youth Leadership Academy, and ramp up the Pride Youth Collective program.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
UC San Diego Health CommUnity Mobile Unit (UCSDH CommUnity MU)
- Recipient: University of California, San Diego
- Address: 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
- Amount Requested: $1,095,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the CommUnity Mobile Unit (MU) increases health care access, improves preventative health care services delivery, and builds capacity for local community-based organizations (CBOs) serving San Diego residents in the 53rd Congressional District. As a health care system, and anchor institution in our community, UCSDH fosters and invests in the social and economic well-being of the communities it serves by partnering with local community-based organizations to address their needs and priorities and leveraging time, talent, and resources. As a result, approximately 20,000 people over a one- year period will be reached via events and services implemented in partnership with CBO partners.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Violence, Inequality, and Power (VIP) Lab Fellows Program
- Recipient: University of San Diego
- Address: 5998 Alcala Park, KIPJ-115, San Diego, CA 92110
- Amount Requested: $580,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would be used to respond to the dual imperatives of rising inequality and the dearth of knowledge on its relationship to violence. The VIP Lab would be a space for cutting-edge research and ideas on how to shift inequalities to end cycles of violence. The VIP Lab would do this through a range of partnerships, with a focus on pairing critical analysis with practical guidance to bring improved diagnostic and action tools to bear on addressing multiple forms of violence.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Adulting for Higher Schoolers: Engaging Students in Career Exploration and Preparation for Life
- Recipient: Sweetwater Union High School District
- Address: 1130 Fifth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911
- Amount Requested: $2,900,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would enable the school district to support their students outside the classroom and present them with activities that create hope for their future. The programs offer activities to students to engage them which builds their self-esteem, confidence in school, and connects them to professional adults who can support their socio-emotional needs, and create exploratory pathways for students to pilot various career choices by way of internships and business partners.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Municipal Workforce Child Care Pilot Program
- Recipient: City of San Diego
- Address: 202 C Street, Floor 11, San Diego, CA 92101
- Amount Requested: $2,000,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would establish a pilot program to provide full and part-time employees of the City of San Diego with City-provided child care vouchers – to help address the region’s child care crisis and help the City attract and retain a talented workforce. A core priority of the City’s new Office of Child and Youth Success is to find new partnerships and solutions to help provide child care to San Diego’s marginalized children and families. The funding request will help fund a pilot program to provide child care vouchers for the City’s workforce through a needs-based ranking system.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
San Diego Armed Services YMCA Center for Military Families Infrastructure Improvement Project
- Recipient: Armed Services YMCA of San Diego
- Address: 3293 Santo Road, San Diego, CA 92124
- Amount Requested: $2,024,846.13
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because one of the greatest barriers to a thriving military family is the absence of reliable, affordable, quality child care. This project improves the infrastructure of support for greater San Diego’s military families in the middle of our nation’s largest military housing community, Murphy Canyon, which includes many families within the 53rd Congressional District.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
San Diego’s Community Information Exchange
- Recipient: INFO LINE of San Diego County dba 211 San Diego
- Address: 3860 Calle Fortunada, Suite 101 San Diego, CA 92123
- Amount Requested: $250,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would allow 211 San Diego – the region’s trusted source for information and connections to community, health, and disaster resources – to expand the community information exchange (CIE) network to train more providers and provide ongoing 211 information and referral services. The organization will expand and deepen the level of care coordination and system navigation necessary to assist San Diegans with complex social and health needs.
- Signed financial disclosure letter
Summer for All of Us – Come Play Outside Expansion
- Recipient: City of San Diego
- Address: 202 C Street, Floor 11, San Diego, CA 92101
- Amount Requested: $800,000
- Explanation: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it creates new opportunities for kids and their families to play outside safely in San Diego. Focusing on historically disadvantaged communities, Come Play Outside organizes and funds programs such as aquatics, adventure camp, Teen Nite, and movies in the park in several recreation centers and aquatic centers across San Diego’s South and Central neighborhoods.
- Signed financial disclosure letter