Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded Shelby County, Tennessee $2,619,999 to develop a Mid-South Regional Greenprint and Sustainability Plan. The development plan will address the critical need for initiating long-term comprehensive land use planning in the region.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center a federal grant worth $315,000 to develop a safe and effective vaccine to prevent Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections and their complications. GAS infections include acute rheumatic fever (ARF), rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and invasive disease. The funds will be administered by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the Federal Transit Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded more than $1.4 million in combined grants to the Memphis Area Transit Authority. These grants will provide MATA with the resources to study transit improvement alternatives on the Madison Avenue corridor and to install a traffic-signal priority system on Poplar Avenue and Elvis Presley Boulevard.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a federal grant worth $797,809 to the Shelby County Government for Project Motivating Offenders Succeeding Tomorrow (MOST), an initiative that was established to reduce recidivism through improving inmates’ parenting skills, committed relationships, and job security.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $820,577 for research projects to discover incidence and etiology of pneumonia in children. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $148,000 to study the role of the thalamus in taste processing. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Education has awarded Southwest Tennessee Community College $1,250,000 over five years under the Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) Competitive Grant Program.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today introduced legislation he authored to help the United States Postal Service (USPS) raise revenue to meet its financial obligations, remain open and prevent layoffs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a grant worth $709,574 for research into the regulation of lipid metabolism in bacteria. The new federal funding will be distributed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIMGS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital a federal grant worth $393,750 for research into the role Coenzyme A plays in the regulation of human metabolism. The award will be distributed by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).