Education
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 released the following statement commemorating Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins September 15 and runs through October 15 of each year:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded two new federal grants worth more than $682,000 for clinical research related to neurological disorders. The first grant is worth $382,813 and has been awarded to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The second grant -- worth $300,000 – will go to Translational Sciences of Overton Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, TN. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today visited several Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) feeding sites throughout Memphis with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service Deputy Regional Administrator Erin Swanson-Hall to serve more than 150 local children food and discuss the importance of the Summer Food Service Program, which was created in 1968 to provide children with nutritious meals during the summer months.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Memphis City Schools $499,167 for school-based health center programs.
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 grant worth $438,932 to expand research projects for heart and vascular diseases. This new federal funding will be distributed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital $324,000 annually for five years for Pediatric Oncology Education (POE) <https://www.stjude.org/poe> from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced that Girls Inc. of Memphis has received two talent search grants totaling $610,535. The two grants, one worth $257,769 and the other worth $352,766, will be used to strengthen the organization’s Education Talent Search (ETS) program, which helps low income, first generation college bound students in grades 9-12 develop an awareness for the importance of postsecondary education.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the University of Tennessee Health Science Center $269,012 for nursing workforce diversity. The new federal funds will be distributed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) announced that on July 1st the interest rate on subsidized student loans will be cut to 3.4% -- the last of four steps to cut this interest rate in half over four years, under the 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act enacted by a Democratic-led Congress. Due to these cuts, the typical student borrower who started college in 2008 will have saved $2,570 over the life of their loan. Millions of students take out subsidized student loans each year.