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The new grant funding will be used to hire and staff three Service Coordinator positions for three years. The coordinators, who will be assigned to help residents at Foote Homes, Montgomery Plaza, and G.E. Patterson Pointe, will coordinate support services and other activities designed to help residents achieve economic independence and housing self-sufficiency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) is leading a fact-finding mission in Israel, the West Bank and Egypt and meeting with foreign leaders to discuss Mideast peace efforts. The Memphis Congressman, who was recently appointed to the Helsinki Commission (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) which includes Egypt and Israel as OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation, was encouraged to visit the region by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8), who appointed him to the Commission.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today said he was pleased the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship program <https://www.tn.gov/CollegePays/mon_college/lottery_scholars.htm> has reached its most recent milestone – providing more than $2 billion to students pursuing a higher education. As a State Senator, Congressman Cohen fought for nearly twenty years before the Tennessee Lottery was established.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Memphis $816,756 over the course of four years for a project entitled “Collaborative Research: Northern Embayment Lithosphere Experiment (NELE).” The program deploys seismic instruments to record seismic waves during CAT scans to determine what is causing tectonic depression in the region.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) today reintroduced legislation to combat infant mortality. The NEWBORN Act would address the growing problem of infant mortality through a national pilot program to promote pre-natal care, community outreach and youth education.
Below is the text of the letter:
June 1, 2011
The Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
Harry S Truman Building
2201 C Street, N.W
Washington D.C. 20520
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) recently received a 100 percent on the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Compassion Index – a legislative scorecard – for the 112th Congress.
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 $370,000 for glaucoma research. The new federal funds will be distributed by the National Eye Institute (NEI).