WASHINGTON,
DC-Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that a grand total of $6
million has been released to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control
District to make diesel retrofits on school buses and agricultural equipment.
Funding was released through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made
available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
WASHINGTON,
DC-Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that a grand total of
$8,214,230 million has been released to the Cities of Fresno and Bakersfield and
to the Counties of Kern and Fresno to rapidly re-house families who fall into
homelessness, or prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.
Funding was released through the Department on Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) made available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
WASHINGTON,
DC-
Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) announced that small, non-farm
businesses in Fresno, Kings, Madera, and Tulare Counties are now eligible to
apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA). These loans are to help businesses offset the financial
losses caused by the drought in the San Joaquin Valley.
WASHINGTON,
DC-Today, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Bakersfield) announced that a National Institute
of Health grant totaling $78,775 has been released to California State
University Bakersfield to prepare students for a future in biomedical research.
Funding was made available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.