Booker Secures Millions in Funding for Critical New Jersey Projects in Government Funding Bill
Booker Secures Millions in Funding for Critical New Jersey Projects in Government Funding Bill
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced that tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for critical New Jersey programs, projects, and priorities he worked to secure were included in the $1.5 trillion Fiscal Year 2022 government funding bill which passed the Senate last night.
“From improving water infrastructure to preventing homelessness to creating and expanding support programs that serve youth, domestic violence survivors, and families, the projects funded in the government spending bill will provide major benefits to communities across our state,” said Sen. Booker. “I fought to ensure this funding was included and am grateful for the organizations, community leaders, and elected officials who joined together to advance these vital initiatives. As these projects all across New Jersey move toward becoming a reality, I look forward to seeing the positive impact they will have on local and regional economies and the improvements they will bring to the quality of life for New Jersey residents.”
In total, Booker secured over $72 million in funding for New Jersey projects.
Booker and Senator Bob Menendez worked together to secure more than $47 million in funding for vital programs across New Jersey. These projects are detailed HERE.
Additionally, Booker secured over $24 million for 27 essential projects and programs across New Jersey, detailed in the table below.
| Project Recipient | Project Location | Project Description | Project Amount |
| County of Bergen | Hackensack, New Jersey | To provide sustainable, reliable, and low-cost local public transportation to individuals in Hackensack. | $250,000 |
| Borough of Bound Brook | Bound Brook, New Jersey | To create a pedestrian plaza in the Borough’s downtown district. | $2,200,000 |
| City of Newark | Newark, New Jersey | To create and preserve affordable housing to Newark residents with household incomes at or below 30% of Area Median Income | $8,000,000 |
| City of Newark | Newark, New Jersey | To rapidly rehouse individuals evicted at the end of the moratorium, to disburse rental arrears assistance, to mediate pre-eviction, and to prevent eviction. | $500,000 |
| City of Union City | Union City, New Jersey | To purchase a site and develop a new active recreational complex on the site. | $500,000 |
| Community Loan Fund of New Jersey | Essex County, New Jersey | To provide financial assistance to low- and moderate-income households in order to purchase an affordable home in Essex County | $800,000 |
| YWCA Eastern Union County | Union County, New Jersey | To construct a YWCA Union County Headquarters facility and to provide emergency shelter, counseling, workforce development, and court advocacy services for victims of domestic violence and their children. | $500,000 |
| New Jersey State Library | Trenton, New Jersey | To digitize unique and rare New Jersey publications house in the State Library’s collection and make them freely available to everyone. | $206,000 |
| Borough of Rocky Hill | Rocky Hill, New Jersey | To improve the water system in the borough, including PFOS treatment | $1,667,000 |
| Sussex Borough | Sussex, New Jersey | To purchase equipment to detect water leaks through the system and to repair them. | $100,000 |
| Sussex Borough | Sussex, New Jersey | To replace 1,600 feet of sewer force main leading to Sussex County Municipal Utility Authority’s sewage treatment plant. | $1,000,000 |
| Township of Berkeley Heights | Berkeley Heights, New Jersey | To finish studying and start constructing a water infrastructure project. | $500,000 |
| Town Of Clinton | Clinton, New Jersey | To replace the West Main Street water main. | $898,257 |
| NJ Coalition Against Sexual Assault | Lawrenceville, New Jersey | To develop a statewide post-COVID-19 survivors of sexual violence support and resources program. | $440,000 |
| Center for Hope and Safety | Rochelle Park, New Jersey | To support the Legal Services Program that provides life-saving advice, counsel, and representation so that victims of domestic violence may achieve independence through the judicial system. | $300,000 |
| Stafford Township Police Department | Manahawkin, New Jersey | To expand the Proactive Outreach In Needs and Treatment program to include Barnegat Township. | $30,000 |
| Rutgers University – Newark | Essex County, New Jersey | To support the creation of a one-stop education and workforce development hub for opportunity youth and people re-entering communities from incarceration. | $300,000 |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Essex County, New Jersey | To support a STEM Boot camp for underserved, under-represented and minority students to address gaps in pre-university preparation and make students from these communities more ready, capable, and empowered to succeed in a collegiate STEM education. | $154,000 |
| Burlington County | Burlington County, New Jersey | To expand the mobile access unit that offers critical support for individuals and their families struggling with addiction and related issues. | $300,000 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey | Monmouth County, New Jersey | To relocate and expand the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Community Health Center’s Red Bank Primary Care Center | $500,000 |
| St. Joseph’s Hospital | Passaic County, New Jersey | To expand and renovate the existing space for psychiatric patients in the emergency room from 4 to 7 dedicated rooms and allow for the co-location of behavioral health staff in the emergency room. | $1,000,000 |
| Sussex County Community College | Sussex County, New Jersey | To evolve Sussex County Community College’s existing cybersecurity curriculum. | $97,000 |
| Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey | Asbury Park, New Jersey | To provide primary and preventive health care services to medically underserved individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, and undocumented. | $400,000 |
| New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation | Trenton, New Jersey | To provide student training and equipment. | $270,000 |
| Passaic County Community College | Paterson, New Jersey | To support training costs associated with high-skill, high-wage employment opportunities in key industry sectors in Northern New Jersey. | $1,950,000 |
| Norwescap Foodbank | Warren County, New Jersey | To purchase and renovate a new, more modern facility that will allow the Norwescap Foodbank to significantly expand its capacity to deliver food. | $1,050,000 |
| Borough of Penns Grove | Penns Grove, New Jersey | To repair and repurpose the Penns Grove Borough’s community center and eliminate bling in the community. | $413,000 |
Highlights of the legislative programs included in the government funding package are available here.
