Congresswoman Doris Matsui announced today that California State University, Sacramento’s Student Support Services (SSS) Program will receive an award of $275,940 from the Department of Education. These funds were awarded through a competitive grant program and provide support and assistance to low-income, first-generation, or disabled college students in order to ensure they remain in school and graduate. SSS Program services may include instruction in basic study skills, tutorial services, personal counseling, financial aid assistance, career guidance, and mentoring.
Aug 17 2010 | Posted in
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Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation that includes $891,000 for a Sacramento-area National Guard project that was secured by Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento). The Military Construction and Veteran Affairs Fiscal Year 2011 Appropriations Bill provides the California Army National Guard Federal funding for a project at the California National Guard’s Sacramento Army Depot Field Maintenance Shop.
Jul 28 2010 | Posted in
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Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) announced she will hold a Telephone Town Hall this Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 6:45pm PST to hear from and talk with her constituents on a wide variety of topics including the Wall Street reform legislation signed into law, an update on the implementation of health insurance reform, efforts to improve the economy and invest in clean energy technology, and other current issues.
Jul 26 2010 | Posted in
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Yesterday, Congresswoman Doris Matsui announced that the County of Sacramento’s Department of Human Assistance will receive a $21,000 federal grant to support community service programs that engage seniors and facilitate matching seniors with local students in need of academic assistance. The grant was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service under its Senior [...]
Jun 25 2010 | Posted in
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Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (D-Sacramento) today announced that Sacramento County will receive $650,637 this year from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) Program. This amount represents a 14-percent increase over last year’s funding for the VASH Program, which makes vouchers available for Sacramento-area displaced veterans and their families. [...]
Jun 4 2010 | Posted in
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Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-05) spoke with Sacramento-area seniors at the Cordova Senior Center about financial reform, health insurance legislation, and the Seniors’ Bill of Rights that she recently helped to introduce in Congress. “This Congress is committed to seniors’ issues and enacting policies that will strengthen Medicare, improve our health care, put in place [...]
Jun 3 2010 | Posted in
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Today, Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui (CA-05) announced the award of a grant totaling $5,435,587 for Sacramento’s Los Rios Community College District. Los Rios is one of five community college districts in the country that will participate in the program through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and will serve as the lead [...]
In anticipation of the upcoming 2010 Census deadline, Congresswoman Doris Matsui issued the following statement regarding the importance of all Americans filing their census. Congresswoman Matsui is working with her colleagues in Washington to recognize March as National Census Awareness Month by cosponsoring legislation in the House of Representatives. Additionally, Representative Matsui is sharing useful [...]
Feb 26 2010 | Posted in
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Congresswoman Doris O. Matsui will join members of the Sacramento health care and the education communities to officially announce and celebrate the release of a $5 million grant for the Los Rios Community College District. A competitive grant administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, this funding will provide Los Rios the opportunity to expand [...]
Feb 12 2010 | Posted in
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Last week, Congresswoman Doris Matsui announced that Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and local partners will receive $5 million in federal grant funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) for the installation of California’s first ‘Solar Highway,’ a co-digestion facility, and three anaerobic digesters. This funding was authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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