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FY23 Community Project Funding (Calendar Year 2022)

Transparency

  • All requests submitted by Congressman Davis to the Appropriations Committee are posted below. In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Davis has certified that he, his spouse, and his immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects he has requested.

Projects Requested for FY23

Listed below are the 15 projects Congressman Davis submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration for Community Project Funding. Projects are listed in alphabetical order:

A Safe Haven Foundation

  • The Behavioral Health Center Expansion Initiative project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it increases access to quality substance abuse and mental health services to disenfranchised adult men, women, and families experiencing or at-risk of homelessness to improve social, emotional, and economic well-being and stability.
  • The sponsor for this project is A Safe Haven Foundation located at 2750 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL  60608.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Ashunti Residential Management Systems, Inc.

  • The Ashunti Campus project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it increases long-term, residential, supportive housing for formerly-homeless individuals in Chicago to provide housing security and improve social, emotional, and economic well-being and stability. 
  • The sponsor for this project is Ashunti Residential Management Systems Inc. located at 4909 W. Huron Street Chicago, IL 60644.
  • Requested amount: $2,000,000
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Bethel New Life, Inc.

  • The Mildred Wiley Wellness Hub project is a good use of taxpayer funds because creating a multi-faceted community wellness hub will greatly increase westside residents’ access to health, nutrition, and community services to improve well-being.
  • The sponsor for this project is Bethel New Life, Inc., located at 4950 W. Thomas, Chicago, IL 60651.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

City Colleges of Chicago, Malcolm X College

  • The Malcolm X College Initiatives for Minority Male Mentoring and EMT Diversity and Inclusion project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it would improve college and emergency services certification completion for low-income students underrepresented in higher education and the health fields.
  • The sponsor for this project is City Colleges of Chicago, Malcolm X College, located at 180 N. Wabash, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60601.
  • Requested amount:  $1,800,064.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

City of Chicago

  • This Prairie District Affordable Housing project is a good use of taxpayer funds because increasing affordable housing will improve housing security and community well-being for marginalized, low, and very low-income residents on the near south side of Chicago.
  • The sponsor for this project is the City of Chicago located at 121 N. LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60602.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Field Museum of Natural History

  • The Field Museum Facilities Upgrades project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it would allow the world-famous Field Museum of Natural History to modernize its air-handling systems to improve energy efficiency, indoor air quality for its visitors and staff, and humidity levels to help safeguard its priceless collections as well as to significantly reduce its overall carbon footprint and operating expenses.
  • The sponsor for this project is the Field Museum of Natural History located at 1400 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Mount Sinai Hospital

  • The Mount Sinai Hospital ICU Expansion project is a good use of taxpayer funds because renovating and expanding the Sinai Intensive Care Unit will help address the increased health needs of and improve the advanced health care quality for low-income residents on the westside of Chicago.
  • The sponsor for this project is Mount Sinai Hospital located at 1500 S. Fairfield Ave, Chicago, IL 60608.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Mount Vernon Community Foundation

  • The Mount Vernon Affordable Housing and Community Services Expansion project is a good use of taxpayer funds because increasing affordable housing and community services on the westside of Chicago will increase housing security and community well-being for residents in under-resourced communities in Chicago.
  • The sponsor for this project is Mount Vernon Community Foundation located at 2622 West Jackson Chicago, IL 60612.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Near North Health Service Corporation

  • The Near North Health’s Center Infrastructure Improvement project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it would improve access to affordable, high-quality primary and specialty healthcare for residents living in communities lacking primary care, mental health, and oral health services and who have been disproportionately affected by persistent, pre-existing health and economic disparities.
  • The sponsor for this project is Near North Health Service Corporation located at 1276 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60610.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

New Age Services Corporation

  • The Expansion of New Age Services Corporation’s Client Center Treatment project is a good use of taxpayer funds because it increases access to substance abuse and mental health services to help individuals improve social, emotional, and economic stability.
  • The sponsor for this project is New Age Services Corporation located at 1330 S. Kostner Chicago IL, 60623.
  • Requested amount:  $600,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Primo Center for Women and Children

  • The Trauma-Informed Network of Care for Chicago’s South and Westsides (TIN for Chicago) project is a good use of taxpayer funds because providing trauma-informed mental health services to homeless children experiencing trauma will improve their social-emotional well-being while improving the coordinated trauma-informed care network on the south and westsides of Chicago.
  • The sponsor for this project is Primo Center for Women and Children located at 6212 S. Sangamon Street, Chicago, IL 60621.
  • Requested amount:  $800,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Strategic Human Services

  • The Strategic Human Services Youth Employment Intervention and Media Podcast Training Program project is a good use of taxpayer funds because out-of-school programs that develop the journalism skills of high school students promote interest in and expand diversity within the high-demand careers of communications and media as well as strengthen pre-employment and college readiness skills.
  • The sponsor for this project is Strategic Human Services located at 5650 W Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60644.
  • Requested amount:  $832,140.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

UCAN

  • The Expansion of UCAN Services Supporting Foster Youth and Community Wellbeing project is a good use of taxpayer funds because expanding social services to foster youth and community well-being programs will improve the economic and social-emotional welfare of youth and community safety. 
  • The sponsor for this project is UCAN located at 3605 W. Fillmore Street, Chicago, IL 60624.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago

  • The Supportive Living, Community Day Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities project is a good use of taxpayer dollars because expanding the array of supportive and affordable housing for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities will improve housing security and social-emotional well-being for vulnerable individuals.
  • The sponsor for this project is United Cerebral Palsy Seguin of Greater Chicago located at 3100 South Central Avenue, Cicero, IL 60804.
  • Requested amount:  $1,840,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Youth Outreach Services

  • The Ensuring & Empowering Homeless Youth in IL07: Independence, Life Skills & Workforce Development project is an important use of taxpayer funds because it expands the array of affordable housing and support services for homeless youth which will improve housing security and social, emotional, and economic well-being of vulnerable individuals.
  • The sponsor for this project is Youth Outreach Services located at 2411 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612.
  • Requested amount:  $2,000,000.
  • Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.