Over $8M in Federal Dollars Will Support Clean Water, Substance Use, Re-Entry, & Violence Intervention Programs, Housing Justice, Trauma-Informed Services for Children, and More

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) applauded the passage of a Fiscal Year 2026 government spending package that includes $8,546,000 in federal community project funding for ten projects across the Massachusetts 7^th Congressional District. These projects were submitted in partnership with municipalities and non-profit organizations and will support residents across the district by promoting clean water infrastructure, substance use, re-entry, and violence intervention programming, housing justice, trauma-informed services for children, and more. These projects represent submissions within the specific subcommittee appropriation bills passed by the House and Senate, with additional projects anticipated in future FY26 appropriations.

“The Community Project Funding process is a chance to put federal dollars directly to work in our communities and these ten projects are proof of the impact community-led funding requests can have for communities across the 7^th,” said Congresswoman Pressley. “The dollars invested and the partnerships forged through the CPF process make a difference in strengthening our climate resilience, creating pathways to careers and generational wealth building, updating critical clean water infrastructure, and more. I’m proud to have secured these critical investments in our most valuable infrastructure—our people—and continue building the more safe, healthy, and equitable district our communities demand and deserve.”

The projects funded in the current appropriations bill include:

• $1,092,000 for the Ozone Generator Replacement Project (Cambridge, MA)
• $1,092,000 for the Water Standpipe Replacement Project (Randolph, MA)
• $1,031,000 for the Climate Corps Pilot Program (Eastie Farm)
• $1,031,000 for Flood Mitigation at Franklin Field Affordable Housing Development (City of Boston)
• $275,000 for the BMA TenPoint Family Initiative (BMA TenPoint)
• $1,031,000 for the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
• $1,031,000 for the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County
• $1,031,000 for the Roxbury Worx Program
• $682,000 for Peer-led Substance Use Recovery programming (The Phoenix)
• $250,000 for Stable Housing and Reintegration (SHARP)

For a description of each project, click here.

In Fiscal Year 2024, Rep. Pressley secured over $13 million in funding for 15 projects across the district. In the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill, Rep. Pressley secured nearly $14 million for 15 community projects across the district. In the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill, she secured over $8 million for 10 community projects across the Massachusetts 7^th, capping off years of advocacy by the Congresswoman and local leaders. Additional projects are anticipated in future FY26 appropriations.

Rep. Pressley has secured approximately $43 million in federal community project funding for the Massachusetts 7^th since Fiscal Year 2022.

• On September 23, 2025, Rep. Pressley visited Chinatown to celebrate the $425,000 in community project funding she secured for the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.
• On March 27, 2025, Rep. Pressley visited East Boston to celebrate the $1 million in federal funding she delivered to expand the Digital Literacy (DigLit) Initiative in Boston, a critical program that helps workforce development programs address digital literacy gaps.
• On October 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph for the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Turner Free Mobile Library, a bookmobile carrying books, movies, Wi-Fi, and other resources for community members, made possible by the $524,000 she delivered in funding for the library and STEM programming.
• On October 10, 2024, Rep. Pressley joined Just A Start, elected officials and community advocates and members for the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the Economic Mobility Hub at Rindge Commons, a 70,000-square-foot facility designed to address the evolving needs of the community.
• On June 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Boston Medical Center (BMC) to celebrate $370,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support BMC’s Violence Intervention Advocacy Program.
• On June 18, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea HealthCare Center to celebrate $1,150,000 in federal community project funding she secured to support Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) efforts to address the statewide shortage of bilingual, culturally diverse mental health providers for immigrant and limited English proficiency communities.
• On April 22, 2204, Rep. Pressley and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) visited Nubian Square in Roxbury for a roundtable discussion to celebrate the $1,000,000 million in federal funding they secured for the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA).
• On March 28, 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Roxbury to celebrate the $1,000,000 in federal funding she secured to provide emergency childcare support for families experiencing homelessness in the City of Boston.
• In February 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea City Hall for a roundtable and press conference to celebrate the $750,000 in federal funding she secured for the City of Chelsea’s and City of Everett’s Island End River Coastal Flood Resilience Project.
• In January 2024, Rep. Pressley visited Somerville to celebrate the $2.4 million in federal funding she secured to support the community-led transformation of the Clarendon Hill housing community, an ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse neighborhood.
• In December 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Brighton to celebrate $400,000 she delivered for Amplify Latinx’s ALX Small Business Program.
• In November 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Roxbury Community College (RCC) to celebrate $1 million in federal community project funding she secured for Northeastern University’s Roxbury Associate’s to Master’s Workforce Accelerator (RA2MWA).
• In June 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Chelsea to celebrate $2,000,000 in federal community project funding she secured to improve the Broadway Corridor—home to an array of BIPOC-owned small businesses, vibrant public spaces, high frequency public transit routes, and dense residential housing.
• In April 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph to celebrate $524,000 she secured for Randolph Public Schools to support a mobile library and STEM programming.
• In March 2023, Rep. Pressley visited Dorchester to celebrate $250,000 in new Community Project Funding she secured for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston’s one-to-one mentoring and enrichment programs for girls.
• In February 2023, Rep. Pressley visited the African Community Economic Development of New England (ACEDONE) to celebrate the $643,003 in community project funding she secured for ACEDONE to support small businesses in predominately Black, brown and African immigrant communities.
• In October 2022, Rep. Pressley visited The Dimock Center in Roxbury to celebrate $1 million in federal community project funding she secured to support substance use treatment and programming at the health center. 
• In August 2022, Rep. Pressley visited Randolph to deliver $275,000 in federal community project funding for culturally responsive resources and digital literacy tools for Randolph Public Schools.
• In June 2022, Rep. Pressley visited the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology to deliver $300,000 in direct federal funding for the development of a Clean Energy Building Automation Systems certificate and associate degree program.
• In May 2022, she visited Bunker Hill Community College to celebrate the $1,000,000 in federal community project funding she secured to expand the City of Boston’s Tuition-Free Community College program.
• In April 2022, she visited Randolph to deliver $1,000,000 in federal community project funding for a new school-based community health center at Randolph High School. 
• In March 2022, she visited La Colaborativa in Chelsea to celebrate the $300,000 in federal community project funding that she delivered for La Colaborativa’s COVID Employment Recovery Program.

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