Congresswoman Pressley has submitted 15 funding requests for community projects in Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee.

Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 15 projects in Fiscal Year 2026 (FY2026). Projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities are permitted to receive funding. Additional information on the reforms governing Community Project Funding is available here.

To view Congresswoman Pressley’s FY2025 projects, click here.

To view Congresswoman Pressley’s FY2024 projects, click here.

To view Congresswoman Pressley’s FY2023 projects, click here.

To view Congresswoman Pressley’s FY2022 projects, click here.

In compliance with House rules and Appropriations Committee requirements, Congresswoman Pressley has certified that neither she nor her immediate family has any financial interest in any of the projects she has requested.

The submissions are listed below:

Project name: Renovation of the Massachusetts Veterans Home in Chelsea, MA

Amount Requested: $6,000,000

Intended Recipient:

City of Chelsea

500 Broadway, Room 101 Chelsea, MA 02150 

Explanation of Request: This project would fully rehabilitate nine historic buildings and the addition of two new buildings with elevators, ensuring accessibility for veterans with mobility challenges and include over 240 housing units for veterans.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: BMA TenPoint Family Initiative 

Amount Requested: $275,000

Intended Recipient:

BMA TenPoint

2010 Columbus Ave (Lower Level) Roxbury, MA 02119

Explanation of Request: This project would establish the BMA TenPoint Family Initiative, a community-based violence and crime intervention and reduction project, that is focused on families at high risk for violence by developing promising community violence reduction approaches.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Flood Mitigation in Affordable Housing in Boston

Amount Requested: $3,499,192 

Intended Recipient:

City of Boston

1 City Hall Square Boston, Massachusetts 02201

Explanation of Request:  This project will reduce the total square footage of impermeable surfaces and mitigate flooding at the Franklin Field affordable housing development in Boston, and additional BHA developments throughout the city.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project name: Fairmount Modernization Project

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Intended Recipient:

City of Boston

1 City Hall Square Boston, Massachusetts 02201

Explanation of Request: This project will preserve and rehabilitate low-income housing, create high quality construction jobs and support American industry

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Redevelopment of the Forbes Site in Chelsea  

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Intended Recipient:

City of Chelsea

500 Broadway, Room 101 Chelsea, MA 02150 

Explanation of Request: The funding would redevelop the Forbes Site, a long-vacant industrial site, into a vibrant, mixed-use waterfront community and deliver affordable housing, restore public access to the waterfront, provide green space, and remediate environmental hazards.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Climate Corps Fellowship 

Amount Requested: $1,279,350

Intended Recipient:

Eastie Farm

6 Chelsea Terrace Boston, MA 02128 

Explanation of Request:  This funding would expand  Eastie Farm’s Climate Corps pilot program, an earn-to-learn fellowship in which  participants gain exposure to different green career pathways and develop skills to  prepare them for these careers, with a focus on coastal resiliency management and research.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County Victim Support Improvements

Amount Requested: $1,100,000

Intended Recipient:

Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County

989 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215

Explanation of Request:  This project would upgrade technology and equipment required to respond quickly and effectively to children who are victims of crimes, improve victim safety, increase transparency in the community, deliver trauma-informed services, and enhance community relations.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Expansion of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s (LDBPI) Capacity

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Intended Recipient:

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute 

360 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115

Explanation of Request: This project would expand violence intervention programming including Survivors’ Outreach Services, Community ReEntry Services Program, Healing Support Services, and Training and Education for community partners.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Construction of an ADA accessible boardwalk in Gateway Park

Amount Requested: $2,279,712

Intended Recipient:

City of Everett

484 Broadway Everett, MA 02149

Explanation of Request: This project would construct a new boardwalk in Gateway Park, creating a transportation connection that will give community members access to green space, local amenities, and neighboring communities.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: The Stable Housing and Reintegration Program (SHARP)

Amount Requested: $250,000

Intended Recipient:

Justice For Housing, Inc

41 Round Hill Street, Boston, MA 02130

Explanation of Request: This project would provide permanent housing to justice-involved individuals and their families through Section 8/subsidy vouchers, 18 months of wraparound services, family reunification support for DCF-involved parents, and a pathway to homeownership.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Ozone Generators Replacement

Amount Requested: $3,595,000

Intended Recipient:

City of Cambridge

795 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 

Explanation of Request: The Ozone Generators that provide primary disinfection of our drinking water are over 23 years old and need to be replaced. The replacement of these generators for the City of Cambridge Water Department is a necessary upgrade/modification of a publicly owned water treatment facility to help maintain full regulatory compliance with all Federal and State Drinking Water Standards.  This upgrade will improve the finished water quality for all users of Cambridge water. 

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Roxbury Worx Program

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Intended Recipient:

The American City Coalition (TACC)

2136 Washington Street Roxbury, MA 02119

Explanation of Request: This project would fund the Roxbury Worx program, which would connect formerly incarcerated individuals with workforce development and job connections.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Union Square Plaza and Streetscape Project 

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Intended Recipient:

City of Somerville

90 Highland Avenue Somerville, MA 02143

Explanation of Request: This project will create a dynamic civic hub and improve access to shops, restaurants, and public transit. Phase 1 will reconfigure the Prospect St. and Webster Ave. intersection and implement safe, accessible paths of travel to the Union Square Green Line station.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: Randolph Water Standpipe in Randolph, MA

Amount Requested: $7,848,841

Intended Recipient:

City of Randolph 

41 South Main Street Randolph, MA 02368

Explanation of Request: This project will demolish an aging water standpipe for construction of new water standpipe with greater capacity to increase water pressure equalization, fire suppression volume and operational flexibility needed for public health and public safety of the water distribution system.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)

Project Name: The Phoenix peer led substance use recovery programming

Amount Requested: $682,000

Intended Recipient:

The Phoenix

54 Newmarket Square, Boston, MA 02118

Explanation of Request: This project will help with the construction of a new Tri-Town Water Treatment Plant, specifically the construction of new water transmission mains from the Tri-Town Water District Plant to the Town of Randolph’s local water distribution system.

Signed Financial Disclosure Letter (PDF)