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Hammond, Gary and East Chicago are getting federal funding to help reduce traffic fatalities. The cities have been awarded grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
There are some areas of life where practical experience makes all the difference, such as nursing. Thanks to a $1 million federal award students at the Valparaiso University College of Nursing & Health Professions will see significant updates to the Simulation and Experiential Learning Centers they use for hands-on learning.
“What called you to service?” moderator Professor Robert Wichlinski asked a trio of public servants at the start of Valpo’s 2023 MLK Day Celebration. During the “Human Rights, The Ideal vs.
Valparaiso University is receiving $1 million from the federal government to upgrade the simulation and experiential learning centers at its College of Nursing and Health Professions.
Hammond-area faith leaders and elected officials noted the work still left to be done to achieve Martin Luther King's dream.
On the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the federal holiday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it’s time to reignite the village values that King endorsed, the Rev. Regan Robinson said.
Borrowing from the song “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here,” he asked, “What caused village values to be extinguished?”
The Valparaiso University College of Nursing and Health Professions will receive $1 million to update its Simulation and Experiential Learning Centers. The funding was made possible from federal appropriations secured by U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan, and is part of more than $20.5 million designated specifically for Northwest Indiana projects.
Mayor Steve Spebar said the city has secured a $215,000 federal grant.
"That's going to provide an additional license plate reader," Spebar said. "We're planning on putting that at 119th (Street) and the (Indianapolis) Boulevard."
Tthe grant will also be used to install security cameras up and down 119th Street and near Whiting High School.
Federal spending legislation soon to be signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden includes more than $20.5 million designated specifically for Northwest Indiana projects, in addition to the regular funding for federal programs and services in the Region.
When President Joe Biden signed the $1.7 trillion bipartisan omnibus spending bill last Thursday, a lot of happy people in the Duneland area greeted the news. More than $20 million of those funds are earmarked for projects in Northwest Indiana.