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The Department of Education awarded Calumet College of St. Joseph a $3 million grant.
The funding comes from the Department of Education’s Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans program. The program provides grants to expand educational opportunities for Hispanic students.
Four Northwest Indiana municipalities are set to receive grants under the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program.
SS4A was created by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which gave the program $5 billion in appropriated funds over 5 years. The program funds regional and local roadway projects aimed at improving roadway safety, and has so far distributed $2.7 billion towards projects in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced that the House has approved his legislation, H.R. 1256, the Veterans Health Administration Leadership Transformation Act.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced federal grant awards for the City of Michigan City, the City of Whiting, and the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC) under the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program.
Washington, DC – Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, Ranking Member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and Rep. Jen Kiggans, Chairwoman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, recently introduced H.R.10105, the Veterans’ Security and Pay Transparency Act.
Thursday, Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced federal grant awards for Crown Point, Merrillville, Portage, and Valparaiso under the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant program.
According to the DOT, the SS4A Grant program aims to improve roadway safety by supporting communities in developing plans to implement infrastructure projects designed to reduce transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Rep. Frank J. Mrvan (IN-1), and Crown Point Mayor Peter Land held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, September 13th, to mark the completion of the sewer infrastructure improvement project.
Residents of a Crown Point neighborhood won't have to worry as much about flooding, thanks to sewer improvements.
Officials cut the ribbon Friday on the Liberty Park pipelining project. Seventy-five percent of the cost was funded by the federal government, as part of the Section 219 program of the Water Resources Development Act.
Rep. Frank J. Mrvan announced a federal grant award for CITGO Petroleum in East Chicago under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) - Federal Aviation Administration's Fueling Aviation's Sustainable Transition (FAST) grant program.
If residents in Calumet Township sign up now, removal of their septic tanks and a hookup to the Lake County sewer system will be free of charge.
Congressman Frank Mrvan, Jr. and county officials broke ground Friday on the Calumet Township Septic Tank Elimination Project (STEP), set up to service 1,225 homes and businesses with the capacity to add more in the future.