Community Project Funding

I am continuing my service on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, responsible for directing over $1.7 trillion of annual federal discretionary spending throughout our country. Our Committee’s responsibilities reach all federal government efforts, including agriculture, defense, veterans, science, energy, environment, justice, homeland security, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing and foreign affairs.

In 2021, the House adopted a submissions process for Community Project Funding (CPF) requests by individual Members for specific projects and purposes. This is because Members know our districts and their unique needs and priorities, and should be able to direct some federal funding to specific projects rather than leave those decisions to federal administrators without that knowledge.

A similar procedure in prior years was known commonly as “earmarking.” Although it was mostly applied fairly and correctly (we have many examples of critical projects in New Hampshire that would not have been completed without directed funding from our Congressional delegation), it was abused and rightly suspended.

CPF is subject to strict limitations to avoid similar abuse. CPF requests may only be directed to governments or non-profits, not for-profit businesses or individuals. They must have demonstrated community support and are subject to audit by the independent Government Accountability Office. They are limited in number, and the total amount of all approved CPFs for all Members cannot exceed 0.5% of all appropriations for the year. Finally, all Members must publicly disclose their CPF requests together with required information on each request.

In preparing my own CPF requests, I consulted with New Hampshire state and county governments and non-profits, applied my own knowledge and beliefs as to district needs, considered whether a project could obtain federal funding through other means, and made some difficult decisions given my limited number of CPF requests. There is no assurance that any or all of my CPF requests will be approved in the amounts requested or at all.

Please view my CPF Constituent Guide for more information on this process.

My CPF requests for Fiscal Year 2026 (October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026) were submitted in May 2025. The deadline for FY 2027 requests will likely be March 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
To discuss a proposal for Fiscal Year 2027, please contact my DC office. You can also view my FY 2027 CPF Constituent Guide for more information.

Fiscal Year 2026

Agriculture, Rural Development and Federal Drug Administration

Bristol – Bristol Regional Community Center ($1,500,000)

• This funding would provide for the construction of a new secure facility to meet growing childcare and community needs across an eight-town service area. This new community center will address capacity limitations and enhance safety through modern infrastructure, including lockdown capabilities and surveillance systems.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Franklin – HealthFirst ($900,000)

• The funding will expand and modernize federally qualified health center HealthFirst’s health campus by connecting its main health center with an adjacent building. This integration will significantly increase capacity to provide high-quality, accessible care, including primary care and behavioral health, to underserved populations in Franklin and the surrounding region.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Gorham – Gorham Community Learning Center ($800,000)

• This funding will help take a vacant main street commercial building, which was formerly a bank, and convert it into a childcare facility. This facility will replace an already existing facility with roughly three times the capacity. The learning center currently has over 60 families on their waitlist, and this expansion will allow them to continue serving existing families, as well as those on the waitlist.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Littleton – Littleton Community Center ($400,000)

• This funding would support the Little Community Center, a multi-use hub serving the town of Littleton, NH since 1919. Specifically, it would help rehabilitate LCC’s facilities across its 1.3-acre downtown campus. Located in a town facing economic distress, LCC aims to restore a long-closed community meeting space, enhance its facilities with fire safety improvements, increase handicap accessibility, add energy retrofits, and improve facilities to support economic development and promote tourism in town.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Littleton – Ammonoosuc Community Health Services (ACHS) ($500,000)

• The funding will support Phase III of renovations at ACHS’ Whitefield Community Health Center. The upgrades will significantly expand ACHS’s capacity to provide high-quality, community-based care and health education.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Whitefield – Whitefield Fire Rescue ($500,000)

• This funding will be used to purchase a replacement forest fire engine, replacing a 42-year-old existing engine that is no longer meeting safety standards or modern firefighting needs. The engine is a vital asset for wildland fire response throughout Coös and Grafton Counties, including mutual aid coverage for over 800,000 acres of federal lands.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Woodsville – Cottage Hospital ($2,267,069.48)

• This funding will support Cottage Hospital and ensure it can continue service to the surrounding rural community and state. Specifically, the funding will provide for equipment upgrades for hospital equipment that is 5 to 10 years past its expected service life, including an aging CT machine that the manufacturer no longer makes spare parts for, and needed security equipment.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Keene – Cheshire County ($300,000)

• This funding will allow the County Sheriff’s Office to update 30 portable radios to be used by law enforcement officers in the County of Cheshire in southwest New Hampshire. The project intends to ensure all officers are able to use equipment that is compatible with the recently updated law enforcement area radio communications network.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Interior, Environment and Related Agencies

Newport – Unity Road Waterlines ($640,000)

• This funding will allow the town to begin construction on its water distribution system replacement project. This replacement is Newport’s most pressing infrastructure need: ensuring the delivery of clean, safe, and high-quality drinking water to over 1,600 households, businesses, and public facilities.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Nashua – Early Childhood Education Center for Teaching and Learning at Nashua Community College ($933,500)

• This funding will support the development of a state-of-the-art Center for Teaching and Learning to enhance its early childhood education program, in partnership with Southern New Hampshire Services’ new Head Start program. This project is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars because the lack of affordable and quality childcare has a direct impact on the economic well-being of our communities and state.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Nashua – Nashua Shelter and Resource Center ($3,050,000)

• This funding will support building a three-story shelter and resource center to expand local shelter and support services. The facility will include 30 new shelter beds, transitional housing units for individuals and couples, and a 24/7 resource hub with essential amenities.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Claremont – Sugar River Revitalization and Brownfields Redevelopment ($1,400,000)

• This funding will support the revitalization of the Synergy Site, a remediated brownfield along the Sugar River. Funding will support final design work, ADA-compliant pedestrian access, site improvements, and landscaping as part of the first phase of a new riverwalk connecting downtown Claremont to surrounding communities.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Nashua – Nashua Commuter Rail Extension Project Development ($1,600,000)

• This funding will support improving public transportation options in New Hampshire’s second-largest community and spur economic activity regionally. This project will advance the City of Nashua to the design phase necessary to pursue Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding for extending commuter rail service from Lowell, MA, to Nashua, NH.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Lebanon – Lebanon Mechanic Street Sidewalks Project ($1,633,067)

• This funding will support the construction of 0.6 miles of new sidewalk along U.S. Route 4 in Lebanon, NH, from Poverty Lane to just before Buckingham Place, including the high-risk I-89 Exit 19 ramp area. This segment is a critical east-west corridor linking historic downtown Lebanon to West Lebanon and serves as a primary route for regional traffic.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.

Sullivan County – Regional Childcare Enhancement ($1,600,000)

• This funding will support establishing a new childcare center on Sullivan County’s Unity Campus in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Central and Northern New Hampshire. The project addresses a major regional workforce barrier by expanding access to affordable, high-quality childcare for working families.
• Click HERE to read the required financial disclosure letter.