Health Care
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced a $1.8 Million Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) award to the Erie County Health Department from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This will bring $375,000 in funding back to Erie County each year for the next five years to help address behavioral health and mental health needs. This funding follows $2 Million which Rep.
Toledo, OH – Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that Mercy Health will receive a $198,033 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Service Grant from the United States Department of Health & Human Services Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. This grant award will be used to help fund a program dedicated to mental health and substance abuse training for emergency medical services professionals in rural areas across Northwest Ohio. The award is for training of EMS.
Washington, DC — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy & Water, senior member of the House Appropriations Subcommittees on Defense and Agriculture, and longest serving woman in the history of Congress released the following statement on the chaos in the Republican Conference amidst their inability to hold a vote to elect a new Speaker of the House:
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), provided the following update to the constituents of Ohio's Ninth Congressional District regarding the new strain of coronavirus, COVID-19. The update was distributed via email as an eNewsletter. To receive future updates from Rep. Kaptur regarding COVID-19 and other important issues, sign up at /contact/newsletter.
Dear Friends,
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11), with Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13) and Congresswomen Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) and Joyce Beatty (OH-3), introduced The Breaking Addiction Act of 2017. As Ohio continues to grapple with a deadly heroin/opioid epidemic, this legislation breaks down barriers to treatment and increases the number of beds available for patients suffering from substance use disorder.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), and Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) responded to President Trump's State of the Union speech in which he praised his NAFTA 2.0 agreement.
After receiving hundreds of inquiries and requests, Rep. Kaptur has submitted funding requests for important community projects in Ohio's Ninth District to the House Appropriations Committee.
Community Project Funding (CPF) is an initiative for Fiscal Year 2025 that will allow Members of Congress to request direct funding for projects that benefit the communities they represent. CPF is separate from federal grants and funding apportioned by formula. CPF’s are also not normal appropriations requests, which deal with funding levels for individual federal programs.
After receiving many inquiries and requests, Rep. Kaptur has submitted funding requests for important community projects across Ohio's Ninth District to the House Appropriations Committee. Many of these previously approved requests were resubmitted after the Majority passed FY2024 continued level year funding without inclusion of Community Projects for FY2025.
Community Project Funding - FY2027
Listed below is a summary of the 20 projects Congresswoman Kaptur submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027, along with each project's recipient, requested amount, and required financial disclosure letter. The projects are listed in alphabetical order by municipality location.