Press Releases
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today joined the Department of Veterans Affairs to announce the award of $2,176,874 to Frontline Service., a Cleveland-based nonprofit social services group that manages ‘Operation Cleveland Home Front,’ a transitional housing program for the county’s homeless veterans and their families. According to its website, FrontLine Service now operates the largest and most comprehensive continuum of care for homeless persons in Ohio.
Today, Dana Corporation broke ground for an $70 million, 200,000 square foot expansion to triple the size of its new facility in Toledo and create 300 new jobs.
It’s a great story, about a storied American company with long local roots. Dana will make axles for the new version of a great American brand, the Jeep Wrangler, on the site of the old Jeep and Willys Overland plant, restoring it from brownfield status.
How this came to be is a story about the proper role of government, and how a local community, its leaders and citizens, and private business can join together and work collaboratively for mutual benefit.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that Ohio will receive nearly $2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under three health-related programs to address the statewide epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) expects this morning to receive details on federal funding awarded to the State of Ohio under three health-related programs aimed at addressing the national epidemic of opioid misuse and overdoses.
In Ohio, deaths and overdoses from heroin and opioids have reached epidemic proportions. According to data released last week by the Ohio Department of Health, opioid overdoses killed a record 3,050 people in Ohio in 2015, more than one-third of them from fentanyl, a super-potent opiate often mixed with heroin.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $123,859 to The University of Toledo to “develop practical strategies for broadening the participation of African American students in engineering.” The project will conduct a comparative study of the factors affecting the success and pathways to engineering careers of underrepresented minority students at both The University of Toledo and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $123,859 to The University of Toledo to “develop practical strategies for broadening the participation of African American students in engineering.” The project will conduct a comparative study of the factors affecting the success and pathways to engineering careers of underrepresented minority students at both The University of Toledo and Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Sandusky Fire Department has secured $227,000 in a competitive grant award for the acquisition of specialized fire equipment to assist and improve the Department’s response to fires and other emergencies with the purchase of 38 self-contained breathing apparatuses and harnesses, 100 self-contained breathing apparatus tanks, and 56 facepieces to replace outdated equipment. The competitive grant was awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, in coordination with the US Fire Administration, and is the twelfth round of grants made to municipalities this fiscal year.
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Middle Bass Island Airport has secured $223,405 in a competitive grant award for designated runway improvements, to include new sealing and remarking of 1,855 feet of Runway 10/28 to “maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.” The competitive grant was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA.
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) to announce the award of $50,000 to The University of Toledo for the purpose of designing “a market ready gas sensor system to monitor hazardous and industrial gas leakages such as chlorine and ammonia” which will have “potential applications in diverse fields such as: bleaching industries involving food, clothes and papers, agriculture, defense, and others.”
WASHINGTON, DC– Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) joined the United States Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development to announce the award of $49,356 to provide technical assistance to Toledo-area based Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK) in designing food safety protocols and HACCP-level training for food businesses in preparation for increased requirements from purchasing agents and regulatory standards. The twenty-five current operators, future businesses, and additional regional processors will benefit.