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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2024

Listed below are the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Adelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Services - Cromwell, CT

  • Amount Requested: $380,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support facility upgrades at multi-service agency specializing in autism spectrum disorders, developmental disability services, and behavioral health treatment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Statewide

  • Amount Requested: $300,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support research on Beech Leaf Disease and its effects on forests across Connecticut.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $199,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support research on plant viral disease contributing to potato crop loss. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Statewide

  • Amount Requested: $239,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support research on ticks and tick-borne pathogens.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation - Mashantucket, CT

  • Amount Requested: $852,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support sewer line upgrades.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Music Mountain, Inc. - Falls Village, CT

  • Amount Requested: $276,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support renovations at an arts venue in Lakeville, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Bolton - Bolton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $19,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support planning work to construct and staff a new firehouse in Bolton, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Colchester - Cromwell, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support completion of a senior center construction project in Colchester, CT. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Madison - Madison, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will renovate a municipally owned building to house social and mental health services.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Old Lyme - Old Lyme, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,805,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support a senior center expansion in Old Lyme, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Plymouth - Plymouth, CT

  • Amount Requested: $8,250,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support upgrading facilities located in Plymouth Town Hall. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Winchester - Winchester, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,980,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support fire house renovations in Winchester, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.