Building Our Communities

LESLIE, Ga. – On Monday, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) – the top Democrat on the U.S. House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee as well as a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee – visited Minor Brothers Farms in Sumter County to discuss the Farm Bill. He was joined by Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) and Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) who are the Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S.

FORT VALLEY, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (GA-02) is happy to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is awarding $6,134,765 to the Macon-Bibb County Economic Opportunity Council, $7,186,306 to the Fort Valley State University, and $705,440 to the Enrichment Services Program, Inc. in Columbus, GA to support their Head Start programs.

ALBANY, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, is delighted to announce that Open Arms Inc., a nonprofit organization in Albany, GA, has been awarded a federal grant of $245,709 through the U.S.

MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Macon-Bibb County has been awarded $5,630,440 as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Discretionary Grant Program. The SS4A program grants go directly to local communities for implementation, planning, and demonstration projects driven at the local level to improve safety and help prevent deaths and serious injuries on the nation’s roadways.

MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Mercer University has been awarded $116,349 in federal funds through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research equipment that will help advance material science research and teaching.

MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that Mercer University has been awarded $387,750 in federal funds by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through its Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs for biochemistry research that will help address the opioid epidemic and the additional complications arising from illicit contamination with fentanyl and xylazine.

DAWSON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) is pleased to announce that the Dawson Fire Department and Grady County Emergency Management Agency received $452,380.95 and $30,476.19, respectively through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.

MACON, Ga. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, is delighted to announce a federal award from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $2,643,209 to the Bibb County School District.