Kim helps bring more than $4 million in state grants to 103rd District

Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus    December 19, 2023 | 3:33 PM

HARRISBURG, Dec. 19 – State Rep. Patty Kim, D-Dauphin/Cumberland, announced that she helped secure $4,023,908 in state grants for the 103rd district.

“The health of the people in my district is of paramount importance to me, and this grant money will help ensure the purity of the water they drink by supporting critical water infrastructure projects,” Kim said.

Kim said, “I am also glad that the artistic expression and the sciences will be supported through arts funding to important cultural organizations in the district.”

Funds distributed through the H20 PA Program provide for single-year or multi-year grants to municipalities or municipal authorities to assist with the construction of drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm water projects. Act 54 of 2022 appropriated $205.4 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the H2O PA – Water Supply, Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water Projects Program.

  • $3.5 million for Capital Region Water’s Paxton Creek Interceptor Site Preparation project.

Funds distributed through the Small Water and Sewer program provide for small water, sewer, and storm system water infrastructure projects. Act 54 of 2022 appropriated $105.6 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the PA Small Water and Sewer Program.

Funds distributed through the PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program provide grants to nonprofit arts and culture organizations located in the commonwealth. Act 54 of 2022 appropriated $15 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds to the COVID-19 ARPA PA Arts and Culture Recovery Program.

  • $23,683 for the Gamut Theatre Group for operating expenses.
  • $82,500 for the Foundation for Enhancing Communities to support the work of arts and culture professionals.
  • $74,225 for the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts to support the Science and Technology Center.