Powell: ‘Over $1.6 million in new funding coming to our community’

Rep. Lindsay Powell October 20, 2026 | 11:20 AM

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 20 – Eleven projects in the 21st Legislative District will receive funding through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, totaling $1.64 million, announced state Rep. Lindsay Powell.

“Affordable housing, access to food and quality education are fundamental to building strong communities, but too many of our neighbors still face barriers to these basic needs,” said Powell, D-Allegheny. “These projects represent a direct investment in the organizations doing the work to close those gaps. I’m proud to help secure this funding and make sure our communities get the resources they deserve.”

The projects supported in this funding include:

$475,000 to the Northside Leadership Conference to address poverty, housing instability and disinvestment through housing, business development, infrastructure, parks and community wellness initiatives.
$198,000 to the Urban Impact Foundation to renovate and expand its Northside warehouse into a development hub with classrooms, trades, programming space and a STEM Maker Space for students.
$190,000 to the Sharpsburg Neighborhood Organization for the Triboro Ecodistrict Rivertown Resilience Project to boost workforce development and affordable housing in Etna, Millvale and Sharpsburg.
$190,000 to the Bloomfield-Garfield Corp. to address sufficient affordable housing to meet demand and improve blighted and vacant properties in commercial districts.
$148,500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania to open a new, expanded Downtown Teen Center to address the need for welcoming spaces for at-risk teens.
$144,000 to HEARTH to enhance its wraparound support model by enhancing safety planning, expanding employment and education support, embedding trauma-informed care, and strengthening barrier reduction services.
$112,500 to the Three Rivers Mothers’ Milk Bank to increase its capacity to collect and pasteurize donor milk.
$81,000 to North Hills Community Outreach to increase emergency assistance to reflect rising housing costs and connect clients to stability and self-sufficiency supports to reduce eviction, homelessness, and repeat financial crises.
- NHCO also received $22,035 to expand access to its three food pantries so clients can visit twice a month as opposed to once a month.
$61,750 to 412 Food Rescue for its Good Food Project, which transforms bulk, hard-to-distribute surplus food into nutritious, heat-and-eat meals.
$16,250 to Light of Life Ministries to purchase and distribute food through daily Meal Ministries, client choice Food Pantry and Mobile Meal Ministries.

Funding for these projects came through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, a tax-credit program administered by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development that encourages businesses to invest in projects that improve distressed areas.

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