{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hoyer.house.gov/media/press-releases/maryland-delegation-announces-over-7-million-increase-safety-and-security", "Maryland Delegation Announces Over $7 Million to Increase Safety and Security in Places of Worship", "2024-12-19", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "MD", "Steny H. Hoyer", "H000874", "hoyer.house.gov", "hoyer", "https://hoyer.house.gov/media", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), John Sarbanes (MD-03), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), David Trone (MD-06), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) announced $7,393,350 in federal funding to strengthen security at 50 churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious community centers across Maryland. The awards are provided through the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (DHS) Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which helps high-risk nonprofits, including faith-based institutions, obtain the resources required to support and integrate preparedness activities with broader state and local efforts. The lawmakers fought to fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program at $454.5 million through Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations, an increase from $305 million in Fiscal Year 2023.\n\n\u201cReligious freedom is protected under our Constitution, and every Marylander must be able to worship without fear for their safety,\u201d said the lawmakers. \u201cWith threats and attacks against faith communities on the rise, we must not only speak out against those hateful actions \u2013 we also must invest in protecting these institutions that support communities across our state. Maryland families can trust that these federal grants will help ensure houses of worship have the resources they need to keep them safe.\u201d\n\nA full list of the recipients, selected by DHS, is below:\n\nWestern Maryland - $968,500\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Beth Sholom Congregation\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Chabad Lubavitch of Frederick\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Crossroads Apostolic Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Heritage Academy, Inc.\n\n$148,500.00 \u2013 Islamic Society of Frederick\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Islamic Society of Western Maryland\n\n$70,000.00 \u2013 LaVale Methodist Church\n\nBaltimore Area - $4,050,000\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Adamah, Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Baldwin Memorial United Methodist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Berea Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Cedar Grove Methodist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Chabad of West Pikesville\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Chabad-Lubavitch of Maryland Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Congregation Aish Kodesh, Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Congregation Ariel Russian Community Synagogue, Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Congregation Kneseth Israel\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Grace Bible Baptist Church (Main Building)\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Greenspring Sephardic Synagogue, Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Hope Center DC\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Jewish Community Services\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Keter Torah\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Khosh Family Foundation\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Mosdos Kehal Chassidim - Day Care\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Odenton Baptist Church and Odenton Christian School\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Ohr Menachem Jewish Center Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 St. Ignatius Hickory Roman Catholic Congregation\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 St. Michael the Archangel, Overlea, Roman Catholic Congregation Inc.\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 St. Stephen Roman Catholic Congregation\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 The Greenspring Valley Synagogue and Center (Ner Tamid)\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 The Rector Wardens and Vestry St Anne's Parish of Annapolis, Inc. - Preschool\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Union Memorial United Methodist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Women\u2019s Institute of Torah Seminary for Girls, Inc.\n\nNational Capital Region - $2,239,850\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Chabad of Potomac Village\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Congregation and Talmud Torah B'nai Israel\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Epworth United Methodist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Glenmont United Methodist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 IMAAM Inc.\n\n$149,850.00 \u2013 Lutif Ul Lahi (The Kindness and Praise of God)\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Magen David Sephardic\n\n$142,000.00 \u2013 Metropolitan Baptist Church\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Murugan Temple of North America\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Orthodox Congregation of Silver Spring\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Torah School of Greater Washington\n\n$148,000.00 \u2013 Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Young Israel Shomrai Emunah of Greater Washington\n\n$150,000.00 \u2013 Young Israel Shomrai Emunah of GW-Youth House\n\nSouthern Maryland - $135,000\n\n$135,000.00 \u2013 Living Hope First United Pentecostal Church\n\nThe Department of Homeland Security awarded nearly $724 million in FY 2024 to help prepare against threats and natural disasters. 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