{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/4/stanton-grijalva-announces-55-million-in-shelter-and-services-program-funds-for-arizona-s-border-communities", "Stanton, Grijalva Announce $55 Million in Shelter and Services Program Funds for Arizona\u2019s Border Communities", "2024-04-12", "2024", "2024-04", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "After Stanton push, FEMA makes common-sense changes to the program\n\nToday, Congressmen Greg Stanton and Ra\u00fal Grijalva announced nearly $55 million in Shelter and Services Program funds will go to Arizona communities on the front lines of the border crisis.\n\nThe announcement comes after Stanton and Grijalva sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, urging them to quickly allocate funding under the replenished SSP and ensure border communities were prioritized.\n\nMaricopa County will receive $11,606,329, Pima County will receive $21,827,581, World Hunger in Maricopa will receive $11,606,329, and World Hunger in Yuma will receive $9,532,854.\n\n\u201cThis funding couldn\u2019t come soon enough. I\u2019ve visited local aid groups along the border, and they\u2019re near a breaking point\u2014over-stretching their budgets to help care for migrant families and prevent street releases,\u201d Stanton said. \u201cI\u2019ll keep working to make sure Arizona communities get their fair share of federal resources to manage this crisis.\u201d\n\n\u201cI appreciate the Biden administration\u2019s swiftness to allocate this federal funding to Arizona. I will continue to work with federal, state, local, and non-governmental organizations to ensure this funding is distributed expeditiously. As Southern Arizona communities continue to deal with the humanitarian crisis, it\u2019s critical we provide them with the resources and funding they need,\u201d Grijalva said. \u201cIt\u2019s clear that the only path forward to address these issues long-term is real immigration reform to fix our broken system beginning with humane solutions, increased legal pathways, dealing with root causes, and providing more resources and personnel at the border instead of Republicans\u2019 detrimental funding cuts and failed enforcement-only policies.\u201d\n\nFEMA also announced several key changes to the program\u2014including two common-sense fixes Stanton urged Biden Administration officials to make in a December letter.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T20:47:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/4/stanton-grijalva-announces-55-million-in-shelter-and-services-program-funds-for-arizona-s-border-communities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6522100195288658, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}