{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-announce-more-than-18-million-in-federal-funds-to-boost-economic-independence-in-virginia-", "Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $1.8 Million in Federal Funds to Boost Economic Independence in Virginia", "2020-12-17", "2020", "2020-12", "Democrat", "Senate", "VA", "Tim Kaine", "K000384", "www.kaine.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "December 17, 2020\n\t\t\t Warner & Kaine Announce More Than $1.8 Million in Federal Funds to Boost Economic Independence in Virginia  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON  Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced $1,879,967 in federal funding to help Virginians in 19 localities reduce their dependency on federal assistance and rental subsidies. The funding, awarded throughthe Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program atthe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will help connect Virginia families to public and private resources that help them increase their earned income and transition to more stable housing.\r\nThese funds will empower Virginia families by providing educational opportunities, job training, and counseling to help them make lasting progress towards economic independence, said the Senators. We applaud the Department of Housing and Urban Development for taking this approach to give Virginians the tools they need to increase their income and move up the economic ladder.\r\nThe funding will be distributed as follows:\r\n \r\nAlexandria Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $78,659;\r\nBristol Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $49,627;\r\nChesapeake Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $167,400;\r\nCity of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $151,470;\r\nCity of Virginia Beach Department ofHousing: $56,347;\r\nLoudoun County: $74,080;\r\nDanville Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $24,818;\r\nFairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $152,078;\r\nFranklin Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $60,000;\r\nHampton Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $60,152;\r\nHarrisonburg Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $35,103;\r\nHopewell Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $72,000;\r\nJames City County Office of Housing & Community Development: $28,500;\r\nNewport News Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $112,031;\r\nNorfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $360,000;\r\nPortsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $226,656;\r\nRichmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $72,000;\r\nSuffolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $52,368;\r\nWaynesboro Redevelopment & Housing Authority: $48,638.\r\n \r\nThe FSS program helps HUD-assisted families increase their earned income and reduce their dependency on federal assistance and rental subsidies.Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) work in collaboration with a Program Coordinating Committee (PCC) to secure commitments of public and private resources for the operation of the FSS program, to develop the PHA's FSS Action Plan (the FSS policy framework), and to implement the program.\r\n###\r\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/warner-and-kaine-announce-more-than-18-million-in-federal-funds-to-boost-economic-independence-in-virginia-"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9897900745272636, "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"}