Cooperative Agreement P17AC00776

The City of Hampton, Virginia will receive $625,000 under a five-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. The purpose of the award is to advance community policing through the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers from October 2022 to September 2027. Funding will support the City of Hampton Police Department's efforts to increase its community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and...

The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service awarded a $198,900 project grant to the Hampton County School District on September 26, 2022 under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant funding will support construction or improvement projects to expand or upgrade community facilities providing essential services to rural residents, consistent with the program's goal of constructing, enlarging, extending, or otherwise improving such facilities. The award...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $249,945 Project Grant to Hampton University on September 1, 2024. The grant, funded under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325), aims to train a diverse group of speech-language pathology scholars. The project, which will be completed by August 31, 2025, seeks to enhance the preparation of personnel...

The Hampton County School District received a $447,750 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766). The grant, awarded on June 26, 2024, will be used to construct, enlarge, extend, or otherwise improve community facilities that provide essential services to rural residents of Varnville, South Carolina. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program focuses on supporting infrastructure and...

The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration awarded $153,852.06 under the Highway Planning and Construction federal grant program (CFDA 20.205) to the Virginia Department of Transportation on July 27, 2022. The funding supports construction to replace five-section protected permissive left turn signal heads with flashing yellow signals at 18 locations citywide in Hampton, Virginia. The Highway Planning and Construction program aims to assist states in providing for...

The City of Hampton, Virginia received an $859,000 project grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Federal Lands Access Program on September 9, 2022. The grant will fund preliminary engineering design work for roadway improvements, pedestrian and traffic signals, lighting, and landscape improvements at the entrance of Fort Monroe at the intersection of E. Mercury Boulevard, E. Mellen Street, Ingalls Road and McNair Drive. The Virginia Department of Transportation will serve as a...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded a $639,406.56 Project Grant to the Hampton School District 1 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The grant aims to enhance community policing strategies in Varnville, South Carolina through collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and community members from October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2021. By supporting organizational changes and...

This $143,952 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund a project by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to reconstruct Mallory Street in the City of Hampton, Virginia. The project involves a "road diet" to reduce the existing four vehicle lanes to two lanes, with the addition of two new buffered bike lanes, curb and gutter, striping, a center turn lane, and other Americans with...

The Virginia Department of Transportation received a $222,736.26 Formula Grant award on September 16, 2021 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. The funding supports the Highway Planning and Construction program and will be used to upgrade existing flashing lights and add gates at the CSX railroad crossing on LaSalle Avenue in Hampton, Virginia. Specifically, the city of Hampton will receive funds to improve rail safety by upgrading signals and installing gates at...

The Virginia Department of Transportation received a $184,783.55 Formula Grant award on September 16, 2021 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. The funding supports the Highway Planning and Construction program and will be used to upgrade existing flashing lights and add gates at the CSX railroad crossing on LaSalle Avenue in Hampton, Virginia. Specifically, the city of Hampton will receive the funding to construct safety improvements at the railroad crossing...