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Financial Services and General Government

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2026

Listed below are the Financial Services and General Government projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Arts Council of Greater New Haven – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $202,000
  • This project will provide funding for small business programming.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Black Business Alliance – Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,150,000
  • This project will provide funding for program expansion and facility improvements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

CitySeed, Inc. – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $6,168,000
  • This project will provide funding to launch a shared-use commercial kitchen and food business incubator.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Historical Society DBA Connecticut Museum of Culture and History – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for a digitization project.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. – Statewide, office in Haddam, CT

  • Amount Requested: $480,000
  • This project will provide funding for program expansion.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

CT Center for Employee Ownership – Old Lyme, CT

  • Amount Requested: $215,000
  • This project will provide funding for capacity and programming expansion.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

CT State Northwestern – Northwest Corner of CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,740,000
  • This project will provide funding for center expansion.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Governor’s Partnership to Protect Connecticut’s Workforce DBA The Governor’s Prevention Partnership – Rural Communities in Eastern CT

  • Amount Requested: $997,000
  • This project will provide funding for implementation of a preventative campaign.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

KNOX, Inc. – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $221,000
  • This project will provide funding to provide training.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc. – Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,379,000
  • This project will provide funding for platform and procedure updates.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

SHEBA Resource Center, Inc. – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,545,000
  • This project will provide funding for center expansion.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut – Danbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $575,000
  • This project will provide funding for small business programming.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut/Connecticut Small Business Development Center – Statewide

  • Amount Requested: $885,000
  • This project will provide funding for digital skills program development.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Urban League of Greater Hartford – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding for center creation.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Women’s Business Development Council, Inc. – Greater Hartford and Tolland, Middlesex, and Windham Counties, CT

  • Amount Requested: $350,000
  • This project will provide funding for expansion of a regional office.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.