FY2027 Community Project Funding

Congresswoman Pou has submitted funding requests for important community projects in New Jersey’s Ninth Congressional District to the House Appropriations Committee. Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative may request funding for up to 20 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2027.. In reviewing requests, our office only considered projects submitted by public or eligible non-profit entities, whose projects met strict committee eligibility requirements. 

While our office has submitted these projects, there is no guarantee that they will ultimately be funded, as projects are restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams. Additional information on the rules governing Fiscal Year 2027. 

In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Congresswoman Pou has certified that she and her immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects she has requested. 

FY2027 Requests

Project Name: Bergen County Sheriff Mobile Command Center Project
Project Sponsor: Bergen County Sheriff’s Office
Sponsor Address: 2 Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack, NJ 07601
Requested Amount: $550,000.00
Project Description:  Funding will be used to acquire a mobile field communications unit and consolettes to enhance law enforcement communication and responses to incidents and emergencies within the community.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:  Passaic County/Paterson Victim Services and Violence Prevention Project
Project Sponsor: St. Joseph's University Medical Center
Sponsor Address: 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ 07503. 
Requested Amount:  $1,000,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to resources and trauma services to victims of crime and provide violence prevention and intervention programming in coordination with local and county law enforcement offices and departments. 
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: North Haledon Public Safety Communications Equipment Upgrade Project
Project Sponsor: Borough of North Haledon Police Department
Sponsor Address: 103 Overlook Avenue, North Haledon, NJ 07508
Requested Amount:  $3,500,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to purchase and install new mobile and portable radios, as well as a simulcast radio dispatch system for the Borough’s Police Department.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: North Arlington Crime Prevention Equipment Project
Project Sponsor:  Borough of North Arlington
Sponsor Address: 214 Ridge Road, North Arlington, NJ 07031
Requested Amount:  $125,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to purchase critical public safety technology to enhance crime prevention, situational awareness, and officer safety. Project will fund ALPR cameras and the deployment of two unmanned aerial systems to assist with law enforcement operations and emergency response.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:  Hudson County Sheriff Automatic License Plate Reader Project
Project Sponsor: Hudson County Sheriff Department
Sponsor Address: 830 Bergen Ave, Floor 6B Jersey City, NJ 07306
Requested Amount:  $5,000,000
Project Description:  Funding would be used to purchase and install ALPRs along key corridors throughout Hudson County to help law enforcement identify vehicles that have been associated with crimes, such as theft, assault, burglaries, or capital offenses. 
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Hackensack Medical Research and Innovative Technology Project 
Project Sponsor: Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Sponsor Address: 123 Metro Boulevard, Nutley, NJ 07110
Requested Amount:  $1,000,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to purchase two next-generation instruments that are critical for developing innovative therapies and diagnostics for cancer, autoimmune diseases, as well as providing and developing international scientific and technical quantitative metrics and metrology data to advance research and medical industry. 
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Felician University AI Innovation Hub Project
Project Sponsor: Felician University
Sponsor Address: 262 South Main Street, Lodi, NJ 070644
Requested Amount:  $750,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to purchase research equipment, technology, and electrical upgrades and lab fitting to provide faculty and student research for predictive modeling for biological and environmental systems, manufacturing models, AI enabled threat detection and anomaly analysis in cybersecurity, robotics and autonomous systems, and data driven analysis for sciences
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: William Paterson Police Department Security Technology Upgrade Project
Project Sponsor: William Paterson Police Department
Sponsor Address:  300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ 07470
Requested Amount:  $1,115,000
Project Description:  Funding will be used to  purchase and install security technology and monitoring equipment, specifically law enforcement close circuit security cameras and software upgrades for the William Paterson Police Department.
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:  City of Passaic Infrastructure Improvement Phase 2 Project
Project Sponsor:  City of Passaic, NJ
Sponsor Address:  330 Passaic Street, Passaic, NJ, 07055
Requested Amount:  $4,000,000.00 
Project Description:  This funding would be used to support the second phase of this project, specifically the construction and labor costs for the creation of a parking deck.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:  City of Clifton Infrastructure Improvement Project
Project Sponsor:  City of Clifton
Sponsor Address:  900 Clifton Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013, 
Requested Amount:  $5,000,000.00 
Project Description:  Funding would be used to fund the construction and facility installments of a multilevel parking garage/deck downtown in Clifton.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:   City of Paterson Senior Center Improvement Project
Project Sponsor:  City of Paterson, NJ
Sponsor Address:  155 Market Street, Paterson, NJ, 07505
Requested Amount:  $5,000,000.00 
Project Description:  Funding would be to support the renovation of the Riverside Center, which serves as Paterson’s only dedicated senior center.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name:  Borough of Pompton Lakes Public Works Project
Project Sponsor: Borough of Pompton Lakes, NJ
Sponsor Address:  25 Lenox Avenue, Pompton Lakes, NJ, 07442
Requested Amount:  $8,000,000.00 
Project Description:  Funding would be used to construct a new Department of Public Works garage for the Borough of Pompton Lakes.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: County of Passaic Lambert Castle Library and Research Renovation Project
Project Sponsor: County of Passaic
Sponsor Address:  401 Grand Street, Room 524, Paterson, NJ, 07505
Requested Amount:  $5,100,000.00
Project Description:  Funding would renovate one of the current buildings at the Lambert Castle campus to serve as a community library, archive, and community education and programming building. 
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Rochelle Park Sanitary Sewer Pumping Station Construction Project 
Project Sponsor:  Township of Rochelle Park
Sponsor Address:   3 Lotz Lane, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662
Requested Amount:  $5,000,000
Project Description:  Funding would be used to construct a modern flood-resilient pumping station to replace the existing pumping station.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Township of Lyndhurst Lead Service Line Replacement Project
Project Sponsor: Township of Lindhurst, NJ
Sponsor Address:  367 Valley Brook Avenue Lyndhurst, NJ, 07071
Requested Amount:  $10,000,000
Project Description:  Funding would support the removal and replacement of lead service lines and water main replacement. 
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: City of Garfield Lead Service Line Removal Project
Project Sponsor:  City of Garfield
Sponsor Address:  111 Outwater Lane, Garfield, NJ 07026
Requested Amount:  $3,000,000
Project Description:  Funding would support the removal and replacement of lead service lines.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Elmwood Park Domestic Water Main Replacement Project
Project Sponsor:  Borough of Elmwood Park
Sponsor Address:  182 Market Street, Elmwood Park, NJ, 07407
Requested Amount:  $1,920,000.00
Project Description:  Funding would replace approximately deteriorated water main pipes.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Borough of Oakland PFAS/PFOA Treatment Project
Project Sponsor:  Borough of Oakland
Sponsor Address:  1 Municipal Plaza, Oakland, NJ, 07436
Requested Amount:  $3,648,000.00
Project Description:  Fund would be used to install a PFAS/PFAO treatment system for the borough’s drinking water supply.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Borough of Cliffside Park Sanitary & Storm Sewer Improvement Project 
Project Sponsor:  Borough of Cliffside Park
Sponsor Address:  525 Palisade Avenue, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010
Requested Amount:  $1,680,000.00
Project Description:  Funding would support the replacement of deteriorated sanitary sewer pipes and install a new stormwater piping to eliminate cross-connections between stormwater and sanitary system.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here

Project Name: Borough of Fairview Sewer Improvement Project
Project Sponsor:  Borough of Fairview 
Sponsor Address:  59 Anderson Avenue, Fairview, NJ, 07022
Requested Amount:  $2,000,000.00
Project Description:  Funding would be used to construct a modern flood-resilient pumping station to replace the existing pumping station.
Subcommittee:  Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Financial Disclosure: View here