Community Project Funding Fiscal Year 2027
Community-driven Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Strategies in the Mon Valley
Requestor: Allegheny County
Location: 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Account: Byrne Justice Grants
Project Summary: The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) requests $3 million to implement targeted violence-reduction projects using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) strategies in areas of the county most affected by shootings and homicides. ACDHS brings together law enforcement, local governments, and community violence-prevention partners through the Allegheny County Peace Collaborative to identify environmental conditions, such as poor lighting and unsafe corridors, that contribute to violent crime. Funding will support targeted improvements in identified violence “hot spots,” including lighting upgrades, removing overgrown plants and trees to improve safety, vacant lot stabilization such as removing small, attractive nuisances and harmful objects, and other CPTED-based safety enhancements designed to reduce opportunities for illegal activity. These investments complement the County’s broader violence-reduction strategy by addressing environmental risk factors that can undermine prevention and enforcement efforts. By improving visibility, stabilizing neglected spaces, and strengthening safety in public areas, the project will support safer neighborhoods, reduce opportunities for violent crime, and reinforce ongoing public safety efforts conducted by local law enforcement. These strategic investments will help reduce shootings and homicides while strengthening collaboration between local law enforcement, community partners, local government, and other public safety agencies.
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Expansion – Allegheny County
Requestor: Allegheny County
Location: 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Account: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies — Byrne Justice Grants
Project Summary: $1,630,328 for Allegheny County to expand its Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program to more areas of the county. The expanded program will allow more law enforcement and community groups to refer residents to long-term case managers. These long-term case managers will work with residents who are enmeshed in the criminal justice system and have unmet behavioral health needs to improve their health and wellness and decrease their justice involvement, helping to reduce the amount of time law enforcement spends on repeat callers in the meantime. Aiming to improve the wellbeing of program participants, the communities they live in and the law enforcement who serve them, LEAD has the capability to improve the public safety and health systems as we know them.
Allegheny County Health Department Mobile Health Unit
Requestor: Allegheny County
Location: 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Account: Labor HHS Education — Title II HHS HRSA-Wide Activities and Program Support
Project Summary: The Allegheny County Health Department is requesting $1 million to purchase and build out a mobile health unit that will operate as a traveling clinical setting delivering preventive screenings and benefit navigation services throughout the county. The project will allow the county to deploy services efficiently based on real-time health data and community needs, bringing care directly to schools, community centers, and neighborhoods. By expanding access to preventive services, the mobile unit will help residents address health issues earlier, reduce costly emergency care, and strengthen the county’s health preparedness. This investment will improve service delivery, support healthier communities, and ensure taxpayer dollars are used to prevent avoidable illness while reinforcing the region’s health infrastructure.
Clairton Multi-Use Community Center
Requestor: City of Clairton
Location: 551 Ravensburg Blvd., Clairton, PA 15025
Account: Agriculture — USDA Rural Development – Rural Community Facilities Program
Project Summary: The City of Clairton is requesting funding to support the construction of a new multi-use community center, with a total funding request of $5,000,000. The project includes development of instructional classrooms, locker rooms, community activity/meeting rooms, an indoor walking path, and a flexible indoor athletic space to provide year-round youth and senior programming. The scope of work includes site development, building construction, and installation of all necessary building systems and amenities. The anticipated impact is increased access to expanded community programming opportunities, and enhanced health and wellness for residents of all ages in this rural community.
Broadway Avenue Stormwater Project
Requestor: Borough of East McKeesport
Location: 907 Florene Avenue, East McKeesport, PA 15035
Account: Agriculture — USDA Rural Development – Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program
Project Summary: The Borough of East McKeesport is requesting FY ’27 community project funding in the amount of $2,634,807.76 to be used for installation of stormwater infrastructure on Broadway Avenue, the main drag of our Borough. These funds would impact East McKeesport and surrounding PA-12 communities by allowing illicit stormwater discharge to flow properly into the surrounding infrastructure, preventing flooding and road degradation.
Cavitt Avenue Reconstruction
Requestor: Trafford Borough
Location: 414 Brinton Ave, Trafford, PA 15085
Account: Agriculture — USDA Rural Development – Rural Community Facilities Program
Project Summary: Trafford Borough is requesting $3,304,350 in funding to reconstruct Cavitt Avenue from 6th Street to 1st Street, the Borough’s designated business district. The project includes roadway reconstruction, sidewalk and curb replacement, ADA-compliant pedestrian improvements, and the replacement of aging stormwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure that has recently caused costly system failures. These improvements will address deteriorating infrastructure, enhance public safety and accessibility, and support economic revitalization within the Borough’s Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (LERTA) district by creating a more attractive and reliable corridor for businesses, residents, and visitors.
Allegheny County Multi-Municipal Storm/Sanitary Rehabilitation
Requestor: Allegheny County
Location: 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Account: Interior and Environment— Environmental Protection Agency – Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Project Summary: Allegheny County Economic Development is submitting a request of $1,999,482 for targeted sewer repair projects in South Park Borough, Turtle Creek Borough, Braddock Borough and the City of Clairton. The main objective of the listed projects is repairing and rehabilitating aging sewer infrastructure to reduce wet weather overflow to both the Conveyance System and the Wastewater Treatment Facilities which become overloaded during intense storms. Currently excess wet weather flow is entering the existing combined sewer system which contributes to Hydraulic Overload to the Trunk Sewer and Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
Increasing Resiliency and Security of Raw Water Intake System
Requestor: Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Location: 1200 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Account: Interior and Environment— Environmental Protection Agency – Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Project Summary: Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority currently has only one functioning raw water intake located in Pool #2 of the Allegheny River. This leaves them vulnerable to disruption or complete inability to produce drinking water in the face of extreme weather events and physical security breaches. To address these vulnerabilities, the request is $4,000,000 for a comprehensive reconstruction of their west raw water intake which is currently inoperable and rehabilitation of the east raw water intake to decrease its vulnerability to disruptions.
McKeesport Intake/Raw Pump Station Project
Requestor: Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County
Location: 124 Park and Pool Road, New Stanton, PA 15672
Account: Interior and Environment— Environmental Protection Agency – Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Project Summary: The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County is requesting $5 million to construct a new raw water intake and pump station, along with chemical feed equipment. These upgrades will replace the antiquated infrastructure currently in use and ensure the facility's continued operation of providing quality drinking water to the citizens of McKeesport. The current intake and pump station have long surpassed their useful life. This project will provide new infrastructure and ensure the continued, reliable operation of the treatment plant to provide drinking water and fire protection for the citizens of McKeesport. This project will also allow the plant to operate at full capacity which currently is hindered by the existing raw water pumps. The McKeesport plant is also the source of water for the City of Duquesne. The scope of work will include a new raw water intake screen on the Youghiogheny River to serve as the primary intake to the WTP. A new raw water pump station will replace the existing pump station which is over 100-years old. The pump station will include three redundant pumps, each capable of supplying the plant’s full capacity along with an air compressor system to provide for scouring of the new submerged intake screen. It will also include new chemical storage and feed systems for Peracetic Acid and Caustic Soda. It will also require a new medium voltage electrical service to the plant and new pump station.