Overview
It is my great honor and privilege to serve as your representative in Congress and to ensure that federal dollars are being invested in El Paso. For Fiscal Year 2026, my office will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests. Since the start of Community Projects Funding in Fiscal Year 2022, I have been able to secure funding for 38 community projects, bringing back to El Paso nearly $56 million directly to our cities and towns, our schools, our universities, nonprofits, and companies. I am excited to continue to use this process to deliver for El Pasoans.
Our process is now open. The deadline for submissions will be April 23, 2025 at COB.
Please use this form to submit your community project request.
The Community Project Funding requests are in addition to the general programmatic and language-based requests which you can learn more about here. Updated reforms require rigorous vetting, limits 15 community project requests from each Member of Congress, public disclosure of potential recipients on the Congressmember’s website, and certification that no Congressmember’s family can benefit from the project.
General CPF eligibility guidance:
• Only state or local governmental entities and certain eligible non-profit organizations are eligible to apply.
• All for-profit groups and entities are ineligible.
• You must be able to demonstrate the the request has community support.
• Funding must be for Fiscal Year 2026 only.
• All projects must meet the relevant statutory and administrative criteria for funding through the grant program under which it is submitted.
• If the project would normally require a funding match or cost share by a non-federal entity, then the requesting entity will need to demonstrate that it can provide this match if it makes a request.
Staff may follow up for additional information to support the CPF request such as budget justification, documentation of community support and need, or proof of ability to meet match requirements once an initial request is submitted. If you have any questions about Congresswoman Escobar’s project submission process, please email tx16.approps@mail.house.gov.
For list of all previously funding Community Funding Projects from Fiscal Year 2022-2025, please click here.
DISCLAIMER: As a reminder, the Congresswoman will be selecting 15 projects through this process. However, as many of you may know, earlier this year Republicans pushed forward a Continuing Resolution that continued to fund the government at FY24 levels through the end of this fiscal year. Unfortunately, the Continuing Resolution did not include the 15 community projects the Congresswoman selected for FY25. Because of this, we are working to roll over many of these projects into this cycle as possible. This means that while we will be selecting 15 projects for FY26, many of them could be the same projects from FY25, which means there are VERY LIMITED spots for new projects in this year’s process. We will be doing our best to work with all applicants as we navigate this unique cycle.
Submission Forms:
Please use this form to submit your community project request.
NOTE: The House Appropriation Committee has different criteria and submission requirements for each of the eligible subcommittees and accounts below. If you are unsure about which subcommittee to submit your project through, please read our Resource Guide listed on this page to learn about the scope and eligibility requirement of all eligible accounts.
Resource Guide:
In order to inform El Pasoans about the available accounts and funding, my office has compiled a comprehensive resource guide. This guide contains descriptions of what projects are eligible, insight on the process, frequently asked questions, and more. To view the resource guide, click here.
FY22-FY 25 Submitted Projects:
A full list of all submitted projects from previous fiscal years can be found here.
Deadline:
The House Appropriations Committee sets rigid deadlines for my office to submit requests.
Our process is now open. The deadline for submissions will be April 23, 2025 at COB and we will be accepting pieces of community support at tx16.approps@mail.house.govthrough Friday April 25, 2025 at COB.
