CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, immediately introduced funding from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Energy (DOE), in addition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Park Service (NPS), to help well being care workforce growth applications, habit therapy assets, air pollution prevention applications, tutorial and vitality analysis, and financial revitalization and preservation help all through West Virginia. 

HHS FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), secured funding from HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for an Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) program at Shepherd University and Advanced Nursing Education Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship (ANE-NPRF) applications for Marshall University and Cabin Creek Health Systems, Inc. Senator Capito additionally secured funding from HHS that can help opioid response applications and medical analysis at West Liberty University.

“Investing in our health care workforce is a crucial aspect to the success of our state and the health of our residents. These resources will help sharpen the skills of medical professionals who work on the frontlines every day to keep West Virginians happy and healthy,” Ranking Member Capito mentioned. “I am also pleased to be delivering resources to those who are the frontlines in the fight against opioids like deadly fentanyl and researchers at West Liberty University looking for cures to serious blood diseases.”

EPA FUNDING: Senator Capito, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), secured funding from the EPA for West Virginia University (WVU) to help a air pollution prevention program. Senator Capito additionally secured funding for hazardous waste administration and to help water high quality enhancements within the Chesapeake Bay Restoration.

“As we work to reduce pollution, it’s important to make local, targeted investments that will help support achievable goals in our communities. It’s great to see WVU’s work as a leader in developing solutions that protect our environment is being recognized and I’m looking forward to the impacts this funding will have in the near future.” Ranking Member Capito mentioned. “I am also happy to see resources that are critical to properly and safely handling hazardous waste and raising water quality coming to West Virginia to ensure we continue to keep our state’s natural resources safe and beautiful.”

NSF FUNDING: Senator Capito additionally secured funding from NSF to help two analysis initiatives. The first is a mission at West Virginia University (WVU) that goals to determine supernova remnants throughout the galaxy. The second mission goals to determine strategies to improve cyberinfrastructure and streamline analysis capabilities at Shepherd University.

“For generations, West Virginia has helped guide our nation’s exploration and understanding of outer space. It is great to see WVU continuing that proud history as we seek to further our research into supernovas,” Senator Capito mentioned. “It is also welcome news to see Shepherd University strengthening their cyberinfrastructure so that their research is more efficient and effective as it adds to our body of knowledge in this expanding field.”

DOE FUNDING: Senator Capito additionally secured funding from DOE to help a mission at WVU that goals to create an economical and carbon impartial methanol by means of a course of using direct air seize, electrolysis, and methanol synthesis applied sciences.

“West Virginia has a proud history of being an energy producing state, and I am happy to see WVU leading the effort to find ways to make clean fuel that can power our state and country effectively and safely,” Senator Capito mentioned.

NPS FUNDING: Finally, Senator Capito additionally secured funding from the NPS’s Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants program that helps the preservation of historic buildings in Wheeling, W.Va., and Elkins, W.Va.

“Wheeling and Elkins both have rich histories that make us proud to be West Virginians, and furthers the culture of the Mountain State. I am proud to secure the resources these communities need to preserve the aspects of their history and tradition that makes our state unique,” Senator Capito mentioned.

Individual awards listed beneath:

• $1,000,000 in HHS funding to the Prestera Center for Mental Health, Inc. (Huntington, W.Va.) to help the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Access Program which goals to sort out the habit disaster.

• $750,000 in NPS funding to the Wheeling National Heritage Corporation (Wheeling, W.Va.) to help state and native governments and nonprofit organizations to develop subgrant applications and choose particular person initiatives of their rural communities for bodily preservation initiatives that can contribute to financial vitality.

• $750,000 in NPS funding to the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia, Inc. (Elkins, W.Va.) to help state and native governments and nonprofit organizations to develop subgrant applications and choose particular person initiatives of their rural communities for bodily preservation initiatives that can contribute to financial vitality.

• $700,000 in HHS funding to Marshall University (Huntington, W.Va.) to help an ANE-NPRF program, which goals to organize new Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to successfully present main care by supporting the institution, growth and/or enhancement of present community-based Nurse Practitioner (NP) residency and fellowship coaching applications which are accredited or within the accreditation course of.

• $666,235 in EPA funding to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) (Charleston, W.Va.) to help environmental enforcement and compliance help for point-source Best Management Practices (BMPs) and technical help for non-point-source BMPs, the pending Total Maximum Daily Load objectives, and improvement of West Virginia’s Watershed Implementation Plan.

• $649,998 in HHS funding to Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W.Va.) to help an ANEW program, which goals to extend the variety of main care nurse practitioners, medical nurse specialists, and licensed nurse midwives educated and ready to offer main care providers, psychological well being and substance use dysfunction care, and/or maternal well being care.

• $637,210 in NSF funding to Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, W.Va.) for a analysis mission entitled “CC* Networking Infrastructure: Cyberinfrastructure and Network Architecture Upgrades to Empower Research at Shepherd University.”

• $635,439 in HHS funding to Cabin Creek Health Systems, Inc. (Charleston, W.Va.) to help a program which goals to organize new Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to successfully present main care by supporting the institution, growth and/or enhancement of present community-based Nurse Practitioner (NP) residency and fellowship coaching at accredited applications.

• $421,500 in HHS funding to West Liberty University (West Liberty, W.Va.) to help blood illnesses and assets analysis.

• $400,000 in DOE funding to WVU (Morgantown, W.Va.) for a analysis mission entitled “Modular Integrated System for Carbon-Neutral Methanol Synthesis Using Direct Air Capture and Carbon-Free Hydrogen Production-Phase I.” This mission goals to conduct a conceptual design and feasibility examine of a proposed built-in course of for producing inexperienced methanol.

• $331,170 in NSF funding to WVU (Morgantown, W.Va.) for a analysis mission entitled “Toward a Complete Census of Galactic Supernova Remnants.”

• $266,816 in EPA funding to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP) (Charleston, W.Va.) to help the event and implementation of a licensed hazardous waste administration program within the State of West Virginia to manage the technology, transportation, therapy, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste; to reduce hazardous waste manufacturing; and to guard well being and the atmosphere from inactive hazardous waste services.

• $131,346 in EPA funding to WVU (Morgantown, W.Va.) to offer technical help (e.g., data, coaching, instruments) to companies to assist them develop and undertake supply discount practices (often known as air pollution prevention (P2)).

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