News List
  • Reyes announces $700K to expand educational opportunities at UTEP
    May 8, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today the U.S. Department of Education will award the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) two grants totaling $738,392 for the Upward Bound Program. The purpose of these grants is to support the Federal TRIO program designed to provide college preparati... More
  • Reyes announces $500K in federal grant funding to UTEP and EPCC
    May 7, 2012  - EL PASO – Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that El Paso Community College (EPCC) will receive $63,629 and $199,187 respectively from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will also receive $199,482 in federal grant funding to support resea... More
  • Reyes announces over $7 million in federal grants to La Fe and San Vicente to improve health care services
    May 3, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) will award Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe two grants totaling $4,789,395. These grants were made possible by the new health care law that will help build, expand and improve community health cente... More
  • Reyes announces over $1 million federal grant for Ysleta del Sur Pueblo
    Feb 16, 2012  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes announced today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded El Paso’s Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo $1,143,029 through the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program. The IHBG formula grant provides funding for a range of eligible housing activities on federal... More
  • Nearly $200,000 Granted to UTEP’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program
    Oct 5, 2011  - Today Congressman Reyes (D-TX) announced that the Department of Education will award a $196,134 federal grant to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program. The grant is part of a larger effort to increase minority participation in science, technol... More
  • REYES ANNOUNCES OVER $2.5 MILLION TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT UTEP
    Sep 23, 2011  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the Department of Education will award a $2,701,830 grant to the University of Texas at El Paso for the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) and $10,000 to fund the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program during the 2... More
  • Reyes announces $1 million grant to increase diversity in STEM fields at EPCC
    Sep 21, 2011  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded El Paso Community College (EPCC) a $1,183,179 federal grant to increase the number of minority students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through the Hispan... More
  • Reyes announces $712K in federal funding for Sun Metro
    Sep 21, 2011  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award the City of El Paso a $712,500 federal grant to support alternative fuel efforts. "This funding will not only help purchase clean natural gas fuel dispensing equipment for Sun Metro's futur... More
  • REYES: Nearly $2 million awarded in ARRA funding to Region 19 for El Paso Head Start and Early Head Start
    Sep 13, 2011  - Today, Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1,959,416 in federal grants to further expand Region 19 Head Start and Early Head Start Program made possible by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA). The funds will h... More
  • Reyes announces $142K in federal grant funding for El Paso's Tigua
    Aug 22, 2011  - Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) have awarded the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Tigua) Indian Tribe a combined total of $142,451 in federal grant funding for tribal initiatives. “Ysleta d... More