FY27 COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUEST ANNOUNCEMENTS
Under guidelines issued by the Appropriations Committee, each Representative has the opportunity to request funding for up to 20 projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2027. Projects were restricted to a limited number of federal funding streams, and only state and local governments and eligible non-profit entities were permitted to receive funding. Additional information on the reforms governing Community Project Funding is available here.
In compliance with House Rules and Committee requirements, Rep. Leger Fernández certified that she and her immediate family have no financial interest in any of the projects she requested.
Cimarron Municipal Schools Agriculture Education Barn
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Cimarron Municipal Schools
Recipient Address: 165 N Collison Ave. Cimarron, NM. 87714
Funding Requested: $750,000.00
Project Description: This funding would be used to construct an Agriculture Education Barn facility and greenhouse on the Cimarron Schools campus for students to access learning opportunities in the field of Career and Technical Education (CTE). The goal of the facility is to provide a structure with space for classrooms, storage, greenhouse, and animal spaces with an arena for showing and caring for animals. The facility would provide the opportunity to teach students about plant and animal science, veterinary services, food sciences, conservation, agribusiness and many other fields of study in the agriculture industry.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Tierra Amarilla Land Grant
Recipient Address: P.O. Box 484 Tierra Amarilla, NM, 87575
Funding Requested: $1,500,000.00
Project Description: This project will provide for the preservation, restoration and improvement of the Tierra Amarilla Admin Building supports the operations and programs of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant, an historic and culturally significant political subdivision in the northern border region of Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico. Establishment of upgraded and expanded infrastructure and facilities for efficient governance and administration of the Land Grant as a local government entity established by the state of NM. The building will host development and operation of public programs for the community including workforce development, small business creation and development; job creation and training, senior assistance, youth education/training programs, and social/cultural programs.
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Pueblo of San Felipe Education Department
Recipient Address: 18 Cougar Road, San Felipe Pueblo, NM, 87001
Funding Requested: $1,875,000
Project Description: The Pueblo of San Felipe requests funding for Phase 1 construction of a new Library and Education Center, a two-story, 18,000 sq. ft. facility in the Pueblo's housing district. Design is 100% complete and the project is shovel-ready. The facility will house a public library open to all community members, cultural and language classrooms, computer labs, a maker space, climate-controlled archives, a 100+ person meeting room, education offices, and outdoor learning areas. The existing library is at capacity. The new facility will also serve Algodones, an unincorporated community with no public library.
Project Description: Community project funding for in-car laptops, printers, driver's license and registration scanners, and license plate readers will allow Zia Pueblo police to more efficiently and effectively maintain public safety for tribal and non-tribal members. Body cameras will enable police to properly document law enforcement interactions and build accountability. All-terrain vehicles will ensure the police are able to conduct search and rescue and emergency management, especially on remote lands. Together, these technology and equipment upgrades will enhance the safety of the community and law enforcement officers.
Recipient Address: 200 E. Broadway, Hobbs, NM 88240
Funding Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description: Community project funding for de-escalation training will improve police officers' responses to critical incidents, improving officer and public safety. In addition, body cameras and other technology will enable police to properly document law enforcement interactions and build accountability. Together, the funding will improve community safety and build trust between the police and the public.
City of Farmington Fire Station Subcommittee: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: City of Farmington Recipient Address: 800 Municipal Drive, Farmington, New Mexico 87401 Funding Requested: $10,000,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to build a new fire station in a high-need, underserved neighborhood where emergency response times currently fall below national standards. The fire station will be strategically located to close the coverage gap and is expected to significantly improve the rate of four-minute response times from 77% to 91% in a predominantly low- to moderate-income area. Faster response times will help safeguard homes, businesses, public infrastructure, and vulnerable populations while reducing long-term economic losses caused by fire, disaster, and delayed emergency response. The new fire station is essential for the City of Farmington to make sure that its public safety facilities keep pace with the community’s growth.
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: City of Texico
Recipient Address: 219 N Griffin Street, Texico, NM 88135
Funding Requested: $800,000
Project Description: Community project funding will be used to replace aging water distribution lines to protect public health, improve system reliability, and prepare for water supply improvements. It will ensure the City can reliably deliver water to homes, businesses, and emergency services.
Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation District for Waterline Expansion Project Subcommittee: Interior and Environment Recipient Name: Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation District Recipient Address: 2 N Chamisa Dr, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87508 Funding Requested: 1,600,000.00 Project Description: In the Eldorado Area Water and Sanitation District in Santa Fe County, over 400 residents rely on individual wells. This creates extreme stress in the northern part of the Ancha Formation in the Southern Part of the Santa Fe Basin where the water supply has been greatly depleting in the past few decades. The Sanitation District seeks to bring the community onto public water by expanding the waterline of Encantado Road, Encantado Loop, Avenida Vista Grande, Avenida Casa del Oro, Avenida Azul, and others. Specifically, community funding will be used to plan, design, and construct roughly six miles of High-Density Polyethylene pipe. This project will ensure safe and reliable water for community members and reduce stress on aquifers.
Jemez Springs for Rehabilitation of Sewer Collection System Subcommittee: Interior and Environment Recipient Name: Village of Jemez Springs Recipient Address: PO Box 269, Jemez Springs, New Mexico, 87025 Funding Requested:1,440,000.00 Project Description: Jemez Springs seeks CPF to rehabilitate the Village’s aging sanitary sewer collection system. This is essential to mitigate infiltration and inflow (I&I) and prevent detrimental environmental impacts. These upgrades will safeguard the Jemez River from increasingly frequent fire and flood cycles. Furthermore, these improvements ensure the facility consistently meets NPDES permit limits, protecting downstream agriculture and recreational users. With only 174 active sewer accounts, the Village cannot fund these upgrades through rate increases alone. Community project funding will allow the village to complete this project, which has earned strong public support and is currently in the final planning and regulatory phase. Project completion will ensure the village has better system reliability with the rehabilitation of critical manholes and multiple sections of the collection line.
Casa De Buena Salud - Roswell South Renovations Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: La Casa de Buena Salud, Inc. Recipient Address: 1515 W. Fir, Portales, New Mexico 88130 Funding Requested: $1,599,500 Project Description: This funding would be used to renovate and modernize the Roswell South Clinic, a 3,044-square-foot facility that provides primary care, behavioral health, and telehealth services to medically underserved residents of Chaves County. This project will improve access to behavioral health care in a region with documented shortages of mental health providers and strengthen care coordination by allowing therapists and primary care clinicians to work side-by-side.
Horizon Behavioral Health Center Phase II - Juvenile Crisis Stabilization Facility Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: City of Clovis Recipient Address: 321 N Connelly St. Clovis, New Mexico 88101 Funding Requested: $15 million Project Description: This funding would be used to construct Phase II of the Horizon Behavioral Health Center, a dedicated juvenile behavioral health crisis stabilization and treatment facility. This project will provide timely, appropriate care close to home and reduce reliance on emergency services, detention centers, and out-of-region placements for youth in crisis and address critical behavioral health service gaps across Eastern New Mexico.
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Recipient Name: Navajo Division of Transportation
Recipient Address: 16 Old Coalmine Road, Mentmore, NM 87319
Funding Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description: Community project funding will be used for engineering analysis and to improve road N321 in Crystal, New Mexico. In particular, it will be used for hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design as well as grade and drainage work. Road improvements will ensure that families, students, and first responders can safely traverse the road, especially during winter, spring showers, and summer monsoons.
Red River Workforce Housing Project Subcommittee: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: Town of Red River Recipient Address: 100 East Main Street Red River, New Mexico 87558 Funding Requested: $2,500,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to replace aging workforce housing for the Town of Red River, New Mexico. Red River is a rural mountain community in northern New Mexico whose economy depends on tourism, outdoor recreation, small businesses, and essential services, yet the availability of housing for local workers has become one of the town’s most significant challenges. The Town developed a workforce housing plan that will construct 58 units of housing by replacing 33 units of aging, affordable rental housing and constructing 25 units of new, owner-occupied housing. The project will directly support the Phase I construction to replace the 33 aging affordable rental units, which are designed to serve as workforce housing for year-round hospitality, retail, services workers, and public safety personnel who are the cornerstone of Red River’s outdoors and tourism economy.
Regional Youth Behavioral Health Center Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: Santa Fe County Recipient Address: 102 Grant Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Funding Requested: $1,125,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to renovate and retrofit the Santa Fe County owned Regional Youth Behavioral Health Center at 2935 Rodeo Park Drive East, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, acquired in February 2026. The ~32,000 sq. ft., two story facility will serve as a multi-agency, co-located service hub and provide crisis response, suicide prevention, psychiatric care, counseling, assessment, case management, and grief support for New Mexican youth. Adjunct services will include primary care screening, tutoring, workforce readiness, and youth drop-in space.
Rio Arriba Regional Recreation Center Subcommittee: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: Rio Arriba County Recipient Address: 1122 Industrial Park Road, Española, New Mexico 87532 Funding Requested: $5,000,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to construct a new multi-purpose regional recreation center to provide accessible, year-round recreational and community programming for residents throughout the Rio Arriba County and surrounding communities. The facility will serve youth, families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities by offering safe and modern recreational infrastructure that currently does not exist in this rural, underserved county. The facility will also serve as a community hub offering educational workshops and meeting facilities for community events.
Santa Fe Fogelson Library Renovation Project Subcommittee: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: City of Santa Fe Recipient Address: 200 Lincoln Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Funding Requested: $2,000,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to renovate the vacant Fogelson Library that will become the future main branch of the Santa Fe Public Library system. The project will fund the first phase of the library renovation to bring the building into full compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements and the current fire code. The updated Fogelson Library will serve as a new community hub for a traditionally underserved neighborhood as part of the City of Santa Fe’s Midtown Redevelopment Project.
Santa Fe Southside Transit Center Relocation Project Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: City of Santa Fe Recipient Address: 2931 Rufina St. Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 Funding Requested: $3,240,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to relocate the existing transit hub currently located at Santa Fe Place Mall to a new site located at 2521 Camino Entrada to continue serving the south side of Santa Fe. The new site will be a purpose-built facility to support operations by Santa Fe Trails and regional transit partners. The relocation is intended to improve transit operations, passenger safety, accessibility, and multimodal connectivity while accommodating growing demand for public transportation services in the area. The project will establish a modern transit facility designed to better serve residents, workers, and visitors traveling throughout the south side of the city.
Santo Domingo Pueblo for Drinking Water Infrastructure
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Recipient Name: Santo Domingo Pueblo
Recipient Address: PO Box 310, Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM 87052
Funding Requested: $4,000,000
Project Description: Funding would be used to replace approximately 10 miles of waterline, site and equip a new groundwater well, replace three tanks and install one new tank. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because it will ensure a clean and reliable drinking water supply for Santo Domingo Pueblo.
Taos County Community Housing Project Subcommittee: Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Recipient Name: Taos County Recipient Address: 105 Albright Street, Suite G Taos, New Mexico 87571 Funding Requested: $3,000,000 Project Description: This funding would be used to construct the first phase of a below market housing project on a County-owned 10-acre site in central Taos. The overall project will create approximately 75 rental units for households earning less than 80% of Area Median Income, in order to meet the needs of local renters including local public-sector employees such as teachers, public safety employees, and transit staff. The first phase is expected to deliver at least 14 new units of affordable housing. By increasing the supply of attainable rental housing, the project will support workforce retention, stabilize the local economy, and help make sure that the people who serve the community can continue to live in Taos County.
Town of Hagerman Water System Project Subcommittee: Interior and Environment Recipient Name: Town of Hagerman Recipient Address: 209 E Argyle St., Hagerman, New Mexico, 88232 Funding Requested: 4,000,000.00 Project Description: The Town of Hagerman seeks funding to construct a pump, wellhouse, treatment system, and pipeline to deliver clean water to the Town’s residents. Over a decade ago, a high-yield well was drilled 3.5 miles south of town. However, it is not utilized because it does not have a pump, wellhouse, treatment system, or pipeline to integrate it into the town’s system. Further, there is a separate 2-inch waterline along New Mexico Route 2 (Wichita Road) that is failing due to cracking, leaks, and insufficient water pressure for residents due to being sourced from the in-town well rather than high-yield unused well. Community project funding would ensure the residents have a reliable and clean water supply and promote public health. CPF funding would help complete Phase 2: Energizing the Water Well and Bulk Fill Station and Phase 3: Final Phase Connection.
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández strives to make sure that the federal government invests in the programs and policies that create opportunities for New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District and our nation. She welcomes constituents and advocacy groups to submit for consideration any programmatic, language, or community project funding requests they deem a priority for Fiscal Year 2027. PROGRAMMATIC AND LANGUAGE REQUESTS:
Programmatic request: a request to fund a specific program in the appropriations bill at a specified level.
Language request: a request to include specific bill or report language that does not direct funding to a particular entity but encourages, urges, or directs some type of action by an agency.
To submit a programmatic or language request, please complete this FORM by March 9, 2026. Please note this form should NOT be used for Community Project Funding requests.
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING:
Community Project Funding (CPF) request: a funding request for a specific governmental entity or non-profit organization to carry out a specific community project. For-profit entities are not eligible for funding.
CPF requests may only be made for certain types of projects. Those types are determined by the House Appropriations Committee. Each project account must meet the specified eligibility and/or matching requirements. This is a highly competitive process as our office can only select 20 requests for submission to the Appropriations Committee. The Committee will ultimately decide which projects move forward.
Please see guidelines on what types of CPFs are allowed HERE.
To submit a CPF application, please submit the appropriate form listed below by March 12.
*Disclaimer: All requests must comply with House Rules. Submission of your request does not create a binding commitment on any party nor a guarantee that any organization or program will be awarded funding from any federal agency through the appropriation process. Furthermore, the submission, review, and approval of applications for federal funding will be carried out consistent with federal agency rules and regulations. Failure to complete this form fully and provide sufficient information for review may nullify your request.
