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State Awards BCAP $600 Thousand for Violence Prevention Programming

State Awards BCAP $600 Thousand for Violence Prevention Programming

Reading – January 26, 2022 – This afternoon, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) announced the Berks Community Action Program, Inc. (BCAP) received $600,000 for violence prevention initiatives. Over $24 million in Violence Intervention and...

Schwank Applauds $176 Thousand in Safe Schools Target Grants

Schwank Applauds $176 Thousand in Safe Schools Target Grants

Reading – January 21, 2022 – Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11th district) applauded today’s awarding of $176,798 in Safe Schools Targeted Grants to Berks County school districts by Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Education. “Every investment we can make in...

5 Berks County Conservation Projects Receive State Grant Funding

5 Berks County Conservation Projects Receive State Grant Funding

Reading – December 30, 2021 – The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) today announced that five Berks County projects were awarded $894,200 in grant funding.  Statewide, 317 projects, including four in the 11th senatorial...

Schwank Releases Statement on Joint Fireworks Hearing

Schwank Releases Statement on Joint Fireworks Hearing

Harrisburg, PA – December 15, 2021 – After today’s joint Pennsylvania House and Senate Agricultural and Rural Affairs committee hearing on fireworks law, Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11th District) provided the following statement:  “Today’s hearing was useful. We...

Alvernia’s Reading CollegeTowne Awarded $1 Million in Grant Funding

Alvernia’s Reading CollegeTowne Awarded $1 Million in Grant Funding

Reading − December 6, 2021 − The second phase or Alvernia’s Reading CollegeTowne project was awarded $1 million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant funding for Gov. Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget.\ The grant funding will go...

Borough of Topton Receives Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant

Borough of Topton Receives Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant

Reading – November 19, 2021 – State legislators Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11th district) and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-134th district) announced today that the Borough of Topton was awarded a $168,594 Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grant from the Pennsylvania Department...

Sen. Schwank to Host Telephone Town Hall on Fraud

Sen. Schwank to Host Telephone Town Hall on Fraud

Reading, PA – November 15 - State Sen. Judy Schwank (D-11th district) will host a telephone town hall on Thursday, November 18 at 7 P.M. on fraud prevention. The event will give constituents an opportunity to ask questions they may have about how to protect themselves...

Senate Dems Virtual Hearing Focuses on Ending Lifetime Parole in PA

Senate Dems Virtual Hearing Focuses on Ending Lifetime Parole in PA

HARRISBURG, November 4, 2021 – State Senator Katie Muth (D- Berks/Chester/Montgomery), chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, today joined state Sens. Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), Anthony Williams (D-Philadelphia/Delaware) and Judy Schwank...

Schwank, Adams Announce Pardon Project of Berks County

Schwank, Adams Announce Pardon Project of Berks County

Reading, PA- November 1, 2021- Today, State Senator Judy Schwank (D-11th district) and Berks County District Attorney John Adams announced the beginning of the Pardon Project of Berks County. Pardon Projects pair individuals seeking a pardon for a past crime with a...

State Senators Saval and Schwank to Introduce State Mask Legislation

State Senators Saval and Schwank to Introduce State Mask Legislation

Harrisburg, PA – August 30, 2021 – Today, State Senators Nikil Saval and Judy Schwank announced they will soon introduce legislation to support Governor Tom Wolf’s call for mask mandates in the state. Senator Schwank’s forthcoming bill would require general indoor...