FY27 Community Project Funding Requests

Applications for Fiscal Year 2027 Community Project Funding Requests are Now: CLOSED

DEADLINE TO APPLY: MARCH 6, 2026

Community project funding requests submitted for fiscal year 2027 by Congressman Troy Downing will appear below. Submissions will be listed in alphabetical order. Additional submissions are expected.

Arnold Drain Flood Mitigation Project
Recipient: City of Billings
Location: 316 N. 26th Street, Billings, MT, 59101
Amount: $3,000,000
Explanation: This project will provide funding for the City of Billings to construct the Arnold Drain Regional Stormwater Detention Basin — a cost-effective stormwater solution that will eliminate recurring flooding threatening 6,003 residents and 2,673 homes across a 1,500-acre drainage basin in west Billings, Montana's largest city. 
Certification Letter

Broadwater County Patrol Car Laptops
Recipient: Broadwater County Sheriff's Office
Location: 519 Broadway St., Townsend, MT 59644
Amount: $50,000
Explanation:  This project will upgrade the office’s patrol car laptops to ensure deputies have access to reliable communications going forward.
Certification Letter

Columbus Fire Rescue Station Renovations 
Recipient: Columbus Rural Fire District #3
Location: 944 E Pike Ave, Columbus, MT 59019
Amount: $2,000,000
Explanation: This project will fund the expansion and modernization of Columbus’s twenty-four-year-old fire station to accommodate for significantly increased service demands and staffing needs.
Certification Letter

Conversion of Stuckey Road from Gravel to Asphalt
Recipient: Cascade County
Location: 325 2nd Ave North, Great Falls, MT, 59401
Amount: $3,500,000
Explanation: This funding would pave the 3.5 miles of Stuckey Road to improve safety and accommodate for increased traffic in recent years.
Certification Letter

D5 – Culverts – Missouri Breaks Project
Recipient: Montana Department of Transportation 
Location: 2701 Prospect Avenue, PO Box 201001, Helena, MT, 59620
Amount: $2,500,000
Explanation: This will rehabilitate or replace 12 existing culverts in Musselshell, Garfield, and Phillips counties. The culverts are located on US 191 and MT 19 near the community of Roy; on S-500 north of Melstone; on US 191 and MT 66 near the DY Junction; and on MT 200 east of Mosby.
Certification Letter

Eastern Montana Cancer Care Infrastructure
Recipient: Montana State University
Location: PO Box 172460, Bozeman, MT, 59717
Amount: $3,000,000
Explanation: This upgrade to the City of East Helena's Wastewater Treatment Plant will include replacing its secondary treatment process, UV disinfection system, and solids handling facilities. 
Certification Letter

East Helena Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
Recipient: City of East Helena
Location: 3301 Plant Road, East Helena, MT 59635
Amount: $2,000,000
Explanation: This upgrade to the City of East Helena's Wastewater Treatment Plant will include replacing its secondary treatment process, UV disinfection system, and solids handling facilities. 
Certification Letter

Joliet Community Health Center Construction Project
Recipient: Yellowstone City-County Health Department (RiverStone Health)
Location: 123 South 27th Street, Billings, MT, 59101
Amount: $3,210,000
Explanation: The Joliet Community Health Center Construction project will create a modern, four-exam-room primary care facility with co-located dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, pediatric, and prenatal services. The new facility will replace RiverStone Health’s existing 800 square foot clinic. 
Certification Letter

Judith Gap Firehall
Recipient: Wheatland County
Location: 201 A Ave. NW, Harlowton, MT, 59036
Amount: $440,000
Explanation: This project will fund a new structure that will house current fire engines and equipment as well as the new truck and ambulance. This new structure will also have a full bathroom, laundry room and training/meeting room for the fire department and EMT's. 
Certification Letter

Laurel EMS Emergency Medical Equipment Modernization Project
Recipient: City of Laurel - Laurel EMS
Location: 215 West 1st Street, Laurel, MT, 59044
Amount: $1,000,000
Explanation: This project will replace and modernize critical emergency medical equipment used to serve residents of Laurel, Montana and surrounding rural areas of Yellowstone County. 
Certification Letter

Law Enforcement and Emergency Operations Center 
Recipient: Stillwater County
Location: 400 E 3rd Avenue North, Columbus, MT 59019
Amount: $3,000,000
Explanation: This project will fund the construction of a new law enforcement/emergency operations and dispatch center in Stillwater County. The historic courthouse currently houses the law enforcement/dispatch center which has become inadequate to the growing demands of the Stillwater County Sheriff's department and emergency calls for service.
Certification Letter

McCone County Courthouse Security System 
Recipient: McCone County 
Location: 1004 C Avenue, Circle, MT 59215
Amount: $45,000
Explanation: This project will fund the purchase of a new security system for McCone County’s courthouse. This system will provide a safer working environment for county employees, a safer environment for the courtroom, and a safer environment for every visitor to the courthouse.
Certification Letter

McCone County Sheriff’s Office Vehicle Replacement 
Recipient: McCone County Sheriff Office
Location: 905 B Avenue, Circle, MT 59215
Amount: $85,000
Explanation:  This project will fund the purchase of a new law enforcement vehicle with updated equipment.
Certification Letter

North Valley Fire Hall
Recipient: Big Horn County
Location: 1064 N. Valley Road, Hardin, MT, 59034
Amount: $980,000
Explanation: This project will build a new North Valley Fire Hall for Big Horn County to improve emergency response, enhance firefighter safety, and house modern firefighting equipment amid rising demand and wildfire risk.
Certification Letter

One Health Hardin Integrated Care Expansion Project
Recipient: Bighorn Valley Health Center, Inc. dba One Health
Location: 402 N. Center Ave., Hardin, MT, 59034
Amount: $3,105,000
Explanation: This project will construct a 6,912-square-foot addition to One Health’s existing Hardin, Montana clinic. The project will expand the facility by adding 14 new exam rooms along with supporting clinical and administrative space.  
Certification Letter

Park County Main Boulder Bridges Replacement Project 
Recipient: Park County
Location: 414 East Callender Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Amount: $377,460
Explanation: This request will fund the replacement of two collapsed bridges, caused by the Presidentially declared 2022 Montana Flooding Disaster, that provide essential access to National Forest System lands as well as many additional acres of public lands. These structures serve as critical connectors for public recreation, forest management and emergency response operations. 
 Certification Letter

Park County Sheriff’s Office Vehicle Acquisition 
Recipient: Park County Sheriff's Office
Location: 414 East Callender Street, Livingston, MT 59047
Amount: $332,000
Explanation:  This project will fund the purchase of four new deputy vehicles with necessary equipment and electronics. 
Certification Letter

PureView East Helena Clinic
Recipient: PureView Health Center
Location: 1930 9th Avenue, Helena, MT, 59601
Amount: $2,500,000
Explanation: This project will construct a health clinic in East Helena to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community. 
Certification Letter

Shodair Children’s Hospital Genetics Expansion and Rural Mobile Outreach
Recipient: Shodair Children’s Hospital
Location: 400 South Clark Street, Butte, MT, 59701 (Outpatient Clinic)
Amount: $3,200,000
Explanation: Shodair Children’s Hospital is seeking to expand in state capacity for whole genome sequencing (WGS) and rural outreach. The project will include the purchase of a mobile genetics unit with outreach vehicles to deliver advanced diagnostics to patients and families in all 56 Montana counties. 
Certification Letter

Town of Fromberg Advanced Cellular Water Meter Project
Recipient: Town of Fromberg
Location: 118 W River Street, PO Box 236, Fromberg, MT 59029
Amount: $78,400
Explanation: The Town of Fromberg is proposing a community-wide upgrade to cellular water meters to ensure accurate readings, dependable billing, and long-term financial stability for our utility system. 
Certification Letter

Click here to view Community Project Funding requests for FY26.

Continue reading to learn more about the application process for FY27 Community Project Funding.

OVERVIEW

  • Community Project Funding (CPF) is the House term for Member-specific project 
    funding requests, while Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) is the Senate term.
  • Accounts accepting CPF/CDS projects are determined by the Appropriations 
    subcommittee and can change each year.
  • These are funding opportunities for a specific recipient, in a specific location, for a 
    specific purpose (i.e. $500,000 for the Lewis & Clark County Sheriff’s Department to upgrade communications equipment).
  • Applicants are encouraged to contact Downing.Appropriations@mail.house.gov as early 
    as possible to schedule a mandatory, 15-minute project consultation call.

Timeline 

  • Congressman Downing’s application deadline for FY 2027 is March 6, 2026 at 5 PM 
    EST (3 PM MT).
  • Each project application will then undergo extensive review and consideration.
  • The office will notify applicants if your project was submitted by Congressman Downing
    to the House Appropriations Committee.
  • The House Appropriations Committee then determines which projects will be funded. Not all requests submitted by Congressman Downing may receive funding.
  • NOTE: All deadlines, guidance, and requirements are subject to change in accordance with the House Appropriations FY27 Guidance

Know Before You Start

  • Only non-profit organizations and local, state, and Tribal governments are eligible to 
    submit projects. For-profit companies, individuals, and corporations are not eligible.
  • CPFs are intended to be a one-time funding source.
  • Successful projects may not receive funds for up to a year (or more) after the 
    appropriations bills are signed into law.
  • Once a successful project is included in a final spending package, the project must 
    complete a grant application with the relevant agency before funds are disbursed.
  • Projects must comply with permitting and regulatory hurdles to receive funds
  • CPF funds cannot be used to reimburse expenses completed before final agency 
    approval.
  • Some subcommittees require matching funds–please refer to guidance here.
  • Applicants are discouraged from applying for projects that: cover salaries and benefits for employees; are for beautification purposes; involve construction of new jails, detention facilities, election facilities, or 
    buildings to conduct local government services
  • Projects should have broad community support and will be required to submit letters of community support with their application
  • CPF is a funding opportunity, not a guarantee. 

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