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Education and Workforce Development <br />• Support educational initiatives, including Pre -K through 16 education (ages 3 -25) <br />including higher education and career readiness, and out -of- school -time <br />programs promoting youth development. This will include identifying related <br />opportunities and challenges as Congress moves forward with reauthorizing both <br />the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Higher Education <br />Act (HEA). <br />• Support adult education initiatives including facilitating partnerships with the <br />Gary Jobs Corps and other efforts to ensure that citizens have the skills <br />necessary for the jobs of the future. This will include outreach to the national <br />Job Corps program and our Congressional delegation to explore ways to expand <br />the scope of the Job Corps to include adults beyond the current program's age <br />parameters. <br />Neighborhoods, Culture, Housing and Sustainable Development <br />• Support continued federal funding for the Community Development Block Grant <br />Program; support workforce housing development assisting low to moderate <br />income residents; housing rehabilitation, veterans' housing and employment <br />programs, and increase the availability of affordable housing. <br />• Support Sustainable Development through the continuation of grant programs <br />such as CDBG, the Partnership for Sustainable Development (with DOT, HUD, <br />and EPA), Livable Communities Act, Choice Neighborhoods and the Strong Cities, <br />and Strong Communities Initiative, energy efficiency and water conservation <br />initiatives, and other programs that promote innovative planning to further <br />community development, while sustaining environmental, economic and cultural <br />resources. <br />• Identify specific grant opportunities through the U.S. Department of Housing and <br />Urban Development's (HUD) Choice Neighborhoods program, including both <br />Planning and Implementation funding mechanisms. <br />• Support efforts to stimulate and encourage the Arts through the leveraging of <br />federal programs and initiatives. <br />River and Environmental Protection <br />• Support federal action to encourage the protection and preservation of spring <br />flows and the rivers in San Marcos; to protect the community's rare <br />environmental resources and assets; provide new sources of funding for water <br />infrastructure and water conservation and wastewater treatment and reuse; <br />support reasonable groundwater district rules related to the length of <br />groundwater permits and timeframes to develop related infrastructure; protect <br />the City's investment in water infrastructure for current and future use; and <br />promote and develop alternative energy sources. <br />2 <br />