Earmarks requested by Chris Van Hollen
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 23 provisions worth $19.74M match.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (Democrat, MD) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Chris Van Hollen Sen. MD · $19.74M · 23
- Benjamin Cardin Sen. MD · $11.96M · 14
- Anthony Brown Rep. MD · $5.20M · 2
- John Sarbanes Rep. MD · $3.02M · 4
- C. A. Ruppersberger Rep. MD · $1.47M · 2
- Jamie Raskin Rep. MD · $1.30M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Labor $19.74M · 23
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Prince George's County, Largo, MD for the Youth@Work program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative Anthony Brown MD | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Largo, MD for a mobile job readiness unit · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative Anthony Brown MD | $2.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Prince George's County, MD, for a summer youth employment program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $1.50M |
| 2023 | Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, Inc., MD, for a workforce development program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $1.40M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, Inc., Silver Spring, MD for health care professionals' workforce development and equipment · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative Jamie Raskin MD | $1.30M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Vehicles for Change, Halethorpe, MD, for workforce training and job placement activities · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Living Classrooms Foundation, MD, for a maritime skills workforce development program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $883.0K |
| 2024 | Prince George's Community College, MD, for the commercial drivers licensure program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $874.0K |
| 2023 | Baltimore Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Baltimore, MD for healthcare workforce development · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $827.9K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Greater Baltimore Urban League, MD, for a returning citizens workforce development program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $800.0K $800.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Civic Works, Inc., MD, for workforce development services · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $788.0K |
| 2023 | Living Classrooms Foundation, MD, for a workforce development reentry program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $750.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Living Classrooms Foundation, Baltimore, MD for workforce development activities, including technology · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Community College of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD to expand their CDL training program and equipment · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD | $721.1K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Humanim, Inc., MD, for workforce development programs · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Melwood, MD, for workforce development for people with disabilities · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $500.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Howard County Autism Society, Columbia, MD for the Autism Hiring Program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $440.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Inc., MD, for historic preservation workforce development · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $420.0K |
| 2024 | SpringForward, MD, for workforce development services · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $307.0K |
| 2022 | World Arts Focus, Inc. dba Joe’s Movement Emporium, MD, for the CreativeWorks job training program · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Maryland Reentry Resource Center Inc., MD, for workforce development activities · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $200.0K |
| 2023 | The Denney House Inc., MD, for workforce development programs · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $200.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sunflower Bakery, MD, for workforce development services · MD | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $75.0K |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.