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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson announced that the Sonoma Valley Community Health Center will receive a $211,840 grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS).

The funds will be used to hire additional staff for the health center's new dental clinic and support staff for the primary care clinic.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced $63,232 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for the Lake County Housing Commission.

The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program.

"These grants provide people with the skills and education they need to move up in the workforce," said Thompson. "Everyone who works hard, and plays by the rules should have the opportunity get a job and save for a home of their own. HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program helps families do just that, and I am a proud supporter of these important funds."

The expert hired to help Vallejo residents become self-sufficient will stay another year, as a new federal grant replaces an old one.

U.S. Rep Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Tuesday, announced $68,107 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants for the Vallejo Housing Authority. The funds come from HUD's Family Self-Sufficiency Program, and can only be used for that purpose, Vallejo Housing Authority Director Anne Putney said.

Vallejo Housing Authority has been awarded $68,107 in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants that will continue a program to educate those living in public housing, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, said Tuesday.

Thompson represents Benicia in the U.S. House.

The money will be used for a Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program coordinator, said Anne Putney, director of the Vallejo Housing Authority (VHA).

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein are among those on Capitol Hill mounting an assault on corporate America's rising reliance on minnow-swallows-whale mergers that permit corporations to avoid U.S. taxes by relocating overseas.

In recent examples of inversion, as the tactic is known, a larger U.S. corporation typically merges with a smaller European counterpart and moves its legal business address to Dublin or London or Switzerland. More often than not, the company maintains its U.S. base and does business as normal.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Saturday toured the damage from last month's 6.0-magnitude earthquake as Napa officials asked residents to submit photos of the damage for a pictorial as they continue to seek federal aid for individuals and businesses.

"This is a critical week to make the case," the Democratic senator said at a press conference at Napa City Hall on Saturday after a tour of the damaged homes and landmarks, including the Old Courthouse and the U.S. Post Office. "I think we'll make the case."

Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena and Sen. Barbara Boxer visited Napa on Saturday to survey damage and reconstruction efforts from the Aug. 24 earthquake, while renewing their demands for the federal government to approve funding for individual disaster relief.

U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and John Garamendi (CA-3) on Friday announced a $372,923 School Climate Transformation Grant from the Department of Education for the Lake County Office of Education.

The School Climate Transformation Grant is a federal program designed to help make schools safer and improve mental health services for students and young adults.