This bill would change the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to make "youth sports" and "youth sports facilities" an eligible type of public service and facility for certain grants. It adds new purposes to the law, including reducing health harms from sedentary lifestyles and obesity by improving access to recreational space, helping highly rural communities with limited tax revenue, serving children from low-income families in rural or underserved areas who lack access to indoor or outdoor physical education and sports spaces, prioritizing communities with high rates of opioid use disorders or community violence, supporting economic development through youth sports and recreation, and promoting job creation tied to youth sports facilities and nearby businesses.
If you live in a community that wants to build or improve places for children to play sports, this change could make youth sports facilities eligible for certain federal economic development grants under the amended law. The bill focuses on helping rural and underserved communities and children from low-income families, and on areas with high opioid use or community violence.
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The bill text says the changes aim to: address mental and physical health impacts of sedentary lifestyles and obesity by improving access to recreational space; benefit highly rural communities that cannot raise enough local tax revenue for active lifestyle infrastructure; serve children from low-income families in rural or underserved communities who lack access to facilities for physical education and sports; help children who live or attend school in communities with high rates of opioid use disorders or community violence; support economic development through youth sports and recreation; and promote job creation through youth sports facilities and nearby businesses.
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