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Appropriations Project Requests On January 6, 2009 the House and Senate Appropriations Committees announced additional reforms in Committee earmark policy. The changes were instituted to further increase transparency and reduce funding levels for earmarks, building on reforms brought about in the last Congress. As of FY10, Members of Congress will be required to post information on their earmark requests on their websites at the time the request is made explaining the purpose of the earmark and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds.
The following is a list is in accordance with that requirement and shows items requested to the House Appropriations Committee as of April 3, 2009. This list may be amended at anytime and items may be added after the April 3, 2009 date. Please contact Kimber Colton or George Zainyeh in my office for any questions.
Aftercare/Continuing Care
Phoenix House
99 Wayland Dr
Providence, RI 02906
$250,000
This request is to provide aftercare and continuing care for adolescents and young adults who have completed residential treatment. This will help to improve the educational and employment progress of these individuals.
Alzheimer's Disease Center for Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Butler Hospital
Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI 02906
$350,000
A center in Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics and advanced diagnostics program will be established with these funds, working to find advances in disease research and finding treatments of benefit to those living with Alzheimer's disease in our communities.
Blackstone Valley Workforce Initiative
Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
$500,000
This project will be for the Salve Regina University Blackstone Valley facility and its link to the Newport campus. It will enhance opportunities to train unemployed and underemployed individuals.
Building Construction of 1085
Home and Hospice Care of RI
169 George St
Pawtucket, RI 02860
$500,000
Home and Hospice Care of RI helps critically ill patients and their families with medical and emotional support to patients at home in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. This project would provide a service center and inpatient hospice intensive care unit.
Building Construction
Bradley Hospital
1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy
East Providence, RI 02915
$1,000,000
Funding is for the construction of new space to house the hospital's 60 inpatient acute care bad and renovation of existing building for use by RI residents.
Building Construction
Family Service of RI
55 Hope St
Providence, RI 02940
$750,000
Funding is requested to construct a facility for mental health counseling, psychiatric services, and other social and health services.
Building Construction
Independence Square Foundation
West Independence Way
Kingston, RI 02881
$500,000
This project is to further the work of ISF and its public health improvement focus goals such as promoting access to quality health services, advancing maternal, infant and child health, addressing mental health, and improving nutrition.
College of Nursing
University of Rhode Island
2 Heathman Road
Kingston, RI 02881
$400,000
This project is requesting funds to update and outfit a new classroom in the college providing simulation and technology for nursing students, working to increase nursing capabilities and advance the nursing profession in our state.
Community Development
Cape Verdean Community Development
120 High St
Pawtucket, RI 02860
$241,000
Funds are to continue community outreach and education programs in the Cape Verdean Community particularly education and literacy, as well as afterschool study and tutoring projects.
Computerized Physician Order Entry
Women and infants hospital
101 Dudley St
Providence, RI 02905
$750,000
Health Care errors cost lives and taxpayer dollars are wasted. The project is for a computerized physician order entry system that is part of a comprehensive medical information system to improve health care outcomes and patient safety.
Developmental Disabilities Mentorship/Buddies Program
Best Buddies of RI
PO Box 597
Charlestown, RI 02813
$200,000
This project is for mentoring programs with persons with developmental disabilities and is currently in our community in seven high schools, four colleges, and three middle schools. This provides social services and encourages a more inclusive society within communities.
Educational Training
Davinci Center for Community Progress
470 Charles St
Providence, RI 02904
$300,000
The funding is to provide educational and training services for the diverse workforce in the Greater Providence Area and improve and assist in educational outcomes for high school dropouts.
Family Literacy Center
Town of Lincoln
100 Old River Road
Lincoln, RI 02865
$250,000
This project is a community service that provides low and moderate income families with outreach services and family literacy support.
Global Health Alliance
RI Hospital
593 Eddy St
Providence, RI 02903
$271,000
This project will foster our longstanding alliance and history with the ally Liberia. It will help rebuild their medical infrastructure in the city of Monrovia and generate a sustainable workforce of clinicians that will serve the citizens of this valuable African ally in partnership with health care providers in our state.
Health Care Promotion and Disease Prevention Challenge
Thundermist Health Center
450 Clinton St
Woonsocket, RI 02895
$700,000
This project is for the active teen challenge to reduce childhood obesity and help improve health outcomes.
Home based model of treatment for autism
Groden Center
86 Mount Hope Road
Providence, RI 02906
$200,000
This project would create a Home based model of treatment and services for families with Autism Spectrum Disorder and would act as a support to parents and families. This would provide a vital community service to the families of children with Autism and achieve targeted behavioral goals for the children.
Improving Student Outcomes Through Discover Music and Art
Music in our schools program
667 Waterman Avenue
East Providence, RI 02905
This project is committed to helping students across the state have access to quality music education through the Discover Music Program. The program promotes greater self sufficiency and improves school performance through leadership training and self esteem and self discipline efforts.
Increasing EMR adoption
RI Quality Institute
235 Promenade St
Providence, RI 02908
$300,000
This request is to educate health care providers and organizations about the benefits of transitioning to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). EMR adoption will reduce medical errors, improve healthcare quality, and reduce healthcare costs.
Job Training for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
REFOCUS, INC
45 Greely St
Providence, RI 02904
$200,000
This program at the Refocus day activities center will provide job training and opportunities for advancement in employment for persons with disabilities.
Mentoring Programs
Special Olympics of RI
33 College Hill Road
Warwick, RI 02886
$225,000
Funding will fulfill a federal responsibility by delivering programs to those with intellectual disabilities that promote physical fitness and social interaction. In Rhode Island, 2500 children and families benefit from this program.
Narragansett Bay Programs
Narragansett Bay Window
$1 million
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
The Bay Window Monitoring Program is designed to keep a finger on the pulse of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island’s most valuable economic and environmental resource, to determine its ongoing health and help guide its management and planning into the future. It is a partnership among federal and state agencies, academia, and the scientific community.
Parenting in Progress/Job Training
YWCA of Northern RI
514 Blackstone
Woonsocket, RI 02895
$150,000
Funding is for integration and implementation of the Parenting in Progress and women's employment project (RITA) to increase employment placement and retention among low-income women in our communities.
Pawtucket Library
City of Pawtucket
175 Main St
Pawtucket, RI 02860
$300,000
The Pawtucket Library is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Programs at the Library will help preserve this important municipal landmark by more civic awareness and knowledge of the library and its history.
Project Help
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
1150 Pontiac Avenue
Cranston, RI 02920
$100,000
The HELP project on blood cancer diagnosis will provide strategies for family support groups and other community services. It will focus in particular on the bilingual minority community.
Project Homefront
Gateway health care
249 Roosevelt Ave
Pawtucket, RI 02860
$500,000
This project will provide Rhode Island’s military and veteran populations access to services for behavioral health.
Project PRIME
Meeting Street
1000 Eddy St
Providence, RI 02905
$500,000
This project would provide full-service early education childhood development programs for children particularly birth to kindergarten. This will help the most vulnerable children in our community through both increasing new outreach efforts and building on strong existing relationships in the low income neighborhoods of Providence.
RI College of Nursing
RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI 02908
$340,000
The Rhode Island College School of Nursing has entered into a pilot project with the Veterans Administration Hospital in Providence to provide graduate nurses with use of the simulation facilities at the college. This project will be for a laboratory that is designed to complement this simulated learning thus improving health care outcomes in our state by increasing our supply of health care professionals.
School to Work
Ocean Tides
635 Ocean Road
Narragansett, RI 02882
$500,000
This program is a model program demonstrating the collaboration of non-profits working to benefit the youth of America to provide coordinated education, training and work experience. This program mirrors the Administration's call to create jobs.
Substance Abuse Prevention
RI State Nurses Association
67 Park Place
Pawtucket, RI 02960
$50,000
This project will provide services to educate and prevent substance abuse in the nursing profession, as well as to develop a program for chemically dependent nurses.
Support Services and Employment Opportunities
A New Leaf
135 Gano St
Providence, RI 02905
$100,000
The New Leaf is a full service florist that provides supportive and transitional employment for people with psychiatric disabilities. The project will help continue the supportive services and employment opportunities at the facility as a community benefit as a whole and more particular help to persons to get back into the job market.
URI Research Foundation
URI
75 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
$750,000
The Research Foundation will partner with public and private sectors with the aim of enhancing economic development, utilization of new technologies and fostering the growth of science related companies in our state. This will have a job creation and simulative effect on our local economy.
VetConnect
Enable America
PO box 3031
Tampa, FL 33601
$250,000
This project is for Community and Citizenship Training Project for disability awareness and employment for veterans. There are programs ongoing in other states and this project would bring the Vetconnect program to New England, Rhode Island in particular.
Aquidneck Corporate Park
Town of
350 East Main Road
Middletown,
Amount Requested: $500,000
This request will be used in conjunction with the local municipal match of up to $1 million for infrastructure improvements to the park. Additionally, the town will partner with property owners within the park to install a wind turbine. The turbine would be located on private property, serve the energy needs of that business with clean, renewable energy, and would also have the capacity to power the publicly-owned street lighting system throughout the park. The park currently has 44 businesses, employing approximately 2,500 employees. In realizing the positive economic impact these businesses have on the Town, we have recognized the importance of making enhancements to the park to remain competitive in maintaining current status and attracting new high-tech and defense related businesses, thus helping to expand the tax base for the Town and providing Rhode Islanders with high-paying job opportunities.
Big Brothers Mentoring Project
Big Brothers of
East Providence,
Requested Amount: $100,000
Mentoring is a proven practice by which an adult can make a long-term impact upon a child’s academic success. The fatherless boys matched by Big Brothers improves their self-confidence and decision-making skills, demonstrate better classroom behavior, and improve school performance and social relationships within the first nine months of their matches. The minimal cost and consistently positive outcomes achieved by providing fatherless boys with life-changing mentors sets a striking contrast against the monetary and societal costs of steering youth through the juvenile justice system.
Blackstone Bikeway Segment 8
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Two Capital Hill
Providence,
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Blackstone Bikeway Segment 8 involves the construction of 2.5 miles of bikeway in North Smithfield and
Branch
Town of
PO Box 248
Slatersville,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
This request is for the Branch Village Revitalization initiative, identified as a future “growth center” to build new tax revenue as part of the town’s comprehensive community plan. The area consists of a mix of single-use residential and commercial properties and a partially developed industrial park. Traffic circulation deficiencies need to be addressed to make better use of this concentrated area and to proceed with mixed-used infill development. This transportation improvement project will create jobs, attract new businesses with the enhancements, and provide new revenue support for the town.
Brown Draper Energy Collaboration
Brown
Box 1937
Providence,
Requested Amount:$1,000,000
Brown
Business Development Project
Progreso Latino, Inc.
Central Falls,
Amount Requested: $240, 000
The Goal of this project is to provide capacity building assistance to existing businesses in order to retain and create jobs by working with the community and service partners to effectively train and empower members of these targeted minority community segments on how to enhance their knowledge and skill set. This will act as an economic development tool in our communities.
Byfield School ReUse Construction
Town of Bristol
10 Court Street
Bristol, RI 02809
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
This project is for the restoration and reuse of the historic building of the Byfield School in the National Waterfront Historic District, providing historical benefit to the city and its taxpayers.
U.S. Soccer Foundation and Project GOAL Inc. Requested Amount: $500,000
The Champions of Change initiative would fund four pilot programs across the country--including Project Goal in
COPS Technology for Burrillville
Town of Burrillville,
Burrillville Police Department
Oakland,
Requested Amount: $92,000
This appropriation request is to fund technology and communication upgrades for emergency management services.
COPS Technology for
160 Illinois Street
Central Falls,
Requested Amount: $300,000
Requesting an appropriation for the renovation of the computer system, which services the entire Police Department’s internal records system. The ability to store information in the computer system allows the police department future retrieval of information as well as the opportunity to work with local and state Police exchanging intelligence to combat criminal activity not only locally, but statewide as well.
COPS Technology for
Town of Warren,
Warren,
Requested Amount: $250,000
The appropriation request is to fund an information technology and communication upgrade for government operations, particularly emergency service. It would permit the town to upgrade the telephonic communications between the various town departments with emphasis on the Fire Department and the Police Department. It would also allow the Police Department to purchase equipment, thus improving public safety and communications.
Digital Forensics
University of
Dept. of Computer Science
258
Kingston,
Requested Amount: $300,000
The nation is critically short on digital forensics practitioners, with the problem being particularly acute in the state of
Easton’s Beach Algae Removal
City of Newport,
City Hall
43 Broadway
Newport,
Requested Amount: $650,000
The City of
Easton’s Point Drainage Area
Town of
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Over the year the Town of
Energy “Green Market” Project at URI
University of
Green Hall-University of
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
The goal of this project is to reduce energy dependence helping our national economy by three activities
-Stimulate regional economic growth by targeting emerging “green markets” including the renewable and sustainable energy economic sectors
-Offer unique competitive undergraduate educational programs for training the brightest students for entering the national “green economy” workforce.
-Contribute to the national effort of weaning our society away from hydrocarbon-based fuels, directly relevant to national defense and homeland security issues
Family Treatment Home Services
Boys
Portsmouth,
Requested Amount: $161,000
The funds are to continue and expand Boy's Town Treatment Family Home services program. It is expected that through the services, youth recidivism of criminal behavior will be greatly reduced as will the need for future out-of home placement, including that of a correctional or prison facility. Youth will be better prepared to become productive members of society.
Flooding reduction in
Town of
North Providence,
Requested Amount: $700,000
The flooding that occurs creates a public nuisance for residents and business owners in the three neighborhoods by blocking roadways, damaging structures and contaminating the soil, streams and other tributaries. This project will enormously benefit those residents and business people who reside or travel in those areas.
Fogarty
John
North Providence,
Amount Requested: $700,000
This project will both create jobs for completion of the renovations that need to be done, as well as meet a compelling human need by improving both housing for the developmentally disabled and the buildings where many of their daily activities take place.
Fort
Mule Barn
Newport,
Requested Amount: $500,000
The project is the renovation, rehabilitation, and restoration of a building known as the Mule Barn, located in
Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
Girl Scouts of the U.S.A
420 Fifth Avenue New York,
Requested Amount: $500,000
A 2007 evaluation of GSBB program participants across the country found that, in addition to reducing the risks of daughters of incarcerated mothers becoming involved in the juvenile justice system, the GSBB program strengthened mother-daughter relationships, improved girls’ ability to manage feelings of anger, particularly among older girls, increased girls; willingness to communicate with and trust their peers and other adult figures in their lives. This will improve the lives of girls in our community and improve our rates of school truancy and drop out rates.
Housing Improvements
East
East Providence,
Amount Requested: $300,000
Funds are requested for costs for permanent supportive housing associated with the purchase and construction/rehabilitation of property located at 70 Turner Avenue,
Improvements on the historic corridor of Lower Thames St
Lower Thames Business Association (LTBA)
580 Thames St.,
Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF)
51 Touro Street,
This represents an area that contains two hundred small businesses in a newly names National Register Historic District for the streetscape improvements project on a historic transportation corridor. The implementation of this project will add to and sustain
Internet Safety
i-SAFE, Inc.
Carlsbad,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Schools must have Internet safety policies where they are "educating minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and cyber bullying awareness and response." This program aims to reduce cyber bullying and educate minors on Internet safety.
Island
Town of
Town Hall
Portsmouth,
Amount Requested: $600,000
The Island Park Landfill was the municipal dump from the mid-1950’s to the mid-1970’s and has since been unused. This $1.6 million project would comply with a RIDEM order to properly cap and close the landfill in order to prevent exposure to various pollutants within. The engineering plan is complete and has been reviewed by RIDEM.
JASON Project
The JASON Project
Ashburn,
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
The JASON project is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society and the Ocean Exploration Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ocean exploration and discovery funds continue their successful education partnership with NOAA. America’s economic prosperity rests largely on its scientific and technological superiority. Virtually every major organization representing education, business and government has document the critical situation in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics and issued a call for aggressive action. JASON’s mission is to transform science education and provide 21st century education solutions for STEM education. Locally, the Rhode Island JASON Project is coordinated by the URI Office of Marine Programs. Sponsors for the JASON Project in Rhode Island include the State of Rhode Island, the University of Rhode Island’s Office of Marine Programs and Graduate School of Oceanography, Rhode Island Sea Grant, the Rhode Island Office of Higher Education, the Rhode Island Department of Education, OSHEAN, RINET, Cox Communications, the Providence Journal, and the JASON Foundation for Education.
Landfill cap
Town of Barrington,
Barrington,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Funds would be spent on design and construction of a landfill cap, to complete the closure of a 35-year-old town dump located in an established
Landfill Cap
Town of Portsmouth,
Portsmouth,
Requested Amount: $1,600,000
This is an excellent example of how a former landfill can be re-used, at a minimal cost, as a natural passive recreation area in the midst of a densely populated neighborhood. This will be of benefit environmentally and bring recreation as well to the residents.
Lederer Theater
Trinity Repertory Company
Providence,
Amount Requested: $500,000
Trinity Repertory Company’s capital request builds on three federally designated priorities for taxpayer funds: it provides employment in an infrastructure-related project, supports one of the region’s leading artistic organizations, and preserves a historically significant public structure.
Light
Newport Chamber of Commerce
Middletown,
Amount Requested: $200,000
The Newport County Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Town of
Lonsdale Revitalization Project
Town of
Amount Requested: $500,000
The Town of
Broad Street, a vital commercial node connection for the three communities. The next step will be implementation of the Plan’s recommendations. That is the focus of this funding request. The Town of
Mentoring Projects in RI
Chamber Education Foundation
d/b/a
3296 post Road
Warwick,
Requested Amount: $400,000
By providing mentors to an additional 1,000 at-risk youth in Congressional District 1 we will break the cycle of poverty and poor decision not only for the individual youth being mentored but for their families for generations to come. Other societal benefits include: Reduced juvenile delinquency and crime, improved school attendance, higher grades and high school graduation rates, and lowered risk of youth evolvement in such risky behaviors as drugs, alcohol and tobacco use.
Middle School Replacement Project
City of
PO Box B
Woonsocket,
Amount Requested: $500,000
This appropriation request seeks funds to preserve and adaptively reuse one historic building for educational use as part of the city’s Middle School Replacement Project. The Woonsocket Middle School Replacement Project is the biggest and most important capital project currently underway in
National Incident Management System
City of Newport,
City Hall 43 Broadway
Newport,
Requested Amount: $250,000
The City of
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
1176 Howell St., Newport, RI 02841
Requested Amount: $11,800,000
This project constructs an addition contiguous to the Launcher Laboratory at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT). It will provide critical combat operational support, engineering support, product development, logistics support and fleet training for existing and future U.S. Navy submarines and launcher/platform systems. Platforms and systems supported include SSGN and VIRGINIA Class submarines and submarine payloads such as Tomahawk, Tactical Tomahawk, Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and other advanced payloads in support of the War on Terror and Joint Forces Operations, as well as ejection pump and missile vertical launch systems.
Newport Cliffwalk Restoration
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Two Capital Hill
Providence,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The Cliff Walk has a well documented history of past and continued damage from storms, wave action and erosion. In 1991 Hurricane Bob caused significant damage and worsened the condition of the Cliff Walk. The destruction has rendered many areas impassable, threatened the integrity of historic structures and posed a significant safety hazard to visitors of this social and cultural entity. The funds requested would be used to perform the needed repairs that were not made due to a lack of available funding.
Newport Opera House Project
Newport Performing Arts Center/Opera House Project
PO Box 234
Newport,
Requested Amount: $500,000
The Newport Performing Arts Center (NPAC) began in 1998 when business leaders, joined by arts community leaders and tourism officials, began to address the need for an arts organization in
Nonviolence Program
The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
Providence,
Requested Amount: $346,000
The Streetworkers will provide comprehensive outreach and support services that include: mediation, conflict resolution, violence prevention, nonviolence workshop facilitation, court advocacy, school-based interventions, adult mentoring and crisis intercession. The Streetworkers program was recognized as a best practice by the US Conference of Mayor in 2007, and is currently in the process of being established as a best practice by the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Nonviolence Youth Program
Institute for International Sport
3045 Kingstown Road
Kingston, RI 02881-1710
Requested Amount: $250,000
This request is to continue a Non-Violence Training Program that capitalizes on the uniquely powerful role that coaches and accomplished athletes play in the lives of young people and train coaches and team captain to take a forceful stand against violent behavior. This will help curb the epidemic of violence that continues to plague many of our communities.
Northeast Coastal Monitoring Collaborative
Save the Bay Narragansett, Member
100 Save the Bay Drive
Providence,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
The public will be able to see and understand the effects of global warming on our coastline as well as identify nonpoint pollution sources, areas of focus for environmental action/restoration, mapping the littoral zone (coast, intertidal, embayment) as impacted by sea level rise pollution.
Partnership for Sustainable Design
Rhode Island
Providence,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Through the Partnership for Sustainable design, RISD seeks to directly build statewide small business capacity through the integration of art and design into product development; communicate the feasibility of sustainable design as growth industry; document strategies for retooling existing or starting production and strategies to and as a solution to the degradation of the environment for the benefit of our communities and as a local economic development tool.
Pawtucket Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Pawtucket,
Pawtucket Partnership for brighter futures
Amount Requested: $500,000
This project involves the replacement of
Pawtucket Police Department
Pawtucket,
Requested Amount: $ 493,000
The problems associated with the upward trend of high school drop-out rate have widespread ramifications. This topic is not restricted to the boundaries of the State of
Pawtucket
Rhode Island Department of Transportation
Two Capital Hill
Providence,
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
The
Project FLIP
Rhode Island
600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Bldg 8
Providence,
Amount Requested: $148,000
Project FLIP (Financial and Functional Literacy Incentive Program) is a collaborative effort between the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce and Rhode Island College Outreach Programs. It is a comprehensive 50-week program that will include 24 weeks of functional literacy and financial literary classes focusing on acquiring the necessary level of English language reading, speaking, and writing skills as well as receiving a foundation of knowledge that will enable students to build a lifelong financial strategy to ensure economic independence.
Providence Department of Planning and Development
Center for Science, Research, Development and Commercialization
Providence,
Amount Requested: $250,000
This request would be a planning grant for feasibility, site selection and project economics study to support the creation of the
Providence Emergency Management agency Improvements
Providence Emergency Management Agency & Office of Homeland Security
Providence,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Providence Emergency Management Agency is the lead agency responsible for managing the Greater Providence Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) and Providence Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) regions. With limited emergency operations center interoperability in the eight surrounding communities associated with MMRS and UASI programs, the Providence EOC facility will be fully ready and equipped to handle incidents which bisect traditional political boundaries and provide needed incident support and coordination to neighboring communities within the region. The region comprises the heart of
Providence Gun Violence Prevention and Gang Reduction
Providence Police Department
Providence,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
The goal of the Providence Gun Violence Prevention and Gang Reduction Initiative is to reduce gun violence and gang-related crimes committed by juveniles and youth adults through the city, further enhancing public safety.
Public Access to shoreline area
Town of
Town Hall
Portsmouth,
Amount Requested: $500,000
The town of
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
PO Box 437
Jamestown,
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority requests funding to support the maintenance and operational services for E-ZPass, an electronic toll collection system, at the Newport Pell Bridge thus increasing bridge and toll area safety.
Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
PO Box 437
Jamestown,
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
This project is related to steel repairs and protective coatings for the Newport/Pell Bridge in order to restore structural integrity of the suspended span. This is a vital safety upgrade.
Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority
Providence,
Amount Requested: $150,000
Funding is requested to purchase 16 new passenger vans with wheelchair accessibility to provide transportation to North Providence and
Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority
Providence,
Amount Request: $1,000,000
RIPTA is requesting $3.0 million in federal funds to buy replacement buses, trolleys and vans as part of its Statewide Bus Replacement program. This is an upgrade to taxpayer funded bus service in our state.
Rhode Island Wildlife Refuge Complex
Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Charleston,
Requested Amount: $900,000
The requested funds will be used for two projects; Tower Hill Project, a 55 acre conservation easement and the Botka Project, a 12 acre fee title acquisition. Projects will consolidate refuge ownership, provide conservation for trust species, and capture the final parcel of land in the John Chaffe NWR on Pettaquamscutt Cove on the North side of the
River Dredge
Providence Parks Department
City of
100 Elmwood Avenue
Providence,
Requested Amount: $ 1,000,000
This project will dredge and restore the navigability of one mile of river in Downtown Providence and provide a permanent infrastructure to manage future siltation that currently flows into the
Road Improvements
City of
East Providence,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The City of
Road Improvements
Town of
North Providence,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The national benefit being accomplished is public safety town wide through transportation safety based on better roads and safety improvements.
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Abatement
City of East Providence,
East Providence,
Requested Amount: $2,500,000
Since 1998, the City of
Save the Bay education program
Save the Bay
100 Save the Bay Drive
Providence,
Requested Amount: $1,000,000
Save the Bay's Marine Education program fulfills a critical federal responsibility to preserve and protect national natural resources like the
Sayles
City of
PO Box B
Woonsocket,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The
Sidewalk Repair
City of
Providence,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
As the state’s capital city, we are a center for employment, commerce and entertainment—as the second largest City in New England, and the home to colleges/universities, fine restaurants and entertainment venues, we provide significant resources to our region and deserve recognition and support. This type of infrastructure work will also stimulate the local economy with the construction jobs required for this project.
Source Water and Ground Water Protection
Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association (ASRWWA)
PMB#275-12
Norwich,
Requested Amount: $16,500,000
Rural Water Associations’ Training and Technical Assistance, Source Water Protection and Ground Water Protection initiatives support the federal effort to protect the environment. The rural water initiatives authorized in the Safe Drinking Act and have been operating in every state for the past 20 years. They have been the main source of compliance and assistance for small and rural communities to meet federal standards for the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act bringing clean water to communities.
State Police Technology Project
RI State Police
311 Danielson Pike
Scituate
Amount Requested: $250,000
RI State Police and Providence Police Department partnership to reduce gun and gang violence. This project will improve community safety and enhance security in various residential areas.
Tanyard Brook Culvert
Town of
10 Court Street
Bristol,
Requested Amount: $500,000
The national benefit will be prevention of loss of property during flooding and the closure of State and local roadways during these storm events. The road closures are a particular concern due to the inability of emergency personnel to travel across town safely.
Teaching Police Department Initiative
Roger
Bristol,
Requested Amount: $750,000
The Teaching Police Department Initiative (TPDI) is a four-year pilot program to establish the first "teaching" police department in the United States. The initiative would use the model of a teaching hospital to implement a systemic model of academic and professional training, combined with professional exchange experiences that include cross training in other divisions or geographic neighborhoods within a police department, and to police departments in other cities creating better law enforcement outcomes for the community.
Ten Mile River Restoration
Army Corps of Engineers
Vineyard Avenue
Concord,
Requested Amount: $750,000
Funds will be used to complete the construction of environmental restoration measures along the Ten Mile River in
Tick Borne Disease Reduction
The University of
231 Woodward Hall
Kingston,
Amount Requested: $1,250,000
The proposed project will help find long-term solutions to the tick problem in
Town Landing
Pawtucket Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Pawtucket,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The proposed reuse of this riverfront site for recreation and open space as a result of 20 years of visioning and planning. The city of
Town Planning
Town of
Town Hall
Portsmouth,
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
The Town of
UV disinfection system
City of Newport,
City Hall
43 Broadway
Newport,
Requested Amount: $ 1,000,000
The City has concluded through a comprehensive study that storm water runoff from the moat onto
Warren Avenue Culvert
City of
East Providence,
Requested Amount: $500,000
In recent years, given the increase in severe storm events, the City has several neighborhoods in low lying areas that experience flooding. The City and its technical consultants have studied these areas and developed a list of recommended projects to reduce the incidence of flooding in these areas. While the City has increased in preventative maintenance activities to improve the capacity of it s existing storm drain system, the recommendations include a number of high cost drainage improvement projects.
Women Entrepreneurs Project
Center for Women & Enterprise
Providence,
Amount Requested: $100,000
CWE's strategic response to the current entrepreneurial training needs will serve as a model for other center across the nation. The ripple effect with be a net increase in new business, existing business expansions and new jobs created nationally, which will increase federal income tax revenues.
Woonsocket Restoration
Army Corps of Engineers
696 Vineyard
Concord , Mass 02771
Amount Requested: $300,000
For an operation and routine maintenance program authorized by section 2875 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008 (PL 110-181, dated January 28, 2008.) This has an environmental benefit for local taxpayers.
Youth Crime Reduction Initiatives in
Youth Crime Watch of America
Miami , Fl 33156
Requested Amount: $250,000
Youth Crime Watch for empowers youth to prevent crime, drugs and violence in their schools and communities. Evaluation shows that as a result of the Youth Crime Watch program youth participate more in the community, feel safer, and are more willing to report crime. The program saves lives, and is the most popular youth-led general crime prevention program in the U.S.
3D Woven Preform Technology for Application to Army Munitions
Team Inc
841 Park East Drive
Woonsocket,
Requested Amount: $2,200,000
This effort will make it possible for the Army to improve the performance and/or reduce the cost of composite materials used in fabricating sabots, munitions subcomponents, and specialized composite armor through the use of 3D pre-form weaving technology.
A2B Tracking Solutions
207 Highpoint Ave
Portsmouth,
Requested Amount: $4,500,000
UID Platform is designed to help the GAO, the defense community and the taxpayer eliminate waste and redundancy in increasing transparency of war fighter materials deployed to the field. It also allows the military material command to track the history of asset repair and replacement, thereby enabling future planning and contractor accountability. This grant will allow A2B to expand by 20 employees in its
American Cord and Webbing
88 Century Drive
Woonsocket,
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Marines are required to carry large amounts of equipment, munitions and weapons during the course of training and combat operations. To meet this need, the Marine Corps has an on-going program called the Individual Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE) system. ILBE is a family of nylon-based pouches, packs, slings and other items which allow Marines to efficiently and securely carry, while at the same time providing ready access to, items needed during combat operations.
Artificial Intelligence-Based Combat System
Rite Solutions
88 Silva Lane
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
This project will further the development of an artificial intelligence based combat system kernel that employs expert systems and mission-focused Human System Integration technology to introduce a new level of automation that will reduce manning while increasing combat system performance. The Navy issued Rite Solutions a Phase II SBIR to expedite and expand system development to support the SBSD program and as a technology upgrade for Virginia Class Submarines. Phase II proved a complete success and the Navy is issuing a Phase III SBIR valued at $75M to continue this program during the SBSD Acquisition Phase.
Aspen Aerogels
30 Forbes Road, Bldg B
Northborough,
Requested Amount: $7,500,000
The continued and future effectiveness of military forces is linked to the assured access to affordable, flexible, high temperature, lightweight aerogel materials which will provide thermal and acoustic insulation and thermal control for critical ground, air and sea weapons platforms and personnel protection systems. For Force Provider tents alone, using aerogel as tent insulation could reduce fuel usage by 255 truckloads per year, reducing energy consumption and risk to the solder in fuel delivery. Such revolutionary new materials, called aerogels, were invented in the and have been developed in U.S. R&D laboratories.
Brown
Brown
45 Prospect Street
Providence,
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
The funds will be used to create local, regional and national collaborative networks to ensure that discoveries at major centers are communicated and used to accelerate neurotechnology development. The success of the Center will also foster further development of the neurotechnology industry, which has the potential not only to improve the lives of those with brain disorders but also to create a new industry in which the will be the leader.
Common Command and Control System Module
Electric Boat
75 Eastern Point Road
Groton ,
Requested Amount: $9,000,000
This common module will facilitate rapid reconfiguration of mission equipment, more efficient allocation of watchstanders, and mission specific tasking. The new common CCCS Module will streamline technology refresh and insertion upgrades, and utilize an integrated Life Cycle Management Plan across multiple ship classes, thereby reducing Total Ownership Costs.
Castings for Improved Defense Readiness
310 West Wrentham Road
Cumberland,
Requested Amount: $4,500,000
Castings for Improved Defense Readiness will inject castings expertise into the Defense Supply Centers to cut lead times, reduce backorders, and ensure cost effective, reliable cast components. It will also quantify the benefits of high performance matrix composite components, which have shown promise in holding up against abrasive and stressing conditions like those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Enhanced Drivers Situational Awareness System
Trex
10455 Pacific Center Court
San Diego,
Requested Amount: $4,500,000
The funding request for Enhanced Driver’s Situational Awareness System will permit fabricating, integrating and conducting tests and evaluations on 3-D millimeter-wave imaging radars in low visibility disaster response scenarios including aircraft rescue and fire fighting operations at airports. Test design and integration of the system on vehicular platforms will be included.
Future Dry Deck Shelter
Electric Boat
75 Eastern Point Road
Groton ,
Requested Amount: $9,800,000
The number of submarines that can deploy Special Operations Forces is increasing but current DDS capability is limiting the ability to fully utilize this covert national asset. A next - generation DDS is needed now to support a larger SDV which is in development. A next -generation DDS will allow a larger number of submarines to be able to deploy these vital forces and other tactical payloads, and provide a significant operational capability to Component Commanders.
Group 51
221 Third Street
Newport,
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
The Marine Corps Personnel Carrier Design for Supportability System will manage weapon-system supportability information using commercially available software. When an engineer is deciding among alternative components for installation in an existing system, relevant data and information can be shared for analysis in a web-enabled workspace, and manufacturer's drawings can be recreated into 3D models to support maintenance in the field. Similar supportability systems have generated proven benefits in the aerospace industry. The intent is to use this project, once funded to create 8-10 new government contractor jobs in the State of
Introduction of Group Behavior technology to the Next Generation Countermeasures
Progeny
76 Hammarlund Way
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
Countermeasure Group Behavior technology is critical to submarine survivability in hostile littoral environments and is applicable to all submarine classes. Group Behavior Technology allows multiple countermeasures to communicate and work together to protect the submarine platform and defeat the torpedo threat. Submarine Missions that require littoral operations include, but are not limited to Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR), Special Operations Forces (SOF) Insertion, and Strike missions.
Kelly Space and Technology
2348 Post Road Suite 8
Warwick,
Requested Amount: $5,600,000
Critical Defense Infrastructure Monitoring and Protection system integrates state-of-the-art sensing and wireless communications technologies into a single platform to provide the capability to remotely assess in near-real time the structural integrity of DoD infrastructure such as bridges, levees, pipelines, buildings and other sensitive structures. The system utilizes
Laser Marksmanship Training System
L3
One Corporate Park
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $7,500,000
Laser Marksmanship Training System is an official component of the Total Army Marksmanship Training Strategy. Soldiers have the requirement to maintain a semi-annual level of proficiency in marksmanship in accordance with the Standards in Training Commission (STRAC). These funds are to be used to support small arms marksmanship training for soldiers in CONUS and deployed. This Congressional request enhances these current requirements to field LMTS to Army units in accordance with the VCSA directive “that this technology and capability be institutionalized, as appropriate, throughout all three components of the Army as rapidly as possible,” for the purposes of increasing individual soldier readiness, improving vital skill retention, better preparing Army units both deployed and set to deploy to combat zones, and reducing unit training costs as well as any environmental impacts.
M Ship Co., LLC
107 Coggeshall Ave.
Newport, RI 02840
Requested Amount: $3,000,000
New England Boatworks (NEB) and M Ship Co. (MSHIP) will develop, construct, and deliver two high-speed mobile marine command platforms (M40-LilyPads) to support joint interoperability exercises of unmanned systems associated with major Navy initiatives like UV Sentry and UxO. The purpose of this activity is to accelerate the development of marine platforms to support unmanned systems. The development of unmanned systems for military operations will reduce operational and capitla costs, improve the safety of our warfighters and allow broader situational awareness for domestic security and global surveillance.
Navigational Technique Enhancements
NSM, Inc
128 Dorrance Street
Providence,
Requested Amount: $4,900,000
The Navigational Technique Enhancements project conducts research on complimentary navigational methods. Under this project, methods have been developed to perform in environments where the Global Positioning System is not available. The research developed supports the mission of subterranean warfare for navigation and positioning. Unique to this project is research of an undetectable precision positioning and navigation system that utilizes an automatic Theodolite and Laser Range Finder system. The research and development of this system will complement existing systems such as GPS that under combat conditions were denied due to systems physical limitations as well as unveiled the presence of the war fighter to adversaries.
Neural Control of External Devices
Blackrock Microsystems
391 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City,
Requested Amount: $2,000,000
These funds will accelerate the development of products which will revolutionize the field of prosthetics. Any and all individuals who have lost limbs or limb movement will, through this technology, have the ability to function at a level not presently possible. People who suffer loss of limb or limb movement as a result of military service deserve the full benefit of Blackrock’s development program. This program carries the promise of offering sophisticated limb movement beyond that which is possible today. Further, by illuminating the function of the brain, these neurotechnologies promise new progress in diagnosing and treating a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Our Military Kids
6861 Elm Street, Suite 2A
McLean,
Requested Amount: $3,500,000
Our Military Kids provides grants to cover fees associated with tutoring, athletic, or fine arts programs for children of deployed National Guard and Reserve forces and of severely injured service members of the active and reserve military. The program ensures that these children have access to activities that might otherwise be unavailable to them as a result of economic hardship caused by a parent’s deployment, recovery from severe injury, or because they live too far from a military installation to avail themselves of the many options provided there. A recent survey has shown that 65% of all Guard and Reserve families utilizing the Our Military Kids program live more than 30 miles from the nearest military base. Since April 2005, Our Military Kids has awarded over 7000 grants in all 50 states, DC and most US Territories.
Real-Time Tactical Intelligence Collection System
Voxtec, Inc
20 Ridgely Avenue, Suite 301
Annapolis,
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
The Phraselator supports more than 30 languages and dialects and includes a limited two-way capability which must be refined into a truly useful offering. While there are other companies working on a two-way translator, Voxtec is uniquely qualified to develop this system. Their primary strength lies in bridging the gap between advanced research and development, and rapidly producing systems that are beneficial to the war fighter. Because of their extensive experience with the Phraselator and SQUID translation systems, Voxtec is the only company with the knowledge to successfully bring this new technology development to fruition.
Reconfigurable Command and
Paramount Solutions
850 Aquidneck Avenue
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $2,615,000
The Command and Control Center will have the ultimately agile design enabling mission based changes between missions (overnight), with the ability to absorb and integrate new technologies throughout the life of the ships without requiring “hot work” (e.g. welding) and structural changes. These goals will require paradigm shifts causing some traditional roles within the CACC to become obsolete. All of this will be in the context of improved verbal and non-verbal communications and complete situation awareness.
Saving Lives and Preventing Injuries with Rugged Electronic Textile Vital Signs Monitoring
Northeast Knitting
179 Conant St
Pawtucket,
Requested Amount: $6,000,000
Eighty-six percent of all battlefield deaths occur within 30 minutes after wounding. The U.S. Army has a compelling need to integrate systems for Warfighter Physiologic Status Monitoring (WPSM), remote casualty assessment, triage and initial treatment into the individual Soldier Ensemble. Medic deaths are commonplace treating warfighters that are already dead, due to a lack of remote information. This system can also be used to help prevent non-combat injury by monitoring health status and providing warnings of potential medical events such as dehydration, heat stroke and hypothermia. This supports all the services accession training by decreasing the number of training days lost and recycled students.
Security Gate AT/FP Improvements
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport
1176 Howell St., Newport, RI 02841
Requested Amount: $4,230,000
This project will construct a new entry point with guard stations and new vehicle inspection checkpoints at NUWC DIVISION Newport. Construction will include realignment of roads, construction of hardened guard stations, installation of vehicle pop-up barriers, creation of new dedicated vehicle inspection lanes with weather canopy, and relocation of fence lines. Area lighting will be realigned and upgraded for the new entryway geometries. Site work will include realigned sidewalks, and reconfigured parking areas in addition to the entry. It will replace a temporary gate located at the same location.
TPI Composites
373 Market Street
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
Design, optimize, fabricate, and test a lightweight composite transit bus that can be used by the National Automotive Center (NAC), the Army’s advanced vehicle R&D arm. The program’s purpose is to give NAC and the U.S. Army advanced, large vehicle technology that could be applied to both military vehicles as well as city transit buses across the United States
University of
Standoff Detection of Explosives and Explosive Devices
Kingston,
Requested Amount: $4,200,000
This three year effort will utilize the Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization recently opened at URI. It will further develop capabilities at URI in explosive material formulation and use, forensics, and signatures as well as create a local test bed for the evaluation of IED fabrication methods and related detection technologies. It will adapt multispectral imaging technology, successfully developed by PSI for the Army RDECOM, by working with its Night Vision Laboratories to exploit these signatures. The development of CONOPS for its use as well as its deployment in theatre will be addressed by IDS. The funding will create a fieldable system for standoff explosives detection, test that technology in relevant scenarios, and enable its deployment in and as well as in domestic and international areas where IED threats are extant.
Unmanned Undersea Vehicles Near-Term Interim Capability
Advanced Solutions for Tomorrow
184 John Clarke Road
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $17,000,000
This project would allow the submarine and surface Fleet to mature the operating concepts on how to integrate UUVs and mainstream them into a naval capability. The effort would also significantly leverage the UUV and technology expertise which exist at Navy Laboratories and
US Paralympics Program
US Olympic Committee
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs,
Requested Amount: $5,000,000
The USOC Paralympics Military Program uses sport activities as rehabilitation and transition support to military personnel who have sustained physically disabling injuries. Participation in sports and other physical activity improves physical, psychological and social quality of life. The Program provides the structure and leadership necessary to engage severely injured service members in the habits of sports and physical activity by conducting daily Paralympics sports activities for physically injured medical hold personnel and other outpatients at DOD Medical Centers.
Virginia Torpedo Tube Test Platform
BAE Systems
76 Hammarlund Way
Middletown ,
Requested Amount: $4,800,000
In order to maintain readiness of the weapon systems on US Navy submarines, a number of land-based test platforms are maintained at the
Virtual Maintenance Engineering Platform (VMEP) Implementation for SSGN Voyage Repair
General Physics
25
Middletown,
Requested Amount: $1,200,000
The Virtual Maintenance Engineering Platform proposes to reduce future maintenance costs currently incurred during SSGN voyage repair periods. The proposed system requires a military certification before it can be installed and tested on an SSGN. Once the significant cost avoidance is proven to the Navy, the system could achieve full fleet implantation on all Navy combatants, surface and submarines.
Walter
Combat Wound Initiative
6900 Georgia Avenue N.W.
Washington,
Requested Amount: $8,000,000
The Combat Wound Initiative is a collaborative program of leading surgeons and scientists integrating clinical and basic science research to assess and develop further promising technologies and treatments to advance wound healing. Leading military and civilian medical centers form the foundation of complex civilian and military trauma surgical care and three core labs [
Weapon Acquisition & Firing System
Mikel, Inc 2 Corporate Place
Middletown,
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
This project eliminates combat weapon system complexity, associated development and manning costs, and represents a quantum leap forward in the development of automatic weapon control systems. It also sets the stage for the use of generic weapons where the weapon control system computes and downloads missions to the torpedo similar to the way Tomahawk is employed. This unique, advanced weapon control capability will provide a high degree of accuracy and utility to the commanding officer and crew and will allow the development and use of low cost generic torpedoes.
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