Proposed Recipient:
Rutgers University School of Law – Camden

Address of the Recipient:
217 North 5th Street
Camden, NJ  08102

Amount of Request:
$800,000

Explanation of Request:
To improve and expand its public interest service to the state and region, the Rutgers University School of Law-Camden (“Law School”) seeks a Congressionally-directed grant award of $613,099 from the Department of Education.  Prior funding has supported scholarship funds, a public interest summer externship program, other public interest programming, such as the Marshall-Brennan Program, which places Rutgers law students in Camden public schools teaching constitutional law to high school students, and loan repayment assistance to our graduates entering public.  Because of this funding, the Law School has been able to attract civic-minded students with financial assistance, provide public interest career counseling, and create opportunities for carefully structured and supervised pro bono service and externships.  As a result, the Law School has been able to provide thousands of hours of legal services to residents of Camden and South Jersey who would otherwise have nowhere else to turn for legal assistance.  Additionally, the students have provided many hours of legal assistance to judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and other not-for-profit organizations.  In teaching in the Camden public schools our students not only are able to offer the students an exciting course that they otherwise would not have, but this racially mixed group of law students are a wonderful career model for the high school students
This grant will not only support the same programming as in the past, but will also address several issues that are important during this economic crisis.  We would hire an additional pro bono or clinical supervisor to assist alumni who have passed the bar but are unable to find employment during this recession.  This will not only assist these alumni by giving them legal experience, but it will provide additional hundreds of hours of additional legal representation for those who cannot afford it. 
We would also hire a supervisor for a prisoner reentry program.  We will coordinate legal and social services (with the use of law students and social work students) to assist those returning to Camden upon release from prison.  Such services will allow these individuals to take the necessary steps to begin to seek work and to avoid actions that might lead to either parole violations or committing new crimes.  While this program would probably concentrate on state prisoners, we have submitted a proposal to the federal courts to work with them on a parallel program for those released from federal prison.

Value to Tax Payer:
The grant support will enable Rutgers-Camden School of Law to recruit and retain a national group of students who will work for the betterment of the lives of women and children in Camden and South Jersey while they are in law school.  These students will also be trained and have a commitment to providing such services after they graduate; not only in New Jersey and the Delaware Valley, but throughout the United States.  It will also allow us to continue an innovative program which will increase our ability to do more public service in Camden and South Jersey.  The pro bono outreach to our alumni will assist people dislocated by the economic crisis and could become a national model.  The prisoner reentry work will similarly not only provide local services, but can also be a national model.

 Proposed Recipient:
Cooper Health System

Address of Recipient:
One Cooper Plaza
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount of Request:
$2 million

Explanation of Request:
This project seeks federal participatory funding to initiate an ED expansion to accommodate additional patients, consistent with the growing volume being experienced within the emergency department.  Cooper’s emergency department was designed to accommodate 25,000 - 30,000 patient visits annually, and is currently operating well over capacity and treating approximately 55,000 emergency visits each year.  These numbers are expected to continue their growth trend in the years to come. 
In addition to expanding the number of available ED beds, operational and technology capacity must be improved in order to maximize the throughput of patients and to improve overall triage and care.   Accordingly, diagnostic and treatment technology, such as a CT scanner dedicated to the ED and digital x-ray technology will enhance ED throughput, improve imaging, reduce treatment time, and improve logistics by eliminating the need to transport ED patients to the hospital’s inpatient acute imaging services.
As the numbers of uninsured and underinsured continue to increase during these difficult economic times, the number of patients utilizing the emergency room as an access point to receive primary care will continue to grow.  This places additional stress on the Emergency Department, which increases patient wait times, and can cause a delay in prioritizing care to the most critical patients with the most acute conditions.  In order to alleviate this problem, the expanded ED also includes a dedicated “Fast-Track” for patients seeking non-emergent care, primary care-related visits.  This will allow the ED to rapidly assess the acuity of a patient’s health needs and put them into a queue for primary care services, which will free staff resources to assist more critically ill patients, while also facilitating faster access to the necessary primary care for others

Value to Taxpayer:
Cooper University Hospital is the site of the Level I Trauma Center serving the southern New Jersey region. After Virtua Health System closed its Camden hospital, demand for emergency care at Cooper increased dramatically to the point where Cooper’s Emergency Department now has an annual volume 55,000 ED visits, in a facility that was designed for 26,000 visits!.  located in the heart of one of the most distressed cities in the State and the Nation, with a large economically and educationally disadvantaged and vulnerable, at-risk population, the Cooper Health System seeks to expand its commitment to develop a more effective integrated approach to disease management, specifically to improve the health status of the uninsured and underinsured, and medically underserved minority populations of Camden. Critical to these efforts is the redesign and expansion of Cooper’s Emergency Department.
As South Jersey’s allopathic academic medical center, and principal hospital of UMDNJ, Cooper provides critical and necessary care for the largest concentration of medical indigents and the largest charity care population in the region

Proposed Recipient:
Generations Inc. of Bishop Evans Ministry

Address of Recipient:
1115 Gibbsboro Road
Lindenwold, NJ 08021

Amount of Request:
$500,000

Explanation of Request:
Jani (Green in Swahili) proposes an innovative marriage between previously unrelated fields. Jani proposes providing vocational and residential programming to the reentry population utilizing the evolving environmental or green technologies.
Initially, the program will focus on developing a vocational training site where emerging green jobs will be offered. According to the 2008 New Jersey Energy Master Plan, over 20,000 green jobs will be created between now and 2020. 
Jani’s initial focus will be with smart grid technologies. Kenneth J. Parker - President, Atlantic City Electric Region stated that “new technology takes the form of a device often referred to as a “smart meter. We have laid out plans to install “smart meters” for all our southern New Jersey customers,( approximately 540,000 residents).”
“Smart meters” represent the next generation of electric meters. They take advantage of wireless technology to enable power companies to communicate with the electric meter in your home or business, enhancing reliability and giving customers options to control their energy use.  Using the latest technology and offering customers energy efficiency options, protects the environment, enhances reliability and helps save energy and money.  According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, utility companies are planning to deploy more than 40 million smart meters throughout the country from 2007 through 2010. This proposal would allow Jani to provide a site to specifically train re-entry candidates to assemble and install the meters. This would address two nationally identified needs, re-employment to green technology and providing sustainable employment for the re-entry population.
Discussions have taken place to establish a vocational site at a facility in Lindenwold, New Jersey. A 28,000 sq.ft. vacant warehouse site has been identified and will utilize similar methodology as that used in other national LEED Platinum rated buildings such as the EpiCenter, Artist for Humanity in Boston,  Massachusetts  and The Philip Merrill Environment Center in Annapolis, Maryland. Platinum buildings are highly energy and resource efficient; provide superior indoor comfort for the building’s occupants; and dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a primary cause of global climate change. Experts in the field of Green Building have been included in the initial project design and architects with specific knowledge in “greening” existing commercial spaces will be engaged as the project moves forward. Features such as:

• Natural ventilation, potentially leading to the disconnection from the current HVAC system and installation of a higher efficiency heating and cooling system.
• 49-kilowatt roof mounted, grid connected photovoltaic array to provide renewable energy
• Efficient low-emissivity, high performance windows to reduce heating and cooling loads
• South facing windows to provide passive-solar hat gain and day lighting
• Open, unobstructed interior spaces to maximize daytime lighting
• Salvaged, recycled and reused building materials, minimizing land fill space
• The ability to harvest and store rainwater for landscape irrigation
• The concrete used will be mixed from 40% fly ash (waste from coal-fired electric plants) reducing an identified source of greenhouse gas emissions

Additional footprint reducing methods will be employed. The overall cost of these efforts has been estimated at $199 per sq.ft. or approximately $5,572,000 dollars.
Additionally, Jani expects to purchase and operate two greenhouse buildings on the property. This would offer the first of many other training options while others are being identified. The two greenhouses would provide an opportunity for participants to learn to grow seasonal plants, vegetable and fruits. They would also be trained on use of soil, irrigation and other environmental topics relating to agriculture. Purchases and training to operate commercial lawnmowers and snow equipment would develop a skill set that coupled with additional business training that would lead to entrepreneurial opportunities.

Value to Taxpayer:
In fiscal year 2006, 13,910 inmates were released from New Jersey Department of Corrections’ custody. The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice estimates that 70,000 people will be released from state prison over the next 5 years.  In 2002, nearly all (95%) of individuals incarcerated in New Jersey remained in New Jersey after release.  Almost one-third, (31%) returned to two counties in the state, Essex and Camden. This included 2,430, or 16 percent of all releases, returning to Essex County, and 2,270 individuals, or 15 percent of the released population, returning to Camden County. The flow of prisoners was further concentrated in a small number of communities within these counties. In Camden County, parolees are concentrated in the city of Camden, where they account for both the highest number (1,144) and highest per capita rate (1,430 per 100,000 residents) among all other municipalities. 
With the return to socially and economically challenged communities the re-entry population has other unfavorable factors that contribute to these patterns of failure to successfully assimilate. Less than one-half (49%) of those state prisoners released in 2006 had a high school diploma or a general equivalency degree (GED). Four out of every ten (38%) inmates discharged from a state prison during the past twelve months had not participated in any educational, vocational or treatment program.  These two factors alone, contribute to the high rate of unemployment with this population. Over one-half (58%) of the male inmate population reported having at least one child and 26% of the entire prison population has an outstanding child support or paternity issue.

Proposed Recipient:
Kennedy Health System

Address of Recipient:
Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Washington Township
435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road
Turnersville, NJ 08012

Amount of Request:
$385,000

Explanation of Request:
Funding for the subacute expansion will enhance medical services, improve care, and provide a much-needed renovation and modernization to the facility.  Among other activities, federal funding will help provide:

• Private rooms, featuring modern lighting and modern residential-grade interior finishes, with private baths and showers, with space for visiting and storage
• Modernized dining facilities with home-style cooking and multi use areas
• Integration of staff into the resident and family “household” structure, providing appropriate staffing patterns thereby enhancing staff and resident satisfaction
• Well-designed and environmentally friendly facilities, including usable green space with outdoor recreational equipment

With these renovations and expansions, Kennedy seeks to markedly improve its care by designing its expansion around a model that will:

• Reduce hospital admissions, use of psychotropic drugs, infections, falls and resident boredom
• Improve resident mobility, self-care, personal appearance and energy level
• Increase staff-resident contacts, staff satisfaction and ultimately length of employment
• Enhance rates of family visiting and community volunteerism

Value to Taxpayer:
Nationally, from 1991 to 2001, the number of seniors aged 80 years and over increased by more than 40%, with substantial growth to come in years ahead.  As our population grows older, our societal needs for both volume and quality of care are increasing dramatically.  Recent New Jersey market studies have borne evidence that Kennedy has felt for years—the need to expand.  Kennedy has decided to further invest its long-term investment in the community by constructing a 60 bed sub acute facility with a home-like resident and family-based model.  The project expresses the work that Kennedy has invested in culture change over the last ten years to redefine the delivery of care to promote privacy, dignity and choice for the elderly who need our care.

Proposed Recipient:
Center for Family Services

Address of Recipient:
584 Benson St.
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount of Request:
$466,690

Explanation of Request:
Violence, abuse, neglect, disaster, war, and other emotionally destructive experiences create trauma and these experiences can affect anyone – regardless of age, race, gender, or socioeconomic factors. 
Trauma is often experienced in the aftermath of violence, and places people “at-risk” for damaging social psychological and social injuries.  Victims of trauma have often experienced physical and sexual abuse and neglect, or have survived more “public” violence, such as war, terrorism, or natural disasters.  Trauma has been found to be a consistent common denominator of public mental health, substance abuse and social service program consumers.
Studies show that the impacts of trauma are cumulative, and that unaddressed, trauma underlies a wide range of health and social problems, ranging from heart disease, liver disease, and cancer, to homelessness, prostitution, criminal behavior and unemployment. However, the availability of trauma-specific interventions in trauma-informed environments is limited. 
The need to address trauma in various human service programs, such as youth shelter and residential facilities, substance abuse programs, and youth intervention programs, has become critical for effective public mental health services delivery, and is increasingly recognized as essential for the growth and recovery of trauma survivors. 
CFS will incorporate ways to help people with trauma into its best practices. The organization and the service delivery system must be assessed and modified to include an understanding of how trauma impacts the life of those seeking services.  Trauma-informed practices are based on an understanding of trauma survivors that traditional service delivery approaches may not address, so that services can be more supportive and comprehensive in helping a client heal. 
By implementing trauma informed care at CFS, our programs will ensure a validating, non-judgmental approach. There will be an empirically based, behavioral consultation team that will work on long term relapse prevention.  Through counseling, we will place a heavy emphasis on building a portable skill set by increasing interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance.  We will focus on treating the behaviors, not just the diagnosis.
CFS is already committed to delivering high quality trauma services through our state designated domestic violence safe house, our sexual assault and mental health counseling services, and our community trauma response initiative.  CFS will now take this initiative to the next level.
The first objective of this project is to implement a well-known trauma specific intervention model that has been used extensively in public health settings.  The second objective is to expand the reach of this model to other programs within the agency.  The third objective is to host a regional training conference for other New Jersey human service providers to build collaboration and initiate the implementation of  trauma informed care into other agencies.
This funding will enable the agency to purchase a model, train staff at all levels of the organization, create a “train the trainer” model, develop staff and client handbooks, and enhance program components that will more directly respond to the trauma our clients have experienced through art therapy, an appropriate environment, and increased counseling that addresses past violence and trauma.

Value to Taxpayer:
Trauma has been found to be a consistent common denominator of public mental health, substance abuse and social service consumers. Using public dollars to correctly address trauma will reduce the costs of trauma related problems that taxpayers are currently burdened with.
The costs of untreated trauma-related alcohol and drug abuse were estimated at $160.7 billion in 2000 and the estimated costs of trauma – related child abuse and neglect is $94 billion per year.  For child abuse survivors, long-term psychiatric and medical health care costs are estimated at $100 billion per year.
By implementing trauma informed care practices in several programs at Center For Family Services, we will have a positive impact on over 130 youth each day, and over a 1000 per year that stay in our shelter and residential services.  Additionally, through our Sanctuary programs, more than 500 additional people will receive trauma specific interventions each year. The majority of the children and families that receive services at CFS are Southern New Jersey’s most vulnerable, low in-come residents.  Over the next five years, more than 7500 people will directly benefit from this program. 
As part of this program, CFS staff will create a “train the trainer” program that will teach other CFS programs and other human service providers in New Jersey how to implement trauma informed care in their programs.  This internal training and external partnerships with other organizations will increase the number of people who will benefit from this project exponentially.

Proposed Recipient:
Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc

Address of Recipient:
129 N. Broadway
Camden, NJ 08102

Amount Requested:
$267,000

Explanation of Request:
Our History & Mission
The Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc. (LAEDA) was incorporated in New Jersey in 1987 as a nonprofit, 501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation. The organization was established through the efforts of the National Puerto Rican Coalition along with local community and business leaders to create economic opportunities for minorities while facilitating the redevelopment of Camden City. LAEDA is a successfully governed and managed minority enterprise.
LAEDA's mission is to promote economic development opportunities to include the economically disadvantaged, primarily minorities, in Camden County area, with a concentration in the City of Camden in the State of New Jersey.
Project Description - The Entrepreneurial Development Training Program (EDTP)
The purpose of the Entrepreneurial Development Training Program is to provide an alternate route to gainful employment though the establishment of small businesses.  A key focus of the program is to foster community-based business startups.  By targeting the resident population of the City of Camden, LAEDA has been successful in providing economic opportunity for residents within the city where they reside in neighborhood commercial districts close to their homes.  During each program year EDTP directly trains 60-90 individuals and provides technical assistance to 300 individuals and graduate businesses.
Since its inception in 1990, EDTP has trained over 732 minority individuals in business development.  The program is responsible for the creation of 378 businesses resulting in over 900 jobs.  Our alumni body reflects the rich diversity of the City of Camden.  53% of our alumni are African American, a majority of which are female, 43% are individuals of Latin descent and 4% of Asian and Caucasian decent.
EDTP consists of a nine-week intensive curriculum providing low and moderate-income individuals with business training and assistance in writing business plans and starting businesses. It also includes assistance in obtaining financing and follow up technical assistance for one year.  Intensive classroom training consists of: management, business planning, market analysis, business law, financing, bookkeeping, accounting, personnel, bank services, insurance, licenses and much more. Support services include personal and motivational training, personal counseling, and case management.

Value to Taxpayer:
The alleviation of poverty and providing opportunities for economic mobility is a key responsibility of the Federal government. The City of Camden is reflective of other urban centers in its lack of opportunity and options for economic opportunity.
With a poverty rate of 36%, the City of Camden is ranked as the fifth poorest city in the United States.  Typical of the post industrial era the City of Camden has suffered from the loss of manufacturing employment centers, leading to disinvestment and the decay of the city as a whole.  The unemployment rate in the City of Camden stands at 10.7% as opposed to Camden County at 5.1% and the State of New Jersey at 4.5%.  With a majority of the resident population having less then a high school diploma, the need to provide alternate routes to gainful employment has become paramount in turning the City of Camden around. 
The lack of quality employment options—especially for low-income, low skilled individuals—makes microenterprise development a critical strategy for moving families out of poverty. For those who are highly motivated and have skills in a particular occupation or service, microenterprise training provides low income individuals who are isolated from the economic mainstream and who lack the proper contacts and/or networks, access to resources such as economic support, business linkages and technical assistance needed to help them start up and maintain their own businesses.
Economic empowerment of individuals and families in distressed urban areas like Camden through entrepreneurship can be a powerful tool in the alleviating of pervasive poverty and can be a powerful engine for revitalizing the city.  Business ownership can also be a path to wealth creation for low-income individuals and their families.

Proposed Recipient:
Cooper Health System

Address of Recipient:
One Cooper Plaza
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$3.47 million

Explanation of Request:
Project Description:
            This initiative will construct a “hybrid operating room (OR)” with imaging equipment, that allows surgeons to obtain radiologic images in real-time during invasive procedures.  An “Endovascular OR” is a type of hybrid OR that allows surgeons to perform complex surgeries that require both minimally invasive/endovascular, as well as larger open procedures.  In addition, due to the delicate nature of endovascular procedures, it is highly advantageous to perform procedures in an environment that is designed with the capability for invasive acute cardiac interventions and surgeries. Without the hybrid suites capable of both procedures, a patient undergoing an endovascular procedure who experiences severe complications would have to be physically moved to a traditional OR for a more invasive open procedure.  This can cost time, which in turn can cost lives.                                                                                          ­
            These types of facilities will become the standard of care within the next several decades, and provide a clinical setting for minimally invasive interventions that may require conversion to open procedures. Among the health benefits of endovascular Ors are improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs of providing care due to the following:

• Less invasive procedures and smaller incisions
• Possible use of regional anesthesia (beneficial in patients with significant cardiopulmonary disease)
• Decreased postoperative mortality
• Lower rate of blood transfusion
• Decreased stroke rate
• Faster recovery time/shorter length of stay

The project will create two new operating rooms and support space to support Cooper’s endo-vascular surgery services. The 3,025 SF project will be constructed in renovated space within Cooper’s existing peri-operative services floor at a total approximate cost of $4 million, including construction and equipment. Both ORs will be equipped with single-plane interventional radiology technology. Adding this minimally invasive surgical service will permit Cooper to provide life-saving interventions to residents of South Jersey for afflictions such as aortic aneurysms and vascular trauma. In the Delaware Valley, this service is currently only provided in Philadelphia. Adding endovascular services at Cooper will reduce travel times, frequently in emergent circumstances, and improve clinical outcomes for residents of South Jersey.                                                                                                                                                 ­

The Need:
There are currently no Acute Aortic Treatment Center facilities in southern New Jersey. Annually, there are an estimated 90 deaths in the southern NJ 7-county region from aortic dissection/aneurysm. The proposed facility will treat a patient population estimated at 400-500 annually, and will seek to lower the preventable death rate for these deadly conditions. Currently all patients in South New Jersey forced into going to Philadelphia hospitals (Penn, Jefferson) for treatment.  This diversion to more distant locations costs potentially life-saving minutes for our patients.

Value to Taxpayer:
This project is entirely consistent with Federal priorities and the stated mission of HRSA.  The project would provide increased access to critical services in the minority and medically disadvantaged Camden community afflicted with health disparities. The endo-vascular treatment facility will specifically address conditions that are prevalent in minority populations, due to precursor conditions such as hypertension, and obesity. In addition, HRSA supports critically needed infrastructure funding at safety-net institutions in communities where services are lacking, and where a federal partnership will improve health status and community health.

Proposed Recipient:
UMDNJ – School of Osteopathic Medicine

Address of Recipient:
1 Medical Center Drive
Academic Center, Suite 210
Stratford, NJ 08084

Amount of Request:
$2 million

Explanation of Request:
A 30,000 sq. ft classroom expansion project, which will support the continued growth in enrollment of the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine and five other UMDNJ schools on the Stratford (Camden County) campus:
• UMDNJ Graduate School of Biomedical Science
• UMDNJ School of Nursing
• UMDNJ School of Health Related Professions
• UMDNJ School of Public Health
• UMDNJ New Jersey Dental School
UMDNJ Facilities Planning and Construction (FP&C) and Nadaskay Kopelson Architects have completed proposed drawings of an educational addition to the Stratford Academic Center.  These plans include two large, modern lecture halls that can be combined for campus wide programs or large interdisciplinary events, adequate study space, and the smaller classrooms and breakout rooms necessary for an integrated curriculum and for interdisciplinary education.  Importantly, the plan has been developed in partnership by all six UMDNJ Schools on the Stratford campus; it addresses their projected needs and also allows for future campus growth.

Value to Taxpayer:
The Council on Graduate Medical Education (CoGME) report on Reassessing Physician Workforce Policy Guidelines for the United States 2000-2020 calls for the number students enrolled in U.S. medical schools to increase by 15 percent by 2015. Most recently, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has adopted a white paper urging that enrollment in medical schools be increased by 30 percent as quickly as possible.
UMDNJ-SOM, the only four year medical school in Southern New Jersey, is moving forward with plans to meet the need for new physicians by increasing class size by 50 percent, which has been endorsed by UMDNJ Central Administration and approved by UMDNJ-SOM’s accrediting body (COCA).
With New Jersey residents comprising 80 percent of the most recently admitted class – one-quarter of the class is from Southern New Jersey alone – expanding the class size at UMDNJ-SOM will have a positive impact on the number of physicians available to serve our community in the future.

Proposed Recipient:
National Tooling and Machining Foundation (NTMF)

Recipient Address:
6363 Oak Tree Blvd.
Independence, OH 44131-2500

Amount Requested:
$5 million

Explanation of Request:
The federal funds will allow the PJAM initiative to help the metalworking industry to recruit, screen, train, place and retain the workforce required to support America’s manufacturing future, as well as national security, energy independence and defense needs. PJAM’s purpose is to significantly raise the ability of the metalworking industry to recruit, train, place and retain and fund the development of highly skilled workers to meet the needs of industry companies. The funds will further develop the program to help retain jobs, fill vacancies opened by retirement, fill new jobs, and recruit, train and place displaced workers and veterans. PJAM will use the funds to place these individuals in well-paid, family sustaining jobs with ample career opportunities while contributing to the business growth and sustainability of the local, state, and national economies. PJAM will partner with local technical and high schools, colleges and universities, and private trade schools. The program has a central network to coordinate nation-wide activities including maintaining near real-time best practices and training tools and a recruitment system to provide a direct linkage to the local workforce. The federal funds will help sustain and further develop the central network system and strengthen and expand upon the current pilot sites. As a significant portion of the industry provides services to the defense and national security industries, PJAM will have a specific veteran component to help recruit, train, and place those who have served our country.

Value to Taxpayer:
The funding requested will immediately help fill current and future vacant jobs, as well as retain existing jobs. When fully funded and operational, PJAM will bring over 50 regional training centers and a nation-wide recruitment, training, placement, and retention program, producing over 10,000 Precision Machinist, Tool and Die and Mold makers per year and thousands of other jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this industry alone is projected to have about 475,000 people in these two occupational categories by 2016. A recent    survey estimated that approximately 40% of the skilled labor force in manufacturing is due to retire within the next 5 years. Therefore, based on present figures of employed machinists and tool and die makers, by 2016 these occupations will need to replace close to 199,000 of the current job-holders, or 42% of the labor force needed by 2016. Furthermore, these are highly skilled positions requiring significant training, and crucial to industries such as defense and energy. The program has a local, regional, and national significance that will help employ tens of thousands of Americans while supporting U.S. manufacturers to fill increasing high skilled job vacancies. PJAM’s purpose is to become a major portion of the solution to this shortage of skilled workers affecting a core U.S. industry.

Proposed Recipient:
Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Address of Recipient:
403 Haddon Ave.
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount of Request:
$5 million

Explanation of Request:
The Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC) is a research study designed to determine the effectiveness of using personal genetic information in health management and medical decision-making. The CPMC also aims to discover genetic variants that affect drug toxicity and efficacy, as well as to discover presently unknown gene variants that elevate a person’s risk of cancer and other complex diseases.
This forward-looking, collaborative effort involves physicians, scientists, ethicists, genetic counselors, volunteer study participants, and information technology experts. Its goal is to better understand the impact of personalized or genome-informed, medicine and guide its ethical, legal and responsible implementation.
The study will enroll 10,000 individuals by the end of 2009 with an ultimate goal of 100,000 participants. As of October 2008, there were 3,000 participants enrolled in the study.  There is no charge to study participants.
Coriell has more than forty years experience in developing and maintaining
biorepositories as national and international resources for the study of human diseases and aging.  Coriell has a state of the art laboratory and data management system and a web-based catalog for biomaterials and associated data.  Since the inception of the Coriell Cell Repositories, more than 150,000 cell cultures have been distributed to investigators in laboratories in the United States and sixty two foreign countries.
The CPMC aims to be a model for the ethical, legal and responsible implementation of genome-informed personalized medicine. The CPMC study is structured to allow dynamic communications between Coriell and study participants using a secure web portal. Web-based surveys will be used to assess health and behavioral outcomes related to the personal genetic variant information released by the study. Additionally, this portal will allow participants to share their data with healthcare professionals.
Coriell has established collaborations with neighboring healthcare partners for the CPMC study including Cooper University Hospital, Virtua Health and Fox Chase Cancer Center.

Value to Taxpayer:
The CPMC will benefit the global community by advancing the understanding of the impact of genome-informed medicine, learning why people often respond differently to treatments, and to discover presently unknown genes that elevate a person’s risk of cancer and other complex diseases. The immediate impact will be in the state of New Jersey where more than 3,500 individuals have already enrolled into the study. The CPMC aims to enroll 10,000 participants in the next year with an ultimate goal of 100,000.
Coriell is also dedicated to ensuring that the population of CPMC study participants resembles the demographics of the region. It is essential to include minority populations in this type of research study since historically, the presence of minority populations in genome-wide association studies has been minimal

Proposed Recipient:
Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC) Foundation

Address of Recipient:
606 Delsea Drive
Sewell, NJ  08080

Amount Requested: $1.3 million

Explanation of Request:
Chief executives of some of America’s leading companies are concerned about the ability of the United States to attract and retain science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workers.  These leaders believe one way to improve this shortfall is to construct a STEM pipeline beginning at the elementary school level with hands on, inquiry based science education.  Their position is supported by a survey commissioned by the Bayer Corporation.  In this study, senior executives from some of the largest pharmaceutical, chemical, aerospace and other related industries were polled about issues relating to STEM education.  To improve the shortfall we must also diversify the talent pool…bring more women and minorities into the STEM career fields.  This brings new perspectives as well as increasing the pool of workers. (eSchool News, November/December 2008)
The Foundation of the Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC) is preparing to tackle these issues.  The vision of EIRC is to establish a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Center which will be home to a Challenger Learning Center.  The STEM Center will be utilized as a mid-Atlantic regional hub to raise student academic performance, motivate students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and enhance teacher professional development for students kindergarten through grade 12.  EIRC will work with school districts to track student course selection, college enrollment, and student achievement after students have spent time at the STEM Center.  The Center will be located at the South Jersey Tech Park at Rowan University thus creating a K-20 pipeline and placing visiting students ands teachers into the world of technology.
The Challenger Learning Centers (CLC), offer simulated space missions with the intention of raising the expectations for science and mathematics skills of young people.  CLCs provide students opportunities to apply their learning to solve problems and complete their missions. Students will see themselves as scientists, engineers, researchers and technicians through the simulated space missions.
The mission of the EIRC Foundation is to promote STEM education for students and teachers.  A component of this mission is to attract 10,000 students every year to CLC space missions and related activities of the STEM Center, thus increasing the number of students who will become aware of and seek STEM-related careers.  In addition, students and teachers will be able to work with STEM related activities online and will participate in extended related STEM Center programs including robotics competition, e missions and environmental challenges.

Value to Taxpayer:
By 2010 if current trends continue, 90% of all scientists and engineers in the world will be living in Asia.  Engineering degrees awarded in the US are down 20% from 1985.  United States fourth graders score well against international competition yet fall near the bottom by twelfth grade in Mathematics and Science.  The Challenger Learning Center generates active involvement in problem solving and team work…”21st century skills.”  Simulated missions enable students to see themselves as scientists, engineers, technicians and doctors.

Proposed Recipient:
LEAP Academy University Charter School, Inc

Address of Recipient:
549 Cooper Street
Camden, NJ 08102

Amount Requested:
$1 million

Explanation of Request:
We plan to partner with local groups and grassroots community agencies and stakeholders to integrate education into the overall redevelopment initiatives. After ten years of operations, LEAP Academy has become a national model for addressing the needs of urban children. It's popularity with local families and demand is evidenced by a yearly Enrollment Waiting List of approximately 500 plus students. We all know that good schools are a key element in the redevelopment of communities and neighborhoods. Using the existing model for the LEAP Academy, new schools can be replicated and chartered under the LEAP umbrella, as part of existing local/neighborhood based efforts. Camden City is in need of more small learning communities to address elementary, middle and high school students. We all know first hand, the tremendous challenges that the large high schools in Camden face. Currently, the city lacks specialized/innovative schools that can attract adolescents. The opportunity to create new schools is feasible. These schools could focus on innovative/attractive themes that are attractive to kids.
For example a school could be developed with a focus on Entrepreneurship. We all know that children who are exposed to entrepreneurship are more likely to start their own businesses and more likely to succeed with these businesses. Most new entrepreneurs can point to a parent or close relative or family friend who ran their own business. Children living in poor communities lack the kind of exposure that other children in more affluent spheres have. In this case, the only way for exposure is through the development of formal courses of study that can provide “the skills and education that the children of entrepreneurs get from simply sitting at the dinner table and listening to their parents.” The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership conducted a poll about the attitudes and opinions of youth about entrepreneurship. They found that nearly seven out of 10 youth (aged 14-19) were interested in becoming entrepreneurs. However, 85% of the respondents said that they were taught little or nothing about business and the economy.
An Entrepreneurship Academy in Camden would attract kids that are interested in business and may want or may not want to attend college. Given the existing resources in Camden --the Rutgers-Camden Business Incubator and others, a curriculum could be developed where students attend classes, but engage in project based learning focused on business development and entrepreneurship. As they complete their studies, they also develop a micro-business venture. Career academies are different than traditional academic and vocational education because they provide students with a curriculum that prepares them for a college career if the student chooses to pursue this or if the student decides to work full-time after high school. These academies can be developed to provide career specific training, while also teaching all the required academic curricula for a high school. Research on this area confirms that students in “career academies” perform better in high school and are more likely to continue into post secondary education than other students.
One key element for inclusion with any of the models would be the engagement of parents and families. Therefore, following the LEAP model, as part of the programmatic offerings, the facilities would need to create opportunities for parents to come in and engage in training and educational programs (i.e., GED training, college classes, technical training for certificate program, career academic for parents, etc.), as well as services (i.e. health services and programs; legal services, etc.)

Value to Taxpayer:
The opportunity exists for developing a great educational venture that brings together two of the most innovative and progressive program in the City of Camden. This kind of venture has the potential for success because:

• It is entrepreneurial in nature
• Builds on existing resources, so it would launched from a position of strength Incorporates a long-term financial suitability model
• Maximizes available spaces
• Is children focused
• Builds on organizational synergies
• Replicates and expands from a successful model
• Has the potential for national replication
• Address the educational needs of children and families
• Attracts opportunities for funding and collaboration
• Brings Partners such as Rutgers University and others to the table

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Bellmawr, Camden County, NJ

Address of Recipient:
21 E. Browning Rd.
Bellmawr, NJ 08099-0368

Amount Requested:
$1 million

Explanation of Request:
            This project will install a 10 foot wide by 8 foot high storm sewer box culvert adjacent to Route 42 for the discharge of storm water into the Big Timber Creek.  The existing system goes through the unclosed and uncapped landfill and has partially and totally collapsed piping.  The large commercial project to rise on the landfill will provide much needed jobs in the region and will encourage activity in the region.

Value to Taxpayer:
            This project should be funded for federal consideration since it will be the first step in the process to close and cap three landfills that have been abandoned while ultimately turning the area into a commercially viable tax base for the region.  This is at the intersection of Route 42 and Route 295, two federal interstates.

Proposed Recipient:
American Community Partnerships

Address of Recipient:
1535 South Broadway
Camden, NJ 08104

Amount Requested:
$500,000

Explanation of Request:
American Community Partnerships proposes the creation of “Working Together for Green Jobs” for residents, community-based organizations, and businesses of Camden, New Jersey.   ACP proposes to develop a comprehensive skills certification effort while providing a forum for advocating a commitment to the greening of Camden’s land, buildings, and workforce development. 
Since 1998, ACP has been providing workforce training and “human capital” development, having training approximately 1,000 area residents in construction pre-apprenticeship, culinary, and medical assistant skill sets.  In 2002, the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) entered into a partnership with ACP to assist in providing greater opportunities for Camden residents to obtain careers paying living wages and benefits.  DRPA has also partnered with ACP, the United Building Trades of South Jersey, and others in the creation of a Career Training Academy at 1535 South Broadway.  Now, ACP believes it is time to complete the initial work of this partnership and to focus squarely on the best future we can imagine for residents, their enhanced skill sets, their homes and workplaces, and the economic future of the City of Camden. 

To do this we propose three (3) interdependent activities:

• Create career ladders for Camden residents seeking entry into the “Green Jobs Market”
• Provide entry level and, later, advanced green skills training
• Establish a comprehensive partnership with key institutions and community-based organizations that will attempt to forge consensus on a commitment to the greening of Camden.

It is our hope and expectation the next chapter in DRPA’s partnership with ACP will combine the best of the original effort, namely jobs and enhanced skills for residents, with the market’s best opportunity for the advancement of living wage employment and responsible community development.  ACP therefore proposes both to train and to employ directly (through the creation of a Camden GreenBuilder Corps) successful graduates of ACP’s energy audit and weatherization classes.  To help develop the impetus for a mature environmental restoration and energy retrofit market in Camden, ACP proposes the creation of a multi-stakeholder initiative to build consensus for committing to “green” residential, commercial, and industrial land and buildings.  This latter effort will require the planning, prioritization, and implementation of the path towards a future for the City that embraces a sustainable economic future and environment without abandoning its historic past.   This proposed effort is not intended to supplant the current efforts of others to develop a better Camden; rather, it is meant to fit comfortably within those efforts while providing a practicable vision that enhances the workforce and economic development efforts underway.  ACP therefore seeks funding to train 225 people over three years and to weatherize at least 75 Camden homes in that same time period.  ACP also commits to raising additional matching funds, just as it has in the years preceding this new chapter of the DRPA-ACP partnership.

Value to Taxpayer:
Retooling Skill Training to Meet Unmet Camden Needs
The new federal stimulus legislation includes a dramatic proposal to insulate or “weatherize” a million or more homes owned by low-income Americans.  The legislation creates needed jobs, cuts heating and cooling bills for homeowners and small businesses, and conserves energy.  A greatly expanded Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will play a vital role in stimulating the economy in the short run and in achieving long-term savings in energy efficiency and energy affordability.  With the infusion of the first installment of $10 billion in new money into the existing program to meet these objectives, significantly more affordable homes, the majority of housing in Camden, will be retrofitted to the highest standards of quality and effectiveness.  New enhancements to the program focus on training individuals to obtain the necessary energy efficiency skill sets which will produce a trained and prepared workforce while continuing to maintain high production weatherization quality and standards.  The new infusion of federal money through the new stimulus bill ensures there is a government response that:

• Requires states to identify new providers with trained and skilled energy efficiency technicians to meet the demand for weatherization assistance to low-income residents.

• Puts people to work quickly in jobs that do not require years of training.
• Saves typical homeowners more than $350 a year.
• Cuts the use of energy, which can also delay the need to build costly power plants while reaping the benefit of decreasing harmful emissions that adversely impact public health and the environment.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Glassboro

Address of Recipient:
1 S. Main St.
Glassboro, NJ 08028

Amount Requested:
$500,000

Explanation of Request:
Since 2000, the Borough of Glassboro has been working with private investors and Rowan University to revitalize its blighted downtown. In 2007, SORA Holdings committed to making a $300 million private investment to build Rowan Boulevard, a corridor directly connecting Glassboro’s downtown to Rowan University’s campus in addition to helping to redevelop the entire downtown business district.
Rowan University’s students spend $18.3 million annually on retail and entertainment, of which only 18% is captured by the Borough. In a Community Insights study conducted by the JGSC Group, it was also estimated that $425 million in potential annual retail sales leak out of Glassboro each year. In addition, the estimated tax revenue currently generated from the downtown area properties only totals $250,000 annually.
With the creation of Rowan Boulevard and the redevelopment of the downtown, Glassboro will be the home to over 125 new retailers producing $225 million annually. The entire project is expected to generate $1.2 million in new annual property taxes and create more than 400 permanent jobs, not to mention the hundreds of short term jobs created during the design and construction phase.
This is a project that is in progress right now. That means during these tough economic times, Glassboro’s Rowan Boulevard/Downtown Redevelopment project is moving forward and continues to support the local and regional economy with jobs and commerce.
The project is also a true Smart Growth endeavor that supports Green Building concepts by creating a walkable community that incorporates residential, retail, office and student housing in an area for people to live, work, play and learn.
In order for the above plans to work properly, the infrastructure and ground work for the project must be in place. For this reason, the Borough would like to secure Federal support to help construct the new sewer/water piping and storm water retention/detention basin. This infrastructure project will accommodate the storm water needs for the entire redevelopment area and help control flow and water quality which will affect the 850+ students living in the new student housing; the owners, proprietors, customers in the new 125 retail facilities as well as the thousands of residents and visitors that will be living, working, playing and learning in Glassboro’s Rowan Boulevard/Downtown Redevelopment area.
The sewer/water piping and basin project is estimated to cost $2.6 million. The requested $500,000 of federal funding will help offset some of the construction costs.
The local, regional and state economic impact between the jobs and commerce created from the construction to the finished product of Glassboro’s Rowan Boulevard/Downtown Redevelopment project is further evidence of why this should be a federally funded project specifically in this rough economic climate. It is a project you can be proud to put your name on because Glassboro’s taxpayers, private investors and public entities are making an investment to ensure the strength of Glassboro’s present and future economy as well as the economy throughout the region remains stable and viable.

Value to Taxpayer:
In a time when jobs are scarce and commerce is weak, Glassboro’s governing body, in partnership with SORA and Rowan University, continues to keep people working and continues to make monetary investments through material purchases and securing specialized service contracts. It is a project that can be used as an example throughout the US on how to conduct a successful downtown/university redevelopment even in a weak economy.
Today, more than ever, this country needs activities that they can believe in and because the economic downfall has not affected the ongoing activities in the redevelopment area the people throughout Glassboro and the County are really counting on the Glassboro Rowan Blvd/Downtown Redevelopment project to be successful so they can see that a community’s vision can truly become a reality.
Federal funding will only help to support this effort and help the project move forward faster while helping to create a significant destination in Southern New Jersey that generates jobs, commerce and property taxes today and into the future.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Brooklawn

Address of Recipient:
301 Christiana St.
Brooklawn, NJ 08030

Amount Requested:
$933,467

Explanation of Request:
            The project site is located in the Borough of Brooklawn, Camden County, New Jersey along New Broadway (Count Route No. 55) from N.J.S.H Route No. 130 to Chestnut Street. The project is funded through the FFY 2005 Safetea-LU. The project must comply with The National Environmental Policy Act (N.E.P.A.) Therefore, a request is being made for determination, by the Office of Natural Lands Management, relative to the existence of any plant/animal species classified as threatened or endangered within or immediately adjacent to the project site. The sidewalks along side both sides of Broadway shall be removed and replaced with five feet wide concrete sidewalk with scored diamond pattern and concrete stenciled red brick edging and curb ramps, 4" thick, Class "B". All of the existing trees will be removed and new shade trees will be installed. 15- watt high pressure sodium decorative streetlights (by P.S.E.G. Services) with banners, at a spacing of approximately 150 feet on both sides of the roadway (staggered). Benches, bicycle racks, planters, bollards, decorative sign posts, and trash receptables will be located in strategic areas throughout the project. The bus shelters will be replaced with decorative bus shelters at the intersection of New Broadway and Town Center. The town clock will be located at Town Center, which will include benches, trash receptacles, brick pavers, landscaping, and decorative lighting.  The Borough completed a portion of the first phase from New Jersey State Highway Route 130 Junction, "Brooklawn Circle," to Marne Road with the exception of the site amenities and streetscape improvements to the circle(s).

Value to Taxpayer:
The project will work toward improving pedestrian safety and circulation which is an integral part of the 21st century transportation goals.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Barrington

Address of the Recipient:
229 Trenton Avenue, Barrington, New Jersey 08007

Amount of Request:
$ 1,110,000.00

Explanation of Request:
The project consists of the extension of the Borough's extremely successful streetscape improvements project (Phase 1 and 2), which commenced in 2002 with Phase 1 and the completion of Phase 2 in 2008. 

The project consists of isolated curb replacement, replacement of sidewalk with wider sidewalk, construction of curb ramps and enhanced crosswalks, installation of shade trees, decorative street lighting, decorative bollard, park benches, bicycle racks and trash receptacles.

Value to Tax Payer:
The national significance of the project is that the project is consistent with the intent of the Federal Stimulus Plan to employ persons, and the SAFETEA-LU program for surface transportation projects, making improvements to the streets to provide safe passage for motorists and pedestrians.

Proposed Recipient:
Township of Berlin

Address of Recipient:
170 Bate Avenue
West Berlin, New Jersey 08091

Amount Requested:
$ 2.1 million

Explanation of Request:
The Governing body has developed a long term Capital Improvements Program.  Street improvements have been included in the program.  It has been difficult for the Township, financially, to perform the necessary street improvements resulting in the delays for improvement.  The delay of the improvements results in further degradation of the street pavement and an increase in the cost for the improvements.  Therefore, the Governing Body desires to perform certain street improvements to attempt to return to a schedule for the performance of the necessary improvements.
The Governing Body desires to reconstruct Katherine Avenue to re-profile the street to provide for proper gutterline flow.  The street will be widened to accommodate concrete curb that would be constructed to delineate and preserve the edge of the pavement.  Concrete sidewalk would also be constructed to provide for a safe pedestrian route, especially for school students, which walk to the nearby elementary school.  A cul-de-sac will be constructed at the end of the street to allow for the turn around of trash collection, emergency, and other vehicles.
The improvements to Mt. Vernon Avenue will be made to improve the pavement surface as the existing pavement is exhibiting conditions of structural failure.  The improvement, at this time, will allow for the most cost effective improvement, rather than the full reconstruction of the pavement, resulting from further pavement degradation.  The intersections will be reconstructed to address drainage issues and improper pavement profiles.
The improvements along Hazel and Magnolia Avenues will consist of partial reconstruction and re-profiling of the pavement to eliminate the numerous ponding areas.  The improvements to the streets will also eliminate the settled trench pavement for the sanitary sewer mains and laterals and other utility openings.
The street improvements will address the safety issues, associated with ponded and deteriorated/failed pavement materials.

Value to Taxpayer:
The national significance of the project is that the project is in concert with the intent of the Federal Stimulus Plan to employ persons, and the SAFETEA-LU program for surface transportation projects, while making improvements to the streets to provide a safe passage for motorists and pedestrians.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Gibbsboro

Address of Recipient:
49 Kirkwood Road
Gibbsboro, NJ 08026

Amount Requested:
$1 million

Explanation of Request:
The Borough of Gibbsboro has spent over 10 years designing and implementing a streetscape theme to compliment and enhance the historic nature of the community. Through both public and private investment, the Borough has been able to implement the construction of the streetscape along portions of the commercial corridor known as County Route No. 561. The theme includes an 8 feet wide concrete bikeway network that is bordered by a brick wall and ornamental iron fence back drop. The commercial businesses along the county highway have never been able to benefit from pedestrian access since there is no sidewalk along the roadway. Since construction on the new streetscape began, pedestrian access is now available to at least one third of the 3,800 linear feet of commercial district along County Route No. 561. Approximately $1.5 million has been invested to date to achieve the goal. The Borough of Gibbsboro respectfully requests federal funding in the amount of $1.0 million to complete the project.

Value to Taxpayer:
This project has been designed and is ready for construction. By providing funding for this project, jobs will be created to support the economy. Also, this project is a continuation of the Gibbsboro Bikeway network, which links with a bikeway system in the Borough of Lindenwold and interconnects with both the PATCO High Speed Line and the New Jersey Transit Bus System. Therefore, the proposed project is transit oriented and encourages the use of pedestrian and mass transportation. Finally, there are sites in Gibbsboro along the county roadway which have remained vacant for over 10 years. The funding of this project will support future redevelopment of the commercial property which will further enhance the economy in the region.

Proposed Recipient:
Virtua Health

Address of Recipient:
101 Carnie Boulevard
Voorhees, NJ 08043

Amount Requested:
$2 million

Explanation of Request:
BACKGROUND
Virtua West Jersey Hospital Voorhees (“Virtua Voorhees”) is a full service, acute care hospital with a service area population of almost 1,250,000 New Jersey residents in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester Counties, New Jersey.   Because of the limitations of a hospital that is more than 35 years old, Virtua Voorhees is in the process of replacing its current facility with a new hospital in Voorhees Township. 
The existing Virtua Voorhees facility has more than 1,800 full and part-time employees.  Phase I construction at the new hospital site is slated for delivery in 2011, and will employ approximately 2,800 New Jersey residents.  After the completion of the total project, the hospital will host over 4,100 employees, a net increase of 2,300 employees, making it a critical economic driver for Camden County and the South Jersey economy in these difficult economic times. 
Virtua Voorhees is working with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) to assess the traffic implications of the new hospital campus.  NJDOT believes the new hospital will have some level of traffic impact to at least seven intersections on Route 73, with the largest impacts at Route 73 and Cedar Hill Drive/Campus Drive and Route 73 and Dutchtown Road North. These two intersections will provide access to the new hospital.  Virtua believes federal partnership in this project will help alleviate some of the long standing transportation challenges on Route 73, as well as provide more streamlined access to the hospital.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This transportation project calls for two specific NJ State Highway Route 73 improvements to be implemented in the vicinity of the Virtua Campus in Voorhees Township, NJ:  Route 73 & Cedar Hill Drive/Campus Drive and Route 73 and Dutchtown Road North.  The requested funds will allow Virtua Health, subject to state approval, to design, acquire right of way, and begin initial construction for these improvements that will provide access to the Virtua Campus.
Route 73 & Cedar Hill Drive/Campus Drive: This intersection will provide access to Campus Drive at the southern end of the Virtua campus.  Currently it is a signalized intersection providing access on the east side of Route 73 to the Cedar Hill shopping center, which is soon to be expanded.  With these funds, traffic signals at the intersection will be relocated and modified to accommodate new lane layouts that facilitate access to the Virtua Voorhees campus, and additional ramps and lanes will be added to improve through traffic flow on Route 73.
Route 73 & Dutchtown Road North: This intersection will provide access to Hospital Drive on the north end of the Virtua campus via Dutchtown Road North and improve an unsignalized intersection into one that is signalized and facilitates improved flow of traffic on Route 73.  An added benefit to a signalized intersection is new ease of access to Dutchtown Road North which provides access to Voorhees Township recreational facilities at Lions Lake Park.

Value to Taxpayer:
The new Virtua Voorhees hospital campus will significantly benefit the regional economy by creating 2,300 new, permanent jobs and millions of dollars of related economic activity.  In conjunction with that new hospital campus, this transportation project will provide much needed level of service improvements at two critical intersections on State Route 73 while facilitating safe and efficient access to the new Virtua Voorhees campus. The roadway improvements will benefit the traveling public by significantly reducing congestion on the heavily traveled highway, especially during peak hour traffic, while also improving associated air quality and enhancing the overall safety of the roadway.

Proposed Recipient:
County of Gloucester

Address of the Recipient:
PO Box 337
Woodbury, NJ  08096

Amount of Request:
$300,000

Explanation of Request:
The project entails reconstruction of the Repaupo Creek Levee structure. Funding has been procured for reconstruction of the floodgate and 900 feet of levee. The funds being requested would secure the balance of the approximately 5,000 linear feet of dilapidated and deteriorating structure. The rehabilitation plans were developed in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineers' (ACOE) published guidelines.

Value to Tax Payer:
The repair of the Repaupo Creek Flood Gate has been a critical public safety issue that has unfortunately existed for several decades without resolution. Under the leadership of the Gloucester County Improvement Authority and commitments from a funding partnership including Gloucester County, the State of New Jersey and Logan and Greenwich Townships, resolution to the issue has begun. 

A floodgate or levee failure could mean the tragic loss of life, property and disruption of critical infrastructure like Interstate 295.  Estimates of property loss have reached into the billions of dollars because the precarious positioning the floodgate itself in proximity to homes, businesses and roads. It has also been over 45 years since the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) had first recommended that substantial repairs and replacement of the existing flood gate and levee system be performed.  In that time, the structure has continued to deteriorate with only emergency, patchwork repairs done in direct response to damage caused by specific storm events.

There is little doubt as to the critical threat to public health, safety and welfare due to the decrepit flood control structures for the entire area of the Repaupo Creek Watershed, a large tributary to the Delaware River.  The Repaupo Meadow Company, the entity originally charged with the operations and maintenance of the levee and flood gate structures, is essentially defunct and has subsequently abandoned them.  Because of a lack of substantive and holistic action over many decades, the structures are in need of immediate action as they are on the verge of failure to avoid loss of life and property caused by flooding within the Repaupo Creek Watershed

Gloucester County, through the Gloucester County Improvement Authority (GCIA) has initiated the process necessary for repair and replacement of the Repaupo Creek flood gate and immediate levee structure in an effort to begin the process to protect the Repaupo Creek Watershed and surrounding areas in order to minimize the potential for loss associated with any 100 year storm event.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Oaklyn

Address of Recipient:
500 White Horse Pike
Oaklyn, New Jersey 08107

Amount Requested:
$ 1,495,850.00

Explanation of Request:
Borough of Oaklyn
Rehabilitation of Sanitary Sewer Collection System and Correction of Infiltration/Inflow (I/I)
For many years, excessive amount of infiltration and inflow (I/I) have been affecting the Oaklyn Borough sanitary sewer collection system.  The presence of these extraneous flows is apparent since the Bettlewood Avenue Pump Station has been documented to operate on a continual basis, during and immediately after significant rainfall events.  In addition, the pump station experiences overflows, which, ultimately, led to the closure and removal of the adjacent playground by the Camden County Parks Department, in 2001.  Also, the excessive operating time of the pumps has led to higher operating costs and frequent maintenance problems for the Sewer Department staff.
The infiltration and inflow (I/I) Analysis, which was performed in 1998, determined the service area to  be 277 users with an infiltration rate of 76.87 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) and an inflow of 67.2 gpcd.  Thus the total infiltration rate is 21,293 gpd and the inflow rate is 18,614 gpd.
The project consists of the construction of sump pump discharge collection system(s) in the Bettlewood Avenue Pump Station Service area, along Haddon Avenue and Coldspring Avenue.  During the investigation , two areas were identified as having high flows of clear water, which is an indicator of I/I flows.  
The sump pump discharge collection system(s) would service approximately 58 homes.  The system would be constructed along Haddon Avenue and Coldspring Avenue and then continue along Bettlewood Avenue, through the Camden County Parks Department property and discharge into an existing storm drainage collection system.

Value to Taxpayer:
The national significance of the project is that the improvements are consistent with the prominent goals of the Clean Waters Act.

Proposed Recipient:
Borough of Somerdale

Address of Recipient:
105 Kennedy Boulevard
Somerdale, NJ 08083

Amount Requested:
$ 4,049,116.50

Explanation of Request:
The project consists of the replacement of sections of the sanitary sewer mains, where there are chronic areas of sewer blockages and backups, due to the failing and deteriorated collection system.  Sections for the sanitary sewer collection system will be improved to eliminate extraneous flow and infiltration/inflow, as directed by the Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, which operates the County wide conveyance and treatment facilities.

Value to Taxpayer:
The national significance of the project is that the project is consistent with the Clean Waters Act to eliminate extraneous flows and addresses a public health hazard, due to the blockages and backups within the sanitary sewer mains.

Proposed Recipient:
Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

Recipient Address:
235 White Horse Pike
Collingswood, NJ 08107

Amount Requested:
$10 million

Explanation of Project:
The proposed facility, which will be located at 510 Liberty Street in Camden, New Jersey,  will consist of seventy beds dedicated to short-term residential care and patients requiring long-term  treatment  such as Drug Court or Mutual Agreement Program (“MAP”) clients.  The facility will also be licensed to provide outpatient services in an effort to provide continuum of care options.  Facility renovations are anticipated to take approximately six (6) months.  When completed, the facility will be the only inpatient drug treatment residential program in Camden City.  This program will also offer outpatient services as a continuum of care for substance abusers.

Value to Taxpayer:
Substance abuse treatment is not just a local issue.  The implications of not treating individuals suffering from drug and alcohol abuse reverberate across municipal, county, and state lines.  This is certainly a national issue and should be viewed as such.

Proposed Recipient:
Cooper’s Ferry Development Association

Address of Recipient:
One Port Center
2 Riverside Drive, #501
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$750,000

Explanation of Project:
Since its inception in 1983, CFDA has successfully attracted and coordinated more than $550 million of private and public investment into the City’s downtown waterfront. Serving as overall planner, promoter, and master developer for the waterfront, CFDA has put in place the building blocks for a vibrant, mixed-use waterfront community with the primary economic catalyst being family entertainment.

CFDA has broadened its focus on the downtown waterfront to work with other communities in the City of Camden that face redevelopment challenges, particularly those in industrial or formerly industrial areas located along Camden’s waterways.  CFDA believes that establishing, re-establishing, or dramatically improving the linkages between residential communities and their waterfronts is a fundamental component of a successful revitalization strategy for the City of Camden as a whole.

Based on this premise, CFDA established its Camden Waterfront Neighborhood Development Initiative whose objectives are planning, assembling, remediating and developing waterfront land for permanently accessible open space along Camden’s waterways, connecting these parks into a greenway within Camden. Connecting residential neighborhoods with their waterfronts through park development will improve the quality of life and health of residents. At the same time, it will draw the value that access and views of water creates into these communities, essentially using public investment to leverage private reinvestment in these neighborhoods.

CFDA is seeking funding to support its Initiative in North Camden and Cramer Hill, two communities where CFDA has partnerships with local community-based organizations. CFDA provides its expertise in areas including land assembly, brownfield remediation, infrastructure development, park development, identification of public and private funding and navigation of local, county and state reviews and approvals. 

With Governor Corzine’s commitment to close Riverfront State Prison this summer, North Camden presents an incredible opportunity for neighborhood redevelopment. CFDA has been a leading force in spearheading a neighborhood-based planning process to put a vision in place for the future of the neighborhood that maximizes public waterfront access and views and at the same time leverages private redevelopment of formerly industrial waterfront land. CFDA has played a similar role in the creation of a plan for Cramer Hill. 

 CFDA will continue to work with diverse array of neighborhood stakeholders as well as the City, County, Delaware River Port Authority, and the State to set the stage for future redevelopment. CFDA will create and implement a development strategy for acquiring, remediating and developing parkland along both waterfronts and will focus on the implementation of specific projects set forth in the plans in order to build momentum and to show early success.

Value to Taxpayer:
This project furthers the federal responsibility to support the development of viable urban communities, with a suitable living environment and to expand economic opportunities for persons of low and moderate income.

To diminish it structural deficit and provide adequate public services to its citizens, Camden must rebuild its tax base by building on assets, including proximity to Philadelphia and swathes of underutilized waterfront land. This initiative will facilitate reinvestment and increase ratables, diminishing Camden’s need for State Aid. Governor Corzine has announced the removal of Riverfront State Prison from the North Camden waterfront. This initiative will help the State to implement a strategy for reuse of this highly valuable land.

Proposed Recipient:
Rajant Corporation

Recipient Address:
400 East King Street
Malvern, PA 19355

Amount Requested:
$5.9 million

Explanation of Request:
This program provides RDT& E on the Portable Mobile Emergency Broadband System (PMEBS) wireless communication BreadCrumb devices for military uses focused on the development of high bandwidth to support mobile situational awareness and operational efficiency, implementation of Suite B security, and low frequency band for range and non-line-of-sight improvement.

The PMEB System consists of mobile communication devices that wirelessly link together to form a wireless network.  The system is developed by Rajant Corporation and administered by the US Army’s Communications Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Centers Command and Control Directorate.  The PMEBS networks have unique applications for the military, and enable personnel to rapidly establish, replace or augment communication systems with a secure, rugged, battery-powered, auto-configuring, high bandwidth, fully mobile network.  System features have been developed with direct input from the military in order to meet stringent functional requirements and unique needs for reliability and ease of use.

The PMEBS system continues to receive wide acceptance in the military for a diverse range of voice, video and data uses.  As with any technology, acceptance leads to greater demand for new features and capabilities, and further R&D of PMEBS is needed to address military requirements for high bandwidth, stronger security and improved non-line-of-sight communications.

Value to Taxpayer:
By developing and deploying a mobile wireless broadband network through this research and development project, the situational awareness and operational efficiency of military forces on the battlefield will continue to be greatly improved.  Installation of PMEBS networks save, time, money and most importantly the lives of military personnel.  The PMEBS= BreadCrumb solution consists of highly mobile wireless network nodes that create a wireless mesh network with neighboring BreadCrumbs.  The core software, called InstaMesh, enables quick connections to moving nodes creating a high bandwidth and highly resilient network able to withstand wear and tear in military theaters. 

Rajant=s PMEBS network also has applications within homeland security and for emergency personnel in border security efforts and responses to natural and man-made disasters.  Rajant provided PMEBS BreadCrumb networks to the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf region, and also to Thailand after the Indian Ocean Tsunami.  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Rajant established networks in Bay St. Louis, a medical center and a local Walmart for emergency rescue management teams EMS, Highway Patrol, Fire Departments and HazMat Teams.  Rajant also took an active role in aiding the Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster relief effort by establishing portable, wireless networks in refugee camps and body identification and reclamation centers.  Despite the absence of any existing telecommunications infrastructure, the BreadCrumb systems were set-up and operational very quickly.  The networks utilized a satellite uplink to provide much needed wireless broadband access allowing Voice over IP (VoIP) calling services and the capability to send DNA information back to the US for body identification.  The network in the refugee camp provided medical personnel and camp administrators access to the internet as well as provided communication capabilities to friends and family for those searching for missing relatives.

Proposed Recipient:
Absecon Mills

Recipient Address:
Aloe and Vienna Avenues
Cologne, NJ 08213    

Amount Requested:
$3,586,675.90

Explanation of Project:
Aramid fiber is one of the high performance fibers which are widely used in protective
application, due to its high tenacity, low elongation and outstanding thermal properties. It is used in the manufacturing of soft body armor, as well armor protection such as ballistic helmets and ballistic armor laminate (panels), which represents a large sector of fiber consumption. In hard armor application, the aramid fibers are woven into fabric according to specifications and subjected to finishing process.
The strength of the fiber-reinforced composite laminates is dependent not only on the behavior of its components, but on the components' interaction as well. In general, the efficacy of composites is derived from their ability to transfer loads between their constituents in a manner that exploits the properties of each effectively. For example, the shear bond strength between the polymer matrix material and the fiber affects the transfer of load from the matrix to the composite while the inter laminar shear strength affects the transfer load from one layer in the composite to the next. Developing non-traditional weave techniques and designs (new) and improving the load sharing capability within the composite by affecting the fiber's surface properties is the long-term goal of this project.

Value to Taxpayer:
The research directly supports and compliments the Science and Technology Research of the United States Navy, Office of Naval Research both for Force Protection initiatives and also for Composite Materials Research. The mission of the Research Protections Division (ONR 34C) is to ensure that the Navy and the Marine Corps conduct non-medical Department of Navy (DON)-supported human subject research in compliance with federal regulations, DoD directives, and Navy instructions. Human subject research is critical to support the warfighter, Navy and Marine Corps training, operational capability, and the competency of the Navy medical department. This research includes the test and evaluation (T&E) of personal protective equipment such as body armor, hearing protection, and helmets; human factors engineering for combat stations/systems;
improving treatment of decompression sickness; reducing spatial disorientation in aviators; and maximizing human performance and endurance, among many others.

Proposed Recipient:
Drexel University

Recipient Address:
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Amount Requested:
$7 million

Explanation of Project:
ACIN matches DOD needs with academic and industrial capabilities in communications and information networking.  In FY 2010 ACIN will focus on solutions that are of major importance to DOD’s strategic system needs such as compression algorithms for tactical UAV airborne cameras and tactical service provider - collaboration with the Defense Information Systems Agency, Joint Concept Technology Demonstration, 2007-2009 on Evaluation of WiMAX technologies for “on the pause” dismount communications.

Value to Taxpayer:
ACIN enables DOD warfighters to rapidly deploy state-of-the-practice communications and networking technology for warfighting and National Security.  The core objective of ACIN is R&D and commercialization of technologies that will revolutionize military capabilities, including doctrine and methods of operation. 

Proposed Recipient:
Accenture National Security Services

Recipient Address:
200 Federal Street, Suite 400
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$7 million

Explanation of Project:
DMIT is a suite of tools that enables an enterprise architecture for on-demand, trusted, interoperability among and between mission-oriented C4I systems based on lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Additional spending will allow DMIT to be extended to Joint and coalition requirements, as well as address current strategic weaknesses in Air Force AOC management years ahead of current schedules.  DMIT has already begun joint integration of time-critical-targeting with the Air Force, Army, and Navy.  DMIT’s use of commercial services-based architectures and telephony standards allows interactive information sharing between mission critical applications by breaking down the traditional application stovepipes.  This services-based architecture is critical to supporting Joint and coalition missions and exercises because of the requirement for rapid event staging, complex security levels, and involves diverse participants.

Value to Taxpayer:
DMIT provides the Air Force with an adaptable process and rich toolkit for increasing interoperability at an enterprise level without major impact to existing systems.  It provides the ability to incorporate network-centric processes and missions using today’s C4I programs providing an early beacon on successful application before billions are spent in the Air Force, Army, Marines, and Joint Forces.  The toolkit leverages best practices from the commercial sector to positively impact the DoD C4I programs through the use of open architectures, existing and emerging web standards, telecommunication standards, and state-of-the-art technologies.  It has produced several demonstrations of network-centric capabilities that have received service support and are moving into operational use.

Proposed Recipient:
AirDat, LLC

Recipient Address:
2400 Perimeter Parkway, Suite 100
Morrisville, NC 27560

Amount Requested:
$7.5 million

Explanation of Project:
The benefits of a TAMDAR system on the U.S. C-27J fleet are numerous.  The improved atmospheric knowledge and forecasting will provide decision makers at every level of the DOD high resolution and highly accurate weather information from which to make superior operational and combat decisions.  Weather forecasts are only as good as the quality and density of the observations of the atmosphere.  AirDat’s commercial TAMDAR system has significantly increased the accuracy and precision of various weather models and forecasts. This has been independently verified and documented through over 40 published technical papers from NASA, NOAA, and NCAR.  The improvement in forecasting capability is even more pronounced in data sparse regions like Afghanistan and other areas of the world where U.S. and coalition forces must operate.  The improved weather models enabled by a DOD TAMDAR system will enable Commanders at every level of the battlespace to make better and timelier decisions giving them an advantage over our adversaries.  This is an enabling technology that will help provide our forces Information Dominance. 

Value to Taxpayer:
Additional advantages that the TAMDAR system brings to the DOD are improved operational safety and efficiencies with potential to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year through fuel savings and decrease in greenhouse gas emissions.  A 0.5% decrease in the Air Force transport fleet alone will save $10-15M annually.  The system will also provide the U.S. C-27J aircraft fleet with a true global real time datalink and voice capability that does not exist on the current aircraft.  See attached sheet for additional detail on the TAMDAR system and deployment on the U.S. C-27J aircraft fleet.

Proposed Recipient:
Akers Biosciences Inc.

Recipient Address:
201 Grove Road
Thorofare, NJ 08086

Amount Requested:
$20 million

Explanation of Project:
The POV Safety Program serves as a tool to enhance the service-wide prevention of drunk driving campaigns by emphasizing safe behavior, and reinforces the role that alcohol often plays in vehicular accidents and fatalities.  The POV Safety Program has been successfully used by the US Military for the past seven years to help ensure the safety of our troops.  The program involves special training, and the issuance of keychains that contain the disposable BreathScan alcohol breathalyzer to military personnel.  Once used, the keychains must be refilled with a new BreathScan breathalyzer.  The program has been proven to significantly reduce alcohol incidents, including driving under the influence, and has saved lives. Widespread implementation of the program keychain in the hands of every serviceman.  The military is now in need of a funding source for breathalyzer refills.  Military sources indicate the need for an average of 8 breathalyzer refills per keychain, for a total of $30million.

Value to Taxpayer:
The funding of this project will serve to protect our troops and increase safety.  The POV Safety Program has been proven to dramatically reduce alcohol-related incidents and driving under the influence of alcohol offenses in military personnel.  These reductions have greatly improved the safety and well-being of military personnel. In addition, the products are 100% made in the USA.  A $20million appropriation would result in the creation of 80 new, high-wage manufacturing and quality control jobs at Akers Biosciences, and an estimated 24 additional jobs at several component suppliers.

Proposed Recipient:
Shan Industries, LLC

Recipient Address:
24 Ames Blvd.
Hamburg, NJ 07419

Amount Requested:
$10 million

Explanation of Project:
The 463 L aluminum platform is currently the backbone of the air cargo logistics system.  It is designed to lock cargo into an aircraft using a system of belts, conveyors and heavy duty nets.  However, the 463 L has been used in a manner for which it was not designed – for the deployment of assets into the field.  This misuse has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in excess costs to the Air Force that has left the Air Mobility Command with a low inventory of 463 L pallets.  The 463 L was designed to stay at the aerial port and not to be deployed because it is heavy, expensive ($1700 new / $860 repaired) and due to its weight and lack of forklift pockets, does not lend itself as well to rapid efficient deployment or storage of assets as does the AIP. 

Demands of ground deployment to locations distant from the aircraft site have taken their toll on the 463 L inventory.  Annual costs to repair and replace the 463 L have surpassed $100 million in recent years.  This has resulted in the development of the AIP in order to protect assets and to enable the 463 L to be used in a way for which it was designed.  USTRANSCOM has strongly recommended to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Commander of Air Mobility Command that the AIP be funded and implemented immediately.  The $10 million FY 2010 request will provide necessary funds to being this implementation.

The AIP is a molded plastic pallet designed, engineered, tooled and manufactured by Shan Industries and subjected to rigorous testing by USTRANSCOM in various bases in the US, at NavSea, and in the field in Iraq, Kuwait and Antarctica.  Contractor performance assessments and business case analysis have shown that the AIP should be integrated into air cargo logistics for operational and budgetary reasons. 

Cargo is loaded on the AIP which is secured to the 463 L pallet for lading and transportation on the aircraft.  Once in the theater, the AIP, with cargo secured, is off loaded and deployed while the 463 L remains at the aerial port.  The AIP has forklift pockets, is virtually indestructible and is lighter, safer and more easily deployed.  The AIP adds seamless intermodal flexibility, increases and improves storage, transport and deployment of assets. 
Implementation of the AIP is critical to improve rapid deployment and agile combat support, but also provides a low cost, low tech solution to the ongoing problem of stemming significant costs and increasing the inventory of the 463 L and avoiding a gap in the capability to meet a rapid flow of cargo worldwide. 

A business case analysis conducted for USTRANSCOM showed significant savings for the DOD through integration of the AIP, even if all the AIP pallets were treated as disposable.  In reality, the AIP can and will be recycled and will therefore provide additional savings to the DOD and help meet air cargo logistics demands worldwide. 

Value to Taxpayer:
Integration of the AIP will help improve rapid deployment and agile combat support for USTRANSCOM / Air Mobility Command.  It will also provide a low cost / low tech solution to the ongoing problem of how to stem the costs and increase the inventory of the 463 L program.  Over 5 years, the savings or cost avoidance associated with the AIPs improving air cargo transport should exceed $250 million without considering a reduction of the validated need of 463 Ls or the administrative and labor burden on our warfighters and administrators who deal with 463 L inventory problems.  AIP will address inventory and budgetary challenges associated with the use and misuse of the 463 L – thus avoiding a gap in the capability to meet a rapid flow of cargo worldwide. 

Proposed Recipient:
Argon ST, Inc.

Recipient Address:
200 Federal Street, Suite 300
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$5 million

Explanation of Project:
To improve Maritime Domain Awareness/Port Security along the Delaware River in New Jersey. The New Jersey Maritime Security Program will provide increased security through the procurement/installation of maritime sensor sites; utilize the R&D completed to date at the ACIN laboratory for the US Army JUMPS program, located in Camden. Provide a test bed for the evaluation of future sensors/software applications in support of maritime security operations for both domestic and international missions

Value to Taxpayer:
In response to homeland defense requirements, this program will provide critical functions in pursuit of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and would create 7 high tech jobs in southern New Jersey and provide a heightened situational awareness in the Delaware River benefiting parties that use the river for business.  This system provides increased security to the citizens of southern New Jersey and develops critical infrastructure in New Jersey to support Delaware River MDA.

Proposed Recipient:
Edmund Optics

Recipient Address:
101 E. Gloucester Pike
Barrington, NJ 08007

Amount Requested:
$3.4 million

Explanation of Project:
The next generation precision munitions and imaging systems offer commanders instant, precise, and responsive fire on high payoff targets with real-time target acquisition.  Large diameter aspheric lenses are a vital part of the image acquisition and targeting portion of these missile systems because they yield more light collection and increased resolution over conventional systems.  The only viable production techniques currently available for these aspheres are based on machining processes such as diamond turning which presents a tremendous limitation because of its cost and lack of volume manufacturing scalability.  This has inherently limited the vast deployment of large diameter aspheres into next generation systems.

Precision Molding is a promising technique which, once developed, could be implemented cost-effectively by US domestic suppliers.  Edmund Optics has successfully developed aspheric molding for smaller geometries (<1.5” diameter) and will use funding to develop processes specifically tailored for large-diameter aspheres (up to 4” diameter) for reflective, refractive, and catadioptric systems.  Edmund Optics is well positioned to leverage previous experience to overcome the challenges presented by scaling the molding process to parts of this larger size.  In partnership with the US Army’s Benét Laboratories and Clemson University’s Material Science Department, Edmund Optics will enhance the predictive model utilized to optimize the manufacturing parameters of molding processes, develop tooling and processes specific to large diameter and high temperature molding, and design the necessary coatings for proper surface interaction and release.  This development is all in support of future US-domestic production cells for large diameter IR aspheres.

Value to Taxpayer:
With the appropriate funding, Edmund Optics will be a dedicated, cost-effective, secure US-domestic source of IR-optimized high-performance optics and subassemblies by 2012.   This will help eliminate the current dependence of the DoD and U.S. defense contractors on foreign sourced products and ensure that the DoD can deploy an adequate number of systems to guarantee that our troops have a definitive advantage over the enemy.

Proposed Recipient:
NDI Engineering Company

Recipient Address:
100 Grove Road
P.O. Box 518
Thorofare, NJ 08086

Amount Requested:
$1,041,900

Explanation of Project:
NDI is in the process of developing a Solid State, High Frequency, Three Phase Cycloconverter to drive linear induction or synchronous motors. Linear induction or synchronous motors are being proposed for a variety of military applications such as launch-assist of aircraft, decoys, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aircraft, gun launched projectiles and missiles, and torpedoes. The benefits of using these motors to power launchers are dependent upon the design of high efficiency, high speed electromagnetic coils and the high frequency, high current power supplies required to energize the coils. This program seeks to develop the high-frequency, variable-frequency and high-current power supplies or Cycloconverters that control the high-speed linear or synchronous motors. Each of the proposed linear motor applications requires a unique power supply requiring significant non-recurring development costs. Ideally, for cost and logistical efficiency, the application-specific power supply could be assembled from standard Modular Active Power Building Blocks (MAPBB). The achievement of these objectives has been made feasible by the availability of high-power, solid-state switching Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs). Accordingly, NDI’s Cycloconverter design is based on using an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) based Modular Active Power building Block (MAPBB).  The IGBT MAPBB based Cycloconverter under development by NDI seeks to achieve this standardization and provides an optimal and uniquely efficient low cost answer to the needs of the launcher designer.

NDI has completed the design and computer simulation/modeling of the Cycloconverter. Currently NDI’s Phase II SBIR contract provides for design, fabrication and testing of two subscale MAPBB models. Presently, a subscale model is being built and soon will be tested to validate its capability to parallel IGBT’s to achieve high currents. Funding for the second year of the Phase II SBIR Contract is anticipated in June of ’09 and will provide funding to build a second subscale model to validate the voltage capability of cascading or seriesing the MAPBB’s.

The amount of funding required to completely develop the Cycloconverter exceeds the funding limits of the Phase II SBIR Contract. The funds being requested for this appropriation will be utilized in FY 2010 to design, build and test a third MAPBB full scale (10 kApk, 5kV) model that will integrate the current and voltage capability of the two earlier MAPBB models and will provide a closed loop current control of the integrated MAPBB.
                       
Value to Taxpayer:
Electric power has become increasingly critical for the U.S. Navy which has embarked on the development of electromagnetic launchers to improve operational safety for the sailors, reduce manning and improve operational costs and efficiency. The benefits of this development are dependent upon the design of high efficiency, high speed electromagnetic coils and the high frequency, high current power supplies or Cycloconverters required to energize the coils. This project seeks to develop the Cycloconverters that control the high-speed linear synchronous or induction motors.  Cycloconverters designed and built using the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) based Modular Active Building Block (MAPBB) technology being developed by NDI will provide standardization and an optimal and uniquely efficient low cost answer to the needs of the launcher designer. Each proposed linear motor application requires a unique power supply requiring significant non-recurring development costs. As a result of this project, for cost and logistical efficiency, the launcher designer will be able to assemble the application-specific power supply from standard MAPBB’s.

Linear synchronous or induction motors are being proposed for a variety of applications such as launch-assist of decoys, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aircraft and torpedoes. Specifically, the U.S. Army Electromagnetic (EM) Gun and the Navy CVN 78 Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) are just two of the many pulse power program initiatives that will benefit from the results of this project. Furthermore, The MAPBB is not limited to linear motor applications. There is a significant market need for low cost, modular, flexible power electronic building blocks, particularly in the medium voltage AC power area. For the military, it could be adapted for propulsion for in-ground, sea, and air vehicles and large horse-power rotating machinery drives.

Finally, this project furthers the U.S. Military responsibility to replace outdated under-performing equipment with safe, cost effective, and efficient equipment.

Proposed Recipient:
Lockheed Martin Maritime Sensors and Systems (MS2)

Recipient Address:
199 Borton Landing Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057

Amount Requested:
$5 million

Explanation of Project:
On 27 October 2008 (subsequent to FY10 budget submittal by service), the Navy released an Acquisition Management Plan (AMP) that describes an overarching strategy to acquire, upgrade and maintain surface ship combat systems using an Open Architecture (OA) approach.  OA utilizes non-proprietary standards, Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware and software, and a well-documented set of system requirements and architectural models described by the Navy’s Architecture Description Document (ADD), to deliver more affordable, frequent and iterative war-fighting improvements to the Navy.  OA accomplishes this by increasing the number of opportunities for competition and innovation among capability providers, driving down costs associated with developing and maintaining these systems across their lifespan, increasing the reusability of delivered hardware and software across multiple ship classes throughout the Navy Enterprise, and accelerating war-fighting improvements through a process commonly referred to as the Rapid Capability Insertion Process (RCIP).  The vehicles for delivering these combat system upgrades to the fleet are called Advanced Capability Builds (ACBs). 

The initial ACB delivered to the Navy, ACB 08, provided an open architecture computing infrastructure consisting of COTS equipment for the Aegis Cruiser Modernization program.  The current development effort, ACB 12, is the second surface ship ACB to be delivered to the Navy and will provide advances in Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and very long range air defense.  ACB12 components will be the 1st opportunity for the Navy to develop war-fighting improvements specifically designed for applicability across the Navy Enterprise and not stove-piped into a singular system.  Funding from this congressional plus up, directly supports the critical work to realize the benefits of Open Architecture for the Navy Enterprise.

 Value to Taxpayer:
As part of the United States National Maritime Strategy, this project is of the highest importance to the defense of our Nation and critical Sea Power assets.  It will facilitate the Navy’s Acquisition Management goals of Open Architecture, increased competition, Rapid Capability Insertion (RCI), component reusability and affordability.  These activities will help reduce risks associated with development, test, and evaluation (DT&E) of future combat system upgrades.

Projected Recipient:
Lockheed Martin Maritime Sensors and Systems (MS2)

Recipient Address:
199 Borton Landing Raod
Moorestown, NJ 08057

Amount Requested:
$30 million

Explanation of Project:
Aegis BMD is a successful and integral part of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).  Aegis BMD equipped ships have successfully engaged in 14 of 18 exo-atmospheric intercepts of theater ballistic missile class targets.  Aegis BMD has conducted multiple successful Long Range Surveillance and Tracking (LRS&T) events of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) class targets.   Additionally, within six weeks from notification to operation execution, the Aegis BMD 3.6 Program was rapidly modified to support the successful destruction of a de-orbiting satellite.  These accomplishments have proven the capability of a forward deployed Aegis ship to provide theater defense, by engaging short and medium range threats, and to provide valuable track information on longer range threats to other elements of the BMDS to support homeland defense.

The Aegis BSP is the next generation of Aegis BMD capability and it initiates the transition to open architecture.  A prototype Aegis BSP has been tested at sea numerous times performing real time surveillance, tracking and collecting discrimination information against increasingly more complex threats.  The tactical Aegis BSP is currently in development and commences production fielding in 2011.  The Aegis BSP:

• Significantly improves system ability to track and discriminate ballistic missile threats
• Significantly improves engagement capabilities of theater ballistic missile targets
• Provides higher quality track and discrimination to the BMDS
• Significantly improves ability of Aegis ships to defend Alaska, Hawaii and CONUS

Aegis BMD plays an active and highly relevant role in protecting the United States from enemy ballistic missile attack.  Intelligence projections on evolving enemy threats indicate continued improvements in kinematic maneuvers, decoy utilization, and advanced targeting techniques.  Further, detected cooperation and proliferation of these advancing threats between U.S. adversaries in Asia and the Middle East continue to stress the U.S. Navy’s options for its BMD ships.  These factors demand aggressively upgrading Aegis BMD sensor and signal processing capabilities.

• The requested addition to the Defense Appropriation would initiate and accelerate Aegis BMD radar and signal processor improvements in FY10 to provide robust air and missile defense enhancements for track and discrimination of longer range and more complex emergent threats.

The entire Lockheed Martin Aegis BMD team currently employs approximately 800 full-time equivalents (FTEs) for multiple Aegis BMD development and production efforts, mostly located in Moorestown, NJ.  The requested addition to the Defense Appropriation will ensure that the critical skill set needed to develop the advanced signal processing algorithms and waveforms will not be lost. 

Value to Taxpayer:
This project responds to needs highlighted in the following quotes by navy leadership:

“We face a growing proliferation of ballistic missiles and antiship cruise missiles that demand greater integrated air and missile defense capability.”

 “Given the range of missions assigned to the Navy in the future, the technical complexity of the threats we are to face and the relative likelihood we will be called upon to execute these missions, the greatest single threat is the proliferation of advanced ballistic missiles” 

– Vice Adm. McCullough (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources and Requirements N8)

“The right technologies must be harnessed to give us the mix of capabilities our warfighters need.  Investments that further ballistic missile defense, integrated air defense, ………are what we should be focused on“

-Adm. Roughhead (Chief of Naval Operations)

Aggressively addressing sea based ballistic missile defense radar performance requirements by the Missile Defense Agency, Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Program Office are driven by the early emergence of complex maneuvering anti-ship ballistic missile technologies being tested by potential adversaries to the US and its allies.  These emergent ballistic missile capabilities are aimed specifically at countering power projection capabilities contributed to US Joint Forces by US Navy Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Groups.  Effective defense against these new ballistic missile capabilities require significant improvement in current ballistic missile radar technologies fielded or planned in current programs of record.  They were not addressed in current DoD budget submissions because of the rapid and unexpected demonstration of these complex capabilities in late 2007.  US COCOM and Fleet Commanders are pressing for an accelerated capability upgrade to address this emergent capability gap.

Proposed Recipient:
RF Products, Inc.

Recipient Address:
1500 Davis Street
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$2.5 million

Explanation of Project:
To upgrade & modernize the radio system on Special Projects aircraft. Original radio system did not meet the need to coordinate with more communications channels at a time. Simultaneous communications was improved by the ARC-233 RF distribution system. The ARC-233 RF Distribution System currently on the aircraft now requires a modification to accommodate additional, modern radios. The Line-Of-Sight antennas must be replaced to handle simultaneous power dissipation requirements.

Value to Taxpayer:
Lessons learned in global war on terrorism dictate the need for additional operational connectivity capabilities on aircraft. Current radio communications are insufficient to meet Worst-Case Hostile Environment coordination activities required to ensure the safety of ground personnel & prevent unplanned events such as fratricide, wrong target hits, etc., while at the same time conducting planned mission operations. Simultaneous communications requires an upgrade to the RF distribution system.

Proposed Recipient:
Drakontas LLC

Recipient Address:
200 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$3.5 million

Explanation of Project:
During a catastrophe or other large scale, complex emergency, delivering relevant and timely information to individual members of a civil support team is a significant challenge, central to managing the operational environment for emergency response in our Value to Taxpayer: community.  Given the prevalence of chemical, hazardous and combustible materials located in various facilities throughout southern New Jersey and surrounding communities, a strong information sharing framework is essential to saving lives and property during emergency events.

Gloucester County has an opportunity to multiply the value of dollars being spent today on enhanced emergency communications capabilities and more rapidly deploy tools already identified by County professionals as core components of their communications infrastructure.  In October 2008, the County issued a contract to Drakontas LLC as part of a competitive bid and RFP process to identify needed technologies that link chemical and biological sensors being installed on railways throughout the County to emergency notification systems already installed to provide public warnings and critical information to police, fire and other County administrative staff. 

From a technology development perspective, an individual in the field -- sometimes a civilian, sometimes a soldier, other times a member of a local law enforcement or emergency resonse team -- must search and discover relevant information (via a mobile computing device or other communications gateway), and then bind that piece of information into the deployed command and control software architecture so that it can be shared with command and other members of a team.

We propose to dramatically expand this program, incorporating further technology development work specific to the needs of the County, and integrating research and development underway at Drakontas LLC that enables the intelligent fusion of a variety of information resources to improve command and control.  This effort would create jobs at Drakontas’ facility in Camden, NJ, and leverage other programs presently underway at the ACIN Center to support communications and information fusion for the US Army.

Components will include:

• Situation awareness tools, such as Drakontas’ software platform, DragonForce™, as well as other related software to assess conditions
• Off the shelf products such as Blackberry handheld devices for emergency responders who need to access the system.
• Innovative software and data fusion capabilities developed by the US Army at the US Army ARDEC, located at Picatinny Arsenal;
• Data exchange capabilities to permit DOD systems, such the Command Post of the Future (CPOF), to interact with the local and state information systems during complex emergencies and disasters that require civil support.

Value to Taxpayer:
The U.S. Army ARDEC at Picatinny, New Jersey is leading an effort combining and harmonizing a number of Homeland Defense and Homeland Security programs involving government, academia and industry with a project entitled Project National Shield (PNS).  The intent of PNS is to establish the mission value of a network of virtual communication and collaboration capabilities fielded by the Department of Defense (DOD) that will provide technologies to support Small Unit Operations (SUO) as part of the DOD Civil Support mission.

The Science and Technology work of US Army ARDEC directly support these activities. Previous areas of applied research that would support this project include 1) Smart Use of Network Resources, 2) Application Methodology to Accelerate the Path to Network Centric Operations, and 3) Reducing the Cognitive Workload to the Small Combat Unit / First Responder. These critical new programs are the cornerstone of new software architecture development efforts that will enhance the Army’s capability to execute its Civil Support Mission.  In turn, these efforts should help State and local Emergency Management Agencies (EMA) perform their jobs, providing crucial coordination and support with DOD. As part of this effort, ARDEC plans to install a version of the Command Post of the Future (CPOF) to trial and evaluate technologies that link military and civilian communications in support of SUO operations.

The use of Southern New Jersey as a testbed for the ARDEC data interoperability framework will improve connections between local and regional systems.  Additionally, the integration of the Gloucester EOC with the related trial and evaluation work at ARDEC increases the value of each effort, as the framework for interoperability should be portable to other communities and the broader planned deployment of CPOF to other National Guard and Civil Support units.

Proposed Recipient:
L-3 Communications

Recipient Address:
1 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08103

Amount Requested:
$4 million

Explanation of Project:
Senior Scout was built to satisfy a requirement for a flexible collection capability adaptable to Strategic and Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance support, Counter Drug and Military Operations Other Than War. This system provides capabilities to exploit and geo-locate COMINT (Communications Intelligence) and ELINT (Electronic Intelligence) Signals Of Interest to air and ground component commanders.  It will enhance COMINT capability in a single, small form factor, airborne qualified unit for all three RC-130E Senior Scout shelters. The expanded functionality will include detection, characterization and carrier demodulation of modern, low power, agile UHF / VHF signals. 

Value to Taxpayer:
As part of the Senior Scout ongoing mission, there is an immediate need to add improved COMINT capability to detect and characterize new and modern low power conventional and agile radio signals at extended stand off ranges in the presence of interference.  The current systems are not able to detect these specific signal sets, which limits intelligence collection capabilities.  The incorporation of the COMINT upgrade will make the unique collection capabilities of SENIOR SCOUT an even more effective intelligence weapon as our Forces fight the Global War on Terrorism.  This upgraded system would also improve combat effectiveness of other ISR platforms including RC-135’s, U-28, U-2, Global Hawk, Predator and other special mission aircraft.

Proposed Recipient:
PRICE Systems LLC

Recipient Address:
1700 Commerce Parkway, Suite A
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Amount Requested:
$5 million

Explanation of Project:
To reduce wasteful spending of federal funds on military program and eliminate the potential for a Nunn-McCurdy cost breaches, the ability to trade capabilities, risk, schedule and cost in software design and affordability simulations related to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a critical capability.

The Software Lifecycle Affordability Management (SLAM) project provides decision makers a means to understand cost tradeoffs in relation to both performance and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Development of the SLAM SOA cost (SOA-CM) model enables the Army to determine which software lifecycle design/strategies realizes the greatest number of capabilities for the lowest possible cost, following the best possible schedule.  Funding in FY10 is needed to deliver a fully viable SOA-Cost Model with interoperability to other engineering tools to the Army and DoD.

Value to Taxpayer:
Affordability management initiatives such as SLAM have wide ranging applicability for saving millions of dollars related to the development of software and information. This is especially critical as new initiatives such as SOA which addresses not only the Army’s, but DoD’s most pressing goals –increasing application interoperability without funding risky replacement projects emerges as a prevalent technology.  As the US Army does not have a capability like SLAM, we expect a reduction in the time it takes to prepare these type of analysis from about six months to just one day.

Proposed Recipient:
Shubhada Aerospace Inc.

Recipient Address:
4201 Church
P.O. Box 128
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054

Amount Requested:
$1,785,000.00

Explanation of Project:
THE  ULTRA-HIGH  MULTI LAYERED  BIOMETRIC SYSTEM  HAS 4 LAYERS OF  PASSIVE AND  3 LAYERS OF  DYNAMIC BIOMETRICS WHICH ARE INTER-CONNECTED  USING COMPLEX  ALGORITHMS.  THE  INDIVIDUAL  COMPONENTS  OF  THESE  BIOMETRICS  HAVE GOOD  PROOF OF CONCEPTS.  NOW, THE CHALLENGE IS TO INTEGRATE ALL THOSE MULTI LAYERS WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT – THE PERSON IS IDENTIFIED ABSOLUTELY AND POSITIVELY IN PERSON AND REMOTELY.  THE BEST  APPLICATIONS ARE IN TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AT THE AIRPORTS, THAT NEEDS THIS SYSTEM VERY BADLY TO REPLACE THE EARLIER LEGACY SYSTEM.  THE INCOMING COMMERCIAL  PILOTS FROM TERRORISTIC COUNTRIES CAN BE IDENTIFIED, POSITIVELY, BEFORE THE FOREIGN AIRCRAFT LANDS ON  US SOIL.   FURTHER, THIS SYSTEM HAS INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS, TOO. SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS, BANKING  TRANSACTIONS, STOCK EXCHANGE TRADING  TRANSACTIONS, DRIVERS’ LICENSE IDENTIFICATIONS, VOTER REGISTRATION  SIMPLIFICATION, HOME SECURITY SYSTEMS, CONSTANT MONITORING OF  PRISONERS ON PAROLE,  ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS,  AVOIDANCE OF FRAUD AND THEFT IN THE CREDIT CARDS, AND MANY MORE.
 
Value to Taxpayer:
IT WILL CREATE IMPROVED NATIONAL SECURITY, MINIMIZES THEFT,FRAUD & ABUSE IN THE MEDICARE,MEDICAID, SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.  THE NATIONAL SECURITY AS WELL AS FINANCIAL SECURITY OF THE US Government WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED.
IT WILL CREATE ABOUT 250 JOBS IN NEW JERSEY AND SEVERAL HUNDREDS MORE THROUGH OUT THE USA. 

Proposed Recipient:
SeaBox, Inc.

Recipient Address:
802 Industrial Highway
East Riverton, NJ 08077

Amount Requested:
$4.2 million

Explanation of Project:
The Army uses its Rapid Manufacturing System to provide deployed forces with critical spare and replacement parts to keep its tanks, helicopters, guns, and other systems operating under the extreme wear and tear of battle.  The system provides troops on the ground with parts that they would otherwise need to wait weeks or months for, if they were being ordered through the standard supply chain and shipped to the front.  Because the existing system does not include a mobile foundry, the system cannot address the need for cast parts, which make up a large percentage of needs.  The Tactical Metal Fabrication (TacFab) System will provide a complementary capability to the RMS to cut the time required to produce parts by 90%, providing spare and replacement parts to our Warfighters in theater, and also as a stand-alone metal casting resource provided to domestic organic Army depots and industrial facilities, supporting  RESET activities.
The solution is the TacFab system, which is currently under development with the objective being to demonstrate a tactically mobile rapid metal fabrication capability that will be a companion unit to the MPH to provide spare and replacement parts to our Warfighters in theater, and also as a stand-alone metal casting resource provided to domestic organic Army depots and industrial facilities in support of RESET activities.  A fully functional but stationary demonstration prototype will be completed by mid-FY10, with plywood mock-ups of the containers being employed.  However, to attain the desired fully mobile configuration, the three actual ISO containers that comprise the full-up TacFab system need to be purchased, customized, and integrated with the full suite of metal analysis, computer-aided design, and metalcasting, and finishing equipment.

Value to Taxpayer:
TacFab provides a containerized, mobile foundry to the U.S. Army, allowing deployed forces to produce spare and replacement parts in the field.  This cuts the order time from weeks or months to 24 hours.  This funding will provide our troops with the parts they need to effectively complete their missions.  Additionally, the system can be deployed at depots in CONUS assisting in RESET as currently exists.  TacFab will reduce time waiting for parts and cut costs for DoD.

Proposed Recipient:
American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC) & State Metal Industries, Inc.

Recipient Address:
PO Box 1407, Camden, NJ  08101
941 South 2nd St., Camden, NJ  08103

Amount Requested:
$4.5 million

Explanation of Project:
Castings for Improved Defense Readiness program will provide rapid, cost-effective solutions in the procurement of high-quality critical castings used in legacy systems in ongoing operations worldwide.  To increase deployed DOD weapons systems’ readiness, DLA will develop new technology and procurement processes to maintain or improve weapons systems’ reliability, availability and maintainability. The CIDR program has four primary focus areas:
· Machining of castings for lead-time reduction and on-time delivery: Due to a shortage of suppliers who can skillfully machine castings, machine shops that make up the majority of DLA’s supply chain often are unable to meet schedules and specifications, resulting in longer lead-times, failed inspections, and backorders for critical components. As a result, castings content makes up a high percentage of critical backordered components at many Defense Supply Centers. Identifying and transferring casting machining technology into the supply chain will slash lead-times, reduce backorders, and improve cost-effectiveness.

· High Performance Cast Steels and Aluminums: Abrasion and wear resistance are vital when deployed in the Iraqi and Afghan theaters of operation. In limited testing, steel matrix composite components have exhibited toughness as well as resistance to this sort of wear, thereby improving reliability, readiness, and performance. In lightweight applications high performance steels offer a much lower cost alternative to titanium.  Pressurized solidification of cast aluminum offers wrought-like properties in other critical lightweighting applications. The potential of these new materials cannot be realized without properties data and CIDR will provide data and indicate applications for improved stressed weapon system reliability.

· Reliability and Sustaining Engineering: Material, process, or tooling changes currently require 60 to 120 days of review, and this process is lengthened when reviewing engineers lack technical information and process expertise. Under CIDR, contracted Application Engineers, who are technical and procurement experts, will review change requests that include embedded castings and provide a recommendation in three to seven days.  Shortening this cycle time will cut down time due to spare parts shortages, making an immediate impact on the warfighter. The CIDR will recommend new materials and tooling processes for improved part reliability.

· Minimum Imbedded Metalcasting Lead-times: Defense Supply Center buyers are often unaware of cast parts’ lead-time issues, and to ensure timely part availability, they must rely on bidders to coordinate timely casting delivery. Too often under the current system, bidders do not take this crucial step, initiating a domino effect that results in delayed parts availability. Leveraging the Defense Tooling Database, the buyer will be able to require defined metalcasting lead-time-reducing steps, and the Defense Supply Center will be able to verify the sufficiency of those steps in choosing the successful bidder.

Value to Taxpayer:
Castings for Improved Defense Readiness will provide DOD with a means to provide reliable spare and replacement parts to our warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan more quickly, at lower cost.  This will ensure the safety of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.  This program is also crucial to ongoing RESET efforts.

Proposed Recipient:
Stevens Institute for Technology

Recipient Address:
Point on the Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Amount Requested:
$5 million

Explanation of Project:
The Stevens renewable energy systems (RES) program aims to make significant technological advances in the use of biofuels for energy distributed systems and the efficient harvesting of wave and tidal power to develop designs and systems architectures that can be customized and can be adopted quickly. The FY10 program will make the technical innovations that put affordable renewable energy not into the big energy corporations with little incentive to innovate, but into the hands of the user via small yet viable business entities that can accelerate the commercialization process. Stevens FY10 program will affordably isolate fuel-rich pyrolysis oil (PO) from various biomasses; will affordably transform PO into electrical power, and will affordably harness ambient energy from tides and waves using radical new approaches that are environmentally friendly (zero carbon footprint), affordable, and aesthetically pleasing. Affordable renewable energy systems will be designed, constructed and fielded in the short term. Technology will be developed that can be customized and implemented in a distributed fashion, ie. small/medium units to meet the critical needs of military installations both inside and outside our borders.

Value to Taxpayer:
The proposed technology development will significantly enhance national defense in several ways. The energy production from abundant, locally sourced waste biomass will provide sustainable energy security to the nation. It will also lead to the development of a flexible, robust and mobile energy production system deployable anywhere that will enhance the military’s operational capabilities by providing a secure source of energy for many installations including those at remote locations. The on-site on-demand energy will also reduce the susceptibility of our armed forces to attack in dangerous and unstable energy environments. This technology will also enable DoD to be in compliance with various federal mandates and Defense Authorization and Appropriations Acts which require DoD to reduce consumption of fossil fuel and increase the use of renewable and alternative fuel. It will also meet one of the key goals of the “security task force mission,” which include the domestic production and integration of alternative fuels into DoD. The impact of the proposed integrated process for the conversion of waste biomass to liquid fuel will be far reaching, not only for the U.S. military but also for the future of the U.S. energy industry because of its dual-use nature. The reliance on foreign oil will be significantly diminished with other long-term societal benefits such as trade deficit reduction, cleaner air, and reduction of emission of global warming gases to mention just a few.
           

Proposed Recipient:
TreadStone Technologies, Inc.

Recipient Address:
210 Washington Road                                                           
Waterfront Technology Center
Princeton, NJ 08540  

Amount Requested:
$2.5 million

Explanation of Project:
TreadStone Technologies is requesting funding assistance to jointly develop a low cost fuel cell power system for Unattended Grounds Sensors (UGS) and tactical radios with Jadoo Power. The requested funding will allow for TreadStone’s state-of-the-art coating technology for metal bipolar plates (LiteCellTM) to be utilized in fuel cell power systems to reduce the cost (by approximately 30%) to ruggedize fuel cell systems for military applications, providing adequate power (ranging from 1W to 80W) for unattended ground sensors and wireless communications systems for combat systems. UGS systems and encrypted tactical radios allow soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to relay crucial data, information and intelligence throughout any combat theater of operations. Unattended ground sensors are mission critical and crucial for an array of applications including: perimeter defense; surveillance, target acquisition, and early warning for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. Tactical radios allow for secure voice and data streams to report critical real-time information through command, administrative and logistical channels. 

Current battery technologies do not have sufficient energy density to meet this application need.  In many sensor and radio applications, the power supply is a limiting factor in their utilization and deployment. Current battery technologies have inherent technical challenges to achieve mission requirements, due to low energy densities, especially for energy intense sensors. High energy UGS require over 10W of power when coupled with communication systems. The most common primary battery, the BA5590, provides limited amount of power (200 W-hr/L of energy) for typical mission requirements.  For the standard 72 hour mission, an average 10W load requires five (5) batteries occupying 4.4 L (1.2 gallons) of volume and 5 kg of mass.  These five (5) batteries occupy a larger space than the UGS and radios creating a cube and carry burden (weight) for both the warfighter and the logistics supply chain.  Additionally, these primary batteries are still expensive at $100 a piece.  Even for low power sensors, having power requirements under 10W on average (1W continuous with 6W peaks, 20% duty cycle), the typical 30-day deployment would require 9 BA-5590 batteries, occupying 7.2L of volume and weighting 9 kg.  In each case, the number and size of the required batteries becomes a challenge for the warfighter (carry burden), logistics supply chain and in the case of sensors, a hindrance in the ability to conceal the location of the sensors. The new, miniaturized fuel cell power system will increase the power density, provide the necessary power supply and extended runtime required of the sensor and the radio.

Funding for this program will help accelerate the implementation and deployment of low cost fuel cell technology by reducing the costs associated with use of noble metal catalyst (removal), hardening of systems for harsh environments, and advanced fueling systems.  The envisioned system will be a cost effective (leave behind) system, highly efficient and ruggedized, leading to significant job creation.  The successful deployment of these systems will drive the adoption of fuel cell technologies for other military and commercial applications, leading to further job creation.

Value to Taxpayer:
TreadStone’s LiteCellTM technology is a disruptive technology when applied to fuel cell power sources. In addition to the military application (UGS) described in this request, LiteCellTM is capable of being deployed in commercial fuel cell markets including portable (emergency response power supply), stationary (residential and mobile auxiliary power supply (APU)) and transportation (advance vehicle technology & forklifts).  LiteCellTM can be used for both military and commercial applications. Currently, LiteCellTM is being sold to or tested by several fuel cell power integration companies (including Jadoo Power portable applications), for a 3kW APU stationary power supply and being evaluated by five (5) automotive companies and one Tier1 automotive supplier.

The work proposed in this request will advance LiteCellTM technology by demonstrating that new and improved fuel cell stacks can be deployed. The benefits achieved from the new, innovative stacks include lower costs, reduced weight and volume, improved surface characteristic resulting in improved power density. These benefits will enhance the military’s mission capability and keep the warfighter safe. These benefits also translate well into the commercial market, where consumers readily require low cost power alternatives to the current batteries and other power generation technologies. LiteCellTM can be deployed regardless of the application and how it is used.

TreadStone is a small business having three full time employees. TreadStone is a participating company in the ACIN Technology Incubator located in Camden NJ and routinely hires Co-Op students from Drexel University. Going forward, TreadStone plans to hire 4-5 additional professional people in the next year and might require an additional 5-10 people depending on our projected workload. Additionally, TreadStone is in the planning stages to establish a LiteCellTM metal plate manufacturing operation in New Jersey which will eventually provide for an additional job creation (20-30 jobs) over the next several years. 

Proposed Recipient:
Westgate Consulting Group, Inc.

Recipient Address:
1955 Route 34, Suite 1A
Wall, NJ 07719

Amount Requested:
$3 million

Explanation of Project:
WCG proposes to develop next-generation flexible displays with longer lifetime using a POLED, which will be based on a new family of light emitting polymers and a novel device structure. This work will develop and implement full color emitting polymers, enhance electron injection, optimize hole/electron balance, and implement techniques to increase OLED lifespan in phases. Concluding efforts will fabricate, characterize, and test the flexible OLED displays.
FDS relies on a family of novel full color emitting polymers that conform to the target chemical structures. The effect of different Aryl (Ar) groups on the bandgaps of the polymer backbone causes the emitted colors to change from purple to red and yields a full spectrum of color. Here the Ar groups include moieties from electron rich (donor) and electron poor (acceptor) structures. The bandgap, as well as the absolute magnitude of the energy levels, is important and consequently the polymer energy levels must be optimized by using different structures to achieve matched energy levels for improving charge injection.
Targeted full color polymers are synthesized then the trimethylsilyl (TMS) acetylene is forced to react with the molecules to get the resultant product via Sonogashira coupling. Then the deprotenation of the TMS will yield diethynyl aromatic derivative, which subsequently reacts withdiiodo to polymerize the production, which is the target structure. The monomer in the aromatic group are either commercially available or will be synthesized as reported previously by other groups.
These new full color polymers can be characterized electrically, optically, chemically, and structurally. Energy levels and bandgaps of the polymers are characterizable through a combination of cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, and spectroelectrochemistry. Previous work shows that a combination of these techniques provides a full understanding of the energy levels of such polymers. Transient absorption, steady-state and time-resolved absorption and emission spectroscopy both in solutions and on the solid state films sufficiently describe the photophysical properties of the FDS. X-ray Diffraction and Fourier Transform Infrared, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy are useful tools to characterize the polymer structural properties while polymer charge mobilities can be assessed through the space-charge-limited current experiments.

Value to Taxpayer:
There is a ubiquitous need exists for display systems that are bright enough to use in direct sunlight, have long battery life, and are able to operate on a flexible substrate. Display systems for sensors, portable trauma units, theater maps, and mission operations that can be rolled up and stored in a compact location will have immense value in today’s military. Moreover, the flexibility of display systems makes them less susceptible to damage from impact. Self powered display systems can be integrated into clothing, back-packs, head gear, protective face gear, and thin plastic substrates that can be rolled up like paper. The technology can be painted directly on military and other assets and used to convey information or to provide adaptable camouflage. By combining the FDS system with flexible photovoltaic materials, the FDS will provide its own power, which will greatly extend battery life for any system that relies on display systems.
Since Tang et al. developed the first Small Molecule-Based Light Emitting Diode (SM-OLED) in 1987 and Burroughs et al. invented the first Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diode (POLED), great progress has been achieved in Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). Recently both SM‑OLEDs and POLEDs have achieved comparable or even higher performance in lumens/Watt than the traditional inorganic LEDs. Sony has demonstrated that their SM-OLED TVs have a contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1, wide view angle of 165º, and device thickness of 3 mm. However, SM-OLED display manufacturing requires vacuum deposition, which makes the production costs much higher than POLED displays. The advantage of POLED displays is that they can be much less expensive than SM-OLED displays since they can be processed from solution techniques and therefore have lower capital cost for mass production.

Proposed Recipient:
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation

Recipient Address:
2nd Street West
P.O. Box 360
Essington, PA   19029

Amount Requested:
$4.5 million

Explanation of Project:
A $4.5 million plus up to Navy RDT& E PE 0603114N “Power Projection Advanced Technology” is requested for the modification of the X-49A VTDP Compound Helicopter Technology Demonstrator to enable full flight envelope expansion to demonstrate significant improvements in rotorcraft performance, survivability, and life cycle cost..These modifications incorporate the Adaptive Digital Automated Pilot Technology (ADAPT) and Supplementary Power Unit (SPU) system into the X-49A to enable exploration of flying qualities, performance, and flight loads beyond the current baseline SH-60F NATOPS flight envelope limits in the FY11 timeframe.

Value for Taxpayer:
The overarching objectives of this program are to validate the VTDP technology as an affordable means of (i) upgrading our existing helicopters’ speed, range, payload, altitude, survivability, and reliability, and (ii) expanding the technology base for future rotorcraft development.  Initial X-49A flight tests completed in October 2008 met or exceeded all technical objectives, including demonstrating up to a 47% increase in speed over the baseline SH-60F helicopter with the same power, and as much as a 50% reduction in vibration and fatigue loads.  FY10 funds are requested to modify the X-49A to enable flight demonstration of the VTDP Compound Helicopter technology’s beyond the baseline SH-60F helicopter’s existing NATOPS limits in order to fully validate the technology and posture it for insertion into existing or future platforms.

The Military Services are investing $40 Billion recapitalizing their existing helicopter fleets, including the H-60, AH-64, Marine Corps H-1, and others. While recapitalization will extend the service life of these legacy platforms beyond 2040, additional improvements in performance, survivability and affordability are need to address current and emerging Military requirements to operate at extended distances and in demanding environments, such as those currently being experienced in the Global War on Terror. Successful demonstration of the VTDP Compound Helicopter technology provides the Services the timely option of inserting this technology into these on going recapitalization programs to affordably address these capability gaps with the existing fleet, and at the same time expand the technology base for the next generation advanced rotorcraft platforms.

Proposed Recipient:
Mainstage Center for the Arts, Camden County College

Address-
PO Box #200, College Drive
Blackwood, NJ 08012

Amount- $425,000

Explanation of Request
A very important concern for many in the country today is providing worthwhile, focused, meaningful activities for youth of our nation. It is important that these activities are meaningful in the present, but also have lasting effects and help form young people for their futures. For twenty years, Mainstage Center for the Arts has provided Summer Stage the subject of the grant application--as a program that has had deep impact on young people's lives each summer, but also has lasting impact by providing experiences and skills that the young can use in their adulthood. Lauren O'Neill, a lawyer, professor, and Ph. D., who was a part of Summer Stage for 6 years, says, “As a professor, people comment on my comfort with public speaking and mentoring. These are skills that Mainstage played an integral part in shaping.”  The monies from this Appropriations Request, would help keep Summer Stage affordable in these difficult economic times for the 500+ youth who attend. By keeping the program affordable, the experiences of Summer Stage will allow them to have meaningful activity not only for the summer, but allow them to learn valuable life skills as well. Because there are no programs of this size or affordability in the region, Summer Stage is unique in providing educational arts programs to so many youth. In 1989, Summer Stage was one program for 65 youth, but because of its impact, it has grown to 9 performing arts, educational programs. Although not a special needs camp, youth with learning and physical disabilities and those at risk are often involved also. This request will help Summer Stage provide low cost programs that teach valuable life skills for all involved. We at Mainstage believe Summer Stage provides a very valuable service for many young people, and keeping it affordable, will make it available to the maximum number of young people. MCA's clientele comes from a broad ranging population with significant rural and agricultural bases.

Value to the Taxpayer
A very important concern for many in the country today is providing worthwhile, focused, meaningful activities for youth of our nation. It is important that these activities are meaningful in the present, but also have lasting effects and help form young people for their futures. For twenty years, Mainstage Center for the Arts has provided Summer Stage—the subject of the grant application--as a program that has had deep impact on young people's lives each summer, but also has lasting impact by providing experiences and skills that the young can use in their adulthood. Lauren O'Neill, a lawyer, professor, and Ph. D., who was a part of Summer Stage for 6 years, says, “As a professor, people comment on my comfort with public speaking and mentoring. These are skills that Mainstage played an integral part in shaping.” The monies from this Appropriations Request, if awarded, would help keep Summer Stage affordable in these difficult economic times for the 500+ youth who attend. By keeping the program affordable, the experiences of Summer Stage will allow them to have meaningful activity not only for the summer, but allow them to learn valuable life skills as well. Because there are no programs of this size or affordability in the region, Summer Stage is unique in providing educational arts programs to so many youth. In 1989, Summer Stage was one program for 65 youth, but because of its impact, it has grown to 9 performing arts, educational programs. Although not a special needs camp, youth with learning and physical disabilities and those at risk are often involved also. This request will help Summer Stage provide low cost programs that teach valuable life skills for all involved. We at Mainstage believe Summer Stage provides a very valuable service for many young people, and keeping it affordable, will make it available to the maximum number of young people. MCA's clientele comes from a broad ranging population with significant rural and agricultural bases.

Proposed Recipient
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Camden

Address
303 Cooper Street
Camden NJ 08102

Amount
 $1 million

Explanation
The Camden campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is located in one of the northeast’s most challenged cities.  At the same time, it has a wealth of assets that could allow it to promote urban revitalization by developing human capital and strengthening the community.  Two of those assets are the Center for Children and Childhood Studies and the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs.

The former was founded in 2000 to promote the understanding, enrichment, and recognition of the significance of childhood through research, education, and service and outreach projects. Consistent with this mission, the Center for Children and Childhood Studies provides support of interdisciplinary inquiry into the lives of children in Camden and around the world.  It also engages in significant outreach programs devoted to the improvement of nutrition, health, literacy, and well-being of the children and youth in Camden.

The latter engages faculty and students with public administrators, elected officials, non-profit organizations, and community leaders to assess real world challenges that shape residents’ lives.  This is accomplished through policy-directed research on public issues ranging from local to international; technical assistance to governments and nonprofits throughout southern New Jersey; neutral convening stakeholders and residents; and, connecting teaching and learning with public service and applied research in a service learning environment.

As an urban serving university, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at Camden is committed to building human capital and strengthening communities in its host city.  Integrating the public affairs expertise of the Walter Rand Institute with the expertise on children and families in the Center for Children and Childhood Studies, this initiative effectively promotes the use of the University as an anchor institution for programs that will make it possible for children in Camden to have a realistic expectation that they can grow up with access to high-quality jobs and to obtaining a higher education in a revitalized City.  Our goal is to develop policies that will allow the leaders of the city and the state to address – and solve – real world problems that confront children and impact negatively on their development and ultimate productivity as citizens.  Clearly, nutrition is one of the most significant factors impacting on both.

Currently, many other countries are well ahead of the United States in terms of addressing the inter-relationships among childhood development and experiences. The ultimate quality of our society evolves as those children grow into adults and either become or fail to become productive members of society.  The intention is that the work of this Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at Camden Children’s Initiative will become a model for use nationally. 

Value to taxpayer-
The work that will be done through the Rutgers Camden Children’s Initiative has its most direct applicability to the City of Camden and the surrounding County.  However, the lessons learned and programs developed under this initiative will be transferable to other jurisdictions throughout the country.  The development of young people as solid citizens has always been a hallmark of the Untied States, and continued development though this project will lead to the perpetuation of the republic

Proposed Recipient- Rowan University
Address- 201 Mullica Hill Road
                Glassboro, NJ 08280-4283
Amount- $1,500,000

Explanation of Request
In 2001, the Rowan University was awarded a grant of $5.8 million by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to establish the South Jersey Technology Park (SJTP).  The goal of the SJTP is to lead the economic revitalization of southern New Jersey through an integrated strategy of science and technology initiatives.  The mission of the SJTP is to:

• Expand and strengthen the unique research and learning environment of Rowan University,
• Establish a technology-based entrepreneurial economy, and
• Create value for its surrounding communities in their economic, physical and social development.

Building 1 of the SJTP, the Samuel H. Jones Innovation Center, is a 45,000 SF two-story brick structure.  It currently serves five companies, with a sixth coming in February 2009.  All the companies are engaged in the high-technology field and they are continuing to grown since their arrival at the Incubator.  One company has created 3 new part-time and one new full-time position since they moved in.  Another company created a new full-time position in preparation for moving into the incubator.  Yet another company anticipates at least one new employee in the next 6 months.

Rowan University is embarking on Phase 2 of its plans by constructing a second building, a 66,000 square ft., LEED certified structure.  One floor of the SJTP will provide an additional 22,000 square feet of technology incubation space, for which SJTP will be seeking additional grants to attract and support these startup enterprises.  Another floor will be leased to more established regional technology companies and SJTP is currently working with prospect companies to sign letters of intent for occupancy.  The final floor of the building, at the outset, is expected to be used by the College of Professional and Continuing Education.

Value to the Taxpayer

Funding for Building 2 at the Rowan University South Jersey Technology Park is critical to the federal responsibility to enhance educational resources and economic opportunity in a region that has traditionally been underserved and in need of additional capital investment and a forward-looking, regional approach to job creation.  The needs that federal funding will address are longstanding, but the timing of securing federal funding could not be more urgent or opportune in consideration of the economic upheaval facing Southern New Jersey and the entire United States.

The federal government is currently seeking to stimulate and encourage job growth, entrepreneurship, and a shift toward high technology industries that bear great hopes for future economic opportunity.  Building 2 will have a significant positive economic impact by creating construction jobs and in the long-term becoming home to about 15 young technology businesses, each with an estimated 5 employees, resulting in 75 regional technology jobs with additional growth to follow.  Further, the floor that would house more established technology businesses can accommodate another 5-10 companies, with an estimated total employment of 100-150 workers.

Proposed Recipient
Borough of Bellmawr, Camden County, NJ

Address
21 East Browning Road, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-0368

Amount
$963,462

Explanation of Request

This project is proposing to install solar electric panels on the roofs of 13 buildings in the Borough of Bellmawr. These panels will produce a portion of the electricity for the public works, water department and sewer department. The generation of electricity will reduce the borough’s electric bills which will result in savings to the taxpayers and will reduce the production of greenhouse gases for the region.

Value to the Taxpayer

This project should be funded for federal consideration since it advances one of the goals of the new administration, which is to promote the installation of renewable energy sources.