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The following are appropriations requests from Rep. Wasserman Schultz for the 2008 fiscal year. These are only requests and do not represent actual program funding or federal funding allotted for the programs. The announcement of funded requests will be posted on this Web site once they are announced by the House of Representatives.
The following programs, focus on child and community safety, transportation programs, education programs, health care programs and improvement of community infrastructure. Funding of these programs help offset the fact that Floridians pay more into the federal treasury than they receive back in federally funded programs. Securing funding for these local programs will help to improve the lives of South Floridians.
Organization: A Child Is Missing-FL
Title: A Child Is Missing-FL
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: The request will help us assist all the law enforcement agencies in the 20th district and the State of Florida find missing children and the elderly. Every 40 seconds a child goes missing. Finding these missing children, not to mention elderly adults and people with disabilities is of paramount importance to parents, guardians, and law enforcement agencies.
Organization: American Friends of the Hebrew University and the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
Title: Collaborative Oral History project between Israel and South Florida
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: Due to the aging nature of the group, it is more important to record and organize the oral histories of Holocaust survivors during the next few years. In both Israel and South Florida, tens of thousands of these oral histories have been recorded and many more need to be done. With the assistance of the Library of Congress, Hebrew University and the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center would like to continue to record these oral histories and organize them into a joint library in both Israel and South Florida.
Organization: The ARISE Foundation
Title: ARISE Life-Management Skills Intervention/Re-entry Program for High Risk Youth in Washington, D.C.
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: The ARISE program provides both staff training and educational materials for teaching life lessons to incarcerated and at-risk youth through interactive methods that help develop critical thinking skills needed to break the cycle of violence and crime that would otherwise doom many juvenile offenders and at-risk youth to tragic lives of gang involvement, crime, drugs, prison, disease and poverty. In addition to coordinating and conducting training sessions and providing materials, ARISE regularly and systematically evaluates and supports programs in several ways, including: weekly contact reports to evaluate program goals and progress; bi-weekly telephone contact with participating facilities; instructor surveys to ensure quality control and provide extra staff support; exit surveys completed by participants; chapter quizzes and assessments to test participating juveniles on materials covered; and, through data analysis and focus groups to monitor program success in each facility. This program is administered in over 30 organizations in Washington, D.C.
Organization: The ARISE Foundation
Title: ARISE Life-Management Skills Intervention/Re-entry Program for High Risk Youth
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: ARISE serves approximately 31 facilities in 17 congressional districts, including Dade Marine Institute North in Miami within Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz’s congressional district. Over 23,000 hours of Life-Skills lessons have been taught at this facility. ARISE provides juvenile justice facilities with specialized staff training and its unique curricula designed specifically for populations reading at approximately a third grade level. With over 260 easy-to-administer ARISE life-management lessons, ARISE materials contain vital information necessary for reducing recidivism. The ARISE program provides both staff training and educational materials for teaching life lessons to incarcerated youth through interactive methods that help develop critical thinking skills needed to break the cycle of violence and crime that would otherwise doom many of these juvenile offenders to tragic lives of gang involvement, crime, drugs, prison, disease and poverty. Due to the inherent problems staff have in dealing with incarcerated high risk youth, this coming year, ARISE will expand its training program for Juvenile Care and Detention Officers in Florida’s Juvenile Justice facilities, by introducing additional training topics such as anger management, non-judgmental listening and conflict resolution. This training will be directed at reducing staff on youth conflict.
Organization: Barry University
Title: Empowering Families with Technology Education Project
Funds Requested: $2.9 million
Description: As a recipient of highly competitive public and private funding related to low-income, migrant and/or limited-literacy individuals, Barry, through its School of Education now seeks to expand educational opportunities in our high-need communities using an innovative approach. The Empowering Families with Technology Education Project has four primary components: (1) a Minority Education Consortium (MEC) serving Belle Glade and Immokalee, Florida; (2) five Community Learning Centers to be established in low-income housing projects throughout South Florida; (3) the Technology Integration program (TIP); and (4) Technology Learning Carts (TLCs). The Community Learning Centers will be located in areas providing accessible housing to needy families throughout South Florida will be established. Centers are designed to offer evidence-based learning laboratories, specially designed for multicultural and special needs participants, while also offering general assistance to members of the community and students before and after school.
Organization: Barry University
Title: Institute for Community and Economic Development
Funds Requested: $175,000
Description: The Barry Institute for Community and Economic Development: a two-prong approach includes (1) Small Business Development Center to provide education and training in business management skills and serve as a networking center for small and family-owned business, and; (2) Center for Non-profit Leadership and Excellence which will provide training for non-profit ex executives in a variety of areas, including managerial effectiveness and program sustainability. The Institute for Community and Economic Development will leverage Barry University’s outstanding business management resources to promote viable and sustainable community and economic development throughout the region. Those managing small, minority and women-owned business enterprises and those providing leadership in the non-profit sector will be targeted with research-based education and training.
Organization: Broward Community College
Title: Center for Preparedness
Funds Requested: $1.5 million
Description: This program will provide mental health workers and citizens with the tools to respond to the community following a crisis.
Organization: Broward County
Title: Port Everglades Future Dredging Program
Funds Requested: $1.05 million
Description: The Port currently lacks the width, depth and navigational clearances to accommodate this newer, larger class of ocean-going vessel. Funding will allow the Corps of Engineers to continue the necessary planning, engineering and design needed prior to construction of this regionally significant project, which when constructed will allow Port Everglades to widen and deepen harbor channels to accommodate the newer, larger class of ocean-going vessels. Without this funding, this study will come to a halt.
Organization: Broward County
Title: Buses
Funds Requested: $8 million
Description: Broward County’s population growth and subsequent traffic congestion has generated additional demand for public transportation, and in order to keep pace with demand, Broward County has had to expand service, leaving replacement of older, failing buses behind schedule. Funding is needed to purchase (50) limited stop articulated buses for US1 and 20 hybrid fuel buses. These additional mass transit vehicles will prevent service delays, maintain rider ship, and will meet the County’s air quality objectives.
Organization: City of Dania Beach
Title: West Dania Beach Blvd. Bridge
Funds Requested: $2.5 million
Description: West Dania Beach Blvd. presently ends east of Bryan Road on the east side of the canal. The addition of this bridge would create a continuous boulevard from A1A on the east coast to the service road east of I – 95. The continuation of the boulevard would provide a direct evacuation route from the east coast during a mandatory evacuation order. This bridge would also reduce traffic on Federal Highway (US-1) both north and south of Dania Beach Blvd. Direct access to the area west of the new bridge would also improve the area, increasing property values. This Bridge would also facilitate access to and from the new Casino scheduled to be constructed on east Dania Beach Blvd. reducing traffic through the adjacent neighborhoods.
Organization: City of Hallandale Beach
Title: Wireless Signalized Intersection System for US-1/Federal Highway
Funds Requested: $2 million
Description: The City of Hallandale Beach requests federal assistance with the purchase, Installation, and startup costs affiliated with a Wireless Signalized Intersection System for US-1 within the City of Hallandale Beach. Currently, US-1 serves as a main thoroughfare for commuters between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, servicing more than 100,000 people daily. This amount of traffic leads to significant congestion and delays that affect not only local residents and businesses, but also prove detrimental toward regional and international commerce between the two major cities of Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
Organization: City of Ft. Lauderdale
Title: City of Fort Lauderdale Las Olas Streetscape Improvements
Funds Requested: $800,000
Description: This request is to implement the recommendations in the 2000 Las Olas Community Transportation Plan. The plan calls for streetscape/landscape improvements, traffic calming measures, and improvements to traffic flow including ROW acquisition.
Organization: City of Hallandale Beach
Account: COPS
Title: Communications Equipment for Regional Emergency Operations Center for Law Enforcement
Funds Requested: $300,000
Description: The City of Hallandale Beach requests federal assistance with communications system equipment for its Regional Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for Law Enforcement to adequately address law enforcement and emergency issues. Due to the many concerns with both law enforcement and emergency services, it is essential that the City maintain a regional emergency operations headquarters with communications system equipment for the safety of the region’s citizens and utilities. There currently is no Regional EOC in Southern Broward County, with the closest EOC nearly 25 miles away. This equipment will include enhanced emergency communications and public safety information, electronic video-TV monitoring and production center, and an enhanced phone system and computers.
Organization: City of Hollywood
Title: Hollywood Mobile Command Unit
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: A Mobile Command/Communications Vehicle will be used by Public Safety personnel to respond to natural disasters, crime scene incidents, critical incidents and large special events. The City’s public safety forces provide assistance on a regional basis. This vehicle will provide public safety personnel uninterrupted communications with other national, state and local agencies in the event of a natural disaster, emergency or major incident. During Hurricane Wilma, public safety communications were disrupted when almost all of Broward County lost power. By obtaining this mobile command unit, Hollywood will ensure that emergency communications are uninterrupted.
Organization: City of Lauderhill
Title: Wells Replacement & Holiday Village Water Main Replacement
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: The funds requested would allow the City to address several water system issues including replacing existing fresh water wells, and existing water main from water service. The funds would help the City to continue to deal with major quality of life issues for Lauderhill residents.
Organization: City of Lauderhill
Title: US 441/State Road 7 Interchange at 11th Street
Funds Requested: $900,000
Description: This project is required for access to the new Central Broward Regional Park, Regional Library and Performing Arts Center. The City’s objectives include planned growth and redevelopment, economic enhancement opportunities, neighborhood preservation and improved human and social services, which will be met by strategic planning, expanding existing resources and creative financing techniques. The City believes that with these tools in place, it will be able to reshape its urban environment to meet future community needs, goals and desires.
Organization: City of North Miami
Title: Ron L. Book North Miami Athletic Stadium Renovation
Funds Requested: $800,000
Description: Funds will be used for renovations of the track, athletic field and ancillary facilities at the Ron L. Book North Miami Stadium.
Organization: City of Miami Beach
Title: After School and Summertime Gang and Drug Prevention
Funds Requested: $1.95 million
Description: Continued After-School and Summer programs ensure youth “growing-up” within the system. These youth are less likely to entertain outside and detrimental participation in other unsupervised activities, such as involvement in gangs and/or drugs. Participation in the recently created Teen Intervention Program in North Beach has increased dramatically during the past year, as have the various programmatic offerings by the City.
Organization: City of Miami Beach
Title: Miami Beach National Heritage Area
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: The City is seeking designation of Miami Beach as a National Heritage Area, and an appropriation of $1 million in initial funding to assist with concept design. Miami Beach exists as the home to the country’s first 20th century historic district, and although young in incorporation, the City has a rich history, an extensive collection of cultural assets, and many scenic natural resources. The story of Miami Beach represents the story of the development of the American Resort Destination, and how that story has played a significant role in the nation’s heritage. Examples of this unique cultural heritage include: housing hundreds of thousands of trainees during World War II; Jackie Gleason’s weekly broadcasts; Muhammad Ali’s defeat of Sonny Liston; and important political conventions. The evolution of Miami Beach from a barrier island coconut plantation, to the first and premier resort destination in the country, is a story worth celebrating.
Organization: City of North Miami Beach
Title: Norwood Water Treatment Plant Expansion
Funds Requested: $1.6 million
Description: The City of North Miami Beach seeks federal support of its expansion of the Norwood Water Treatment Plant that provides potable water to more than 185,000 consumers. The expansion includes emergency standby power facilities to provide continuous finished water of superior quality that meets or exceeds all federal and state regulatory standards in the wake of adverse weather conditions or bioterrorism. The provision of potable water during emergencies is essential to the public health, safety and well-being of our community.
Organization: City of Oakland Park
Title: Garden Acres Sanitary Sewer System
Funds Requested: $4.9 million
Description: This area has been historically served by septic tanks. Scope of work includes building two lift stations and the supportive sanitary sewer drains throughout the neighborhood. This would provide safe and sanitary conditions to the residents of Garden Acres.
Organization: City of Pembroke Pines
Title: Pembroke Pines Florida State University Charter School’s Autism Program
Funds Requested: $1.5 million
Description: A federal appropriation would enable the City to expand the autistic program at Pembroke Pines Florida State University Charter School. This program allows children with autism and related problems to receive an individualized, age-appropriate education, alongside their same chronological general education peers.
Organization: City of Plantation
Title: Law Enforcement Technology - Digital Radios SMART Zone Communications System
Funds Requested: $900,000
Description: Funding of 300 digital radios to support the Police Department’s SMART Zone Communications System. The City of Plantation will soon be included in the “smart zone” radio system that requires that all City public safety radios be digital. Three hundred (300) digital radios will replace the department’s obsolete radios and allow the City to communicate with other governmental emergency response agencies. Enhancing the current system will expedite access to critical information for emergency situations, lessen response times and prevent human and property losses.
Organization: City of Plantation
Title: Stormwater Management Improvements
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: Funding would provide improvements to the City of Plantation’s primary and secondary stormwater management systems for flood protection and water quality/environmental protection. The flood protection component targets protecting structures and roadways (particularly those critical for emergency operations/services and evacuation routes). Implementing storm water management improvement projects, ongoing operation and maintenance of local and regional systems, and continued coordination with the other agencies responsible for storm water management in this area will reduce the negative impacts from severe storm events.
Organization: City of Sunrise
Title: Public Safety Center Replacement – Design
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: Funding is for design and construction of a replacement Public Safety Center in the City of Sunrise. The existing facility that houses both the Police and Fire/Rescue administrations has been vacated due to structural deficiencies and other concerns. The departments are currently being located in various temporary facilities throughout the City. It is necessary to construct a new Public Safety Center in order to meet current and long-term needs for these services.
Organization: City of Tamarac
Title: Pine Island Road Pedestrian Overpass
Funds Requested: $789,320
Description: The City of Tamarac has begun planning phases for a new Town Center along Main Street. Current plans and population increases has made pedestrian traffic in this area an increasing concern for the City. The intersection of Pine Island Road and NW 57th Street has proven to be a safety hazard for pedestrians needing to cross the street to access many of business and cultural amenities. Pedestrians currently are required to cross an 8-lane road that averages 3,088 cars per hour. This overpass will allow pedestrians to safely cross to the other side of Pine Island Road.
Organization: City of Weston
Title: Bonaventure Stormwater Pumps
Funds Requested: $2.125 million
Description: The storm water pumps serving the Bonaventure Development District, a dependent district of the City of Weston, are the only source of flood control for the Bonaventure community. The pumps are in excess of 30 years old, exposed to weather, and in need of replacement. Funding requested would cover the costs to construct two new pump structures and pumps and assure residents and businesses of reliable flood control. A grant in the amount of $1,000,000.00 has been approved by the Florida Legislature and Governor through a Community Issue Budget Request (CIBR).
Organization: City of Weston
Title: Storm Resistant Street Sign System
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: The street sign system in the City of Weston suffered significant damage from Hurricane Wilma in October 2005 posing navigation difficulties for emergency services and residents alike. The City has designed a storm resistant street sign system meant to withstand significant wind loads and thereby remaining in place after a storm and enabling emergency services to be delivered without navigation delays and mitigate future replacement costs. Funding requested would cover costs to deploy this new street sign system city-wide.
Organization: City of Wilton Manors
Title: Wilton Manors Emergency Operations Center and Public Safety Facility
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: The City of Wilton Manors is constructing a new Public Safety Facility that will include an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). Wilton Manors is located in southeast Florida and has been impacted by several hurricanes during recent years. The Public Safety Facility will house the Wilton Manors Police Department, the first responders during an emergency or disaster. A hurricane-hardened facility, containing the City’s EOC is essential for local emergency management and the effective coordination of response and recovery. The requested funding will support the construction of the building.
Organization: Compass Health Solutions International
Title: Disaster Response and Accountability Project
Funds Requested: $4 million
Description: US casualties from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are placing increasing long-term burdens on Defense, VA, and private healthcare institutions. Every effort needs to be made to assure continuity of care for the permanently injured and ambulatory war fighters returning home. Patient record continuity and healthcare professional assessment is critical to assuring the best possible long-term healthcare for returning injured war fighters. The President called for the establishment of national electronic healthcare records to contain costs, reduce and eliminate potential for adverse drug interactions, and to allow for accurate and appropriate treatment at the point of care. This noble goal must be met, but is UNFUNDED at present and so requires the immediate attention of congressional leaders to assure that Tri-Care, VA, and adjunct providers can meet this requirement.
Organization: CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation
Title: Children’s Oncology Group Childhood Cancer Research Network and Database
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: The United States is without a comprehensive, population-based, pediatric cancer database. This funding would build upon a successful pilot study for a national pediatric cancer database known as the Childhood Cancer Research Network (COG Protocol AADM01P1) and bring this research network to life. With this funding, the Childhood Cancer Research Network will enhance non-therapeutic studies, such as those which investigate the causes and consequences of childhood cancer, to help reduce the risk of cancer in children, reduce the occurrence of late effects of treatment, and improve the quality of survivorship.
Organization: Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
Title: Diabetes research, somatic cell processing program
Funds Requested: $3 million
Description: Funds continuing diabetes research at the Somatic Cell processing facility of the Diabetes Research Institute, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami.
Organization: DME Corporation
Title: VASI Replacement - Replace with PAPI
Funds Requested: $3 million
Description: The FAA is behind in meeting the ICAO requirement to replace all VASI with Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) systems. All airports that service international airlines were required to convert all VASI to PAPI. The FAA has not been able to complete this task due to funding. Funding is needed for both Hardware and installation.
Organization: Downtown Development Authority (DDA)
Title: Fort Lauderdale, The Downtown Transit Corridor Project, Downtown Transit Circulator, Broward County, FL
Funds Requested: $6.5 million
Description: The Downtown Transit Circulator (DTC) consists of a light rail/streetcar system directly serving the 750-acre urban core of Fort Lauderdale. When complete, the system will be approximately 4.5 miles in length provide access from 20 stations and be supported by a Maintenance and Storage facility. The north/south and east/west loops will provide premium service to the five major activity centers linking governmental facilities, office, retail, entertainment, cultural, educational and residential destinations along with the Remote Intercept parking structures intended to intercept a number of auto trips before they enter the city core area.
Organization: Florida Atlantic University
Title: Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Research and Development
Funds Requested: $12 million
Description: The Center of Excellence in Ocean Energy Technology Research and Development, shall develop a unifying and synergistic partnership among academic, industry, navy, and government experts, shall research, design, develop, implement, test, and commercialize cutting-edge ocean energy technology that is competitive with existing fossil fuel-based power generation; providing the United States with a degree of energy independence. The Center shall invest in infrastructure (instrumented testing and evaluation range, research vessels, laboratories, and fabrication facilities), expertise, and education that bridges the gap between concept and commercial implementation of ocean energy technologies, including ocean current, ocean thermal, and cold water based air conditioning. The Center shall establish and grow a domestic industry in ocean energy by providing the necessary infrastructure, technology, expertise, and workforce to propel the United States into a world leader position in ocean energy, generating tens of thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in revenue.
Organization: Florida Atlantic University
Title: Durability of Composite Materials and Structures
Funds Requested: $2 million
Description: The development of a better understanding of the failure mechanisms of composite materials used in the marine environment requires research on the property degradation that occurs as a result of environmental and mechanical stresses. This work will provide important information regarding design guidelines and performance of composite materials in marine environments. Deliverables will be a report defining critical issues in the use of composite materials in marine/DOD applications with regard to environmental influences impacting performance of DOD vehicles, equipment and structures.
Organization: Florida Atlantic University
Title: Florida Initiative for the Advancement Teaching
Funds Requested: $3 million
Description: The Florida Initiative for the Advancement of Teaching (FIAT) will provide practical, research-based, and scalable solutions for improving the PK-20 educational system within the 20th Congressional District and elsewhere in Florida as funding permits by recruiting, preparing, and retaining quality educators in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of local schools. In addition if enough funding is provided this initiative will serve as a center for statewide initiatives and will address the teacher shortage issues by: a) Providing teacher education majors with up to 2000 hours of paid internships experiences in real classrooms working with students, b) Providing up to1000 hours of direct mentoring from experienced professional educators, c) Recruiting students from underrepresented groups, d) Targeting teacher candidates in critical need areas such as, math and science and, e) Reinvesting existing education dollars into teacher training, student achievement and professional development.
Organization: Florida Inland Navigation District
Title: Maintenance Dredging IWW from Jacksonville to Miami
Funds Requested: $8.3 million
Description: Maintenance dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) in the vicinities of Ponce de Leon Inlet and Jupiter Inlet.
Organization: Florida International University
Title: SUS Hurricane Mitigation Alliance
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: The Alliance, whose single focus is to reduce the cost of hurricanes to the federal, state, local governments, business, and households, is coordinated through the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU, and includes FSU, UF, UNF, UWF, FAMU, USF, UCF, and FAU. The requested funding will allow researchers to develop cost effective techniques for reduction of hurricane hazards to life and property. This knowledge will then be transferred to policy makers, forecasters, engineers, architects, and the community at large.
Organization: Florida International University
Title: Wolfsonian Digitization
Funds Requested: $1.5 million
Description: The Wolfsonian-FIU is a public museum and research center that has an unrivaled collection of modern culture that provides resources for local, national, and international audiences. Access to this museum has been limited to onsite visitors. The requested funds will be used by the Wolfsonian-FIU to document, catalog and digitize an unparalleled collection of primary source materials for the late 19th to mid 20th century.
Organization: Girl Scouts of the USA
Title: Girl Scouts of the USA VIVA: Adult Volunteer Hispanic Outreach Program in Florida and New Mexico
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: Girl Scouts recognizes that Latinas are one of the fastest growing groups of girls in the country and seeks to address the special issues they face. The Girl Scouts seeks to engage these potentially at-risk Latinas and the Hispanic community as a whole through VIVA, an adult Hispanic outreach project in Florida and New Mexico, which works to recruit, train and sustain a strong Hispanic Girl Scout volunteer base. The Hispanic community’s participation allows the Girl Scouts to reach the Latina girl and provide them with the programs and support which help them develop courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place. Using lessons learned and best practices in Florida and New Mexico, as well as Texas, the Girl Scouts is developing a model for nationwide replication.
Organization: Hebrew University
Title: Spielberg Film Archive Project
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: The Archive engages in many types of activities. Among these are lectures, film research, preservation of films in danger of decay, distribution, and digitization and accessibility. The Archive serves a wide audience: film producers and directors, researchers, educational purposes - students, lecturers at the university, schools, cultural centers, old age homes, and the general public. The funding would help make the collection more widely available to individuals and researchers all over the world, including the United States by accelerating the process of creating an online database.
Organization: Here’s Help, Inc.
Title: STOP THE VIOLENCE – A Substance Abuse/Violence Prevention Model of Care
Funds Requested: $994,500
Description: Drug-driven homicides of Miami’s young have increased 167% in the last year. In response, Here’s Help will expand its substance abuse treatment capacity by five new residential beds targeting youth most likely to be involved in violent crimes where substance use plays a key role in their hedonistic behavior. The agency will also augment service components through programmatic, health, safety and technological enhancements designed to strength its operational effectiveness, and the quality and quantity of services provided.
Organization: Here’s Help, Inc.
Title: Dormitory Renovation/Expansion
Funds Requested: $2.264 million
Description: Miami homicides of young adults ages 18 to 25 have increased 167% in the last year; the vast majorities were drug related. In response, Here’s Help will increase its residential substance abuse treatment capacity by 45%, renovating its single-story adult dorm into a modern two-story structure with 15 semi-private rooms (30 beds) and four private beds. Capacity expansion will specifically target youth most likely to be involved in violent crimes where substance use plays a key role in their hedonistic behavior.
Organization: HIPPY
Title: HIPPY and Health Literacy: Enhancing Health Practices
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: Complements pre-K literacy and school readiness educational initiatives by adding health literacy (access to health--doctors and dentists/immunizations/insurance for at risk pre-K children as well as educational training for parents in preventative care). Target population is home based; adaptations proposed to bring model to school based and center based programs in Dade and Broward counties. Fills gaps in Health Connect in Early Years programs and works towards establishing a seamless network to Health Connect in Schools programs. Collaboration with partners that include Children’s Trust, Family Central and School Readiness Coalition. Decreases cost to health system and increases ability and competence of caregivers.
Organization: Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency – Beach District
Title: Hollywood Boulevard Bridge Ramp
Funds Requested: $300,000
Description: The City of Hollywood, Community Redevelopment Agency and Department of Transportation are currently redeveloping the historic Hollywood Boulevard Bridge and the surrounding community. The Hollywood Boulevard Bridge is the major gateway from the barrier island to the mainland over the Intracoastal waterway, and is a thoroughfare for commerce and tourism. The City would like federal assistance to fund one of the several feasibility studies as it relates to the redesign of the ramps that currently have a detrimental impact on the Historic Hollywood Beach Hotel, constructed by the City’s founder, Joseph Young, in 1925.
Organization: Holocaust Documentation and Education Center
Title: Construction of the first South Florida Holocaust Museum
Funds Requested: $1.5 million
Description: The Holocaust Documentation and Education Center has acquired a building which will house the first South Florida Holocaust Museum on the first and second floors. These floors need to be designed and then built for the museum’s exhibitions. In addition, there is much-needed repair on the exterior of the building.
Organization: Jackson Health System
Title: Jackson Health System Health Information Technology Infrastructure Upgrades
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: Funding will be used to upgrade Jackson Health System's information technology infrastructure. Jackson is a primary safety net provider in Miami-Dade County and must update its systems to better manage its records and meet the demands of state and federal regulators who continue to push for more detail, better accuracy and faster responses. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has made it clear that a higher number of mistakes in data sent to them will result in lower reimbursement heightening an already critical funding problem. The planned upgrades will also improve the quality of patient care and safety at Jackson.
Organization: Jewish Community Services of South Florida
Title: Home Delivered Meals for Disabled Elderly
Funds Requested: $600,622
Description: Home delivered meals for homebound seniors have received no increase in appropriation for at least 5 years despite increasing demand & Cost. Only 5 meals per week are provided to current recipients (less than 1 meal per day). Approximately 200 eligible seniors are receiving NO services at all.
Organization: Jewish Family Service, Inc. of Broward County
Title: JFS Mental Health Counseling Program
Funds Requested: $100,000
Description: The mental health program of JFS proposes to meet the most serious emotional and mental health needs of children, parents, adults and senior citizens. Families and individuals are facing crises which may include depression, suicide, anxiety, domestic abuse, child abuse and substance abuse. Many individuals and families are unable to come to the JFS office for assistance due to limited resources or limited mobility. The program proposes to reach out to these individuals in their homes if they are unable to come in for service.
Organization: Key College
Title: Realtime Writers and Captioners Training for Key College
Funds Requested: $500,000
Description: Key College is seeking $500,000 for FY08 to train the technological workforce to provide the realtime writing and closed captioning mandated by the 1996 Telecommunications Act (TCA). Currently there is a shortage of realtime writers and closed captioners in Florida and across the country. The technological workforce trained with this funding will provide many high-paying jobs in the community and throughout the State as well as help meet the closed captioning mandates by providing the deaf and hard-of-hearing with access to news and information.
Organization: Miami Children’s Hospital
Title: Miami Children's Hospital Emergency Operations and Energy Center
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: Miami Children's Hospital is the state and locally designated site for a wide variety of pediatric cases in the event of an emergency, such as a hurricane. MCH has an aging physical plant that sustained $2 million in damage during hurricane Wilma, and ceased to function, thereby impacting patient care. MCH is seeking to create a new weather hardened system of air chillers and energy supply that will allow the hospital to continue to serve its patients during a crisis. This $26 million project is necessary to ensure that the hospital can function in time of dire emergency, and will also serve as a central emergency operations and control facility.
Organization: Miami Children’s Hospital
Title: Miami Children's Hospital Pediatric Brain Tumor and Neurological Disease Institute
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: Miami Children's Hospital will further develop and construct a comprehensive Brain Tumor Program facility providing multidisciplinary care to children with brain and spinal cord tumors; none exists in Florida, a State with one of the highest incidence of pediatric brain tumors in the country - the #1 cause of childhood cancer deaths in our country today and their incidence is on the rise, especially in Florida. Establishment of the comprehensive Brain Tumor Program calls for a concerted multi pronged approach that includes construction of a dedicated Neurosurgical Operating suite -at the core of the suite would be a powerful new tool for treating brain cancer: The Intraoperative high resolution MRI, which will enable neurosurgeons to perform otherwise impossible-to-achieve brain scanning during surgery, radically enhancing the efficacy, precision, and safety of brain tumor resections; the first step towards achieving a cure from this killer disease.
Organization: Miami-Dade County
Title: Bus Procurement Plan
Funds Requested: $3 million
Description: Miami-Dade County endeavors to enhance current levels of service to meet the growing transportation demands by increasing bus routes and improving service frequencies. The purchase of additional buses will have an important collective impact on the county’s ability to decrease congestion and promote intermodal linkages for passengers throughout the South Florida region.
Organization: Miami-Dade County
Title: Fit To Play Program
Funds Requested: $185,000
Description: Miami-Dade Park and Recreation is seeking funding to enhance an already existing program- Fit to Play. Intended to help fight the growing rate of children with high cholesterol, high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes, the Fit to Play program, which runs year-round, offers a variety of sports, nutrition education, and end of year/season testing. Resources are currently limited. Through increased funding more children can be helped and millions can be saved in health costs through the prevention of the above mentioned afflictions.
Organization: Miami-Dade County
Title: Transit Security and Surveillance System
Funds Requested: $5 million
Description: Federal support of this initiative will enable Miami-Dade County to enhance and install security and surveillance systems throughout the County’s transit properties and vehicles.
Organization: Miami Dade Police Department
Title: Disaster Recovery and Mobile Automated Fingerprint System
Funds Requested: $3 million
Description: The Broward, Dade and Palm Beach county police departments have worked cooperatively on a regional basis to address the range of criminal, terror and catastrophic threats, (such as Hurricane Katrina) that face the citizens of the area. The regional Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) enables rapid screening of fingerprints to identify suspects across jurisdictional boundaries. The modernization of the current Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) would provide the backbone that will enable the proliferation of hand-held biometric units with the hardware and software capability of evaluating fingerprints, facial recognition, and other biometric identifiers. By funding this upgrade and these units, we will enable a wireless linked-identification capability back to the regional AFIS system which will enable law enforcement personnel to make positive identifications in the field during routine activities. Fusing this identification capability with a wireless link back to the regional AFIS system will enable law enforcement personnel to make positive identifications in the field during routine activities or during severe natural or manmade disasters. The earlier AFIS system did not support this type of recovery capability or mobile application.
Organization: National Federation of the Blind
Title: News Access Through Internet Technology: Providing Accessible Newspapers to the Blind
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: This project will eliminate the need for Federal funding to be provided on a year in, year out basis, and will continue to provide blind people with access to their newspapers in an accessible format.
Organization: National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
Title: Strategies to Increase Underserved Participation in the End-of-Life-Care Initiative
Funds Requested: $1.4 million
Description: Hospice care provides a dignified way to assist individuals in the terminal stage of an illness. Not only does the service provide a high quality of care to patients, it also provides assistance to the families. Despite the overwhelming success of the program, particular populations are not being served. For example, Hispanic Americans are 13 percent of the population, but represent only 4.3 percent of the hospice patients. This project would develop strategies to reach out to underserved populations. It would inform them of the benefits of hospice care and allow them to make informed decisions on whether to participate.
Organization: National Psoriasis Foundation
Title: Institute of Medicine Report
Funds Requested: $375,000
Description: Millions of Americans suffer from dermatologic diseases and conditions, which adversely impact their health and well-being; yet, psoriasis and other dermatologic conditions often are overlooked, dismissed or not prioritized because they are not fatal. However, skin diseases indeed do have a broad and burdensome impact on the health and well-being of Americans and account for substantial health care costs - totaling billions of dollars - to the nation. It is imperative that all individuals affected by psoriasis and other similar conditions have access to appropriate, affordable and accessible medical care and associated therapies to address their unique needs based on their disease state. An Institute of Medicine study is needed to examine and make recommendations about: (1) the extent to which public and private insurers cover prescription medications and other treatments for psoriasis, (2) the payment structures (e.g. deductibles, co-payments, etc.) and if the amount and duration of the coverage and payments under health plans are adequate to cover the costs of providing ongoing care to patients with this disease, and (3) whether these policies/practices give patients the coverage needed to access the best regimen and most appropriate care for their particular disease state.
Organization: Nativity Miguel Network of Schools
Title: Closing the Achievement Gap Among Low-Income Adolescent Boys and Girls
Funds Requested: $600,000
Description: For true social impact, the Nativity Miguel Network of Schools seeks funding to develop a multi-dimensional program teaching over 4500 low-income adolescent boys and girls to pursue a high school and college education and future employment and to prevent juvenile delinquency, gang participation, substance abuse and other negative lifestyles. The Nativity Miguel program is intense, focused, and addresses all aspects of our adolescent boy and girl’s needs. It includes intense literacy training; nutrition – providing 3 healthy meals daily – and nutrition/health education; counseling for challenging family situations that include abandonment, death, incarceration, homelessness, substance abuse, violence; daily mentoring groups, character training; gang, substance abuse and other negative lifestyle prevention; parent education, especially single mothers/grandmothers, in guiding teen-age boys and girls toward healthy lifestyles; and high school and career guidance. All components of the program work together seamlessly to provide these teen-age boys and girls with the tools they need to build a strong foundation for success.
Organization: Nova Southeastern University
Title: Center for Collaborative Bio-Medical Research
Funds Requested: $2 million
Description: The need for Bio Medical Research facilities is identified in the Broward County economic development plan “Vision BROWARD” as one of the highest priorities for future economic development. Federal support is needed for the development of the Collaborative Bio-medical Research facility at Nova Southeastern University. The facility will support the North Broward Hospital District Centers of Excellence as well as a $500 million investment by the State of Florida to develop urgently needed research capabilities in South Florida.
Organization: Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services
Title: At-Risk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention
Funds Requested: $360,000
Description: This appropriation request is for Ohel’s At-Risk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention Program in South Florida. This program assists in the prevention of substance abuse, violence, and child abuse with a focus on at-risk youth and family preservation through school-based intervention, community education, crisis intervention, psychological counseling, and in-home parenting support. This program emphasizes the importance of family and school to combat various forms of abuse and the problems faced by at-risk youth such as drug and alcohol abuse, prescription drug abuse, various forms of violence, and early sexual activity – which are leading causes of disease and early death among America’s youth. This can be very effective beginning with ten year olds in fifth grade and continuing through high school. Many studies show that children who are well-connected to their parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers, and religious leaders are substantially less likely to engage in at-risk behaviors and significantly more likely to finish school, matriculate to college, and have health and stable families of their own. Therefore, this program presents an opportunity for the federal government to invest in America’s future. School-based services: School-based services are offered in day schools, public schools, and yeshivas – and include seminars on safety from unwanted touch.
Organization: Seminole Tribe of Florida
Title: Operations and Maintenance for the Big Cypress Critical Project
Funds Requested: $600,000
Description: This funding request will support the federal share of the operations and maintenance costs required for the Big Cypress Reservation critical project the Seminole Tribe is building in full partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers. The first phase of the project is complete and the second is under construction. Operations and maintenance activities will include the purchase of maintenance equipment, operation of pumps and other equipment, and monitoring equipment, laboratory fees, and scientific evaluation needed to implement the Wetland Management Plan.
Organization: South Broward Hospital District
Title: Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital (JDCH)
Funds Requested: $1.5 million
Description: DCH is the largest provider of pediatric services in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. The growth of the hospital necessitates a dedicated separate and distinct space for pediatric oncology services. This year over 500 pediatric oncology patients were treated at JDCH. This project will add up to 24 pediatric oncology beds. In addition, the unit will have two diagnosis or hospice suites, a pediatric pharmacy, oncology treatment rooms, a playroom and classroom, and space for families.
Organization: South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Title: Regional Integrated Fare Collection System (Smart Card)
Funds Requested: $8 million
Description: South Florida’s four transit agencies, Broward County Transit (BCT), Miami-Dade Transit (MDT, Palm Tran Transit and SFRTA/Tri-Rail, have agreed to work together for the purpose of procuring and implementing a Regional Integrated Fare Collection System (Smart Card) that will make travel seamless, convenient and cost effective. The participating transit agencies will use shared ridership data detailing passenger travel within the region in order to provide more convenient routes and frequent service to those areas where there is demand. Smart Card will reduce barriers and encourage greater use of transit for regional needs by providing the residents of South Florida with a single payment card that is accepted by all transit providers in the region.
Organization: St. Thomas University
Title: Spinal Cord Research
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: St. Thomas University, a Minority-Serving Institution, requests to support the study of spinal cord regeneration following traumatic injury to benefit the rehabilitation of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with these injuries. To carry out this research, we propose the establishment of a consortium in a partnership with researchers at the a clinical setting.
Organization: The Starting Place, Inc.
Title: Residential Treatment Facility for Adolescents with Co-Occurring Disorders (Substance Abuse and Mental Health)
Funds Requested: $650,000
Description: According to SAMSHA’s latest report dated January 31, 2005, SAMSHA estimates that 50-75 percent of clients in substance abuse treatment programs have co-occurring mental illness while 20 – 50 percent of those treated for mental health settings have co-occurring substance abuse. In Broward County, Florida, where The Starting Place is located, we estimate those numbers to be even higher confirming a MAJOR need for a Adolescent Co-Occurring Disorder Facility. According to Charles Currie, SAMSHA Administrator, “all to often individuals are treated only for one of the two disorders, if the other disorder is left untreated, both disorders usually get worse.”
Organization: Town of Davie
Title: Water Treatment Plant Expansion using Alternative Water Supplies
Funds Requested: $2 million
Description: This project will allow the Town to continue to provide clean, safe drinking water while helping to restore the Everglades Drinking Water Plan, utilizing an alternative water source.
Organization: Town of Southwest Ranches
Title: I-75 / Griffin Road Interchange Appropriations Adjustment FPID 4151541-1
Funds Requested: $7.951 million
Description: Safety enhancement: to advance the construction funding necessary to urbanize the western half of the Interchange. FDOT’s District Office # 4 has recognized that “this project is of utmost importance to the surrounding community and greater traveling public.”
Organization: University of Florida
Title: Library of Congress for Preservation and Access to Rare Caribbean Materials
Funds Requested: $1.6 million
Description: The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) is one of the world’s leading repositories of information on the nations of the Caribbean Basin. This region is of strategic economic, political and cultural importance to the United States with deep ties to the State of Florida. UF’s unique library holdings on the Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean include hundreds of thousands of volumes and other materials, and are the product of decades of intensive work by librarians, preservationists and other specialists. Making a part of these materials available online would be of extraordinary value to researchers in the United States and beyond. This project will also help millions of US citizens trace their roots to the Caribbean region, and will serve to improve cultural relations with our neighbors in the region through access to lost or inaccessible materials.
Organization: University of Florida
Title: Neural Toxin Capture from Air and Water to Reduce Health Effects in Children
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: Mercury is a deadly, long-lasting poison. The objective of this research is to learn the best ways to use the material where it is needed most: at the industrial scale. A diverse team of UF graduate students, undergraduate students, and faculty will test the material in an experimental reactor, varying key parameters to reveal how to achieve the best performance. Once mature, we believe this technology could dramatically reduce mercury pollution and consequent negative health impacts, but the benefits wouldn’t stop there.
Organization: University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine
Title: Center for Patient Safety
Funds Requested: $2 million
Description: The University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine is proposing a study to develop new methods to improve patient safety by evaluating the architecture and design of healthcare facilities. We expect to generate evidence-based guidelines for construction and remodeling of hospitals and to establish new safety design standards of healthcare facilities. In so doing, many lives could be saved and infections and injuries prevented, reducing overall healthcare costs in the process.
Organization: The Victory School for Children with Autism
Title: Continuing Professional Education and Community Outreach Enrichment
Funds Requested: $50,000
Description: The Community Outreach Enrichment Program is designed to build awareness for the community, to expose our students to the community and also to assist our parents in transition of their child in society. The Continuing Professional Education Program is designed to enhance our teacher’s education, to expose our teachers to what is going on in the Autism Spectrum and also to receive hands on training with other children and adults that have autism. This will result in our teachers obtaining a higher skill level for our students at The Victory School as well as for our community outreach programs.
Organization: Young At Art Children’s Museum
Title: The Global Village: A Gateway to Cultural Understanding
Funds Requested: $1 million
Description: To support the development of The Global Village, a 4,500 sq. ft. immersive educational journey that will diminish prejudices, break racial barriers and instill pride in one’s own cultural heritage as well as the heritage of other cultures. 300,000 children and adults annually will be impacted by this important educational opportunity.
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