Below is the list of South Jersey
projects requested by Congressman LoBiondo. The following projects
are listed in alphabetical order:
Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations
Bill
- A Child is Missing – requested by A
Child is Missing (500 SE 17th St, #101, Ft. Lauderdale, FL) with
funds
expected to be used in the Second Congressional District of New
Jersey. Project Description: “A Child Is Missing assists
law enforcement agencies across the country, including all law
enforcement agencies in New Jersey and New Jersey’s Second
Congressional District, in the first few hours a child, elderly
adult (often with Alzheimer’s Disease) or disabled person
is reported missing. The program is available (free of charge)
to all New Jersey law enforcement agencies.”...Funding
Requested: $350,000
- Challenger Learning Center of Southern New Jersey – requested
by Educational Information and Resource Center (EIRC) (606 Delsea
Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080). Project Description: “To establish
a Challenger Learning Center at the South Jersey Technology Park
at Rowan University. The Challenger Learning Center [seeks] to
motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering
and mathematics.”…Funding Requested: $1,300,000
- GED Plus Programs in Atlantic City – requested
by Covenant House New Jersey (929 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City,
New Jersey). Project Description: “Job training/educational
initiative [to be] launched out of Covenant House’s Community
Service Center in Atlantic City, NJ. [The project] will serve
homeless youth between the ages of 18-21 and will assist them
in learning the skills necessary to find and retain employment
with the ultimate goal of preparing young people for independent
living.”…Funding Requested: $300,000
- KidsPeace Therapeutic Foster Care – requested
by KidsPeace (National Headquarters, 5300 KidsPeace Drive, Orefield,
PA) with project to be located in Cumberland County, New Jersey.
Project Description: “A spectrum of services that includes
psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, residential and educational
services, therapeutic foster care, and community-based programs.
The therapeutic foster care provided by KidsPeace is distinguished
from other programs in the foster care field: (1) Children have
psychiatric diagnoses and display exceptional emotional and behavioral
needs, requiring more intensive and individualized care; (2)
KidsPeace foster families are specially trained, certified, and
supported to care for children with severe emotional and behavioral
challenges and generally care for no more than two foster children
in a home at a time; and (3) KidsPeace staff carry a case load
of eight or fewer foster children, allowing a minimum of weekly
visits to the foster home and 24-hour, seven-day-a-week support
to foster families.”...Funding Requested: $400,000
- Middle School Drug and Safety Prevention Project – requested
by D.A.R.E New Jersey, Inc. (292 Prospect Plains Rd, Cranbury,
NJ) for statewide programs. Project Description: “To
implement the new D.A.R.E. Middle School/Junior High School
Program, “Keepin
It Real”. This is a model substance abuse prevention
education program on the SAMSHA National Registry of Evidence-based
Programs
and Practices (NREPP)."...Funding Requested: $354,742
- Nancy’s Place in Galloway, NJ – requested
by Covenant House New Jersey (929 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City,
New Jersey). Project Description: “Operational funding
for Nancy’s Place, a program that meets the needs of homeless
youth with severe and persistent mental illness. [The project]
will serve homeless youth between the ages of 18-21 and will
assist them in learning the skills necessary to find and retain
employment with the ultimate goal of preparing young people for
independent living.”…Funding Requested: $300,000
- New Jersey Mentoring Initiative – requested
by Big Brothers Big Sisters Foundation of New Jersey (1259
Route 46 East, Building 3, Parsippany, NJ). Project Description: “Funds
will be distributed to ten local Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies
serving 19 counties to strengthen and expand one-to-one mentoring
programs for At-Risk Youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters will also
coordinate a statewide effort to recruit volunteer mentors
and will host statewide best practices conference for other
mentoring programs.”…Funding Requested: $895,000
- Partnership for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Science – Summer
Flounder and Black Sea Bass Initiative – requested by
Recreational Fishing Alliance (176-B South New York Road, Galloway,
NJ). Project Description: “[The project] will provide
data on summer flounder and black sea bass to the NMFS, regional
councils, and state regulatory bodies and participate in the
assessment process carried out by these groups. Furthermore,
data developed by PMAFS programs will be fully incorporated
into data resources used to estimate maximum sustainable yield,
and from this, yearly fishing quotas.”…Funding
Requested: $1,500,000
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