Below is the list of South Jersey
projects requested by Congressman LoBiondo. The following projects
are listed in alphabetical order:
Fiscal Year 2010 Labor-Health & Human Services-Education
Appropriations Bill-
- A Socio-Ecological Community Action Model to Reduce
Obesity and Increase Physical Activity in Galloway and Egg Harbor
Townships – requested by The Richard Stockton
College of New Jersey (P.O. Box 195 Jimmie Leads Road, Pomona,
NJ). Project
Description: “[The project] encourages partnerships among
local and county governments, schools, businesses, neighborhoods,
and community organizations to create healthier environments
that encourage better nutrition and physical activity. Specific
goals include increasing workplace activity and decreasing disparities
in obesity in minority and low income populations.”…Funding
Requested: $180,000
- AtlantiCare Special Care Center - Building Capacity
for Improved Chronic Disease Outcomes in Atlantic County,
NJ – requested
by AtlantiCare (2500 English Creek Avenue, Building 500, Suite
501, Egg Harbor Township, NJ). Project
Description: “The
AtlantiCare Special Care Center project will build capacity
for improved chronic disease outcomes in Atlantic County. [This]
will provide very real improvements in health care for the
people of the 2nd District and is consistent with national
priorities in health care.”…Funding Requested:
$2,000,000
- Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation, Sleep Disorders
Center – requested by Bacharach Institute
for Rehabilitation (61 West Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona,
NJ). Project
Description: “Relocation,
expansion and upgrade of [Bacharach’s] Sleep Disorders
Center. The Sleep Center offers a wide variety of tests
to identify serious sleep disorders in both adults and
children.
Sleep problems are disruptive to physical and mental health
and can cause significant problems during waking hours.”…Funding
Requested: $250,000
- Children’s Intensive Emotional and Behavioral
Program (CIEBP), Behavioral Training Series Initiative – requested
by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (34th
and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA) for activities
to
be conducted in coordination with their Atlantic County
Specialty Care Center (4009 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing,
NJ). Project
Description: “The CIEBP program serves children
ages 5-12 with severe emotional and behavioral disorders
in
the Atlantic, Cape May and Southern Ocean Counties. In
an effort
to partner with local school districts, [this program]seeks
to create a Behavioral Training Series Initiative which
would provide a broad range of teaching services to school
officials
so that they may be better prepared to address the depth
and breadth of the behavior problems.” …Funding
Requested: $100,000
- Newcomb Hospital Adaptive Reuse Project – Vineland
Community Health and Wellness Center – requested
by the City of Vineland (640 E. Wood Street, P.O. Box 1508,
Vineland, NJ). Project
Description: “The
development of a community health and wellness center on the
campus of what will become a regional health care and [health]
training facility. [Will allow] the City of Vineland to be
consolidate many of its health care services under one roof
providing for
improved operating efficiencies and benefiting from the synergistic
relationships with our proposed health care partners.”...Funding
Requested: $2,000,000
- NORC Senior Neighbor Network - requested by
the Jewish Federation of Atlantic and Cape May Counties (501
North
Jerome Avenue, Margate, NJ). Project
Description: “The
NORC Senior Neighborhood Network program [will allow] more than
300 residents
in [the] local area, 55 and older, to age in place
in better health, with less isolation and increased dignity.” …Funding
Requested: $175,000
- Rowan University Algae-To-Ethanol Research and Evaluation -
requested by Rowan University (201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro,
NJ). Project
Description: “A new initiative involving
research, development, evaluation and commercialization of
algae-to-ethanol
production in southern New Jersey. The algae-to-ethanol project
is consistent with our national and regional priorities in
education and economic development, including fostering a high-technology
economy and enhancing our energy independence.”…Funding
Requested: $1,500,000
- Shore Memorial Hospital Surgical Pavilion – requested
by Shore Memorial Hospital (1 East New York Avenue,
Somers Point, NJ). Project
Description: “Construction of
a new surgical pavilion that will provide our residents with
the
most advanced technology and surgical experience possible.
The Hospital is acquiring advanced digital cardiovascular,
angiographic, and interventional imaging systems as
part of the surgical pavilion projects which will enhance physicians’ abilities
to treat their patients using minimally invasive techniques
in lieu of major surgery.”…Funding Requested:
$500,000
- Transitional Services for Students and Young Adults
with Disabilities – requested by TOTALL ENVOLVEMENT
INC. (71 Rainbow Trail, Malaga, NJ). Program
Description: “[The
project will] provide services to transitioning teens – from
high school to post-secondary options – to
ensure that students understand and consider all
transitional options available
through Federal and State mandates and then ensuring
appropriate vocational and educational skills are
acquired prior to the
actual transition from the secondary environment.”…Funding
Requested: $250,000
- Trauma Care for Vulnerable Families – requested
by Center for Family Services (584 Benson Street,
Camden, NJ). Program Description: “The Center for Family
Services will work with established trauma care models to train
staff
and expand and enhance counseling and services
in order to become better equipped to reduce a wide range of
health, behavioral
health and social problems in children and families.”… Funding
Requested: $466,690
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