Rhode Island Appropriations Requests

Financial Services and General Government

Recipient: Aquidneck Island Planning Commission

Project: Advancing Economic Opportunities for Aquidneck Island

Location: Newport, Rhode Island

Amount: $308,000

Purpose: The Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, which helps stakeholders to coordinate economic and infrastructure development, requests funding to facilitate planning among town councils, town managers, planners, tribal leaders, state agencies, and residents in the island's three municipalities.

Recipient: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Knowledge District

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding to create a hub for medical and life science research in the City's proposed 200 acre "Knowledge District." This funding will allow the City and its partners (Brown University, Johnson and Wales University, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island Hospital, Women and Infants Hospital) to develop a growth and land use plan for the District and market it to attract other partners. The City will conduct infrastructure capacity analysis and preliminary design to ensure that physical infrastructure will be in place to support proposed development.

Recipient: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Neighborhood Markets

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,900,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding for infrastructure improvements to help small business development in selected commercial areas (Hope Street, Wayland Square, Charles Street, and Smith Street). The funding will support the installation of lighting to re-enforce the historical aspects and architectural attributes of each district and define the streetscape. In addition, funds will be used to hire a Neighborhood Markets Coordinator and to implement neighborhood design standards and features.

Recipient: Johnson and Wales University

Project: Higher Education Consortium for Rhode Island Entrepreneurship

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: Johnson and Wales University requests funding for its Rhode Island Small Business Development Corporation (RISBDC) to expand student-led business consulting services, such as advertising, marketing, feasibility studies, and graphic design. The RISBDC will collect baseline data, document program progress, and produce quarterly reports on jobs created and other indicators. Johnson and Wales will collect data on outcomes related to students' experiences. Funding will enable Johnson and Wales to staff and equip a project management office to coordinate the service network.

Recipient: Rhode Island Manufacturers Institute

Project: Rhode Island Manufacturers Workforce Development Initiative

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $150,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Manufacturers Institute (RIMI) requests funding to develop a curriculum for schools and other workforce agencies that will focus on the skills that manufacturers involved in complex specialties (such as pharmaceuticals and biotech) are looking for in new hires. Along with curriculum development, RIMI will partner with state and local workforce agencies to promote manufacturing careers and to conduct outreach to dislocated workers.

Recipient: RI Economic Development Corporation

Project: Small Business Loan Fund

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) requests funding to capitalize its Small Business Loan Fund Corporation. Since 1986, RIEDC has been successfully operating a revolving loan fund through capitalization funding provided by the Department of Commerce. This funding would be used to expand RIEDC's capabilities to include a more flexible lending source to assist small businesses. The project would benefit Rhode Island by providing working capital for the state's small businesses.

Recipient: Rhode Island Rural Development Council

Project: Economic Growth Initiatives for Agriculture in Rhode Island

Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Rural Development Council requests funding to support the sustainability of agricultural associations and cooperatives through marketing and educational programs for students, new farmers, the general public, and industry professionals. Funding will also support grants to fund infrastructure for local growers, marketing assistance, and campaigns to promote local produce.

Recipient: Social Venture Partners Rhode Island

Project: Small Business Incubator

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $160,000

Purpose: Social Venture Partners Rhode Island requests funding to support an incubation program that will provide social entrepreneurs with business expertise, mentoring and access to social investors. In addition, funding would provide accounting, business, administrative, and other operational assistance to social venture entrepreneurs in Rhode Island. Funding would support start-up expenses for the program, including salaries and expenses.

Recipient: The Providence Plan

Project: Rhode Island Community Data Profiles

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: The Providence Plan, a joint venture of the City of Providence, the State of Rhode Island, the academic community, and the private sector, requests funding to update its website tools with new Census and government data in order to provide a statistical snapshot of all Rhode Island's communities. These improvements will enable the Providence Plan to provide a planning and economic development resource for those doing business in Rhode Island.

Recipient: Town of Middletown

Project: Middletown Aquidneck Corporate Park Improvement

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island

Amount: $120,000

Purpose: The Town of Middletown requests funding for Phase 2 of the Aquidneck Corporate Park (ACP) improvement project. This funding will be used to install new directional and business signs, and will be matched by outside funding for additional infrastructure improvements. These enhancements will significantly improve the park's functionality, while also attracting new businesses to the park.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island Research Foundation

Project: Self-sustaining Economic Development

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation requests funding for a center to promote the development, expansion, and sustainability of small businesses. The center will focus on helping to develop and commercialize innovations and intellectual property developed at the University of Rhode Island and elsewhere in the state. Funding will be used for business planning, marketing , technology assessments, intellectual property guidance, licensing, and support for pursuing Small Business Innovation Research, Small Business Technology Transfer, and related opportunities.

Organization: Town of Middletown

Project: Middletown Fire Station Expansion

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,700,000

Purpose: This project will expand the existing fire station to allow the Town of Middletown to meet its increased obligations. The Town of Middletown has recently committed to providing fire protection and emergency medical services for Navy housing located outside the secure fence line of Naval Station Newport. The fire station expansion is a two-phase project, which will consist of the demolition of the former police station to make room for new apparatus bays, and the construction of training and office space.

Organization: Town of Smithfield

Project: Fire Department Headquarters Construction

Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

Amount: $6,300,000

Purpose: This project will fund a new headquarters for the Smithfield fire department, which will serve the area around Rhode Island State Highway Routes 7 and 116. This area has been identified as a "Priority Development Area" in the Statewide Strategic Plan for Office and Industrial Site Development. Existing emergency services facilities cannot adequately support the expanding development in the area, which includes Bryant College and Fidelity Investments. Recently, Bryant College added a new townhouse building and residential hall, and Fidelity Investments added a new 550,000 square foot facility. The current fire department headquarters lacks the necessary square footage to effectively serve the surrounding community and manage emergency operations.

Organization: Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association

Project: Watch Hill Lighthouse Seawall Repair

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association (WHLKA) would use federal funds to repair a 200+ foot section of the eastern seawall at the historically significant Watch Hill Lighthouse. Constant erosion threatens to topple the wall and cut off access to the lighthouse. A 2007 storm actually breached this section. A 2009 engineering report concluded, "The wall in its present condition is a threat to anyone near the wall and reconstruction or other protection measures need to be implemented at once." Since 1986 the WHLKA has maintained the lighthouse buildings and property under a lease from the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The repairs would enhance public safety and ensure continued access for the USCG to keep the light and foghorn operational, and access for the public to the 150 - year old lighthouse.

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies

Recipient: NRCS

Project: Pocasset River Watershed

Location: Rhode Island

Amount: $7,300,000

Purpose: Funding is requested to continue the implementation of a watershed plan for the Pocasset River in the City of Cranston and Town of Johnstown. With funding provided in FY 2010, easements are being purchased for several residential properties along the river and design work is beginning for flood wall construction. In FY 2011, NRCS will build up to two flood walls along the river to protect commercial and residential property owners who continue to experience severe floooding, including again in the first quarter of 2010. This is a critical part of the Pocasset Watershed Plan which recommends the removal, rehabilitation (flood-proofing), or relocation of endangered homes; the restoration of natural floodplains; and the construction of floodwalls.

Recipient: Town of Jamestown, Rhode Island

Project: Comprehensive Groundwater Study

Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island

Amount: $350,000

Purpose: The Town of Jamestown (Conanicut Island) requests funding for modeling to determine the fresh water flow-through and new areas for potential well sites. Public water supply users of Jamestown have seen water and sewer costs triple in recent years while non-public water supply areas suffer drinking water shortages because of limited supply. Although Jamestown has a comprehensive water resources strategy that includes avenues to supplement the supply and insure drinkability, there is not a clear understanding of how water sources are replenished. This funding will provide clear data on the future viability of the water supply, aiding in development decisions.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Project: Innovative Aquaculture

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,150,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island (URI) requests funding to improve the production of important commercial fish species and provide therapeutic products for a wide variety of finfish species, focusing on bluefin tuna. Over the past forty years, wild bluefin tuna stocks have declined significantly in the North Atlantic and the commercial fishery in the northeastern United States alone has declined by more than 90%. Funding will help develop technologies for commercial culture of bluefin tuna in Rhode Island and to replenish overfished stocks. Funding will also be used to investigate and develop methods to prevent and treat infectious diseases, one of the primary impediments to aquaculture, as it reduces the yield of cultured fish.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Project: Nursery Production, RI

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island (URI) requests funding to develop an insect-resistant variety of eastern hemlock. The eastern hemlock is a dominant conifer in many northeastern forests and an important landscape plant. An invasive pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid, has devastated hemlock populations from Maine to the Carolinas. Chemical control is impractical in forests, and there are no effective biological control agents. Adelgid-resistant eastern hemlocks would provide a tool for combating this pest. URI will colloborate with Rhode Island nurseries to produce, grow, and distribute hemlock trees derived from natural stands that have been found to be highly-resistant to this pest. This will solve a major problem for regional landscapers, and conservation and forestry industries, while also providing a new crop for nurseries in Rhode Island, where production of hemlocks has ceased because of the presence of this invasive insect pest.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Project: Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Rhode Island

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $550,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island requests funding for comprehensive research and outreach programs to mitigate the impacts of tick-borne diseases in Rhode Island. Funding would be used to continue the development of tick-borne disease forecasting tools to provide residents of Rhode Island and the region with real-time tick encounter risk information. It will also be used to continue innovative anti-tick vaccine discovery research.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Organization: Boys Town New England

Project: Expansion of Boys Town New England Programs

Location: Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Amount: $175,000

Purpose: Boys Town New England (a non-profit, non-sectarian organization) requests funding to integrate the Boys Town Treatment Family Home program, the Boys Town Treatment Foster Care program, and its In-Home Family Services program to serve more at-risk girls and boys who are in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. It is expected that through these services, incidences of abuse, neglect, and delinquency will be greatly reduced along with the need for further out-of home-placement (residential and foster care or a correctional or prison facility).

Organization: Chamber Education Foundation

Project: Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership

Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership requests funding for programs for at-risk youths. Funding will support 25 mentoring programs that serve 2,500 children, primarily in urban core and urban ring communities. It will also provide program support and training, as well as assisting with mentor recruitment and background checks.

Organization: City of Newport

Project: Implementing Enhancements to Existing Services

Location: Newport, Rhode Island

Amount: $360,000

Purpose: The City of Newport requests funding to provide its Police Department with new equipment and technology, including ballistic protective vests and ballistic protective helmets, an enhanced in-station digital video recording system, and an Emergency Notification System and secondary police dispatch center at the Newport Emergency Operations Center.

Organization: City of East Providence

Project: Public Safety MDT Project

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: The City of East Providence requests funding for the purchase of new Mobile Data Terminals (MDTs) for its police department. The current police cruiser-based MDTs are outdated and must be replaced. The new terminals will allow officers to have instant access to the department’s records management system via wireless network. Since reports can be completed remotely, officers can spend more time on patrol and less time at headquarters processing paperwork. The new terminals will also allow greater connectivity and coordination between police and fire departments.

Organization: City of Providence

Project: Predictive Policing Initiative

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,200,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding for its Predictive Policing Initiative, a system that will use real-time crime data analysis to create crime prevention strategies, assist in officer deployments, and assess crime strategy effectiveness. The initiative will focus primarily on violent crime to include: homicide, aggravated assault, gun, and domestic violence-related crime. Through crime data and trend analyses, the department will implement evidence-based crime strategies and strategically deploy police officers to those areas affected to prevent crime. Funding will be used for information technology, technology personnel, and additional patrols.

Organization: City of Providence

Project: Public Safety Technology

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding to help complete the build-out of its Mesh mobile data network, which connects all the public safety vehicles to the Computer Aided Dispatch System and NICS systems. Funding will also be used for video surveillance network at sensitive sites, including local hospitals, colleges, universities, port security cameras, and other sensitive sites.

Organization: Day One

Project: Expansion of Support Services

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: Day One requests funding to expand advocacy and clinical programs for adult sexual assault victims, child victims of sexual abuse, and their families. In addition to its services for adult victims, Day One’s Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) allows child victims to tell about their abuse one time only to a multidisciplinary team of professionals and helps to ensure that young victims will no longer have to endure the trauma of multiple interviews or frightening court proceedings. In addition, the CAC benefits the community because its work leads to higher prosecution rates for child sexual abuse crimes.

Organization: Institute for International Sport

Project: Sports Corp - Rhode Island

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $125,000

Purpose: The Institute for International Sport requests funding for a program for at-risk youths in Providence and Pawtucket. Under the program, recent college graduates who have distinguished themselves as scholar-athletes and scholar-artists will work with at-risk youths to implement the Institute's “Sports Corps” program, which seeks to reduce conflict and violence by establishing common ground around sports activities.

Organization: Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence

Project: Nonviolence Streetworkers Program

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: The Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence seeks funding for its Nonviolence Streetworkers program, which helps prevent youth violence in neighborhoods in Providence, Cranston, and Central Falls, Rhode Island. The Streetworkers are available 24 hours a day to offer and offer immediate support to victims of violence and their families. They work with the family and friends of victims to come to terms with the event and reject the idea of retaliation. The Streetworkers program will expand its capabilities to cover neighborhoods where gang activity is prevalent.

Organization: John H. Chafee Center for International Business

Project: Rhode Island Export Development Program (RIEDP)

Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University requests funding to create a state-of-the-art technical center run by professional staff, Bryant University faculty, and student researchers. It will offer the latest in distance learning methodologies, web-based training, and integrated global information networks to enhance the development of international business opportunities for manufacturers and businesses in Rhode Island. This will include on-site training programs and seminars, e-learning, trade webinars and seminars, international market research, and web-based trade databases that will assist companies in maximizing international trade opportunities.

Organization: Phoenix House

Project: Phoenix House Drug Treatment Initiative

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: Phoenix House requests funds to provide intensive family counseling services for adults with co-occurring disorders and related problems. Increasingly, patients are presenting with acute substance use problems and a broader range of co-occurring disorders related to trauma, mental health, and family issues. Traditional funding streams do not cover the costs associated with providing intensive counseling services, which help individuals recover, reunite with their families, and become productive members of their communities.

Organization: Project GOAL, Inc.

Project: Project GOAL - Soccer for Success

Location: Central Falls, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: Project GOAL requests funding for educational programs that provide at-risk youths with positive alternatives to negative peer pressures and gang involvement. The project will focus on communities where soccer has a strong cultural influence. It will provide participants with soccer-based leadership responsibilities, education, and workforce development opportunities.

Organization: Providence After School Alliance

Project: AfterZone

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Providence After School Alliance (PASA) seeks funding to expand its after-school program for at-risk students. PASA's AfterZones are “neighborhood campuses” that offer learning programs in schools, recreation centers, and other community locations. The AfterZones serve 1,800 youth annually, coordinating activities with a variety of outside partners, such as the Providence Housing Authority, the parks and recreation department, police, institutions of higher learning, and others. Early results from a 3-year Public/Private Ventures evaluation are showing AfterZone participants attending school more, being less tardy, and reporting greater school connectedness when compared to nonparticipants.

Organization: Rhode Island Family Court

Project: Rhode Island Family Treatment Drug Court

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Family Court seeks funding to expand its Family Treatment Drug Court (FTDC), which serves families with newborns identified as substance-exposed during pregnancy. The FTDC works to achieve the safe, appropriate, timely, and permanent reunification of families by identifying substance-involved families who are amenable to treatment, helping parents access treatment, and developing comprehensive multi-disciplinary case plans for families in collaboration with child welfare services. Throughout the process, the court conducts intensive case monitoring. Funding will used to expand the reach of this program and to support critical partners, such as the Vulnerable Infants Program at Women and Infants Hospital.

Organization: Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council

Project: Offshore Renewable Energy Surveys

Location: Wakefield, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) seeks funding to study the impacts of offshore wind turbines from the planning stage through operation. This effort will build on the existing research developed for the Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP), a federally-recognized comprehensive planning, management, and regulatory tool that is being used to help site wind energy projects off the coast of Rhode Island. The study will monitor the natural and socioeconomic impacts of the construction and operation of new offshore turbines off the coast of Block Island, which is slated to begin in 2010-2011. The results will help federal agencies, including the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to better plan and understand the impacts of larger offshore wind farms in federal waters.

Organization: Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance

Project: Rhode Island Afterschool and Summer Learning Initiative

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Afterschool Plus Alliance seeks funding to provide high quality afterschool and summer programs for at-risk youths. Funding will also provide professional development, training, and evaluation for these programs.

Organization: Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias

Project: Hate Crime/Civil Rights Training & Education: Law Enforcement & Our Schools

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: The Mount Hope Learning Center is requesting federal funding for the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice and Bias. These funds will be used to hold 14 training sessions for police officers and recruits, conduct a forum for civil rights officers in every municipality, hold four training sessions for trauma and rape crisis groups, form student-led civil rights teams in RI school districts, and expand RI CPB’s “Building Relationships” program which brings together law enforcement and urban youth. This funding will also enable the four AmeriCorps who have worked on this project this past year to continue their work as employees.

Organization: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

City of Warwick

Project: Rocky Point Coast Land Acquisition

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the City of Warwick request funding for the acquisition of the 80-acre coastal property known as Rocky Point. The property is an iconic site that would be preserved as open-space for public enjoyment and recreation. Funding will complete the acquisition of the entire Rocky Point property, part of which was acquired in 2008.

Organization: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Project: Catch Monitoring

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management requests funding for software and hardware to create a reporting, recording, and marketing system for the Rhode Island’s fishing fleet and out-of-state fleet wishing to land product in Rhode Island. The system would support proper management of marine resources and new catch-share management requirements.

Organization: Rhode Island School of Design

Project: Facility for Advanced Visualization Technologies

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) requests funding to establish a technology facility supporting interdisciplinary research in data visualization, human-machine interface design, and advanced industrial processes for modeling and fabrication. The requested funding will be used to acquire advanced equipment, provide computer and network assistance, and support research faculty, graduate students, and a full-time technician. The research studio will allow users to manipulate digital information and images with human gestures and speech. This technology can be applied to materials and industrial process research, data visualization in the health and life sciences, and architecture.

Organization: Save the Bay

Project: Save the Bay - Marine Education Program

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: Save the Bay requests funding for its Marine Education Program, which provides enhanced marine science education to underserved middle school students. By combining classroom instruction with field experience on and around Narragansett Bay, the program gives young people an awareness of the importance of the local and global environment. The program has allowed thousands of Rhode Island students, many of whom have never observed the natural resources of the Bay, to experience and learn about them first-hand.

Organization: Town of Bristol

Project: Town of Bristol Emergency Communications Equipment

Location: Bristol, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: The Town of Bristol requests communication equipment to ensure interoperable communications between its police and fire departments. The funding will ensure that the current police station (normal dispatch center for Police, Fire, EMS) and a new Fire/EOC center have a seamless connection in both radio and data communications. This will allow for a back-up to either site in the event of a major malfunction at either building.

Organization: Town of Cumberland

Project: Law Enforcement Equipment

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $50,000

Purpose: The Town of Cumberland requests funds for computer and data equipment and fire safety equipment for its police department. A new information technology system is needed to keep the department on-line and enable the police department to maintain essential records. In addition, the department needs to acquire fire safety equipment in order to meet state fire safety mandates.

Organization: Town of Smithfield

Project: Law Enforcement Equipment

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: The Town of Smithfield requests funding for night-time thermal imaging cameras for its police department. The department anticipates that these cameras will provide a valuable tool to assist patrols in searching for potentially dangerous criminals from a safe location (inside a patrol vehicle) without placing themselves or the public they serve in unnecessary danger.

Organization: University of Rhode Island

Project: Rhode Island Coastal Ocean Observing System

Location: Narragansett, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,000,000

Purpose: This University of Rhode Island (URI) requests funding to develop, organize, and formalize a sustainable coastal ocean observing system for Rhode Island (RICOOS) that will be aligned with the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS). URI will develop a sustainable coastal ocean observing system for Rhode Island by integrating and expanding existing observational and data management assets to monitor water quality, forecast coastal hazards inundation, and support marine spatial planning.

Organization: University of Rhode Island

Project: Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island (URI) requests funding for the Rhode Island Consortium on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to help acquire analytical equipment, provide personnel support, and conduct outreach programs to ensure rapid translation of research to industry. The Center will focus on programs in bionanotechnology (imaging, drug delivery, and toxicity), energy nanotechnology (photovoltaics, biofuels) and environmental nanotechnology (remediation, reactive inorganic membranes). It will encourage scientific advances, promote technological innovation, produce a highly skilled work force for the 21st century, foster the creation of new startups, and help attract and retain outstanding new faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.

Organization: Woonsocket Prevention Coalition

Project: Rhode Island Third Eye Youth Crime Watch Project

Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Woonsocket Prevention Coalition requests funding for the Rhode Island Third Eye Youth Crime Watch (YCW) Project, which was established four years ago and provides leadership and school safety training to students in 50 secondary schools and 3,500 secondary students in Rhode Island. Under the program, students form leadership teams to address issues of violence, bullying, substance abuse, crime, and conflict management based on the Youth Crime Watch student leadership model. In addition, Third Eye holds a two-day leadership training conference for 375 student leaders and 70 adult advisors representing 25 schools.

Organization: YWCA Northern Rhode Island

Project: Bright Futures Initiative for At-Risk Youth

Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: YWCA Northern Rhode Island along with the YWCA Greater Rhode Island, Rhode Island Black Storytellers, Visiting Nurse Services of Newport and Bristol County, and Rhode Island Teen Pregnancy Coalition request funding to provide an array of services to at-risk girls and young women. The project will focus on teen pregnancy prevention, mentoring pregnant and parenting youth, services for victims and potential victims of abuse, and services for youth in foster care.

Energy and Water Development

Project: Innovative Carbon Dioxide Science and Technology

Recipient: Brown University

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,500,000

Purpose: The Brown University-Draper Energy Collaboration requests funding for innovative research in the field of carbon capture, carbon sequestration, and carbon conversion. Brown University and Draper Laboratory have assembled a team of experts from Brown University's Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering divisions and from Draper Laboratory to focus on reducing the cost of carbon capture from both new and existing fossil fuel power plants and designing and synthesizing catalysts for a renewable-powered reactor that converts atmospheric CO2 into economically-valuable chemicals.

Project: Providence Harbor Shipping Channel, RI

Recipient: City of Providence

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,800,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to conduct maintenance dredging of the Upper Providence River, part of the federally-maintained navigation channel, and to construct a permanent basin to intercept sediment to reduce future river sedimentation. This project will dredge and restore the navigability of one mile of the river in Downtown Providence and provide a permanent infrastructure to manage future siltation that currently flows into the Woonasquatucket River, the Moshassuck River, and the Providence River.

Project: Solar Cell Connectivity Research and Development

Recipient: Rhode Island Electronic Textiles Innovation Center

Location: Bristol, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Electronic Textiles Innovation Center is a non-profit consortium of textile, technology, and product development firms, undertaking research and development to promote the electronic textile industry in Rhode Island and the Northeastern United States. It requests federal funding to develop a standard electrical and mechanical interface and interconnection platform for flexible solar panels and solar shingle integration for both residential and commercial properties.

Project: Green Renovation of Illustration Studies Building

Recipient: Rhode Island School of Design

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,100,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) requests funding to support the first year of a multi-year project to renovate its Illustration Studies Building (ISB). RISD is now in the planning stages of a major initiative to "green" its campus through the phased renovation of several college buildings in the center of Providence and adjacent College Hill. In their final form, these buildings will serve as a national model of how historic urban structures can be retrofitted and operated for environmental efficiency, incorporating advanced technologies and innovative approaches developed by RISD faculty and students. By using the RISD campus as a laboratory for research and education in these vital areas, the project will greatly enhance the ability of RISD faculty to train world-class architects, interior architects, and landscape architects, as well as practitioners of other art and design disciplines.

Project: Mt. Hope High School solar energy and curriculum

Recipient: Town of Bristol

Location: Bristol, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: The Town of Bristol in partnership with the Bristol-Warren Regional School District requests funding for a project featuring the installation of a grid-connected array, which will be mounted onto the flat rooftops of Mt. Hope High School. This renewable energy project is part of the Town's goal to create a new "alternative energy and sustainable demonstration project" as well as the creation of an innovative science curriculum to educate the students within the School District on the first hand operation, administration, technical training, financial benefits, and environmental responsibilities of the use of alternative energy. Students will be involved in the installation and operation of the solar panels.

Project: Project Deauthorization

Recipient: Town of New Shoreham

Location: Block Island, Rhode Island

Amount: Bill language

Purpose: The Town of New Shoreham requests bill language that would deauthorize a small breakwater within the Block Island Harbor of Refuge in order to make improvement to the town's docks. The breakwater was originally used by the Corps during the construction of the outer protective breakwater in the late 1800's, but no longer serves a functional purpose for the Corps. Once deauthorized the property will be transferred to the State of Rhode Island, which owns the submerged lands on which the breakwater stands. The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), which has jurisdiction over all submerged lands in the state, is aware of and does not object to the deauthorization.

Project: Point Judith Harbor of Refuge

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Narragansett, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Point Judith Harbor of Refuge is formed by three breakwaters, totaling 12,850 feet. The project serves as an emergency shelter for the fishing fleet, receational boats, and other vessels, as well as providing a critical shoreline buffer from ocean waves. Today, portions of the breakwater have eroded and fallen into the ocean and parts of the center breakwater are submerged at high tide, creating a potential navigation hazard. With funding provided in fiscal years 2008 and 2010, the Corps completed its assessment and has begun project planning and design for the restoration and repair of the breakwater. Funding in fiscal year 2011 will be used to prepare a design memorandum for the breakwater repair.

Project: Great Salt Pond, Block Island, RI

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Block Island, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: Funding is need to address shoaling in the entrance channel to Great Salt Pond on Block Island, which is impacting safe navigation in and out of the harbor.

Project: Charlestown Breachway and Inlet

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Charlestown, Rhode Island

Amount: Bill language

Purpose: Boulders at the mouth of Charlestown Breachway are a severe safety hazard to vessels attempting to enter or exit Ninigret Pond. The rocks create extra turbulence in the channel, making navigating around the rocks particularly difficult, especially when wave energy is high. There are on average 20 grounding incidents on the rocks per year, and severe damage causing complete loss of a boat occuring on average once every 10 years. While the damages from groundings are significant, town officials are most concerned with the potential for loss of life during a grounding accident in poor conditions.

Project: Block Island Harbor of Refuge

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Block Island, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,250,000

Purpose: The project will complete repairs to the bulkhead within the Block Island Harbor of Refuge, the subsistence harbor for Block Island, which is located about 13 miles offshore. The 260-foot long east bulkhead located within the inner basin of the harbor was last repaired in 1970 and is in disrepair, jeopardizing the stability of the adjacent bank. The proposed work includes replacing the steel sheet piling and stabilizing the bulkhead with a stone revetment fronting the structure. The project will bolster the integrity of the Block Island Harbor of Refuge, which is the subsistence harbor for the island, serving as the major point of access and accommodating significant ferry traffic and recreational boating.

Project: Woonsocket Local Protection Project

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, the Army Corps of Engineers assumed title and responsibility for the annual operation and maintenance of the Woonsocket flood protection project in January of 2009. The project provides protection for about one-half of the industrial properties in the City of Woonsocket, as well as homes, commercial establishments, extensive transportation facilities, and public utilities.

Project: Fox Point Hurricane Barrier

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, the Army Corps of Engineers is assuming responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in Providence, Rhode Island. Built in the 1960s, as a joint flood control project by the City of Providence and the Army Corps of Engineers, the barrier employs three 35-foot high gates, an electrically driven pumping station, and dikes to protect tens of thousands of people and approximately $5 billion worth of property. Funding will support continued operations and maintenance on the barrier.

Project: Pawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay, RI

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,500,000

Purpose: The funding will allow maintenance dredging of Pawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay. This channel will support significant commercial and recreational vessel traffic, benefitting several marinas, boatyards, and commercial fishing vessels along the Pawcatuck River in both Rhode Island.

Project: Offshore Wind Energy Research Initiative

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Location: Kinsgston, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,000,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island (URI) requests funding to increase its capacity to study and support offshore wind energy development. URI has been an integral resource in the development of the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council's Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), a planning process that is shaping the development offshore wind energy generation off the coast of Rhode Island. This federal funding will enable URI to expand its ocean engineering and oceanography programs to create graduate studies in offshore wind and marine renewable energy. This increased capacity will be important as both Rhode Island and the federal government begin to site and permit offshore wind projects in state and federal waters. Funding will also be used to make improvements to URI's Wave and Tow Tank computer systems to model the effects of waves on offshore wind facilities and to support faculty and staff positions.

Project: Genetic Improvement of Switchgrass for Biofuels

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Location: Kingston, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island requests funding to continue genetic research on switchgrass to improve its yield as a feedstock for biofuels. The ability to produce liquid fuels from renewable resources is important to national security and the economy. The application of conventional genetics, molecular breeding, and genetic modification provide powerful approaches for improvement of traits important to the development of energy crops, including enhanced cellulose content, improved biomass yields per acre, and decreased inputs.

Project: URI Regional Earth System Center

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Location: Kingston, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: The University of Rhode Island requests funding for its Regional Earth System Center. The Center will work to translate complex scientific information and data into formats that can be applied to inform policy decisions, local planning, and business development. The Center will work with local and regional stakeholders in the development of this program. Funding will be used to develop graduate and undergraduate curicula, outreach programs, and computational facilties.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Recipient: Alton Community Action

Project: Alton Village Water System

Location: Richmond, Rhode Island

Amount: $400,000

Purpose: Alton Community Action requests funding to construct a pump house and a storage tank and treatment facility for a new water supply. The purpose is to provide clean drinking water to the residents of Alton, where the groundwater has been contaminated by industrial pollution from the Charbert Dye and Fabric Co. as well as failing septic systems.

Recipient: Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association

Project: Beavertail Light Station Restoration and Preservation

Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association requests funds for renovations to the historic Beavertail Lighthouse, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Funding will be used to refurbish two historic site museum buildings and preserve the orginal 1749 foundation. The project is in accord with the Beavertail Light Station Master Plan, which preserves the site buildings and expands the small existing museum into other buildings on the site.

Recipient: Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor

Program/Project: Heritage Partnership Programs

Location: Blackstone Valley, Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Amount: $17,814,000 For Heritage Partnership Programs

Purpose: The John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission requests continued programatic funding under its exisitng authorization, notwithstanding the Administration's proposal to cut funding for Heritage Partnerships in half and to prevent Heritage Areas that have beeen authorized for more than 20 years from receiving regular program grants. The Blackstone Valley Heritage Corridor Commission is in the last year of its federal authorization and is preparing for the possible conversion of several elements of the Corridor into units of the National Park System, pursuant to the recommendation of a forthcoming National Park Service Special Resource Study. The Park Service expects to designate a preferred alternative under the study by June 2010 with a final recommendation by September 2010. Level funding of the Heritage Partnership program is requested so that capacity at the Blackstone Valley Corridor is not lost over the transition period.

Project: The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission

Location: Blackstone Valley, Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission requests funding for ongoing and new partnership projects. These projects benefit the Blackstone Valley community by restoring and preserving natural as well as cultural resources that define its heritage, sense of place, and quality of life. Projects are implemented through partnerships agreements that spell out specific objectives, scopes of work, tasks, deliverables and timeframes. All agreements are structured in part to develop local partners' capacity to continue the work after initial federal funding assistance.

Recipient: City of Central Falls, Rhode Island

Project: Cogswell Tower Renovations

Location: Central Falls, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The City of Central Falls seeks funding to restore and make safety improvements to a historic clock tower located in the Jenks Park and Cogswell Tower National Historic site, which was designated in 1979. Located in the center of the city, Jenks Park was deeded in 1889 in perpetual memory of Eliza Jenks for the use of all the city's residents. Funds would be used to restore the tower and make safety improvements.

Recipient: City of East Providence, Rhode Island

Project: Watchemoket Sewage Pump Station Upgrade

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The City of East Providence seeks funds to replace the Watchemoket Cove Pump Station. This project is a part of a continuing effort to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows, which is important to improving the condition of Narragansett Bay and to providing additional sewer capacity for planned new development along the city's waterfront.

Recipient: City of East Providence, Rhode Island

Project: Water Main Rehabilitation

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The City of East Providence requests federal funding to continue its Infrastructure Rehabilitation Plan to replace or rehabilitate aging drinking water mains.

Recipient: City of East Providence, Rhode Island

Project: Drainage and Flood Improvements

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The City of East Providnece requests federal funding to improve stormwater drainage in several low lying neighborhoods. The city and its technical consultants have studied these areas and developed a list of recommended projects to reduce the incidence of flooding.

Recipient: City of Warwick, Rhode Island

Project: Upgrades to wastewater treatment facility

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The City of Warwick requests funding to upgrade its wastewater treatment facility to achieve additional reductions in phosphorus discharged into the Pawtuxet River. This upgrade will help the city to comply with a Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management permit and consent agreement. The goal is for the facility to meet an effluent phosphorus limit of 0.1 miligrams per liter between the months of April and October to reduce nutrient impacts on the Pawtuxet River and Narragansett Bay.

Recipient: Lincoln Water Commission

Project: Rehabilitation of the Albion water storage tank

Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Linclon Water Commission (LWC) requests funding to improve the two million gallon Albion water storage tank and install a water mixing system for improved quality. The project will enhance water quality and extend the life of an aging drinking water storage infrastructure.

Recipient: Narragansett Bay Commission

Project: Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement, Phase II

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) seeks funding for Phase II of its Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Abatement project. Phase I of the NBC's CSO Abatement Project, which allowed approximately 40 percent of annual CSO flow to be diverted to a 62 million gallon capacity tunnel 250-feet below the ground, was completed in 2008 on time and on budget. The project has significantly reduced CSO discharges into the Narragansett Bay, but has not eliminated them. Phase II will allow additional CSO flows to be diverted from the Woonasquatucket and Seekonk Rivers into the Phase I tunnel where they can be held until they can be treated at the Fields Point Water Treatment plant.

Recipient: Narragansett Bay Estuary Program

Project: Roger Williams Park Ponds Restoration

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program requests federal funding to restore clean water to the most important and accessible body of fresh water in Roger Williams Park Ponds. The project will help restore the Pawtuxet River ecosystem; foster environmental justice and improve public health for low-income communities; and benefit all Rhode Islanders by cleaning and enhancing one of the state's signature areas of public open space.

Recipient: Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island

Project: Narragansett Indian Health Center (NIHC) Replacement

Location: Charlestown, Rhode Island

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose: The Narraganset Indian Tribe (NIT) requests funding to construct a new 21,000-sq. ft. health facility to replace the existing health center facility for its 2600 members and the more than 5000 members of other federally recognized tribes. The Narragansett Indian Tribe Health Center (NIHC) will work with IHS, HUD, and USDA to meet their construction standards in delivering this project. NIT has had an Annual Funding Agreement with IHS since 1984, which sustains the operation of NIHC. This funding will match more than $4.5 million in federal funds already committed the project, as well as more than $1 million from the NIT.

Recipient: Pawtucket Water Supply Board

Project: Energy Recovery Project

Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: The Pawtucket Water Supply Board requests funding for efficiency improvements in the city's drinking water supply system. The project includes the installation of an energy recovery turbine on a process water line. The tubine will capture energy as water is circluated between a treatment facility and storage tank. The energy will either be used on site or sold back to the grid. The project will also include hydraulic and asset managment modeling and leak detection to help better conserve the drinking water supply.

Recipient: Providence Water Supply Board

Project: Providence Water Lead Abatement in Drinking Water

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The Providence Water Supply Board requests funding to replace corroding water mains and pipes in order to reduce the presence of lead, which has been found at elevated levels.

Recipient: Touro Synagogue Foundation

Project: The Restoration of Touro Synagogue

Location: Newport, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Touro Synagogue Foundation requests funding for the restortation of historic Touro Synagogue, which was designated as a National Historic Site in 1946. Touro is an affiliate of the National Park Service and is a National Trust for Historic Preservation site. Over its 247 years of existence, Touro has undergone three major restorations. The latest, begun in 2005, has restored the systems and structure of the facility. Still outstanding are the restoration of the original women's lounge, the classroom, and the historic fence and gate.

Recipient: Town of Bristol, Rhode Island

Project: Tanyard Brook Upgrade

Location: Bristol, Rhode Island

Amount: $2,000,000

Purpose: The Town of Bristol requests funding to upgrade an existing drainage culvert and install a tidal floodgate at the outfall of Tanyard Brook. The existing culvert is under capacity and creates significant flooding to neighborhoods and streets during rain storms. The Town of Bristol has had the project engineered and it is currently pending with the State Deparment of Environmental Management. Coastal Resources Management Council has recently issued the permit for the project.

Recipient: Town of Lincoln, Rhode Island

Project: Pump Station Improvements

Location: Lincoln, Rhode Island

Amount: $210,000

Purpose: The Town of Lincoln requests funding to upgrade its wasterwater pumping stations. The pumping stations were inspected as part of the 2006 Wastewater Facility Plan and many are approaching the end of their design life. This proposed project is one element of a multi-phased capital inprovement plan, including overhauling wetwells for four submersible pumping stations, replacing bubbler system controllers and pressure gauges at five wetwell/drywell pumping stations, replacing the damaged water seal system at the Angell Road South pumping station, and installing new energy efficiency measures in all 33 pumping stations.

Recipient: Town of Middletown, Rhode Island

Project: Easton's Point Stormwater Quality Improvements

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The Town of Middletown requests funding to help reduce storm water discharges into Easton Bay, which includes two adjacent recreational beaches: Easton Beach in Newport and Atlantic Beach in Middletown. The beaches have experienced periodic closures over the past several years due to bacterial contamination related to stormwater effluent. This funding would implement stratgies supported through the studies the town conducted to address the bacterial contamination on Easton's Bay.

Recipient: Town of Westerly, Rhode Island

Project: Misquamicut Drainage System, Phase III

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Town of Westerly requests funding to continue water infrastructure improvements designed to redirect stormwater discharge away from the head of Winnapaug Pond, an ecologically significant coastal salt pond. In two earlier phases of the project, the town built a centrally located pump station, a discharge force main, and a detention pond at the new outfall location. This funding would complete the new storm water collection system and eliminate the old outfall at the head of the pond.

Recipient: Town of Westerly, Rhode Island

Project: Bay Street Drainage Reconstruction

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,500,000

Purpose: The Town of Westerly requests funding to replace and augment deteriorated drainage system structures that handle storm water conveyance in the historic Watch Hill waterfront area. The existing system was installed during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The original steel pipes have deteriorated due to corrosion and have plugged due to sedimentation. Catch basins have crumbled and collapsed. The result is frequent flooding of the historic waterfront area.

Recipient: Trinity Repertory Company

Project: Lederer Theater Center Capital Improvements

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: The Trinity Repertory Company requests funding to support necessary improvements to its historic facility, the Lederer Theater Center. Funds will replace the theater's roof, install an ADA-compliant automatic door-opener at the main entrance, increase access for Rhode Islanders with physical disabilities, and enable the theater to meet fire code regulations.

Homeland Security

Organization: City of Cranston

Project: Fire Station Number 3

Location: Cranston, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,384,650

Purpose: The City of Cranston requests funding for a new fire station to replace its existing Station Number 3 (1384 Cranston Street), which was built in 1927 and is in poor condition. The new station would allow the fire department to maintain rapid response times, accomodate modern vehicles, store reserve apparatus, and provide much safer working conditions for the city's firefighters. In constrast to the existing two story, 2352 square-foot structure, the new station would have a three bay, one story structure with 8,521 square feet. Importantly, the new station will eliminate the need for emergency vehicles to back into oncoming traffic in order to park. It will also ensure essential city services will be available to support a proposed local revelopment initiative (Cranston Print Works/Keep Space Redevelopment Initiative). The funding requested would support 65% of design and construction of the new station with remaining funds provided through bonding authority.

Organization: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Fire Station Construction

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: The City of Providence requests funding to rehabilitate the City's existing neighborhood fire stations. Most of the City's neighborhood fire stations were built between the early 1930s and 1950s and have not been significantly remodeled. Two stations were built in 1914 and two were built in 1905. The plumbing and electrical systems are inadequate for a modern fire department. Rehabbing the fire stations will keep the neighborhood fire stations in their present locations and bring them up to optimum efficiency. The project will also enhance the local neighborhoods due to improved fire department buildings and safer walk ways around them.

Organization: Cumberland Hill Fire District

Project: Fire Station Construction

Location: Cumberland, Rhode Island

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose: This project will fund the construction of a new Fire Station and Fire Headquarters complex to replace the current building, which was built in 1946. The current building is structurally unsound and the floor is unable to support the weight of fire service vehicles. The elevation of the building has caused floor instability issues, which is an ongoing problem despite several repair attempts and the construction of additional supports. The new structure will be built on concrete slab, providing a firm foundation, which is expected to last for up to one hundred years. The new building will support 24 hour firefighting coverage and will include offices for essential administrative support.

Organization: Rhode Island Airport Corporation

Project: Exit Lane Control Breach System

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $800,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC) requests funding for an Exit Lane Breach Control Door System, which would prevent individuals from gaining access to secure areas of the terminal through the corridors (exit lanes) that passengers use to leave the terminal. The system has already been approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and has been tested at the Atlantic City New Jersey Airport. Recent security breaches through exit lanes at other airports forced them to shut down until the security breach was located, resolved, and cleared. Such security procedures can take hours, delaying flights not only from the airport in which the breach occurred but at other airports which may be sending flights.

Organization: Rhode Island Association of Fire Chiefs Inc.

Project: Rhode Island Fire Academy

Location: Exeter, Rhode Island

Amount: $400,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Fire Academy requests funding to outfit its training facility, which is targeted for completion in December 2010. Funding constraints for this project did not allow for the purchase of a fire engine to be used solely for training at this facility. Funds are requested for a fire engine and basic firefighting equipment that would be assigned specifically for training purposes for the 2,000 firefighters that are expected to go through training. The fire service in Rhode Island has long needed a facility in the state to provide uniform and high-quality training. This acquisition is a critical part of addressing that need.

Organization: Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency

Project: RIEMA Emergency Opeartions Center

Location: East Greenwich, Rhode Island

Amount: $12,000,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA) administration requests federal funding to build and outfit a state Emergency Operations Center (EOC). RIEMA is the state's coordinating agency for all emergencies and is responsible for collaborative communications with all federal, state, and local partners, and to provide real-time situational awareness to state government.

Organization: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority

Project: Emergency Command Center

Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island

Amount: $921,000

Purpose: The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RIBTA) requests funding for its Operations Center located in the RITBA Administration Building to improve security and safe operation of the Newport Pell and Mount Hope Bridges. The renovated operations space will serve as a combined operations, security, and communications facility for RITBA.

Organization: The Watch Hill Conservancy

Project: Watch Hill Infrastructure and Hazard Mitigation

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $6,375,000

Purpose: The Watch Hill Conservancy requests funding for the relocation of overhead utility lines underground and removal of poles. The area is part of a floodplain that has been subject to storm damage and regular periodic flooding. The project will provide safe, reliable utility service for local homes and businessess.

Organization: Town of Middletown

Project: Middletown Fire Station Expansion

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island

Amount: $3,700,000

Organization: Town of Smithfield

Project: Fire Department Headquarters Construction

Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

Amount: $6,300,000

Organization: Watch Hill Lighthouse Keepers Association

Project: Watch Hill Lighthouse Seawall Repair

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Recipient: Adoption Rhode Island

Project: Promoting Sibling Co-placement

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $175,000

Purpose: To provide adoption placement assistance

Description: Adoption Rhode Island seeks federal support to expand its efforts to increase the number and durability of sibling co-placements in Rhode Island. Activities will include developing assessment tools that maximize opportunities for siblings in foster care to be placed together in adoptive homes, developing “sibling best practices” around visitation and ongoing monitoring, providing caseworker training, and increasing outreach and recruitment efforts for sibling adoption.

Recipient: Audubon Society of Rhode Island

Project: Environmental Education for Urban Schools Initiative

Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

Amount: $125,000

Purpose: For out-of-school-time programs

Description: The Audubon Society of Rhode Island seeks support to expand the Environmental Education for Urban Schools Initiative. Today, the Urban Schools Initiative provides select Title I school districts with standards based programs. The initiative places Audubon educators in the classroom to provide hands-on learning activities followed by outdoor field experiences at Audubon wildlife refuges. The Urban Schools Initiative will use federal funding to expand this program into more school districts and improve environmental education teaching skills among educators, with a goal of raising student achievement through environmental education.

Recipient: Brown University

Project: Collaboration-Enhancing Research Core Facility

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For biotechnology equipment

Description: Brown University requests funding for biotechnology research equipment, which will be available to users at Brown and other research institutions. The equipment includes nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrumentation, DNA/RNA sequencing instrumentation, and bio-bank storage equipment. Such equipment, which is not currently available in the state, is needed to allow biomedical scientists in Rhode Island to advance their research.

Recipient: Butler Hospital

Project: Increasing Healthcare Access

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For facilities and equipment for in-patient psychiatric care

Description: Butler Hospital requests funding to increase psychiatric beds at its facility in order to reduce the number of patients in emergency departments waiting for a psychiatric in-patient placement. The need for psychiatric treatment continues to exceed current capacity; this increasing demand has a ripple effect on the statewide system of emergency care. With only a limited number of acute psychiatric beds in the state and an increasing number of people seeking emergency psychiatric care, access to all emergency healthcare will be severely compromised without additional in-patient beds.

Recipient: City of Cranston

Project: Finding Common Ground

Location: Cranston, Rhode Island

Amount: $450,000

Purpose: For out-of-school-time programs for students with disabilities

Description: The City of Cranston request funding for a full time summer recreation program and ongoing after school program for students with disabilities. The program will focus on students with disabilities (as identified through Individual Education Plans), as well as those who cannot participate in other local programs because of physical disabilities. Funding will be used for the rental of recreation facilities, staffing.

Recipient: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Full Service Community Schools

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: To provide school-based family supports service to improve academic performance

Description: The City of Providence requests funding to help expand its Full Service Community Schools Initiative to every elementary school in the city. The program currently operates in five elementary schools, offering wrap-around services to more than 1,000 children and their family members. The program is designed to address attendance, literacy, behavior, and wellness issues.

Recipient: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Family Success Center

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For case management and referral for low-income residents

Description: The City of Providence requests funding to support its Family Success Centers. These centers will provide case management, referral, and short-and long-term resources for low-income Providence residents. They will focus on workforce development, integrated literacy and skills instruction, foreclosure counseling, financial planning, and improved access to publicly funded benefits. Residents will be able to come to the centers to receive counseling and referral for short-term crisis needs such as housing, food, and clothing, to ensure they have the resources needed to avoid homelessness or displacement.

Recipient: Community College of Rhode Island

Project: CCRI Biology Labs

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: For facilities and equipment for biology and biotechnology lab

Description: The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) requests funding for a dedicated lab for its growing biotechnology program. Federal funds will be used to redesign and expand existing lab spaces and bring plumbing and electrical systems up to code. It will also support the purchase of new equipment. The new lab will help CCRI faculty train students in skills that will allow them to compete for higher-paying jobs in Rhode Island’s expanding biotech industry. These improvements will also ensure CCRI’s labs match the latest standards used by the state’s 4-year public higher education institutions so students will be able to make a seamless transition when they transfer.

Recipient: Comprehensive Community Action Inc.

Project: Comprehensive Community Action Inc. Health Access

Location: Cranston, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: For health center renovations and equipment

Description: Comprehensive Community Action (CCAP) requests funding for needed improvements to its family health center. The facility is more than 35 years old with an antiquated, inefficient HVAC system that has become a hindrance to effective treatment. Because the center cannot control the temperature and air quality, patients with certain conditions cannot come for treatment on days when the HVAC system is not functioning. In extreme cases, the center has been forced to close entirely, and in other instances, medicine has spoiled and been discarded because the temperature inside the center was too hot or too cold. Funding would be used to address these issues and for health care equipment.

Recipient: Cornerstone Adult Services, Inc.

Project: Community-Based Health Care Information Technology

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: For electronic health record equipment

Description: Cornerstone seeks funding to implement a fully integrated electronic records system to increase both the effectiveness and efficiency of home and community care. Advanced technology will allow the organization to improve clinical data collection to better track care and measure outcomes.

Recipient: Family Service of Rhode Island, Inc.

Project: Promise Neighborhood

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: For programs and outreach

Description: Family Service of Rhode Island seeks federal funding to assist in establishing a Harlem Children's Zone/Promise Neighborhood in Providence. The project will help coordinate planning activities in the Chad Brown/Admiral Terrace public housing complex and a section of South Providence.

Recipient: Food and Truth Inc

Project: Fit2cook4Kids, a Solution for Childhood Obesity

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $650,000

Purpose: For obesity prevention programs

Description: Food and Truth, Inc. seeks federal funding for an after school childhood obesity program to serve 288 students at six schools. Funding will support 24 instructors, three staff, equipment, healthy snacks, food for students to cook, two family meals per week, and field trips.

Recipient: The Genesis Center

Project: Expanding Career Opportunities for Rhode Islanders

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: For adult education and job training

Description: Genesis Center requests federal funding for adult education and job training programs. The programs will include: 1) contextualized ESOL and job training for 60 individuals who are interested in growth fields, including culinary arts and green janitorial; 2) case management, job development, transition to college and supportive services for the 328 evening clients who are participating in ESOL and job training at the Genesis Center; and 3) a student resource center to provide opportunities for self-directed learning for all adult clients.

Recipient: Greenville Public Library

Project: Greenville Public Library Expansion Project

Location: Smithfield, Rhode Island

Amount: $400,000

Purpose: For facility improvements, technology, and programs

Description: The Greenville Public Library requests funds for facility improvements, including technology, equipment, and programs, to support a planned expansion that will double the size of the existing library in order to help serve the growing needs of the community. The expanded building will greatly improve children's and teen library services and services for the elderly. It will also provide opportunities for computer literacy training.

Recipient: The Groden Center, Inc.

Project: Career Development, Employment, and Job Training Center

Location: Coventry, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For job training and placement activities for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome

Description: The Groden Center requests funding to expand its career development, employment, and job training programs for young adults with Asperse's Syndrome (AS) who are unsuccessful in finding employment because of deficiencies in social skills and serious behavioral health problems. Funds will be used to hire specialized personnel needed for training and to establish linkages across the state with corporations, small businesses, and educational institutions.

Recipient: Groundwork Providence

Project: Transition to work in the green economy

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: For transitional jobs for the graduates of adult job training programs

Description: Groundwork Providence seeks funding for job training to help individuals with significant barriers to employment learn the skills that will allow them to start and succeed in careers in sustainable landscaping. Participants will be hired by Groundwork to execute landscaping projects that improve the health, sustainability, and beauty of the low-income neighborhoods where they live. Funding will support approximately 5,000 person-hours of paid hands-on training and transitional job employment for 30 graduates of Groundwork Providence’s Sustainable Landscaping Adult Education Programs.

Recipient: Heritage Harbor Corporation

Project: Heritage Harbor Museum

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For collections, exhibits, and programs

Description: Heritage Harbor Museum requests funds to hire staff to supervise the opening of the museum. Their work will include coordinating the exhibit designers, fabricators, and installers. They will run the business office, schedule school visits, and devise public programs.

Recipient: Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Project: Rhode Island Child Care Facilities Fund

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: For technical assistance for development of childcare centers

Description: LISC requests funding to support training and technical assistance for child care services. Funding will be used for workshops to bring national experts in architecture and facility development to present on effective early learning spaces. It will also support technical assistance to deliver expertise on facility design and development finance.

Recipient: Meeting Street

Project: Meeting Street/East Providence Kindergarten Success

Location: East Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For early-childhood education

Description: Meeting Street requests funding to support early childhood development programs for children under the age of five in City of East Providence. Funding will also provide prenatal services for pregnant women living in the city. Meeting Street would operate this center with the East Providence School Department to provide an array of services for children ages birth to five and their families that result in all East Providence children entering kindergarten ready to succeed. Services will include early intervention, child development groups, a parent resource center, child outreach and screening, therapeutic services, parent education groups, prenatal services, and other programming that meets the needs of these families. At the same time, Meeting Street will work with the East Providence School Department to integrate these services with an education and training program that would enable students attending the Career and Technical Center to graduate high school with certification to work with young children in child care and other settings. Project funds would support the provision of services to 300 of the highest risk East Providence children ages birth to five in the first year of the project.

Recipient: National Writing Project

Location: Berkeley, California

Amount: $26,200,000

Description: The National Writing Project (NWP) is the only national program that focuses on the teaching of writing. Through a proven professional development model, the NWP gives teachers the skills they need to improve student performance in writing. In Rhode Island, the National Writing Project conducts intensive summer institutes as well as programs in schools to assist teachers in literacy instruction at all levels. Nine separate studies have indicated that NWP instruction for teachers has translated into greater success in writing performance for students.

Recipient: Norman Bird Sanctuary

Project: Norman Bird Sanctuary - Environmental Education Program

Location: Middletown, Rhode Island

Amount: $150,000

Purpose: For out-of-school-time programs

Description: The Norman Bird Sanctuary seeks funding for its out-of-school-time programs at its 325-acre “outdoor classroom” and in schools across the state. The sanctuary will expand on its free multi-week programs to more schools in urban core communities in Newport, Central Falls, Providence, West Warwick, and Woonsocket. The sanctuary requires that all courses satisfy Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations in Science and the North American Association for Environmental Education’s Guidelines for Excellence.

Recipient: Northwest Community Health Care d/b/a WellOne

Project: Health Center Capital Improvements

Location: Foster, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: For facilities and equipment

Description: WellOne (Northwest Community Health Care) requests funding to make repairs to its Foster site to improve the care provided to the community. The work on this project includes the interior build-out for a dental practice, upgrading the fire alarm system, and a partial replacement of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, as well as roof and other needed exterior repairs.

Recipient: Opportunities Industrialization Center of RI (OIC)

Project: OIC of Rhode Island, Inc.

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: For job and business opportunity training

Description: The Opportunities Industrialization Center of RI (OIC) requests funding to support the development of the OIC Institute for Minority Economic Development to promote economic and business opportunities for minority populations in the state of Rhode Island.

Recipient: Pawtucket Soup Kitchen

Project: Soup Kitchen Staffing

Location: Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Amount: $100,000

Purpose: For soup kitchen operations

Description: The Pawtucket Soup Kitchen requests to support two current positions and add two part time jobs. The Kitchen will serve an estimated 35,000 meals to Rhode Islanders in 2010.

Recipient: The Providence Center

Project: Fit2BeHealthy

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: For obesity prevention programs

Description: The Providence Center requests funding to extend its Fit2BeHealthy obesity program 180 people. Fit2BeHealthy combines primary care, behavioral health care, and wellness with the aim of developing a replicable, research-based model. Under the program, a treatment plan is developed with the participant, primary care nurse, psychiatrist, health mentor, and clinician. Two primary care nurses coordinate care, ensuring that the interaction between chronic conditions, behavioral health conditions, and medications is treated appropriately. The program will include weekly check-ins and cognitive behavioral therapy group and participation in wellness program for one year.

Recipient: Providence Clubhouse Development Group

Project: Harbor House

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: To provide service to adult Rhode Islanders living with mental illness

Description: The Providence Clubhouse Development Board requests funding to develop an independent, International Center for Clubhouse Design-certified program to provide adult Rhode Islanders living with mental illness recovery opportunities through work in a community of mutual support. Funding will assist in the recruitment of members, creation of a network of employers, and training of further staff. Clubhouses help increase employment, reduce hospitalizations, prevent incarcerations, and improve wellness for those who are mentally ill, at significantly lower cost than government services.

Recipient: Providence College

Project: Technology Improvements

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $400,000

Purpose: For technology improvements related to education

Description: Providence College requests funding for technology upgrades to support the restoration of Harkins Hall. Harkins Hall is the flagship building of the college, housing both classrooms and administrative space for more than 1,100 students, faculty, and employees. The college is in the midst of a multi-million dollar restoration of this building, which is in need of critical repairs. Funding would be use for information technology equipment and technology infrastructure upgrades for community adult education and graduate school classrooms.

Recipient: Providence Community Health Centers

Project: New Health Center Construction

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For construction, facilities, and equipment

Description: Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) requests funding for the construction of a new health facility. The new space created by this project will triple the number of examination rooms, expand existing pediatric and internal medicine departments, as well as space for urgent care, mental health, and specialty services. The project will ensure that each provider will have a minimum of three exam rooms and it will meet growing patient needs for additional services. Along with expanding health care services to the public, the project will create nearly 200 jobs, and revitalize a blighted section of South Providence.

Recipient: Providence Community Library

Project: Out-of-School Learning Opportunities

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: For out-of-school time programming

Description: The Providence Community Library (PCL) requests funds to expand its “Out-of-School Learning Opportunities” program. PCL, a new non-profit created to prevent the closing of five public libraries in the City of Providence, has taken over the operation of all nine neighborhood libraries. These branch libraries serve as important safe havens and community resources for children and families in low-income neighborhoods around the city. PCL currently offers a variety of out-of-school time educational programs, which complement public school instruction, but new funds are required to coordinate these programs and expand them to weekend and school vacation hours.

Recipient: Reach Out and Read

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Amount: $10,000,000

Description: Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a widely respected national program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and young children. ROR has become a powerful and effective program for promoting early language, literacy and school readiness, filling the crucial gap before children have access to traditional early childhood programs. It engages pediatricians and other health providers in guiding and encouraging parents to read aloud to their children from the earliest years of life, and send children home from each doctor visit with a prescription to read aloud together. ROR Rhode Island began in 1999 with four sites and has grown to 41 sites including most health centers and pediatric clinics in the state.

Recipient: Re-Focus, Inc.

Project: Re-Focus on Our Future

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: To expand day program options for adults with differing physical and developmental abilities

Description: Refocus, Inc. seeks funding for programs and equipment to provide safety, money management/fiscal literacy, computer, literacy, art (drama/photography/pottery), and health/wellness classes to individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities. Using advanced technologies, Refocus clients will build vocational skills, improve personal expression and social skills, and learn healthy eating and exercise habits. The Refocus center completed construction last year. This request will be directed to expanding the program options, offering a viable option to the approximately 4,000 students with disabilities who need a place to go when they graduate from school.

Recipient: Rhode Island Free Clinic

Project: Uncompensated Treatment

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: To support uncompensated treatment for uninsured patients

Description: The Rhode Island Free Clinic (RIFC) operates an innovative and cost-effective treatment model for uninsured patients, which it projects will reduce the average treatment cost for an uninsured patient from a national average of $7,900 to $1,000. RIFC requests funding to double patient visits and expand its hours of operation, as well as collect and aggregate data to serve as the foundation for a report on outcomes of increased patient visits, increased clinic hours, expanded physician participation, and patient/physician satisfaction. Patients do not pay for the care that they receive at RIFC and federal/insurance reimbursements are not provided for the services rendered.

Recipient: Rhode Island Hospital

Project: Medical Simulation and Bioengineering Lab

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For research facilities and equipment

Description: Rhode Island Hospital requests funding for a multi-stakeholder medical simulation and bioengineering laboratory that would be available to statewide users for the training of health professionals at all levels, bioengineering, medical device design testing, medical robotics, and other services. The project calls for the renovation of 10,000 sq. ft. of previous office space into state-of-the-art medical simulation space, with one full operatory and two emergency/trauma bays.

Recipient: Rhode Island Legal/Educational Partnership

Project: Rhode Island Mock Trial Tournament Program

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $150,000

Purpose: For out-of-school-time programs

Description: Rhode Island Legal/Educational Partnership requests funding for a mock trial program for high school and middle school students. Under the program, students will acquire knowledge about the judicial system, attain new perspectives, and gain self-confidence in ways that classroom learning alone cannot provide. Students practice courtroom procedures and protocol, learn to evaluate and present evidence, and work to develop legal strategies as a team. Participation helps students acquire or enhance important life skills such as problem solving, reading, listening, public speaking, logical and critical thinking, researching, and dispute resolution.

Recipient: Rhode Island Quality Institute

Project: RI Community Hospitals' Integration with the HIE

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: For electronic health record and health information exchange (HIE) equipment

Description: Rhode Island Quality Institute requests funding to establish a Health Information Exchange (HIE) among Landmark Medical Center, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Roger Williams Medical Center, South County Hospital, St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island, and Westerly Hospital. Funding will build HIE links to these hospitals to create a seamless exchange of health information over different HIT systems. Providers will have access to more complete patient information for better care coordination.

Recipient: Rhode Island Student Loan Authority

Project: CPCRI's Latino College Access Coalition

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $150,000

Purpose: For outreach programs for higher education access

Description: The Rhode Island Student Loan Authority requests funding to expand services through its Latino College Access Coalition. Funding will support bilingual financial aid and college planning workshops, one-on-one counseling, college planning materials, comprehensive online tools, financial literacy presentations, SAT preparation, and scholarship search resources. Outreach will be coordinated with groups that are already members of the Coalition, including the College Planning Center of Rhode Island, the Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy, Quisqueya In Action, the Elmwood Community Center, and the Gloria Dei Step-up Center.

Recipient: Roger Williams University

Project: School to Work

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $600,000

Purpose: For college access and school-to-work programs

Description: Roger Williams University (RWU) requests funding to expand existing partnerships to assist underserved students with a continuum of internships, mentoring, and tutoring from high school through college and into the workforce. RWU has partnered with the Met School (Providence and Newport), the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), and regional businesses to offer two programs that focus on employment outcomes and allow students to work closely with area businesses. Federal assistance would make these innovative programs available to more students in need while increasing program offerings. Program needs include staff support, technology, curriculum development, expansion of internship programs into other fields (technology, marine industries), student transportation, and development of a full orientation program

Recipient: Salve Regina University

Project: Preparing Students to be Nurses & Nurse Educators

Location: Newport, Rhode Island

Amount: $740,000

Purpose: For facilities, equipment, and training for an expanded nursing program

Description: Salve Regina University requests funds to expand its nursing department to help train more new nurses and nurse educators. Funding will be used for laboratory facilities, equipment, and programs to accommodate an increase in the number of undergraduate nursing students. It will also support the creation of a Master of Science degree program in nursing to help prepare more nurses to become nurse educators. This project will help address a shortage in the number of qualified nurses in Rhode Island and will improve the quality of training for these professionals.

Recipient: The Samaritans, Inc.

Project: Suicide Prevention Strategies for Caregivers

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $350,000

Purpose: To provide suicide prevention training to healthcare providers and care givers

Description: The Samaritans of Rhode Island requests funding to increase its capacity to reach and counsel all Rhode Islanders who are hopeless, alone, and suicidal. Funding would be used to expand outreach and training for caregivers, such as family, friends, and licensed medical and allied health professionals. Training will include strategies and standards for accessing care and integrating primary and behavioral health care resources. The Samaritans will also work with local colleges and universities to replicate a successful partnership program begun with Brown University to recruit and train volunteers.

Recipient: South County Hospital

Project: South County Hospital IT Initiative

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: For electronic health records equipment

Description: South County Hospital requests funding to design and build the technological infrastructure to support community-wide adoption of Electronic Health Records. SCH is adopting a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model to its planning for the overall IT strategic plans for the medical and health care community. The value and benefits of the PCMH model go beyond simple connectivity, as it will create a database and model that will enhance overall community health care programs such as disease management, quality assurance, and surveillance.

Recipient: Special Olympics Rhode Island

Project: Special Olympics Rhode Island, Summer Games

Location: Warwick, Rhode Island

Amount: $225,000

Purpose: For programs for individuals with disabilities

Description: Special Olympics Rhode Island requests funding for its Annual Summer Games, which are held at the University of Rhode Island over a three-day period in late May and early June. The games draw 1,500 athletes, 500 coaches, 500 volunteers, and 2,000 family members and friends, and others who involve themselves in the Special Olympics mission. Six well-organized sports comprise the Summer Games and are offered at no cost to the athletes or their families.

Recipient: SSTAR of Rhode Island, Inc.

Project: SSTAR programs and facilities improvements

Location: Cranston, Rhode Island

Amount: $465,000

Purpose: For facilities and equipment to support drug treatment and family services for pregnant women and new mothers

Description: SSTAR, a residential program for pregnant and post-partum women with addictions, seeks funding to upgrades to it facilities. Specifically, funding is requested for the SSTAR North Kingston Detoxification Facility, which is an inpatient detoxification program for the uninsured and the first diversion unit for persons with acute psychiatric and substance abuse issues.

Recipient: Teach for America

Location: New York, New York

Amount: $50,000,000

Description: Teach for America is a national service organization committed to increasing student achievement by recruiting outstanding college graduates to devote two years of teaching in our nation’s highest-poverty schools. This requested funding will help Teach for America serve nearly a million economically disadvantaged students by recruiting more than 17,000 teachers. Teach for America opened a site in Rhode Island in February 2010 and beginning next fall, Teach for America Corps members will be placed in Providence and Cumberland public schools.

Recipient: Thundermist Health Center

Project: Transforming Primary Care

Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Amount: $936,000

Purpose: To study an integrated care system for low-income and uninsured patients

Description: Thundermist Health Centers seek funding to track the costs and benefits of providing care through an advanced medical home model. The project will study health care delivery changes, health outcomes, patient satisfaction, utilization, and cost for the neediest populations in two distinct geographic centers (Northern Rhode Island and South County). Funding for the project will support jobs in health care research at Brown University and health care professionals at Thundermist.

Recipient: Town of Cumberland

Project: Project Learn Application

Location: Cumberland, Rhode Island

Amount: $376,400

Purpose: For youth literacy programs

Description: The Town of Cumberland requests funding for youth literacy programs for early-readers. The program is led by teachers with Master’s degrees in Early Childhood and Literacy who are paired with assistants resulting in a 6:1 student-teacher ratio. The program is targeted toward schools with low reading achievement.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Project: Preparing a cutting edge workforce in nursing

Location: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Amount: $675,000

Purpose: For equipment related to nursing

Description: The University of Rhode Island requests funding for electronic health record and medication system training equipment for its learning laboratories. The laboratories will be outfitted with a mobile computing infrastructure, which will enable faculty to test large groups of students at one time.

Recipient: VNS Home Care, Inc.

Project: Telehealth -Acute and Chronic Health Management

Location Narragansett, Rhode Island

Amount: $190,000

Purpose: For telemedicine equipment for in-home patients

Description VNS Home Care, Inc. requests funding to purchase 40 telemedicine units for in-home patient care. These devices will allow additional patients to benefit from daily, in-home, vital sign monitoring during critical health events. The data from the units will be available to home health nurses and doctors through a secure web based application, allowing safe transparency of patient medical data. This data establishes a foundation for medical decision-making and a feedback loop for patient compliance. The privacy of the data is protected by multiple levels of security and intrusion monitoring.

Recipient: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Project: Institute for Quality and Safety

Location: Providence, Rhode Island

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: For facilities and equipment for a simulation center

Description: Women and Infants Hospital requests funding for a simulation center dedicated to improving care of women and newborns. The Institute for Quality and Safety at Women and Infants Hospital will develop a new prototype for assuring higher safety and quality standards in the health of women and newborns. It will serve as a demonstration, training, and research center that will produce policy and practice protocols in women and newborn health and serve as a model for other health care organizations. The simulation center will provide opportunities for residents, fellows, faculty, and medical teams to practice and refresh skills; provide ongoing procedural education for all levels and disciplines; offer team development focusing on situational training, communication and debriefing; and provide training for rare events linked to high morbidity and mortality.

Recipient: The Westerly Hospital

Project: Electronic Health Record

Location: Westerly, Rhode Island

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: For equipment implement an electronic health record system

Description: The Westerly Hospital requests funding for an electronic health record (EHR) system. The EHR will provide broad benefit to Rhode Islanders by capturing health information in a coded format, using that information to track key clinical conditions, and initiating the reporting of clinical quality measures and public health information. This initiative will provide caregivers with better ways to address patient safety, enhance decision making in clinical workflow, and improve health care outcomes.

Defense

Recipient: Agiltron, Inc.

Project: Hostile Fire Indicator System

Location: TBD, RI

Amount: $7,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This program establishes an integrated, dedicated, and specialized production capability for the wide field-of-view, compact, high-frame-rate uncooled two-color mid-wave infrared (IR) Hostile Fire Indicator sensor system. This system addresses the requirements for Assault DIRCM on rotary wing aircraft, as well as brownout condition imaging. In addition to meeting the TTA requirements of Naval Air Systems Command PMA-272, the mid-wave IR imaging is of extreme interest to Naval Sea Systems Command PMS-435 for MWIR submarine imaging systems, littoral water platform protection, and distributed underwater network sensors. Additionally, this system addresses the broader military needs for hostile fire detection and thermal imaging. Funding for this project will enable Agiltron to open a new Rhode Island facility, which will create over 300 new high wage, high skill jobs over the next three years.

Recipient: Alion Science and Technology

Project: Ellipsoidal Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $5,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will fund the development and demonstration of an Ellipsoidal Unmanned Underwater Vehicle and missile tube launch and recovery system. This new technology will enhance navigation, stability, control and energy consumption, and launch and recovery reliability. It will also provide submarines equipped with missile tubes additional stowage space for torpedoes. The majority of work on this project will be conducted in Rhode Island at the Alion’s Middletown office, New England Boatworks in Portsmouth, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport. Additionally, electronics and other components will be procured from Rhode Island entities. This project will create approximately 20 new jobs.

Recipient: Applied Radar, Inc.

Project: Coherent Distributed Aperture-Enabled AESA (CDA-AESA)

Location: North Kingstown, RI and Burlington, MA

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will continue the development of next generation radar systems. The Coherent Distributed Aperture Enabled AESA technology allows the fielding of multiple low-cost arrays cohered together. This technology will increase radar sensitivity, coverage and detection performance over existing systems.

This project will create 2 jobs in Rhode Island, and 3-5 in Massachusetts.

Recipient: Aspen Aerogels

Project: Flexible Aerogel Materials Supplier Initiative

Location: East Providence, RI

Amount: $7,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will expand the production capacity of affordable, flexible, high temperature, lightweight aerogel materials to provide thermal and acoustic insulation, and thermal control for critical ground, air and sea weapons platforms and personnel protection systems. This project will help to build out the second phase of Aspen Aerogel’s East Providence manufacturing plant, creating up to 30 permanent jobs plus 50 on site full time construction jobs over 6 months to one year.

Recipient: Battelle

Project: Harbor Shield Naval Port Security System

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $5,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: Funding for this project will provide for the third and final phase of the development of a “portal”-style device, which uses sonar to scan and capture a print of the under hull of ships. Battelle has been working with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) located in Middletown, R.I. to develop this device for its deployment across shipping channels. This final phase involves the complete testing and analysis, and perform design and fabrication of a prototype fly-away system for the Navy. This project would create about 5 jobs at NUWC, which would support maintenance and de-installation of test equipment, testing, engineering and analysis

Recipient: EpiVax, Inc.

Project: AViiD Toolkit (Accelerated Vaccine Design and Development)

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $6,650,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will enable EpiVax to continue its collaboration with the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) on designing, developing and testing a multipathogen vaccine targeting two viral bioterror agents. It will also fund further collaboration with the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) to design develop and test a single T cell epitope based vaccine targeting three bacterial bioterror agents. Funding for this accelerated vaccine development and design program would generate at least 15 “knowledge economy” jobs in Rhode Island and allow Epivax to continue to reinvest in Rhode Island.

Recipient: Epoxies, Etc. Inc

Project: Reduction of Weapon System Downtime Repair Structural Adhesives

Location: Cranston, RI

Amount: $4,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will provide enable Epoxies, Etc. to produce and manufacture an Ultra Violet (UV) cure adhesives to rapidly repair structurally damaged military aircraft. Rapid cure adhesives reduce aircraft and helicopter downtime, and can potentially be utilized to repair damaged aircraft as opposed to full replacement. The project will provide for additional job training and the creation of 8-12 new positions including lab technicians, professional support, and production personnel.

Recipient: Foresight Science & Technology

Project: Provision of T2+2™ to All DoD Laboratories

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $3,399,820

Purpose/Project Description: This project seeks to improve the Department of Defense’s ability to advance its technological capacities while simultaneously cutting the costs of research and development (R&D) and procurement. This will be done by generating greater revenue from the Department of Defense’s technology transfer activities, by successfully moving newly developed technology to the commercial marketplace. Funding for this project will be used to provide T2+2™, an internet-based technology transitioning and transfer support tool, to all DoD laboratories. It will also be used to provide training as well as to create new DoD-specific content. This project is expected to create approximately 10 jobs.

Recipient: General Dynamics Electric Boat

Project: Common Command and Control System Module

Location: North Kingstown and Groton, CT

Amount: $9,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project would provide a more efficient and cost effective way to upgrade and install new technology or mission-specific equipment on submarines, by developing common infrastructure. The infrastructure improvements would streamline tech refresh and tech insertion/ARCI (Acoustic Rapid Commercial Off the Shelf Improvements) upgrades, utilize an integrated Life Cycle Management Plan across multiples ship classes, therefore reducing Total Ownership Costs (TOC). This new technology will enable the Navy to maximize savings opportunities through common construction, and test and maintenance processes. This project will help sustain 2,100 jobs at Electric Boat’s RI facility in Quonset. It will also generate 30 jobs at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut.

Recipient: General Dynamics Electric Boat

Project: Submarine Payload Integration

Location: North Kingstown and Groton, CT

Amount: $20,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will enable the Navy and Industry Team to rapidly integrate unmanned payloads into submarines at a reduced cost. A prototype launch and recovery module for a guided missile submarine tube is being built with delivery planned for December 2010. The proposed funding would allow the Navy to demonstrate the use of payloads to conduct intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in the littoral. This project will continue the construction of submarines in Rhode Island, creating approximately 10 manufacturing jobs.

Recipient: General Physics Corporation

Project: Virtual Maintenance Engineering Platform (VMEP) Implementation for SSGN Voyage Repair

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $1,200,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project aims to reduce the duration of Voyage Repair periods for the Navy’s Guided Missile submarine fleet (SSGN) and reduce future maintenance costs. Funding for this project will further develop the Voyage Repair Utilization Network, which will allow technicians to remotely analyze, diagnose and troubleshoot onboard systems. 20 jobs will be immediately created for General Physics and an additional five (5) jobs will be created at NUWC.

Recipient: GROUP4 LABS, INC.

Project: Artificial Diamond Semi-conductors for Micro-/Nano-electronics

Location: North Smithfield, RI

Amount: $6,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will provide for the production and deployment of a newly developed diamond-based semiconductor for a broad range of defense products including: Electronic Warfare and Signal Intelligence systems, X- and Ka-band radars, satellite communications and micro-air vehicles. Prototypes developed for the Missile Defense Agency, the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have demonstrated the potential of this technology to dramatically increase the energy efficiency, reliability and performance, while significantly reducing size and weight. This project will create 20 jobs in the next three years and 50 in the next five years.

Recipient: Institute for Creative Technologies

Project: Immersive Naval Officer Training System (INOTS)

Location: Newport, RI

Amount: $4,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: The Immersive Naval Officer Training System (INOTS) project will provide the Naval Service Training Command and the Officer Training Command Newport a capstone interpersonal leadership training experience, which combines live classroom and simulation training. The goal of this training is to ensure systems proficiency and operational readiness, and to promote crucial leadership skills. This project will focus on improving the system based on feedback and experience from its initial use in a variety of training programs that have been employed at Camp Pendleton, Camp Shelby, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Sill, Fort Bliss, and Fort Bragg. It is estimated that 10 new jobs will be created with the requested FY 2011 funding.

Recipient: L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation

Project: TB-33 Thinline Towed Array

Location: Ashaway, RI

Amount: $3,800,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will accelerate the production of the TB-33 Thin line Towed Array system, which will provide the detection range and area search rate required for effective Anti-Submarine Warfare operations. The funding will be used to implement rigorous testing methods of towed array technology, to ensure cost effective production, reliable submarine deployment, and realization of life cycle cost objectives. FY 2011 funding will enable L-3 CS to hire 30 technicians and skilled assemblers.

Recipient: Mikel, Inc.

Project: Weapon Acquisition Firing System (WAFS)

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This program seeks to address a technology shortfall in submarine weapons capabilities that has been identified by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). It will provide operators with an efficient and accurate method of employing weapons in a multi contact combat situation. It is estimated that the requested FY 2011 funding will create 15 jobs.

Recipient: Modular Energy Devices

Project: Redundant Cell Array Technology for Joint Multi-mission Submarine

Location: Warwick, RI

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project supports the development of a safe and cost effective lithium-ion battery for use in the Advanced Seal Delivery System. This new technology, which will use Redundant Cell Array Technology (RedCAT), will provide the Navy with a lower cost alternative to the older silver-zinc battery technology, by delivering over 500 discharges for the same purchase cost. The new lithium-ion battery will meet Joint-Multi-mission submarine requirements, and will minimize safety issues by distributing the battery energy into many small format battery cells. This project will allow Modular Energy Devices to create 15 long term positions in Rhode Island.

Recipient: MSHIP Co.

Project: State-of-the-Art Marine Platforms for Unmanned Systems

Location: Newport/Portsmouth, RI

Amount: $4,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will develop efficient, low-cost marine platforms to support the growing use of unmanned systems. This will be done by combining composites and the M-hull technology, and integrating mission packages rather than retrofitting old and obsolete systems for each mission. This project includes the design and construction of M40 LilyPads, which will provide a better alternative to the current generation of military ships, which are too expensive and ill-equipped to support the interoperability of the various unmanned systems. This purpose of this project is to promote the effective use of unmanned Naval weapons and intelligence gathering systems, while reducing operational and capital costs, and risks to the warfighter. The M40 LilyPads will be designed by MSHIP in Newport and constructed at New England Boatworks in Portsmouth, and will create 12 new jobs.

Recipient: Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Project: Wideband Conformal Antennas for Submarine Photonic Mast

Location: Newport, RI

Amount: $2,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will accelerate the development of wideband, conformal antennas to support improvements to the Navy’s communications antenna on the submarine photonics mast. SI Technologies (SI2) will work with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) to develop a wideband low profile antenna, which will enhance the photonics mast communications by addressing the problems that are causing recurring failures in the current communications antenna. The improved communications capability will help limit submarine detection /exposure from current and future threats, providing protection to our warfighters. This project is expected to create 9 jobs.

Recipient: Progeny Systems Corporation

Project: SSGN Weapon Launch Technology Insertion

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project would fund the development of a new, more capable and more cost effective weapon launch system for missile guided submarines. The new system will also provide a common weapon launch system baseline, and will reduce infrastructure and training costs across submarine classes. This project will create 20 new jobs.

Recipient: Pyramid Case Company

Project: NAVAIR ARIES and ORION Flight Gloves

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $4,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will fill a NAVAIR requirement to procure new flight gloves with the performance requirements needed for our aviators and aircrew (37,500 pairs of ARIES and 37,500 pairs of ORION flight gloves). These designs have been adapted to computer interface advancements (touch screens) and the upgrades made in the cockpit, and provide increased dexterity, durability and protection. This project will support 175 jobs in Rhode Island.

Recipient: Raytheon, Integrated Defense Systems

Project: Submarine Littoral Defense System - Small Missile Encapsulation

Location: Newport and Portsmouth

Amount: $15,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project completes the final two phases of risk reduction testing for an anti-air and anti-surface self defense capability, which combines the existing AIM-9X missile and BYG-1 Submarine Combat System with small missile encapsulation technology. This new capability will enable the U.S. military to sustain forces in anti-access or area-denial environments commonly found in littoral regions. This project will support 10 jobs at Raytheon and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and will provide for approximately 20 new jobs.

Recipient: Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation

Project: UPSIDE Extension to Virtual Perimeter Monitoring System (VPMS)

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project seeks to improve Navy surveillance systems by fully integrating land and waterside protection capabilities. This will be done by installing UPSIDE, which is an undersea detection, classification and response system, into the Virtual Perimeter Monitoring System (VPMS), which is an integrated sensor monitoring network for the perimeter of military installations. Funding would be utilized for development, testing & evaluation of the UPSIDE and VPMS systems, including equipment, logistics, and installation of UPSIDE to the VPMS. Rite Solutions (Middletown), Purvis Systems (Middletown), Smiths Detection-LiveWave (Middletown), will collaborate on this project, which is projected to create 44 new jobs.

Recipient: Rhode Island Electronic Textile Innovation Center

Project: Rugged Electronic Textile Vital Signs Monitoring

Location: Pawtucket and Providence

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will fund the development of a Warfighter Physiological Monitoring System. This “wear and forget” garment based system will accept signals from available Ballistic Impact Detection Sensors (BIDS) and provide an immediate alert when a soldier has been hit by a round, shrapnel or an IED blast. This project will create 5 jobs and support Rhode Island Electronic Textile Innovation Consortium (RIETIC) efforts to establish a vertically integrated team comprised of industry leaders in Rhode Island.

Recipient: Rhode Island Electronic Textile Innovation Center

Project: Rugged, Flexible, High Efficiency, Solar Generated Power System

Location: Pawtucket and Providence

Amount: $5,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will utilize the expertise of North East Knitting, Matrix, Ximedica, Konarka, and QinetiQ North America to develop an electronic textile based solar cell panel connectivity grid for use on military shelters/tents. The objective of this project is to decrease the U.S. military’s dependence on oil, ultimately reducing the risks and costs associated with fuel transport. This project will create 4 new jobs.

Recipient: Rite-Solutions

Project: Artificial Intelligence-Based Combat System (AI-BCS) Kernel

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $7,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will provide for the continued development of a new Command Decision Support System, which aims to improve Commanding Officer and senior staff decision-making, and mission effectiveness with reduced control room manning. The requested funding for FY 2011 will enable the company to maintain critical talent and momentum in meeting an important operational need. Funding for FY 2011 is expected to create 53 new jobs at Rite-Solutions and to generate a large amount of sub-contracting work for other area defense-related companies located throughout Rhode Island.

Recipient: Technic

Project: Nanomaterials for CIGS Based Power Devices

Location: Cranston, RI

Amount: $4,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will enable Technic to conduct basic research to develop novel materials and technology for the creation of flexible, ruggedized solar cell power conversion devices. This will be done in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research and the College of Nanoscale Science. These next generation solar devices will utilize semiconductor CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide) technology, which is an environmentally cleaner, safer (non-carcinogenic) and more efficient alternative to current solar panel technology. CIGS solar panels are anticipated to convert up to 20% of captured sunlight into electricity. The goal of this project is to reduce the logistics footprint of fuel transport, and provide a sustainable energy solution for both military and commercial uses. Technic will hire a minimum of five new employees (engineers and chemists) in Rhode Island.

Recipient: Textron

Project: Tactical RPG Airbag Protection System (TRAPS)

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $10,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project seeks to develop effective, lightweight low-cost external airbag technology. This system protects military vehicles by inflating and encapsulating rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) before they would hit a vehicle. The requested funding will complete the designs needed to establish production facilities, test capabilities, production improvements and training resources for the new system, so it can be fielded to the M-ATV/Stryker expeditiously. The Tactical Airbag Protection System is projected to be ready for production within 12 months. This project will help support Textron’s Providence workforce.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island

Project: Self Inerting Munitions

Location: Kingston, RI

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will develop technology that eliminates the dangers to civilians posed unexploded ordnance (UXO), by initiating an embedded degradation reaction that transforms the explosives to inert compounds. The research proposed for this project will provide the technology to meet the requirements for compliance with the Department of Defense’s policy on cluster bombs, which requires 99% of the bomblets in a cluster bomb to detonate (a one percent failure rate), reducing the presence of unexploded ordnance and danger to civilians.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island (URI)

Project: Sensors for Terrorist IED Network Defeat

Location: Kingston, RI

Amount: $4,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This two year project will develop the capability to provide early detection of Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at their source, and to disrupt the entire IED chain by exploiting new developments in multispectral remote sensing. It will utilize the recently opened Homeland Security Center of Excellence in Explosives Detection, Mitigation, Response and Characterization to adapt multispectral imaging technology, already successfully demonstrated for the Army Research Development and Engineering Command, by working with its Night Vision Laboratories to exploit these signatures. Funding for this project will create a fieldable system for standoff explosives detection, provide for the testing of this technology, and enable the deployment of this capability in high threat areas including Afghanistan and Iraq.

Recipient: University of Rhode Island (URI)

Project: Submerged Munitions Research Program

Location: Kingston, RI

Amount: $9,422,500

Purpose/Project Description: This project will fund research to determine the impact of submerged military munitions on the environment and human health as authorized by Congress. The URI Graduate School of Oceanography will use its unique assets, such as the research vessel Endeavor and remote operated vehicles, to visually and chemically assess the condition of munitions, and to conduct fate and transport, ecotoxicity and munitions movement studies at a variety of disposal sites. It is estimated that this project will create 10 jobs at URI and SubChem Systems in Narragansett, the program’s industrial partner.

Recipient: Zebra Technologies Corporation

Project: Supply Support Equipment

Location: Lincoln, RI

Amount: $2,500,000

Purpose/Project Description: This project will support the Navy’s logistics modernization efforts by integrating and improving tracking capabilities and providing a technology solution that meets DoD/Navy Information Assurance and Security policy requirements. This project will integrate all Navy supply information into a single DOD enterprise level robust system, improving material accountability and visibility throughout the Navy, the military services, and Defense Logistics Agency.

Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development

Recipient: Adult Day Center of Westerly, Inc.

Project: Adult Day Center of Westerly Building Renovation

Location: Westerly

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: for renovation of an adult day center

Description: The Adult Day Center of Westerly requests funding to renovate newly leased location secured under a 10-year lease from the Town of Westerly. The new facility will enable ADCW to expand its offerings to include opportunities for the clients such as hairdressing, podiatry, and rehabilitative services such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy. There will also be community space for families and groups to host programs for the clients.

Organization: Blackstone River Watershed Council

Project: Fish Passage and Recreational Improvements to the Lower Blackstone River

Location: Cumberland, RI

Amount: $755,000

Purpose: The BRWC/FOB is requesting funding for a project to restore access for anadromous fish species to historical migratory routes and spawning habitat and to provide recreational boating passage around existing defunct dams to enhance the recreational opportunities available on the Blackstone River. The objective of this project is to determine at which dams it is feasible to construct such passage structures. Where feasible, a preliminary and final design will be prepared for a fish/boat passage structure.

Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket

Project: Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Expansion Project

Location: Pawtucket

Amount: $1,200,000

Purpose: for facilities expansion and renovation

Description: The Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket seeks funding to support the expansion and renovation of space at the Alfred Elson, Jr. Clubhouse. This project will include the addition of a gym/wellness center for teen members, as well as the renovation of current Club program areas including education, technology, and visual and performing arts space.

Organization: Child and Family Services of Newport County

Project: Child and Family Residential Home Renovations and Upgrades

Location: Middletown, RI

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: Child & Family Services of Newport County requests $250,000 in funding for Child & Family Residential Home Renovations & Upgrades. The funding would be used to renovate the interior of 9 residential homes providing shelter and services for those children and teens. The project will benefit Rhode Island by creating jobs for contract workers, improve the real estate values within the different residential areas they are located, and greatly improve energy use and heating fuel efficiency in each home.

Recipient: City of Cranston

Project: Elmwood & Wellington Development Study

Location: Cranston

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: for community planning and development

Description: The City of Cranston requests funding to develop and begin implementation of a master plan for redevelopment of the Elmwood/Wellington corridor. The plan will include the redevelopment of a 210 industrial-site and the creation of new transportation options. It is hoped that up this redevelopment will create office space and amenities that will attract businesses that will support up to 400 jobs in architecture and engineering, advertising, information technology, scientific research and development.

Recipient: City of East Providence

Project: North Broadway Reconstruction

Location: East Providence

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for roadway and sidewalk improvements

Description: The City of East Providence requests funding for improvements to its roadways, specifically, North Broadway, which serves as main north-south artery through the city. This roadway is heavily traveled by commuters and commercial traffic as it is a link to the interstate system. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation will be reconstructing a bridge along North Broadway and it is the City's intention to expand upon the State project to improve the roadway and sidewalk systems to the north and south of the project.

Recipient: City of Newport

Project: Newport Cliff Walk Restoration

Location: Newport

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for the restoration historic walkway

Description: The City of Newport, Rhode Island, seeks federal funding for the restoration of Newport's Cliff Walk. Funding would be used to perform the repairs that are necessary to preserve the sections damage by hurricanes and other storms over the last decade. Repairs will be made to reinforce the structures, and prevent future erosion damage. Without these improvements, the public may lose access to portions of this natural and historic resource, which is a major recreational and tourist destination.

Recipient: City of Pawtucket

Project: Max Reed Athletic Facility Redevelopment

Location: Pawtucket

Amount: $1,750,000

Purpose: for the improvement of youth recreational facilities

Description: The City of Pawtucket requests funding to rehabiltate its main athletic fields. The existing complex’s track does not meet the current standards for the Rhode Island Interscholastic League because it is too small to accommodate the required number of lanes. The city proposes to expand and replace the current track with a new one, using state of the art artificial surface treatment, which would meet all of the current standards. The city will also replace the existing football and soccer field with an artificial surface which will improve the durability of a facility that provides recreation opportunities for the city’s schools. This athletic complex is used by all three high schools for games and practices. Two other city schools will utilize the facility for physical education classes.

Recipient: City of Providence

Project: City of Providence-Road Paving

Location: Providence

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: for road paving and improvements

Description: The City of Providence requests funding for city road maintenance and paving. The city cannot meet its current estimated obligation for road maintenance (approximately $9 million per year), and requests assistance in defraying those costs.

Recipient: City of West Warwick

Project: Planning and community development, including the acquisition and rehabilitation of property and the improvement of public infrastructure

Location: West Warwick, RI

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: Planning and community development, including the acquisition and rehabilitation of property and the improvement of public infrastructure

Recipient: City of Woonsocket

Project: Ocean State Finishing Site Remediation

Location: Woonsocket

Amount: $1,600,000

Purpose: for site demolition and environmental remediation to accommodate a public drinking water facility

Description: The City of Woonsocket requests funding to demolish structures on a 10-acre former industrial-site. The City of Woonsocket plans to re-use the site for the construction of a more efficient drinking water treatment plant. Funding would also be used for hazardous waste removal and the remediation of any contaminated soils and groundwater.

Organization: Crossroads Rhode Island

Project: Technology and HMIS Data Management Project

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: Crossroads Rhode Island requests $200,000 in funding for Crossroads Rhode Island Technology and HMIS Data Management Project. The funding will support a technology upgrade needed to maximize utilization of HMIS. The requested technology upgrades will improve worker efficiency, save money, and allow social workers to spend more time helping clients achieve housing stability, improved income, and benefit from the Continuum of Care’s safety net services that end homelessness.

Recipient: Federal Hill House Association, Inc.

Project: Federal Hill Neighborhood Revitalization Project

Location: Providence

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: for streetscape improvements and façade improvements

Description: The Federal Hill House Association requests funding to assist local small business in improving the business streetscape and building facades, and to build green spaces that are functional and accessible by all neighborhood residents. Federal Hill House Association established a coalition to oversee the process of the Neighborhood Revitalization efforts. Coalition members include Federal Hill Commerce Association, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, Federal Hill Community Coalition, Providence Police Department, neighborhood residents, private investors, and community leaders. The Coalition will actively work towards the goals of rebuilding a community and act as ambassadors to potential funders.

Recipient: John E. Fogarty Center

Project: Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Infrastructure Improvements

Location: North Providence

Amount: $745,000

Purpose: Internal renovations, flooding/drainage improvements, parking area enhancements, heating/ventilation systems upgrades, IT infrastructure improvements, and roof replacement.

Description: The John E. Fogarty Center, which serves adults with developmental disabilities, requests funding for renovations to main its facilities, including upgrades to its heating and ventilation systems. The project will also support the replacement of the roof at center’s main building. Funding will also improve information technology infrastructure in the center’s seven buildings in order to establish an interconnected network.

Recipient: John Hope Settlement House

Project: John Hope Settlement House Restoration

Location: Providence

Amount: $850,000

Purpose: for facility upgrades and energy retrofits

Description: John Hope Settlement House, a community based organization that provides child care and family services, requests funding to rehabilitate and improve the energy efficiency of its facilities. The improvements will include retrofits to the building envelope and the integration of renewable energy and recycling technologies. The center will use this project opportunity to promote green jobs training and community engagement initiatives.

Organization: Laotian Community Center of Rhode Island

Project: Southeast Asian Cultural Center and Museum

Location: Smithfield, RI

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: The Laotian Community Center of RI, Inc. is requesting federal funding for their Southeast Asian Cultural Center and Museum. The Center and Museum will provide a comprehensive set of programs, services and a learning center in Providence, Rhode Island. By completing the Southeast Asian Cultural Center and Museum, The Center will be able to serve an additional 5000 individuals each year in addition to generating tourism into Rhode Island through our many museum exhibits.

Organization: Lucy’s Hearth and Family Services of Rhode Island

Project: New Home for Lucy’s Hearth

Location: Providence, RI

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: Family Services of Rhode Island is requesting $3,000,000 in funding for Lucy's Hearth. The funding would be used to develop a new Lucy's Hearth that would also include space for mental health and other services from Family Service of RI and space for education and employment training. This project will enhance the living conditions for homeless women and their children as they build new lives and will inject money into the Aquidneck Island economy, particularly in the building trade.

Recipient: Newport County Chamber of Commerce

Project: Rehabilitation and Construction of the Newport Harbor

Location: Newport

Amount: $2,805,303

Purpose: for the renovation of existing buildings and pier

Description: The Newport County Chamber of Commerce requests funding to rehabilitate and reconstruct the Newport Harbor Center and Ann Street Pier Facility. This project would create a public marine oriented center at the combined building and dock facility, which would enhance physical public access to the harbor, generate revenue through self-sufficient operation, and anchor a public focal point that enhances economic development opportunities for local merchants.

Recipient: Newport Performing Arts Center

Project: Restoration of the 1868 Newport Opera House

Location: Newport

Amount: $250,000

Purpose: for design, planning, and restoration of a historic building

Description: The Newport Performing Arts Center requests funding for planning and design for the restoration of the historic Newport Opera House. Funding will also be used to stabilize the building, repair leaks, and upgrade electrical systems and HVAC to avoid the cinema being closed for safety issues. The project will help support the tourism industry and local economy in Newport.

Recipient: Ocean Community YMCA

Project: Safe Step Initiative/Grower Stronger Campaign

Location: Westerly

Amount: $450,000

Purpose: for construction of a drop-off area for children

Description: The Ocean Community YMCA requests funding to build a family drop-off zone to ensure safety for children when entering and existing the facility. It will also provide additional parking for members, which will prevent unsafe parking practices that the lack of space can create.

Recipient: Pawtucket Armory Association

Project: Pawtucket Armory Restoration

Location: Pawtucket

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: for facility improvements to a historic building

Description: The Pawtucket Armory Association requests funding for improvements to the exterior of the Armory Drill Hall, which is being historically preserved and converted into a 340-seat regional theater. This funding will help complete the restoration. The Armory is expected to grow as a site for economic and cultural activity.

Recipient: Providence Community Action Agency

Project: Elmwood Community Center Renovation

Location:

Amount: Techincal correction to PL 1118

Purpose:

Description: The Providence Community Action Agency (PROCAP), a community action agency serving the City of Providence, requests a technical correction for funding it secured under the HUD Economic Development Initiative in Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (PL 111-8). The project funded in that bill was the for the purchase of buildings to address homelessness. PROCAP was able to purchase the properties it needed for less than amount provided under the law. PROCAP requests an amendment to the project so that the balance of funding can be dedicated to the renovation these properties.

Recipient: Providence Community Action Agency

Project: Elmwood Community Center Renovation

Location: Providence

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for community center renovations

Description: The Providence Community Action Agency (PROCAP), a community action agency serving the City of Providence, requests funds to renovate and rehabilitate the Elmwood Community Center. Since PROCAP took over the 69-year-old facility in 2008, more than 10,000 residents have utilized the facility each year for recreational, educational, and community activities. Federal funding would begin the renovation, focusing on the base building systems (electrical, plumbing, sprinklers, and safety and security).

Recipient: Rhode Island Center Assisting those in Need

Project: Facility acquistion and rehabilitation

Location: Charlestown

Amount: $672,400

Purpose: for the acquistion and rehabilitation of a building

Description: The Rhode Island Center Assisting those in Need (RICAN), a feeding center and social services provider, requests funding to purchase and renovate a new center. As the largest emergency food assistance program in the area, RICAN has seen a 41 percent increase in requests for assistance and requires additional space to meet demand.

Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Project: I-95 Pawtucket River Bridge Replacement

Location: Pawtucket

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: I-95 Pawtucket River Bridge Replacement

Description: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation requests funding for the replacement of a major deficient bridge on the National Highway System. The bridge was originally built in 1958 to carry 60,000 vehicles per day, but presently carries approximately 162,000. Since 2008, the bridge has been posted with an 18 ton weight limit and the diversion of heavy vehicles is mandatory.

Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Project: I-95 Providence Viaduct Replacement

Location: Providence

Amount: $84,000,000

Purpose: I-95 Providence Viaduct Replacement

Description: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation requests funding for the replacement of the I-95 Providence Viaduct, a 1,290-foot elevated structure that provides a vital link in the I-95 corridor and carries 230,000 vehicles per day. The structure is 45 years old and has deteriorated to the point where it is in need of complete replacement. In order to keep I-95 open and operational without load restrictions, three emergency repairs were conducted 2008 and 2009, but FHWA will no longer authorize funding for the continued rehabilitation of the structure. It must be replaced. Under the state’s Transportation Improvement Program, no funding is budgeted for the project until 2012, and due to other demands, work will have to proceed at slower rate than is desirable for a project of this importance.

Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Project: Blackstone Bikeway Segment 8

Location: North Smithfield

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for the construction of a bikeway

Description: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation request funding for segment 8 of the Blackstone River Bikeway. The project, which is in preliminary design, will include the construction of a bike path, on-road and off-road facilities, several bridges, and spur connections to the public library and the future Woonsocket Middle School Complex. The Blackstone River Bikeway is being developed to provide a safe, efficient, and continuous facility that encourages bicycle riding as an alternate means of transportation along the original transportation route of the Blackstone River and Canal between Providence and Woonsocket. Integral to this innovative transportation project is the strategic connection of historic sites, municipal centers, state and local parks, recreational facilities, and scenic areas and locations in the Blackstone River Valley.

Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Transportation

Project: Statewide Structurally Deficient Bridge Program

Location: Providence

Amount: $10,000,000

Purpose: for the repair of dificient bridges

Description: The Rhode Island Department of Transportation requests funding to initiate a comprehensive program to replace or repair deficient bridges. Of the 792 structures in the state’s bridge inventory, 164 bridges (21%) are categorized as structurally deficient. Because the existing level of state and federal funding is not sufficient to address the backlog in repairs, projects have been prioritized based on factors such as traffic volume and function. Consequently, much of the available funding has been utilized to repair larger bridges, while work on medium-sized bridges has been deferred. Without additional funding to address this need, rehabilitation and replacement of these structurally deficient bridges will continue to be delayed, increasing the risk that they will be closed all or some vehicles. Repair of these structurally deficient bridges advances the federal responsibility to maintain bridges on the federal aid highway system.

Recipient: Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation

Project: West Side Master Plan; Redevelopment Weaver Cove,

Location: Portsmouth

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for community development

Description: The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation requests funding to help implement the Aquidneck Island West Side Master Plan. Federal funding would be used to make public boat ramp improvements, build a boardwalk connecting to restaurants and retail shops, and creating public parking at Weaver’s Cove.

Recipient: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority

Project: Claiborne Pell Bridge Restoration

Location: Jamestown

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for repairs to Claiborne Pell (Newport) bridge

Description: The Rhode Island Bridge and Turnpike Authority requests funding to pave and ensure the structural integrity of the suspended span steel on the Claiborne Pell (Newport) Bridge – the main access route to Aquidneck Island and City of Newport and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth. Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority conducted a Fiscal Integrity Study which has concluded that the Authority cannot support the investments required for this type of project with its current revenues alone.

Organization: Scituate Senior Services

Project: Senior Transportation Van

Location: North Scituate, RI

Amount: $80,000

Purpose: Scituate Senior Services is requesting funding for a 14-16 passenger handicapped van which would provide transportation to the Scituate Senior Center for lunch and activities as well as to medical appointments and grocery shopping to any Scituate resident who no longer can drive themselves. This project will retain jobs as without a van, the current van riders could not get to the Senior Center for the Federal Lunch Program.

Recipient: The Arc of Blackstone Valley, Inc.

Project: Veterans for Tomorrow

Location: Providence

Amount: $800,000

Purpose: for the purchases and rehabilitation of property to provide housing and services for veterans

Description: The Arc of Blackstone Valley, Inc. (BVC) requests funding to develop a former historic mill in Providence into 23 units of affordable, permanent, housing for veterans. The development will also include 4,000 square feet of programmatic space for employment training offered by BVC, as well as other services provide by other partners.

Organization: The Pawtucket Foundation

Project: Bridge to Prosperity

Location: Pawtucket, RI

Amount: $389,300

Purpose: The Pawtucket Foundation requests $389,300 in funding for the Bridge to Prosperity project. The project would benefit Rhode Island leading to the rehabilitation of nearly 300 acres of distressed urban property, aid in the absorption of 750 market rate housing units as well as plan for additional construction of nearly 300 units of workforce housing, developing a design and financing plan for 179,000 SF mixed use transit oriented development that will provide 79 units of housing and create 300 to 1,000 new jobs.

Organization: Tiverton Library Board of Trustees

Project: Tiverton Library Building Project

Location: Tiverton, RI

Amount: $600,000

Purpose: The Tiverton Library Board of Trustees requests federal funding for the construction of a new Tiverton Public Library. This funding will create a new, up to date library for the town and replace the expensive, small, and out of date old building (constructed in 1939). This project will reduce utility costs and expand access, as well as create 241 construction jobs, retain 11 staff positions, and allow the library to retain state funding that would otherwise be lost due to its outdated nature.

Recipient: Tockwotton Home

Project: Tockwotton Home facility construction

Location: East Providence

Amount: $3,000,000

Purpose: for the construction of an assisted living facility for senior citizens

Description: The Tockwotton Home, an assisted living facility in Providence, requests funding for the construction of a new building in East Providence in order to increase its capacity from 66 to 156 residents. This new design will include an expanded innovative physical and social environment for nursing residents, as well as 58-assisted living apartments that will enable the Home to admit a broader spectrum of people. Additionally, the home will feature a 15-resident transitional dementia unit that will help those who need more direct attention than assisted living.

Organization: Town of Barrington

Project: Landfill Closure

Location: Barrington, RI

Amount: $2,500,000

Purpose: The Town of Barrington is requesting $2,500,000 in funding for the closing of two decades-old landfills located adjacent to one another within a neighborhood in a moderate-income area of Barrington. The funding will complete the project and turn the former town dumps into a recreational asset, benefiting the immediate area and the region. 20 construction jobs will be created as well as two engineering/project management positions.

Recipient: Town of Bristol

Project: Infrastructure Upgrades for Roads and Drainage

Location: Bristol

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for road improvements and repairs

Description: The Town of Bristol requests funding to upgrade its roadways to mitigate flooding-related damage to its roadways.

Recipient: Town of Cumberland

Project: Lonsdale/Valley Falls Infrastructure Improvements

Location: Cumberland

Amount: $800,000

Purpose: for streetscape and roadway improvements

Description: The Town of Cumberland requests funding for road and drainage improvements for Broad Street, a major commercial corridor. A drainage study has already been conducted as part of neighborhood revitalization plan for Lonsdale and Valley Falls. Additional infrastructure improvements are also needed to create redevelopment opportunities at multiple underutilized sites within the neighborhoods.

Recipient: Town of Jamestown

Project: Jamestown Greenway Trail System - East West Spur

Location: Jamestown

Amount: $450,000

Purpose: for the construction of a bikeway

Description: The Town of Jamestown requests funding for the construction of a ¾-mile walking and bicycle path that will connect to a proposed North Road Bicycle Path (part of the state’s Transportation Improvement Program). Jamestown approved the Jamestown (Conanicut Island) Greenway Trail System in 2002, and several segments have been built already. Extending the Greenway Trail System will provide walking/bicycle connection across the Jamestown Bridge from North Kingstown to Jamestown Village. This bike path will offer the public the experience the spectacular view-shed that has preserved with federal, state, and private support.

Recipient: Town of Johnston

Project: Johnston DPW Salt Dome

Location: Johnston

Amount: $200,000

Purpose: to purchase and install a salt dome to reduce run-off

Description: The Town of Johnston requests funding to purchase and install a stressed membrane structure to be enclose salt and sand stockpiles used for winter roads. The structure will prevent the supplies from washing away into the Woonasquatucket River.

Recipient: Town of North Providence

Project: North Providence Road Improvements

Location: North Providence

Amount: $500,000

Purpose: for road paving and improvements

Description: The Town of North Providence requests funding to resurface and rehabilitate four miles of town roadway in the Centerdale and Lymansville sections of the town.

Organization: Town of Portsmouth

Project: Island Park Landfill Closure

Location: Portsmouth, RI

Amount: $2,100,000

Purpose: Portsmouth is requesting federal funding to complete the final closure of the former Island Park Landfill, which served as the municipal dump from the mid-1950 to the mid-1970. This $2.1 million request, matched by $318,000 in local funds, will remove an environmental hazard by eliminating potential leakage of pollution to Blue Bill Cove. This project will remove an environmental hazard by eliminating potential leakage of pollution to Blue Bill Cove, benefitting shell-fishers, boaters & swimmers. It will protect the neighborhood, especially children who frequent the property for passive recreation, from exposure to any toxins that may exist in an old, unregulated municipal dump.

Recipient: Town of Smithfield

Project: Deerfield Park Recreation Improvements

Location: Smithfield

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: for the improvement of recreation facilities

Description: The Town of Smithfield requests funding for improvements to Deerfield Park, the town' major recreation facility. The recreation department has identified the need for baseball fields and multi-purpose fields to service soccer, lacrosse, football.

Recipient: Town of Tiverton

Project: Tiverton Bike Path

Location: Tiverton

Amount: $1,000,000

Purpose: for design and construction of a bikeway

Description: The Town of Tiverton requests to complete the design and begin the construction of the Tiverton off-road bike path. This path will be located within the Newport secondary railroad line, "Old Colony Railroad" right-of-way, an unused railroad track. This project is listed on the Rhode Island Transportation Improvement Program. The path will provide an alternate mode of transportation to connect Tiverton to Newport and the other towns of the county, via the Sakonnet Bridge bike lane.

Recipient: Town of West Warwick

Project: West Warwick Redevelopment Funding

Location: West Warwick

Amount: $750,000

Purpose: for planning and community development, which may include the acquistion and rehabilitation of property and the improvement of public infrastructure

Description: The Town of West Warwick requests funding to assist areas affected by recent flooding. Funds will be used to help acquire property that has suffered repeat damage, undertake protective measures to guard against future floods, to make enhancements to allow greater access for local businesses at their current locations or in new locations within the town. The project will focus on River Street and other areas along the Pawtuxet River.

Recipient: Town of Westerly

Project: Canal St./White Rock Rd. Reconstruction

Location: Westerly

Amount: $2,000,000

Purpose: For roadway reconstruction and streetscaping

Description: The Town of Westerly requests funding for roadway structure, safety, and visual appeal of the roadway corridor heading north from downtown (Canal Street from Railroad Avenue north to White Rock Road and White Rock Road in its entirety). These roadways run from downtown Westerly along the bank of the Pawcatuck River to the village of White Rock. This is a mainly commercial/industrial area that contains working textile mills, housing, and commercial buildings. This project will address the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the pavement structure along with improvements to sidewalks, safety features, guardrails, signage, storm drainage, and enhancement of the function and appearance of the roadways.

Recipient: Tri-Town Economic Opportunity Committee, Inc.

Project: Youth Development Center Renovation Project

Location: North Providence

Amount: $550,000

Purpose: for the purchase and renovation of a building to serve as a youth development center

Description: Tri-Town Economic Opportunity Committee seeks funding to improve, renovate, and re-open an existing facility formerly used to house the North Providence and Johnston Boys and Girls Club. The purpose of the program is re-open the building to facilitate a Youth Development Center to serve approximately 2,000 children, youth and families, providing GED; ESL and adult basic education; employment and training programs; summer youth; post-secondary education; career exploration; basic job skills training; youth leadership; and case management. Renovations will also allow Tri-Town to accommodate two Head Start classrooms.

Recipient: Urban League of Rhode Island

Project: South Providence Neighborhood Center

Location: Providence

Amount: $300,000

Purpose: for the renovation and expansion of an existing facility

Description: The Urban League of Rhode Island requests funding to expand of its current facility by 9,000 square feet to create a neighborhood center in one of Rhode Island's most distressed areas – South Providence. The facility will be accessible free of charge for community forums, trainings, political charrettes, 12 step programs, Boy/Girl Scout troops, secondary school homework clubs and arts programs, Green Job trainings, health and wellness seminars, job readiness trainings, continuing education courses, and cultural fetes. Programs at the center will be funded through state and city funding, private sector donations, volunteers, and current staff at the Urban League.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island Appropriations Requests