Funding

Connecticut Funding Requests

Below are links to my Appropriations Requests for Fiscal Year 2010. I continue to support funding requests that promote the public good and provide much-needed services to Connecticut citizens. The improved disclosure process has increased transparency and helped guarantee that the projects included in funding bills are responsible and beneficial.

These requests were submitted to my office by community organizations, local governments, state agencies, and businesses for consideration during the annual federal appropriations process. Please note that the dollar amounts listed are what I am requesting for the projects, although it is common for projects to be funded at lower levels than requested. In addition, the Senate Appropriations Committee may choose not to fund many of these projects.

Agriculture and Rural Development
Commerce, Justice, and Science
Defense
Energy and Water
Financial Services and General Government
Interior and Environment
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
Military Construction and VA
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

Agriculture and Rural Development

Proposed Recipient: Town of Barkhamsted, CT
Project: Farmington River Watershed
Description: Requested funding would assist Barkhamsted in a project that will help preserve historical landmarks and prevent the loss of tourism that is vital to the local economy by protecting the Mountain Road Stream against flooding.  The Town of Barkhamsted will use the funds to repair culverts and carry out stream bed corrections.
Amount Requested: $770,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bristol, CT
Project: Copper Mine Brook Watershed
Description: Requested funding would cover the costs of the engineering design for a project that will allow the City of Bristol to rebuild a berm, replace a bridge, and create flood water storage areas, thereby preventing future flooding of the Copper Mine Brook and protecting Route 6 and local commercial areas.
Amount Requested: $330,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of East Hartford, East Hartford, CT
Project: Connecticut River Watershed
Description: Requested funding would be used by the Town of East Hartford for flood prevention efforts, including structural repairs and increases to the water drainage capacity of an earth dike along the east bank of the Connecticut River and the north bank of the Hockanum River.  Recent assessment of the flood protection system indicated that the community would be at risk in the situation of severe flooding.  This funding will help protect the community and reduce flood damages during a major flood event. 
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Tufts University, Medford, MA and Tufts Ambulatory Service, Woodstock, CT
Project: New England Agriculture Conservation Cooperative Agreement
Description: Requested funding would be used to support a cooperative effort between Tufts Ambulatory Service in Woodstock, University of Connecticut faculty and staff, the Connecticut Poultry Association, and local farmers to research new methods to reduce costs while maintaining premium quality by modeling sustainable energy production and less dependence on grain feeding, as well as more efficient use of pastures for meat and egg production.  The project would advance federal support for innovation in agricultural methods while assisting local farmers adapt to new techniques and practices that provide high quality food and sustainable growth.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT           
Project: Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research
Description: Requested funding would be used to construct an animal health research building at the University of Connecticut designed to conduct research and development of animal vaccines.  This research aims to improve veterinary vaccines for the protection of the U.S. animal industry and to provide a timely response to the challenge of emerging epidemics heightened by the growing threat of agro-bioterrorism. 
Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Commerce, Justice, and Science

Proposed Recipient: Town of Avon, Avon, CT
Project: Farmington Valley Regional Dispatch Center Planning Project
Description: Federal funding would help the town consolidate its E-911 PSAP with those of the towns of Simsbury and Canton, resulting in one central facility in Avon.  Avon’s central location, its capacity for expansion, and its prisoner facilities make it suitable for hosting the consolidated facility.  The facility will serve as a dispatch center for all three town’s police, fire, EMS, and public works calls and it will provide better service at a lower cost for all three towns. 
Requested funds: $75,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Bridgeport Lighthouse After-School Program
Description: Federal funding would support the city’s summer and after-school program.  Appropriated funds would help fill a funding gap while the city makes aggressive efforts to secure new funding commitments.  After-school programs are an essential deterrent to juvenile delinquency, and the Lighthouse Program offers a critical service to the city’s working parents.  The program is located in public school buildings and offers a variety of educational, cultural and recreational activities.
Requested funds: $500,000

Proposed Recipient:  Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Middletown, CT
Project: In-Car Camera Technology Upgrades
Description: Federal funding would be used to outfit all State Police sworn patrol vehicles with state of the art in-car camera packages, replacing the outdated technology that is currently in use by 765 State Police vehicles.  The current technology produces poor audio and video quality and cannot capture live streaming video feeds that would be transmitted to dispatch centers.  New in-car camera technology will enhance officer safety as well as improve response time to emergency scenes.
Requested funds: $750,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Bridgeport Police Department Law Enforcement Technologies Program
Description: Federal funding would augment the city’s current surveillance camera system project designed to disrupt and prevent crime with gunshot sound analysts technology (i.e. Shot Spotter).  The funds will help the police department install approximately 50 sensors in high-crime areas and connect the sensors to cameras currently in development.  This will help police officers respond quicker to calls of gunfire, help identify the location of gunfire, increase officer safety, and help in the prosecution of crimes. 
Requested funds: $375,000

Proposed Recipient: The Courage to Speak Foundation, Inc., Norwalk, CT
Project: Substance Abuse Prevention for Parents and Children
Description: Federal funding would expand the foundation’s school, community and parent substance abuse prevention programs.  The program, which will fill a large gap of proven effective substance abuse prevention programming in Connecticut schools, will equip parents with tools to discuss substance abuse issues with their children while conducting a multi-year scientific evaluation that has received HHS’s “Service to Science” designation. 
Request: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT
Project: Radio Communication Improvements  
Description: Federal funding would help mitigate a looming communications complication in the town of Enfield brought on by changes to the FCC frequency licensing requirements.  These changes would allow for the potential interference on public safety radio frequencies, endangering the ability of first responders to communicate.  Appropriated funds would help the town move it’s communications to another radio frequency by helping it purchase and implement a trunked radio system on secured frequency for public safety officials.  It would be utilized by municipal police, the town’s five independent fire districts, the school district, and the Department of Public Works.
Requested Funds: $2,000,000 

Proposed Recipient: Town of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Project: Fairfield Police Special Burglary-Theft Bureau
Description: Federal funding would allow for three new officers to be assigned to a new burglary-theft bureau that includes a community crime and disorder patrol.  Project goals include reducing the number of thefts in town, upgrading community policing efforts, and conducting assessments of the effectiveness of response plans.  Taxpayers will benefit from these new positions that will help replenish an understaffed department.  The bureau will help reduce burglaries, along with other crimes, as well as increase community awareness and involvement in law enforcement functions.  
Requested funds: $300,000

Proposed Recipient: Family ReEntry, Inc., Stamford and Bridgeport, CT
Project: Fresh Start Community Re-entry Pilot Program
Description: Federal funding would help this program’s efforts to embrace the latest research in the field of prisoner reentry.  Working in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Corrections and partner organizations in the community, Family ReEntry has spent the past four years designing and implementing a reentry program that takes components of its intervention services and couples them with pre-release planning, reentry support, community leadership training and employment help for incarcerated men transitioning back into the Bridgeport community.  Fresh Start has shown a 41% reduction in recidivism versus the state average, and over 500 men will have benefited from the program by 2010.
Requested funds: $785,000 

Proposed Recipient: Girls Incorporated, New York, NY and Waterbury, CT
Project: Girls Incorporated Expansion
Description: Federal funding would help Girls, Inc. develop new programming and increase the number of cities and girls they serve.  Girls, Inc. is a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to “inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold.”  Founded in Waterbury in 1864, Girls, Inc. has provided vital educational programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk, underserved areas.  With additional funding, they will start affiliates in six new cities, and provide program and management resources, training, and technical assistance needed to establish these affiliates, as well as expand programs at Girls Incorporated programs in Waterbury and Hartford.
Requested funds: $1,000,000 

Proposed Recipient: Girl Scouts of the USA, New York, NY
Project: VIVA Tri-State Initiative: An Adult volunteer/Hispanic Outreach Program
Description: Federal funding will support the Girl Scouts of the USA’s VIVA Tri-State initiative, which serves Latina/Hispanic girls and their families by providing them with outreach, counseling and vocational training.  VIVA’s teams of trained, bilingual volunteers help understand the needs of girls in the community while building partnerships with key Latino/Hispanic community leaders.  Appropriated funds would go towards salary and benefits, supplies, and grants. 
Requested funds: $600,000

Proposed Recipient: The Governor’s Prevention Partnership, Hartford, CT
Project: At-Risk Youth Prevention Initiative
Description: Federal funding would help the Governor’s Prevention Partnership divert youth from crime through mentoring programs.  This public-private partnership, co-chaired by Gov. Rell and Timothy Bannon of the Connecticut Housing and Finance Authority, seeks to build a strong and healthy workforce through leadership mentoring and violence prevention programs.  The partnership has a 20-year history of fostering collaboration among state and local partners and providing training and technical assistance.  Specifically, appropriated funds would allow the partnership to enhance their mentoring programs in the area of underage drinking prevention. 
Request: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Project: Hartford Public Safety Complex
Description: Federal funding would help Hartford purchase and install technology for a new public safety complex currently being built to house police, fire and emergency response services.  The complex would serve to protect residents of Hartford, the State Capitol building, state and federal courts, and assorted federal buildings.  The complex will be capable of serving as a command post during a regional catastrophic event, such as a terrorist attack or biohazard incident. 
Requested funds: $6,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Michael Bolton Charities, Inc., Branford, CT
Project: Family Justice Center
Description: Federal funds would help the Family Justice Center (FJC) become a one-stop center for support services for domestic violence victims and their families.  Service providers on site will include advocates/case managers, police and probation officers, representatives from the district attorney’s office, therapeutic counselors, elder abuse service counselors, legal counselors, immigration counselors, divorce counselors, children’s service specialists, and clergy counselors.  Local, state and national organizations have identified FJC as a leader in the field of domestic violence intervention/prevention. 
Requested funds: $300,000

Proposed Recipient: The Nature Conservancy, Middletown, CT
Project: Long Island Sound Habitat Research Initiative
Description: Federal funding would assist a regional erosion prevention research initiative in Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island.  Seagrass meadows, designated as an “essential fish habitat” by the National Marine Fisheries Service, have suffered significant losses throughout Long Island Sound leading to increased erosion.  Research would help identify causes of seagrass decline and develop strategies for restoration and management.  Restoring this vital habitat will help revive finfish and shellfish populations, improve water quality, and improve the prosperity of the fishing industry.
Requested funds: $700,000

Proposed Recipient: City of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Project: Northeast Regional Law Enforcement Firing Range
Description:  Federal funding would help equip a planned indoor weapons firing range, which would serve municipal police departments, campus police departments, and federal and state law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, DEA, and US Secret Service.  The planned facility is completely enclosed, mitigating noise for the neighborhood.  The facility currently used by law enforcement is in a residential area and disturbs neighborhood residents and schools.
Requested funds: $2,500,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Project: Prisoner Reentry Project            
Description: Federal funding would help continue a comprehensive reentry plan that provides employment, training, and related social opportunities for ex-offenders.  Each week, an estimated 25 inmates are released from prison into New Haven.  Inmates are often released without adequate discharge plans, and are left to fend for themselves with little or no support.  This project will help reduce crime in New Haven in the surrounding area by reducing recidivism.  
Requested funds: $1,500,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Project: Street Outreach Worker Program
Description: Federal funding will support the New Haven Police Department’s Street Outreach Worker Program, which works with at-risk youth, breaking the cycle of incarceration before it starts.  Through peer mentoring, the Street Outreach Program provides an invaluable service to the community.  Mentors frequently meet with over 35 youth a day.  Appropriated funds would allow the program to take on more mentors, including bilingual mentors. 
Requested funds: $900,000

Proposed Recipient: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), Washington, DC
Project: Hotline services for victims of sexual violence and rape prevention programs
Description: Federal funding would support the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline and the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline.  Appropriated funds would expand hotline capacity through recruitment, training and supervision of hotline volunteers, help develop victim resources, and help publicize the availability of the hotlines to victims.  Funding would also support RAINN’s Nationwide Education and Outreach Programs, which promote peer education programs that increase abuse awareness on nearly 1,400 college campuses each year.
Requested Funds: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Sea Research Foundation, Mystic, CT
Project: Immersion Presents After-School Program
Description: Federal funding would support this after-school program, which offers high-quality academic learning in science and technology for at-risk youth.  Immersion Presents partners with 150 Boys & Girls Clubs across the country reaching nearly 500,000 children annually.  The program uses distance learning technologies needed for serious academic enrichment, while also offering a fun learning environment.  Appropriated funds would be used for the development of ocean expeditions that engage students, to support “science mentors” from the Institute of Exploration, and the development of “mission modules” to learn more about environmental, biological, chemical and geological science.
Requested funds: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Torrington, Torrington, CT
Project: Northwest Regional Public Safety Communications
Description: Federal funding would help upgrade Torrington’s communications system.  The current system is incompatible with surrounding jurisdictions, lacks redundancy (which threatens the public’s safety during system outages and emergencies), has a limited capacity for multiple channels, and will be incompatible with FCC narrowband mandates that will take effect in 2013.  Appropriated funds will help the city become a regional 911 call and dispatch center for a greater part of Litchfield County. 
Requested funds: $850,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Project: Life science research enabling long distance human space flight
Description: Federal funding would promote research at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) in the area of muscle loss experienced by astronauts on long-distance flights.  UCHC is looking to establish a partnership with NASA and the Johnson Space Flight Center to expand research in this important area.  The overarching goal of the program would be to speed the discovery of preventive measures for aging- and disuse-related muscle loss. 
Requested funds: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: World Youth Peace Summit, Hartford, CT
Project: Youth Leadership Development
Description: Federal funding would support program development for youth leadership training exercises during the 2011 World Youth Peace Summit to be held in Connecticut.  During the 2011 Summit, 25,000 scholar-athletes and scholar-artists will receive targeted assistant in social entrepreneurship and in the development of community-based program, and thus learn practical knowledge of how to develop and implement their own peace initiatives successfully in their home communities.
Requested funds: $2 million

Defense

Suggested Recipient: Advanced Power Systems
Item: Fuel Catalyst Vehicle Retrofit
Location: Torrington, CT
Purpose/Project Description: There are approximately 14,000 vehicles in use within the Air National Guard and those vehicles consume approximately 16 million gallons of fuel annually.  A number of these vehicles sit idle for long periods where the fuel goes bad often rendering the vehicles not suitable for deployment.  This equipment must be repaired at a cost before use.  The cost of repairing those vehicles could be drastically reduced with the help of the VEMSO Fitch Fuel Catalyst, which could also improve the fuel economy of the vehicles by as much as 10%.
Request: $4,100,000

Suggested Recipient: Advanced Power Systems
Item: Fuel Catalyst Heating Plant Retrofit
Location: Torrington, CT
Purpose/Project Description:
This project is intended to reduce energy consumption in accordance with Federal Government mandates by installing a permanent fuel catalyst device on oil fired heating systems within Army buildings.  There are approximately 2,500 oil fired heating systems in Army buildings which are generally less efficient than today’s modern equipment.  Installation of the fuel catalyst will reduce both fuel usage and emissions ultimately while providing energy cost savings.
Request: $9,900,000

Suggested Recipient: Alion Science and Technology, Inc.
Item: Continuous Active Sonar for Torpedo DCL Systems
Location: Mystic, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The requested funding is for initial development, demonstration and evaluation of a Continuous Active Sonar system, which would provide the military with a high-performance sonar system that is smaller and operates with less  power. Successful development of this system would provide US Navy vessels with improved self-defense capability against high threat torpedoes. 
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Atlantic Inertial Systems
Item: Gun Hard Inertial Measuring Unit
Location: Chesire, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  AIS has developed a leading edge Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems sensor and associated Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU).  Authorization of this program will provide for a capability to produce these IMUs in the United States, and specifically in  Cheshire, Connecticut.  
Request: $8,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Central Connecticut State University
Item: Center for Robotics Innovation and Education
Location: New Britain, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  This initiative would establish a Center for Robotics Innovation and Education at Central Connecticut State University to develop, test and evaluate innovative robotic technologies.  The research will focus on maneuverability of robotic platforms in difficult, possibly GPS-occluded environments like alleys, stairwells, interiors and parking garages.  This research will lead to robotic applications that may prove valuable to military personnel as they operate in demanding urban and other complex terrain environments.
Request: $2,600,000

Suggested Recipient: Cobalt Therapeutics, LLC
Item: Web-delivered Cognitive Behavior Treatment
Location: New Haven, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Based on existing, well-proven cognitive behavior therapeutic techniques, this effort will develop pilot programs for the treatment of substance abuse, depression, anxiety and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  These conditions are found across the military personnel spectrum and are commonly understood to have a significant impact on performance.  Today, treatment is limited to "in-person" therapy which is not generally available in many of the locations where armed forces personnel are deployed.  This program is designed to be delivered in clinical settings but also remotely via the web using an interactive computer program which has been shown to be of benefit in treating these conditions, especially with regard to lowering the risk of relapse.
Request: $7,500,000

Suggested Recipient: DRS Power Technology
Item: Fan Coil Assembly
Location: Fitchburg, MA
Purpose/Project Description:  The requested project will provide an alternative upgraded solution for shipboard ventilation systems.  In coordination with DRS Technologies in Danbury, Connecticut, the development efforts seek to save space and weight of the ventilation systems while simultaneously improving the overall capability of the system.
Request: $3,400,000

Suggested Recipient: DRS Technologies
Item: Co-generation of Power and Air Conditioning
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  It is widely believed the majority of the Army’s generator capacity is used to power Environmental Control Units (ECU).  A typical generator set connected to a typical ECU will consume more energy than it would if these systems were designed to operate together.  The Army’s requirements document for the Improved Environmental Control Unit requires a Block III version that generates both power and air conditioning from the same system.  This demonstrator could be used by the Army to assist with requirements determination and analysis of alternatives.
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Ensign Bickford Aerospace and Defense
Item: Enabling Optimization of Reactive Armor
Location: Simsbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  New advances in energetics, Non-Explosive Reactive Armor (NERA) and materials for fabrication and mounting of reactive armor (RA) have shown promise in optimizing current RA to reduce weight, meet new threats and increase overall safety of the RA.  The Enabling Optimization of Reactive Armor program will develop a replacement for the current FAT AX-1 explosive using this new method of optimizing RA.  This replacement explosive will take advantage of all the benefits of LF-2 yielding an explosive composition that meets the demanding performance requirements of AX-1 while gaining the IM compliance, ease of manufacturing and long term storage ability of LF-2.
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Fiberoptics Technology, Inc.
Item: Optical Fiber Assembly Manufacturing
Location: Pomfret, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The requested funding will develop and implement core technologies for production of optical fiber assemblies with very precise diameter control at reduced cost.  If funded, this project would reduce costs of fiber optical assemblies for Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System munitions and other critical military applications, ultimately reducing the cost to the Department of Defense.
Request: $1,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Fuel Cell Energy
Item: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Demonstrator
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The proposed project would establish the Naval Submarine Base New London, at Groton, Connecticut as the premiere location for the demonstration of Defense Department applications of molten carbonate fuel cells by providing a 1.2 megawatt fuel cell power for pierside shore power.  Successful development of a Groton Fuel Cell Center would enable the base to meet its increasing energy demands while moving to a secure, alternative energy source that meets the most rigorous emissions standards. 
Request: $4,500,000

Suggested Recipient: General Dynamics Electric Boat
Item: Common Command and Control Systems Module
Location: Groton, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Project would define and design a Common Command and Control System (CCCS) Module for use on Virginia Class submarines (Block IV/V), SSGN, and the Ohio replacement ships, based on experience gained from earlier Virginia Class ships, United States/United Kingdom Common Missile Compartment designs and the SSGN Battle management designs.  This common module will facilitate rapid reconfiguration of mission equipment, more efficient allocation of watch-standers, and mission specific tasking.  The new common CCCS Module will streamline technology, refresh insertion upgrades, and utilize an integrated Life Cycle Management Plan across multiple ship classes, thereby reducing total ownership costs.
Request: $9,000,000

Suggested Recipient: General Dynamics Electric Boat
Item: Future Dry Dock Shelter
Location: Groton, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Current Dry Deck Shelters (DDS) carry a Swimmer Delivery Vehicle for Special Operations Forces personnel to deploy from submarines, but DDSs are approaching the end of their operational usage.  Future DDSs need to be designed to carry a larger Seal Delivery Vehicle and other payloads, like Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to be delivered from submarines.  A next -generation DDS will allow a larger number of submarines to be able to deploy these vital forces and other tactical payloads, and provide a significant operational capability to Combatant Commanders.
Request: $9,800,000

Suggested Recipient: General Physics Corporation
Item: Virtual Maintenance Engineering Platform Implementation for SSGN Voyage Repair
Location: Mystic, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  General Physics Corporation has developed a Virtual Maintenance Engineering Platform (VMEP), which will integrate the ship with the maintenance philosophy through use of the Internet over secure military networks.  The proposed system will facilitate the voyage repair periods by allowing additional personnel to support the repair periods without the expense of travel.  The system will provide for a more thorough repair period that can start before the ship arrives at the repair location and finish during transit to the next operational area.  The system can be installed on any class of submarine and surface ships as well as Unmanned Underwater Vehicles and Unmanned Surface Vehicles.  Utilization of the VMEP will increase reliability and availability of all ship systems.
Request: $2,640,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich Electro-Optical Systems
Item: Terahertz Spectrometer Technology
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Since 2005, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has received Congressional appropriations to develop the TMS-1000 THz spectrometer.  The THz spectrometer uses a unique detection method by measuring the amount of energy absorbed in the THz portion of the spectrum to significantly improve sensitivity and resolution to a level required to detect hazardous materials, including explosives.  Using previous funding, the THz system was developed to a level suitable for testing against hazardous materials, and it tested against 11 chemicals with five interferents at the Battelle Memorial Institute.  The current system, however, is a laboratory prototype, large and complex for the user.  Fiscal Year 2010 authorization would be used to make a portable and rugged system able to operate outside of the laboratory in an outdoor environment, and this next generation system will be used for testing against hazardous materials to build a signature database.   
Request: $5,800,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich Electro-Optical Systems
Item: Terahertz Technology for IED Detection
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The THz spectrometer uses a unique detection method by measuring the amount of energy absorbed in the THz portion of the spectrum to significantly improve sensitivity and resolution to a level required to detect hazardous materials, including explosives.  Authorization would allow the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) to modify and procure a TMS-1000 and measure its capabilities to detect various explosives and the materials used during their manufacture.  I2WD currently analyzes all combat IED incidents to determine their origin, unique signatures, and manufacturing methods.  The TMS-1000 would be modified with alternate sources that have 1000 times the power of the current source and narrower line widths, and higher sensitivity detectors would be incorporated into the system.  The TMS-1000 has provided the Army with unique capabilities for THz absorption detection for hazardous materials. 
Request: $2,900,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich Electro-Optical Systems
Item: Operationally Responsive EO ISR Satellite
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Central Command and Strategic Command have identified Electro-Optical Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance as a key mission need for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS).  ORS Sat-1 is the first satellite that will provide operational capability with tasking and data dissemination.  ORS Sat-1 will also provide day/night multi-spectral images over a broad coverage area from a Low Earth Orbit while maintaining compatibility with the existing DCGS-based ground infrastructure for data dissemination.
Request: $42,200,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich Engine Controls
Item: Universal Control – FADEC
Location: West Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The Universal Control Program is an ongoing effort to provide the Army Helicopter fleet with(1) engine control solutions to problems uncovered in the war fight or homeland defense to improve operational, safety and mission reliability issues and (2) provide new and advanced controls for existing or planned new applications building on Universal Control Technology.  The control for UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters will significantly reduce logistics by providing one common control for all applications as opposed to present methods of separate controls for each model helicopter.
Request: $9,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich Engine Controls
Item: Thermally Efficient Engine Pumping System
Location: West Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Military and commercial aircraft users continue to request improvements in engine pumping technology to increase thermal efficiency to minimize dangerously high fuel temperatures when aircraft are at high altitude or at cruise conditions.  The condition arises when low fuel demands at these conditions require high pump bypass flows thereby increasing fuel temperatures.  This thermally efficient pumping system is being developed using a Split Discharge Variable Delivery Pump that provides, on demand from the full authority digital engine control, the high take-off engine fuel flow and then, low fuel flow required for cruise and altitude conditions, all in one pumping system.
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Goodrich/Pioneer Aerospace
Item: ACES 5 Ejection Seat
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Purpose/Project Description: The Advanced Common Ejection Seat (ACES) is the common ejection seat found on almost every Air Force combat aircraft, including the F-22, F-15, F-16, F-117, A-10, B-1 and B-2.  Pioneer Aerospace, located in South Windsor, Connecticut, is an instrumental partner on the ACES 5 team, and provides the parachute system for the ejection seat.  The ACES system has saved more than 600 pilots since the 1970’s.  ACES 5, can accomplish substantial operations and maintenance cost savings for the Air Force’s stealth aircraft to include the B-2, F-22, and F-35.  By virtue of the seat’s modularity, maintenance personnel can rapidly and efficiently remove seats for repair in four separate parts without the need for escape hatch removal in the case of the B-2 or canopy removal in the case of the F-22.  With this modular capability, the aircraft’s stealthy skin is not disturbed, thereby saving tens of thousands of dollars per operational or depot level maintenance inspection.  Additional benefits include a dramatic decrease in man-hours to perform seat maintenance, which significantly reduces maintenance downtime and enables increased mission readiness rates for the aircraft.  Savings would be further increased by leveraging a uniform family of modular ejection seats to minimize maintenance training costs.
Request: $7,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Kaman Aerospace
Item: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Resupply (UAVR) - BURRO
Location: Bloomfield, CT
Purpose/Project Description: The project would continue development of the UAV-Resupply BURRO, an unmanned helicopter designed to deliver critical supplies to forces operating in areas where conventional resupply methods are complicated by hostile action, bad weather, geography, and/or heavy tasking of manned assets.  Combat in Iraq and Afghanistan highlights the need for new logistics delivery capability to move materiel rapidly throughout the battlefield without relying on trucks that are vulnerable to roadside bombs, IEDs, and ambush.  BURRO could reduce losses of troops and materiel to IEDs and preclude the need to divert overtaxed combat units for convoy protection.
Request: $4,800,000

Suggested Recipient: Keren Pharmaceuticals
Item: Pandemic Flu Therapeutic Development
Location: New Haven, CT
Purpose/Project Description:The project will develop a therapeutic intervention effective against pandemic strains of flu.  Development of a prophylactic and therapeutic drug targeting seasonal and pandemic strains will ensure that our nation remains proactive in targeting the potentially debilitating spread of influenza.
Request: $9,800,000

Suggested Recipient: L-1 Identity Solutions
Item: Biometric Identity Management Applications Toolset
Location: Stamford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The request supports the development of enhanced biometrics technology and a prototype of a miniaturized, highly portable biometrics-based terrorist watch-list data base management device in order to provide real-time actionable intelligence to the war-fighter in the field.  The request responds to an urgent requirement by the U.S. Marine Corps for a portable miniaturized biometrics device to be used for the enrollment and screening of foreign nationals and others in theaters of operation.
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: L-3 Chesapeake Sciences Corporation
Item: TB-33 Thinline Towed Array
Location: Stonington, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  This program procures submarine systems and equipment for installation on all classes of submarines to maintain clear acoustical, tactical and operational superiority in all scenarios.  TB-33 Thin Line Towed Array systems provide the availability essential to submarine operations in both the littorals and open ocean environments.  TB-33 thinline arrays provide reliability improvements by reducing system complexity, eliminating outboard electronics, enhancing littoral capability, and incorporating robust array construction methods.
Request: $4,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Lex Products Corporation
Item: MEPDIS-R
Location: Stamford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The Mobile Electric Power Distribution System Replacement (MEPDIS-R) system was required by the United States Marine Corps to fill shortfalls and replace aging legacy equipment.  Procuring additional MEPDIS-R equipment to fill shortfalls and replace the Marine Corps' aging legacy system needed to transmit electrical power from tactical generators is critical to weapons systems, C4I systems, and life support systems.
Request: $15,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Metals Affordability Initiative
Item: Metals Affordability Initiative
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The Metals Affordability Initiative consortium includes the Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL) and 18 companies from the entire Specialty Metals Aerospace supply chain.  Member companies are Aerojet, Allegheny Technologies, Brush Wellman, Boeing, Cartech, Crucible Materials, General Electric, Honeywell, Howmet, Ladish, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, PCC Structural, Pratt Whitney, Rolls Royce, RTI, Special Metals and Timet.  In addition to the consortium members, MAI projects involve participants from approximately 75 industrial companies, 18 universities, and 3 National Laboratories located in 35 states.  MAI enables metal process technology development from proof of concept through insertion into military systems.
Request: $10,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Microban International
Item: Advanced Antimicrobial Technologies for the Submariner Environment
Location: Huntersville, NC
Purpose/Project Description:  Microban International proposes to conduct research at Sub Base New London, Connecticut to assess the impacts of the unique environmental conditions onboard U.S. Navy nuclear submarines.  Submarine duty requires a sailor to live in a greatly reduced personal space.  Common minor illnesses such as skin infections add increased stress to sailors who have little contact with family and friends and sometimes do not have exposure to any sunlight or fresh air for months at a time.  Researchers have found that clothing items treated with the antimicrobials led to greater comfort, better hygiene, less odor, less water usage, and morale improvements.  Based on testing in soldiers’ uniforms, incorporating antimicrobial solutions into clothing and items commonly used onboard U.S. Navy submarines, such as bedding and mattresses would improve comfort, maintain the physical and mental health of sailors and contribute to the mission’s success.
Request: $2,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Mystic Innovations Group
Item: Integrated Ship and Motion Control Technology
Location: Mystic, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  This project develops a prototype intelligent electric motion control system and tests the integration of key related technology innovations in a demonstration.  The proposed project is to integrate the companion new software tools needed to optimally design all-electric technology for motion control applications.  Some appropriate tools exist but ship system application will demand variations, modifications, and integration into a compatible suite that has practical value to designers supporting all-electric system designs.  In particular, the integration of software tools will facilitate a systems approach to the design problem, including dynamic time-varying models of sources and loads.  Dynamic models capture the fluctuating loads that have significant influence on the design and control of the system consistent with the interaction among multiple physical domains, including electrical, electronic, electromechanical, mechanical, and hydrodynamic.  A systems approach acknowledges that the design of each component within the system should be balanced with the design of the other components.  
Request: $4,800,000

Suggested Recipient: NanoViricides, Inc.
Item: Resistance-Proof Anti-Viral Treatment for Dengue Fever
Location: West Haven, CT
The anti-viral approach developed by NanoViricides, Inc., has proven its effectiveness against several viral diseases and can be reformulated within weeks to overcome a pathogen’s development of resistance.  Soldiers have contracted Dengue while deployed in Haiti and Somalia while the Mexican State of Sonora has Dengue Hemorrhagic fever cases miles from Fort Huachuca.  There is currently no vaccine or treatment for Dengue Fever or fatal variations Dengue Shock Syndrome and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.
Request: $2,000,000
                       
Suggested Recipient: NexGenSemi Corporation
Item: Digital Beam Trusted Semiconductor Manufacturing
Location: San Capistrano, CA
Purpose/Project Description:  In partnership with Zygo Corporation in Middlefield, Connecticut, the
Digital Beam Semiconductor Processing program will support resistless, maskless semiconductor manufacturing.  This process includes the essential semiconductor manufacturing principals of patterned deposition, etching and ion beam implantation while eliminating the costly resist based lithography technique that is currently driving industry overseas.  The process is performed using a non-liquid chemical, multi-activation process, allowing high resolution features. 
Request: $4,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Northrop Grumman, Norden Systems
Item: MP-RTIP Integration and Test on JSTARS
Location: Norwalk, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Multi-Purpose Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) is a family of next-generation X-band radars developed for airborne surveillance systems that will provide the warfighter with unprecedented situational awareness of both ground and airborne targets.  Upgrading the E-8C JOINT STARS with the large MP-RTIP will deliver an orders-of-magnitude improvement in surveillance capability as well as ground moving target indication (GMTI), which tackles the pressing need to locate and track mobile, land-based enemies.  The large MP-RTIP radar also allows new air moving target indication (AMTI) capability critical to detecting cruise missiles and low-flying aircraft, making it an invaluable addition to U.S. Cruise Missile Defense architectures.  MP-RTIP is unique in its ability to provide high quality wide-area coverage and both GMTI & AMTI capabilities – capabilities that will increase the safety and protection of forces operating in high-threat areas.
Request: $92,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Oxley
Item: Future Medical Shelter System
Location: Branford, CT
Purpose/Project Description: The U.S. Army has led the effort to develop a successor to the field hospital currently in use, the Deployable Medical Shelter System, a tent-based system that has served U.S. troops well for over twenty-five years, but is now marked for phase-out.  Each system is comprised of two ISO containers and two smaller ISO mechanical modules.  One ISO container expands into an operating theater with HEPA filtration and 25 air exchanges per hour.  The second ISO container houses two integrated air-beam soft-wall shelters that provide 1000ft² of floor space for a recovery room.
Request: $9,500,000

Suggested Recipient: Promare
Item: Alternative Power System for Innovative Sensor Delivery and Deployment Concepts
Location: Chester, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Funding will be used to conduct testing of a hybrid lithium-ion battery / Fuel Cell power system to power small manned and unmanned submersibles.  The US Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Master Plan has identified the development of advanced power systems as a vital requirement for the development and deployment of long endurance, persistent, unmanned underwater vehicles.  Fuel cells will be key to providing the necessary endurance for future submersibles, and further research in this area is critical to the Navy's emerging energy needs. 
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Proton Energy Systems
Item: Field Deployable Fleet Hydrogen Technology
Location: Wallingford, CT
Purpose/Project Description: Proton Energy Systems has been developing and deploying on-site hydrogen generators for vehicle fueling with capacities of 2 kg to 13 kg per day since 2003.  Scale up of the hydrogen generator -- prototype 65 to 100 kg/day hydrogen generator system -- is the key challenge in meeting the needs of these fleets, as the compression, storage, and dispensing equipment for this capacity system is well established.  This project is focused on development of key balance of plant subsystems for the 65 to 100 kg/day electrolyzer.
Request: $4,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Saint Francis Hospital
Item: National Optimal Healing Environments Evaluation Program
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:The National Optimal Healing Environments Evaluation Program will establish and evaluate the next generation of person-centered, healing-oriented care for both military and civilian populations.  It will do so by testing the impact of the OHE initiatives on the operational, clinical, health care quality and business outcomes in two living laboratories.
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Sikorsky Aircraft/Deformation Technology
Item: Hi-Tech Design for Light Alloy Aerospace and Automotive Parts
Location: Stratford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   Since the 1930's, aluminum alloys have been subject to corrosion, creep, and creep fractures over the service life of the airframes.  This compromises the service capabilities of the aircraft, as well as often resulting in catastrophic failure causing injury and loss of life to military personnel.  The HDLAAAP technology addresses this problem for both existing legacy aluminum airframes and newly manufactured airframes.  The project will develop advanced surface treatment and heat treatment processes with accompanying design software for use in the manufacture of aluminum airframes that will meet and exceed target military performance specifications/requirements. 
Request: $1,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Smiths Detection
Item: Man Portable GC-TMS for Chemical Threat Detection and Identification
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   Continue the development and testing of the Gas Chromotography Toroidal Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (GC-TMS), a lightweight detector that enables real-time detection and identification of traditional and non-traditional chemical agents in mixtures at trace levels.  The capability to detect and identify a wide range of chemicals both volatile and semi-volatile at trace levels rapidly does not currently exist.  Troops in forward deployed locations do not have access to technology for the rapid detection and identification of a wide range of chemical threats.  A small lightweight detector would provide this capability.  Detection and identification of extremely low vapor pressure agents is not currently available in a portable GC-MS system.  These can include chemicals that significantly impair judgment, alter mood, cause rapid, acute illness, and have other debilitating effects on performance.  Many of these materials cannot be detected by currently fielded systems.  A lightweight GC-MS system detector for rapid detection and identification is required.  This instrument must be capable of detecting a broad range of chemical threats at concentrations that are below those that are immediately dangerous to life and health.
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Sonalysts
Item: Hybrid Power System for Underwater Vehicles
Location: Waterford, CT
Purpose/Project Description: The objective of this project is to develop a Hybrid Power System and associated controls to double the volumetric energy density over current state-of-the-art systems.  This will enable the development of expanded mission profiles.  The intention is to develop a hybrid fuel cell – lithium ion battery power system that combines the advantages of each to create an ideal solution for mobile power applications.
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: Strategic Metals Corporation
Item: Vanadium Safety Readiness
Location: Danbury, CT
Purpose/Project Description: The purpose is to ensure that the Department of Defense is equipped to safeguard the health and safety of workers exposed to vanadium in order to identify and mitigate environmental concerns.  Vanadium is a well-know alloying element that enables higher strength steel – allowing up to a 40% reduction in mass for equivalent strength in equipment and structures.  The U.S. military has been using the element to either increase armor or reduce the weight of current combat vehicles, tactical vehicles, tactical bridges, material handling equipment, aircraft, watercraft, rail, trailers, steel structures, and virtually every application involving the use of steel.
Request: $4,200,000

Suggested Recipient: The Miller Company
Item: Innovative Copper Applications Initiative
Location: Meriden, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  The project involves the establishment of a formal structure to facilitate research and development needs between industry and the Department of Defense while accelerating the development and deployment of copper-related technologies for military readiness, energy efficiency, health and environmental protection, and manufacturing sustainability.
Request: $11,250,000 

Suggested Recipient: The Timken Company
Item: Hybrid Bearings
Location: Manchester, CT
Purpose/Project Description:  Standard aerospace bearings are not adequate for the demands of the Joint Strike Fighter engine, or many of our existing engines with the new requirements placed on the weapons platforms, as well as continued high usage in extreme conditions.  As a result, the Air Force has been working with industry to develop an improved bearing that is tough, corrosion resistant and can tolerate the high speeds and temperatures of the expanding mission requirements.  The hybrid bearing technology, which includes a variety of material and coating technologies, is being incorporated into the Joint Strike Fighter engine, and other platforms.  Defense applications would include the JSF main shaft bearing application, as well as other weapons platforms or devices requiring high speed bearings.
Request: $1,000,000

Suggested Recipient: United Technologies Corporation-Pratt Whitney
Item: F-16 Block 42 Upgrade
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   The funding will provide 7 additional F100-PW-229 engines along with installation kits and support equipment taking the Air National Guard F-16 combat fleet to approximately 85% completion.  The Block 42 engine upgrade also enhances Air National Guard F-15 capability as the P&W F100-PW-220 engines removed from the F-16s are installed in F-15C Air National Guard units providing immediate improvement to the F-15 fleet at no additional cost.
Request: $38,000,000

Suggested Recipient: United Technologies Corporation-Pratt Whitney
Item: Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   The Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) demonstrator program is designed to validate the technologies needed to achieve the Army’s aggressive performance goals as outlined in the AATD Roadmap for a 3,000 shaft horsepower engine, including:  a 25% reduction in specific fuel consumption (SFC), a 65% improvement in shaft horsepower to weight (shp/wt), a 20% improvement in design life, a 35% reduction in production and maintenance cost, and, a 15% reduction in development cost and demonstration/substantiation of designs that fit within existing UH-60 Blackhawk and AH-64 Apache aircraft.
Request: $6,000,000

Suggested Recipient: United Technologies Corporation-Research Center
Item: Sustainable Water System Using Renewable Energy
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   The need to provide in-theatre water generation has been identified as a Maneuver Sustainment technology gap by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.  The U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command recently conducted a Petroleum and Water Logistics Capabilities Based Assessment that identified water provisioning in-theatre as a “capability gap” to produce potable water when traditional sources are not available.  This water generation technology also has direct application outside the military for civilian disaster relief and emergency preparedness
for the Department of Homeland Security.
Request: $6,000,000

Suggested Recipient: United Technologies Corporation-Pratt Whitney
Item: 150 Shaft Horsepower Scalable UAV Engine
Location: Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   The development program would first build a turbocharged heavy fuel engine that would be used to develop and demonstrate the advanced cycle and materials technologies.  Through this process, the advanced technology would be integrated into the rig engine such that a working prototype would achieve the performance targets while meeting the simultaneous requirements of ability to burn logistic/heavy fuel, high power to weight, low Specific Fuel Consumption and high durability/reliability.
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: United Technologies Corporation-Sikorsky
Item: UH-60A-A to UH-60L Conversion
Location:  Stratford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   The Army is modernizing 193 UH-60A helicopters over 7 years with a UH-60A recapitalization program.  This program includes an airframe life extension, fleet-wide product improvements and the replacement of components with the latest UH-60L configuration.  Funding additional UH-60L conversions will enable a more rapid standardization of the Black Hawk fleet, and assure that Army National Guard units are ready, deployable and available to both protect our national
interests abroad and respond to emergencies at home.
Request: $20,400,000

Suggested Recipient: University of Connecticut
Item: Improving Soldier Recovery from Catastrophic Bone Injuries
Location: Farmington, CT
Purpose/Project Description:.  Army field surgeons in Iraq and Afghanistan report that 60 to 75% of all battlefield injuries lead to orthopedic trauma.  The University of Connecticut Health Center proposal will enable a multidisciplinary team of biologists, material scientists and orthopedic surgeons to develop a highly integrated and iterative research environment to identify a limited number of promising bone repair strategies.  This is a timely proposal that fills the critical Army need to establish an operational standard for evaluating newly developed cell therapies for a difficult clinical orthopedic problem that is affecting thousands of wounded soldiers.  Success in this endeavor will rapidly distinguish more effective progenitor cell population and treatment strategies for repair skeletal defects and in the process reduce the cost to the Department of Defense for rehabilitation of extreme bone injuries and the morbidity to affected individuals. 
Request: $5,000,000

Suggested Recipient: University of Hartford
Item: Unmanned Hybrid Projectiles
Location: West Hartford, CT
Purpose/Project Description: Requested funding would be used to develop and test a hybrid unmanned aerial systems projectile.  Work on this effort would be conducted by several Connecticut partners, including the University of Connecticut, the University of Bridgeport, GKN Composites, Kaman Fuzing and Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense, and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technologies.  Currently there is a gap in the ability of soldiers to fire projectiles providing combined functionalities such as target identification, battlefield assessment and surveillance, and provide a scalable lethality to enemy targets of opportunity. Project would meet the Army's requirement to provide low cost multi-functional projectiles that have guidance capabilities to hit targets with low collateral damage from line-of-sight and beyond line of sight. 
Request: $3,000,000

Suggested Recipient: University of New Haven
Item: Open Source Intelligence
Location: West Haven, CT
Purpose/Project Description: The project will address one of the major problems facing US Northern Command and the larger intelligence and analytical support mission which is the lack of up-to-date information on criminal and extremist activities and trends in Mexico and along the border.
Request: $3,200,000

Suggested Recipient: Yale New Haven Health System
Item: National Center for Integrated Civilian-Military Domestic Disaster Medical Response
Location: New Haven, CT
Purpose/Project Description: This project supports the National Center for Integrated Civilian-Military Domestic Disaster Medical Response (ICMDDMR), a cooperative affiliation with U.S. Northern Command.  The only program of its kind in the nation, ICMDDMR’s purpose is to develop and implement integrated and coordinated civilian-military medical emergency response systems across the nation.  ICMDDMR provides direct support to U.S. Northern Command and the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health located at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, as mandated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21, paragraph 38, through coordination with and oversight from the DoD Force Health Protection Council.
Request: $7,500,000

Suggested Recipient: Z-Medica
Item: Hemostatic Combat Gauze
Location: Wallingford, CT
Purpose/Project Description:   Most combat deaths occur shortly after injury, prior to arrival at medical care.  Existing first aid techniques (tourniquet, elevation, compression dressings) are sometimes ineffective due to type and location of wound.  Early control of bleeding saves lives and prevents additional morbidity from excessive blood loss.  By issuing QuikClot Combat Gauze™ to all individual warfighters, their ability to treat their own wounds and those of their fellow soliders immediately and effectively will substantially be increased.  Using this life saving product is as easy as using the standard issue gauze that everyone has been trained on, but the embedded hemostatic agent will stop even arterial and venous bleeding.  This early treatment could make a huge difference in survival for our troops. 
Request: $6,900,000

Energy and Water

Proposed Recipient: Avalence, Milford, CT
Project: Hydrogen Production and Delivery Technology
Description: Requested funds would be used to develop a hydrogen fueling station that would combine the use of photovoltaic and win-turbine generated power.  This station would produce enough hydrogen fuel to meet fueling requirements of 20 buses and 100 typical fuel cell vehicles.  Avalence, in conjunction with the Greater New Haven Transit District and the Town of Hamden, is requesting $1,750,000 for the development of hydrogen production and delivery technology for a fueling station.  This assistance will help reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and provide high quality job growth in Connecticut.
Amount Requested: $1,750,000

Proposed Recipient: Bridgeport Port Authority, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Bridgeport Harbor Dredging Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to dredge portions of Bridgeport Harbor, as it has begun to pose a safety and environmental risk to vessels attempting to access the port.  In addition, the shallow depth in the harbor has resulted in the rerouting of cargo to other ports, resulting in increased traffic congestion on I-95.  The project includes the development and implementation of a Dredged Materials Management Plan to mitigate environmental hazards found in the sediment.
Amount Requested: $10,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Water Pollution Control and Combined Sewer Overflows Project 
Description: Requested funds would be used to complete two high-priority sewer projects as required by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.  This project would provide new sanitary sewer system for the entire sewershed, isolate and modify the existing combined sewer, and increase storage capacity, thereby greatly reducing the number of overflow occurrences each year.  These projects would repair and expand existing sewer infrastructure to address the needs of a rapidly expanding downtown corridor.
Amount Requested: $9,313,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT
Project: Long Island Sound Dredged Material Management Plan
Description: Requested funds would be used to continue the development of a Dredged Materials Management Plan for Long Island Sound, as required by the Environmental Protection Agency.  Failure to fund this project could jeopardize recreational, commercial, Navy, and Coast Guard operations in Long Island Sound.
Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, CT
Project: Smart Energy Program
Description: Requested funds would be used to complete the purchase and installation of 5,000 square feet of photovoltaic energy production panels and related equipment as well as supporting the installation and operation of fuel cell energy technology at the Connecticut Science Center.  The fuel cell exhibit and photovoltaic array are both functional and educational, providing clean energy while educating the public about the benefits of energy efficiency, renewable energy and about Connecticut’s role in the emerging energy economy.  They would also allow local students to perform research on renewable energy.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut State University System, Hartford, CT
Project: Nanotechnology Initiative
Description: Requested funds would be used to support a Nanotechnology initiative for students in the Connecticut State University System.  The development of this curriculum requires the purchase of advanced research equipment, the research and planning of courses, as well as faculty training and professional development in the field of nanotechnology.  This would broaden the exposure of CSU graduates to critically important emerging technological fields.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of East Hartford, East Hartford, CT
Project: East Hartford Flood Protection System
Description: Requested funds would be used to perform repairs and upgrades to East Hartford’s flood protection system.  The levee system, which protects the lives and property of thousands of East Hartford citizens, is in need of major renovations if it is to meet FEMA, Army Corps of Engineers and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection standards.  As it stands, the levee system is not in adequate condition to maintain ‘active’ status and properly protect the city.
Amount Requested: $13,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Project: Solar Pilot Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to provide a solar pilot education project for the students of Fairfield.  Federal funding would support solar panels for the high school roof, which would provide an educational instruction tool for science education.  This would provide clean energy and educational opportunity to the students of Fairfield.
Amount Requested: $300,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Project: Flood Control System Integrity Assessment and Repairs
Description: Requested funds would be used to undertake an assessment of the structural integrity and effectiveness of the city’s flood control system, and, if deficiencies are identified, initiate work to restore and correct those deficiencies.  The City of Hartford is concerned that a significant portion of the existing levee system that protects the city from flooding is deficient and may not be able to withstand a significant flooding event.  This deficiency may be a result of the failure to minimize the under-seepage by the Army Corps of Engineers design and subsequent changes to the highway system.  The project will enable the city’s flood control system to continue to protect the citizens of Hartford. 
Amount Requested: $15,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Project: Sewer Overflows Improvements
Description: Requested funds would be used to eliminate and control the combined sewer overflows.  This project will repair the North and South Meadows Pump Stations, repair the Park River and Folly Brook conduit, as well as enhance the capacity of the City’s flood control system.  At present, the existing systems discharge more than 1 billion gallons of untreated wastewater overflow to area streams and waterways annually.  These discharges impact water quality every time it rains more than 0.25 inches.  These funds will help to ensure the health and safety of Hartford and the surrounding communities.
Amount Requested: $10,000,000

Proposed Recipient: The Mattabassett District, Cromwell, CT
Project: Blower Energy Conservation Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to replace one of the Mattabassett District Wastewater Treatment Facility’s three aeration blowers.  The current 700 HP blowers are inefficient and costly, and would be replaced with a smaller 400 HP model.  This replacement would reduce emissions, save energy, and would potentially save the District $30,000 -$45,000 per year.
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Proposed Recipient: The Nature Conservancy, Middletown, CT
Project: Connecticut River Watershed Study
Description: Requested funds would be used for the commission of a hydrological study of the Connecticut River Watershed Basin.  The ecosystem of the Connecticut River and its tributaries depend on a naturally variable flow of water.  High flows in spring and fall help fish move to spawning areas and help young fish move downstream.  Low flows in the summer are critical for rooting of certain aquatic plants.  For most of the Connecticut River and its tributaries, these seasonal flows have been altered by dams built for electricity generation and flood control.  Other areas are impacted by water withdrawals used for public water supplies and industrial purposes.  The study will determine the best environmental management plan that balances conservation concerns with the need for human use.  Data from this study will also help satisfy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing requirements.
Amount Requested: $450,000

Proposed Recipient: The Nature Conservancy, Middletown, CT
Project: Thames River Basin Watershed Study
Description: Requested funds would be used for the commission of a hydrological study of the Thames River Watershed Basin.  Hydropower dams and other man-made obstructions of the river are believed to have contributed to contaminants in the river, which may have interfered with the aquatic health of the basin.  The diverse marine ecology of both the basin and the Long Island Sound may be at risk.  This study will address these concerns and propose mitigation strategies to ensure the restoration and conservation of this critical Connecticut marine habitat.
Amount Requested: $100,000

Proposed Recipient: City of New Haven, New Haven, CT
Project: Quinnipiac River Shorefront Stabilization Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to investigate and estimate the repair and stabilization of three specific areas of the Quinnipiac River riverbank that, due to years of navigation and tidal scouring, now create a public hazard.  The specific locations are the Front Street Park (Quinnipiac Park), the River Street Walkway and Dover Beach. 
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: Maintenance dredging of Norwalk Harbor
Description: Requested funds would be used to support Phase 3 of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ maintenance dredging program for the Norwalk Harbor Federal Navigation Project.  This congressionally-authorized project provides safe navigation pathways from the well-utilized Norwalk Harbor to Long Island Sound.  Without dredging, this pathway will become unsafe for navigation, putting Connecticut recreational, commercial, and military vessels at risk.  The Harbor is a major center of water dependent business and commerce in western Long Island Sound, and is shared by barges carrying sand and gravel and fuel oil as well as oyster boats and other fishing vessels.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwich, Norwich, CT
Project: Norwich Public Utilities Cogeneration Project        
Description: Requested funds would be used to develop a combined power and thermal energy plant in Norwich’s business park to generate power from steam byproduct.  This cogeneration plant would increase energy efficiency, reduce harmful CO2 emissions, provide significant cost savings, reduce power grid demand, and create jobs in Norwich.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Old Saybrook, Old Saybrook, CT
Project: South Cove Sediment Study Project
Description: Requested funds would be used for studies that would examine current sediment deposition patterns, the effects of alteration of transport and entrainment patterns and to establish techniques to significantly modify sediment deposition rates so as to preserve South Cove, restore its habitat and halt loss of water area through aeration.  This project will provide the necessary information to proceed with the restoration of South Cove and its attendant recreation and economic benefits.
Amount Requested: $300,000

Proposed Recipient: Southington Water Department
Project: Water Supply Iron & Manganese Pollution Removal, Southington, CT
Description: Requested funds would be used to continue U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support for an environmental infrastructure project that will help the Southington Water Department design, engineer, and construct water treatment facilities to remediate badly-contaminated water supplies in three critical drinking water wells.  A recent study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identified several major problems that need to be addressed if the residents of Southington are to be supplied with safe drinking water well into the future.  Without intervention, the situation is expected to worsen and this critical infrastructure may cease to be usable.
Amount Requested: $2,200,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Mill River Waterfront Restoration
Description: Requested funds would be used to continue restoration of the Mill River waterfront.  This Stamford landmark is in danger of severe degradation due to erosion and other natural factors.  This funding would be used to continue the riverbank stabilization, flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration activities critical to the continued health of the river.  Specifically, this project will rebuild collapsing retaining walls along the river, utilize bio-engineering techniques to stabilize eroded river banks, restore native aquatic and riparian vegetation, and restore environmentally appropriate public access to Mill River. 
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Project: Connecticut BioEnergy Initiative
Description: Requested funds would be used to support the 5-year BioEnergy program at the University of Connecticut.  This program seeks to facilitate regional energy independence through the research of enhanced refining technologies, bio-feedstock sources, and economic bioenergy projections.  This research will not only help the environment by researching and promoting an energy technology with no net CO2 production, but will also help create new farming opportunities in Connecticut.
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Project: Live Cell Molecular Imaging Suite
Description: Requested funds would be used for the purchase of a Live Cell Molecular Imaging Suite, which produces molecular data that can be used to determine cell drug response characteristics.  This suite will allow researchers to learn more about cellular characteristics and will significantly advance UConn’s molecular research projects, which in turn will lead to scientific advances.
Amount Requested: $1,200,000

Proposed Recipient: University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Project: Solar Testing and Training Lab
Description: Requested funds would be used to support an innovative Accredited Solar Testing and Training lab at the University of New Haven (UNH).  Currently, there are only two of these labs in North America, which usually means that all solar products have to wait between 14 and 30 months to be tested and approved, resulting in the sale of out-of-date technology and lost opportunities.  This lab will decrease the wait-time for product approval, provide a unique educational opportunity for UNH students, and further solidify Connecticut’s important role in the development of renewable energy technology.
Amount Requested: $770,000

Proposed Recipient: City of West Haven, West Haven, CT
Project: Restoration of Beach Erosion
Description: Sand erosion at Prospect Beach and Sea Bluff Beach in West Haven pose a danger to the road and utilities in the area.  Requested funds would be used to rebuild two groins and place sand at the eroded sections to maintain their usability and protect the road and utilities from damage, thereby preventing the disruption of services and costly repairs associated with road and utility damage.
Amount Requested: $800,000

Proposed Recipient: City of West Haven, West Haven, CT
Project: West River Crossing Bulkhead Repair
Description: Requested funds would be used to repair an ineffective disintegrating bulkhead in the West River Crossing area of New Haven Harbor in West Haven.  Properties along the West River Crossing area of New Haven Harbor have become vulnerable to tides and are beginning to deteriorate along the water.  Repairs must be made to the bulkhead in order for any redevelopment to occur in the area.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Financial Services and General Government

Proposed Recipient: Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT, Gales Ferry, CT
Project: Establishment of a Commerce Center for Eastern Connecticut
Description: Requested funding would be used to purchase office, meeting, and training space, and provide office equipment, telephone, and broadband internet access for a consolidated Eastern Connecticut Commerce Center that will support new small businesses. This center will also house up to ten small business startups (incubators). This project would help support the economic development and recovery goals of the region, state and the nation by ensuring that emerging small businesses have the tools they need to start, thrive and create jobs.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Community Economic Development Foundation, Meriden, CT
Project: Small Business Institute Training and Technical Assistance Expansion
Description: Requested funding would be used to support the expansion of the Small Business Institute and to help provide individualized technical assistance to existing small businesses throughout Connecticut.
Amount Requested: $300,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut, Groton, CT
Project: Avery Point Technology Incubation Center
Description: Requested funding would be used to expand the space and activities of University of Connecticut Technology Incubator facility at Avery Point to allow the university to serve more aspiring startup companies. The university's existing Technology Incubation Program (TIP) sites at Avery Point, Storrs and Farmington are oversubscribed and there is not enough space for new start-up firms. Avery Point can currently offer only a 2,500 square foot area of laboratory facilities with offices across the hall that are available for use by TIP companies. This project would help achieve the economic recovery and development goals of the region, state and nation by providing critical early support for technology-oriented small business start-ups.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Project: Farmington Technology Incubation Center
Description: Requested funding would be used to expand the space and activities of the University of Connecticut Health Center's Technology Incubation facility in Farmington to allow the university to serve aspiring start-up biotechnology companies. This project would help achieve the economic recovery and development goals of the region, state and nation by providing critical early support for biotechnology-oriented small business start-ups.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Women's Business Development Center (WBDC), Stamford, CT
Project: Entrepreneurial Training
Description: Requested funding would be used to support the WBDC's existing operations and expand its scope of services to entrepreneurs whose businesses are struggling as a result of the current economic downturn.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Interior and Environment

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT
Project: Eastern Long Island Sound Environmental Impact Study Project
Description: Requested funds would be used for an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) regarding potential designation of the two eastern Long Island Sound disposal sites.  Failure to complete the EIS and subsequent site designation could result in closure of these sites.  This is of particular relevance to the long-term operational viability of water-dependent uses in the New London Harbor area, including critical Navy and Coast Guard bases, marine-based commerce and transport, and the general boating industry in Connecticut.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Project: Flood Control and Wastewater Repair Project
Description: Requested funds would be used for two distinct but inseparable components to the project which will, when completed, reduce the level of pollution that enters the watershed and eventually reaches Long Island Sound.  The first component includes new drainage improvements to reduce local flooding in several sections of the town, including the installation of new storm water drainage pipes, catch basins, curbing, and drainage structures.  The second component will eliminate excess inflow rainwater and groundwater that enters the system through cracks in the pipes, pipe joints, or leaking manholes.
Amount Requested: $1,400,000

Proposed Recipient: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT
Project: Preserving the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center’s Collections
Description: Requested funds will be used to preserve the historical collections of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, which contains over 200,000 period artifacts and documents, including original manuscripts and correspondence between abolitionists.  Funds will specifically go towards upgrading the climate control in the library collections storage vault, installing fire suppression in the vault, and expanding collection storage capacity with compact storage equipment.  The collections are utilized by local and international scholars, including two recent Pulitzer Prize recipients, as well as college, high school, and elementary school teachers and students.  
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: The Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, CT
Project: Mark Twain House and Museum Restoration
Description: Requested funds will be used to restore the Mahogany Room guest suite of the Mark Twain House, a National Historic Landmark.  Decorated for Twain by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his design firm, Associated Artists, in 1881, the Mark Twain House is one of only two Tiffany interiors open to the public today.  This project is extremely important to the greater Hartford community and the state of Connecticut due to the museum’s integral contributions in education and in local tourism.     
Amount Requested: $142,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Mansfield, Storrs-Mansfield, CT
Project: Water Distribution and Sewage Collection System Implementation
Description: Requested funds will assist the town in providing public water to an underserved area through the construction of water distribution mains.  Funds would also be used for the installation of gravity sewering and the ability to pump sewage out of the area to local wastewater plants.  This project is linked to the economic development opportunity of the Four Corners area of Mansfield.
Amount Requested: $1,500,000


Proposed Recipient: Mattabassett District Regional Sewer Authority, Cromwell, CT
Project: Wastewater Facility Nitrogen Upgrade Project
Description: Requested funds will be used for the design and construction of improvements at the Mattabassett District’s Wastewater Treatment Facility to provide for the treatment and removal of nitrogen to meet the 2014 nitrogen discharge limits into the Long Island Sound, and to accommodate the additional flow capacity needed by local communities.  In addition, increased capacity would allow the City of Middletown to shut down its aging and deteriorating wastewater treatment facility.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Middletown, Middletown, CT
Project: Westfield Water Main Extension and Expansion Project
Description: Requested funds will be used for the extension and expansion of the Westfield Water Main in the industrial area west of I-91 in Middletown.  This project would provide a reliable water supply, increased water pressure, and adequate fire flow to the area, all of which are needed for the long-term economic health of Middletown.  In addition, this project would directly benefit the Connecticut Department of Public Safety Complex and the planned U.S. Army Reserve Facility to the built by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of New Canaan, New Canaan, CT
Project: Wastewater Management System to Improve Local Water Quality
Description: Requested funds would improve Silver Hill Hospital’s on-site sewage disposal system, improving the water quality discharged to the Silver Mine River and to Long Island Sound by reducing nitrogen and other pollutants.  This would have significant environmental and public health benefits for New Canaan and the larger region encompassing the Norwalk River Watershed, which spans 64 square miles and has a population of approximately 300,000 people. 
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
Description: Requested funds would support the second phase of upgrades to Norwalk’s water treatment plant prescribed by the city’s Water Pollution Control Authority.  Specifically, upgrades would help the plant meet the 2014 nitrogen discharge limits into the Long Island Sound.  Upgrade designs will consider the use of alternative energy sources and green building technologies to save costs and promote environmentally friendly policies.
Amount Requested: $7,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwich, Norwich, CT
Project: Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
Description: Requested funds would be used to improve the ability of the wastewater treatment plant to process waste and allow it to become energy independent.  This project would improve the ability of the facility to meet the needs of residents in Norwich and surrounding towns, reduce harmful nitrogen compounds and chlorine emissions into the Long Island Sound, and enhance economic development in the region.
Amount Requested: $1,600,000

Proposed Recipient: Southington Water Department, Southington, CT
Project: Sustainable Water Supply Project
Description: Requested funds would assist Southington in replacing a badly deteriorated water tank and main infrastructure, as well as support the utilization of additional surface water sources for safe and sustainable community water supply.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Harbor Point Water Infrastructure Improvements
Description: Requested funds would help revitalize the Stamford Waterfront in an initiative called Harbor Point.  The investment in and revival of over 80 acres of vacant and underutilized land promises to be the long-awaited catalyst for environmental remediation and redevelopment in the South End of Stamford.  When completed, the project will feature 112 acres of mixed-use space, an energized mile-long waterfront, and 10.5 acres of parks and public spaces. 
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Stamford-Norwalk Green Infrastructure and Technology Stormwater Project
Description: Requested funds would help deploy green infrastructure and technology solutions to control stormwater pollution and improve the water quality of the Long Island Sound and its tributaries.  The project will help control petroleum and other hydrocarbons, bacteria, and pathogens, sediments, and other pollutants, protecting the nationally significant waters of Long Island Sound.
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Proposed Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/The Nature Conservancy, Middletown, CT
Project: Acquisition of Property on the Salmon River for the Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Description: Requested funds would enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire a 40-acre property on Pine Brook that would be incorporated into the Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge.  Pine Brook is an important tributary of the Salmon River, which is home to a range of important natural features, including free-flowing rivers, thriving freshwater tidal marshes, forested watersheds, floodplain forests, and rare plants and animals. 
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Trust for Public Land, Boston, MA
Project: Acquisition of Long Beach in Stratford, Connecticut, for the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge
Description: Requested funding would be used to assist in the purchase of the 30-acre Long Beach in Stratford by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to increase critical wildlife habitat protection at the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge and ensure continued opportunities for public access to a significant portion of Connecticut’s coastline.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of West Haven, West Haven, CT
Project: Completion of Renovations to Veterans Memorial Park
Description: Requested funds would support the completion of the newly renovated Veterans Memorial Sports Complex that was built on a former Nike Missile Site and given to West Haven for recreational purposes.  This complex caters to the general public and private sports leagues, including Midget football, Notre Dame High School, West Haven High School, and Southern Connecticut’s Youth Soccer League.  Appropriated funds would complete the parking area, bathrooms, locker rooms, storage and concession facility. 
Amount Requested: $400,000

Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Proposed Recipient: Action for Bridgeport Community Development, Inc., Bridgeport, CT
Project: Total Learning Project
Description:  Requested funds would be used to support and expand the Total Learning Program, which provides a system for learning that substantially increases the academic outcomes of Bridgeport’s elementary school children.  The key elements of Total Learning involves a multi-sensory, arts-infused  approach to curriculum; an enhanced learning environment (small class sizes, and  extended day and year); embedded extensive professional development; family support services ; parent involvement; parent and Infant/toddler programs; and an independent evaluation that meets the “gold standard” of research.   
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Best Buddies Connecticut, North Haven, CT
Project: Best Buddies Connecticut
Description: Requested funds would be used to support 24 middle school, high school, or college Best Buddies chapters in the state.  This project will have 600 participants, train 96 student leaders, provide leadership training to 24 students with intellectual disabilities, and include 96 group outings and countless individual meetings.  This project will positively impact the lives of 3,000 people in Connecticut.  As a proven model, Best Buddies Connecticut achieves this goal by organizing – and rigorously overseeing – volunteer-run chapters at middle school, high school, and college campuses, which pair students with and without intellectual disabilities in a one-to-one mentoring friendship. 
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Project: Job Readiness Project
Description:  Requested funding would be used to implement a comprehensive traditional Boys & Girls Club program with an emphasis on Job Readiness program for older members.  Older members will have the opportunity to gain valuable employment skills through a stipend-based program that will prepare them for a leadership role as a human service professional leader.  This funding will help cover the costs of staff and facility resources, tools, supplies, and curriculum. 
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Burn Center Health IT Integrator
Description:  Requested funding would be used to acquire and implement a health information technology system for Bridgeport Hospital’s burn center.  A successful health IT system will allow for a fluid flow of information, automatically uploading data on ventilators, IV pumps and other intensive care devices to the patients’ electronic charts.  This project would help the Bridgeport Burn Center provide the highest standard of care in this important field of medicine.
Amount Requested: $600,000

Proposed Recipient: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford, CT
Project: The PARTNERS Art Education Program
Description:  Requested funding would be used to support the budget of the Bushnell Center’s PARTNERS Program.  The PARTNERS program benefits students K-12 who have difficulty learning through traditional teaching methods.  PARTNERS uses the arts to teach core curriculum, increase intercultural competencies and improve literacy skills in approximately 3,000 students.  In addition to private donations, foundation and corporate support, and fee-for-service receipts, federal funding would help PARTNERS cover a range of expenses, including but not limited to payroll; contracted services; and curriculum development, and production.   
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: Capital Workforce Partners, Hartford, CT
Project: Career Competencies Program
Description:  Requested funds would be used to support and expand the Career Competencies program for youth in Hartford, New Britain and Enfield.  This program, which reflects the needs of regional industries, will provide 225 youth with personal learning and career plans, which include basic education, customer service, computer literacy, and skills in problem solving, communication, and job seeking.  This federal assistance will help provide the necessary skills and experience necessary to strengthen Connecticut’s future workforce.
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Capital Workforce Partners, Hartford, CT
Project: Young Parents Program
Description:  Requested funds would be used to implement the Young Parents Program, a job training program for Temporary Assistance to Need Families recipients.  The Young Parents Program seeks to provide career competency development work activities and career pathways with opportunities for advancement in order to assist young parents to move toward self-sufficiency and remain independent of public assistance.  This funding would help cover a range of expenses including outreach and recruitment, case management, supportive services, and basic skills and vocational training. 
Amount Requested: $250,000

Proposed Recipient: Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, CT
Project: Primary Care Center Facility Construction
Description:  Requested funds would be used to construct a new Primary Care Center in Middletown’s north end.  Current Community Health Center facilities are housed in multiple older buildings in Middletown and the new comprehensive facility would combine medical, dental, behavioral health, obstetrics, and specialty services into one building.  This federal assistance would help increase access to quality health care and provide economic development in the community.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Community Health Center, Inc., Middletown, CT
Project: Residency Training Demonstration for Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Providers
Description:  Requested funds would be used to support this program with the creation of  residency training programs for nurse practitioners to serve as primary care providers in federally qualified health center settings.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Commission on Child Protection, Hartford, CT
Project: Child Advocacy Technical Assistance and Software Development
Description:  Requested funds would be used to expand the technical assistance, training and software used for case management at the two multi-disciplinary Commission on Child Protection welfare law offices in Waterford and New Haven.  This federal assistance will help improve the quality of advocacy for children in Connecticut that have been abused or neglected.
Amount Requested: $350,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies
Project: Family Development Network
Description:  Requested funds would be used to create a Family Development Network at the Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies.  The Family Development Network addresses parenting as the core of family development and consists of a continuum of parent services, supports and education.  The Network, which will be offered throughout the entire state, is in response to the increased need for family stabilization services that occurs during periods of severe financial crisis.
Amount Requested: $450,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, CT
Project: Statewide Science Outreach Initiative and Exhibits
Description:  Requested funds would be used to develop a statewide science education program that focuses on clean energy, human health and the Connecticut River.  The science outreach initiative will require educational equipment, demonstration exhibits and curriculum development.  This federal assistance will help provide students throughout Connecticut access to quality science education.
Amount Requested: $850,000

Proposed Recipient: Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation, Inc., Avon, CT
Project: Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness and Education
Description:  Requested funds would be used for awareness and education of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.  The Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Foundation is a non-profit family support organization dedicated to the early and accurate diagnosis, research, and advocacy of those living with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS).  This federal assistance will help raise awareness of this rare development disorder to ensure greater accuracy in the diagnosis and necessary medical care for children living with this condition.
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Science and Technology Classroom Equipment
Description:  Requested funds would be used for a state-of-the-art classroom associated with educational programs at the Discovery Magnet School.  This federal assistance will help enhance science and aerospace education and work towards closing the achievement gap of students in the Bridgeport public school system.
Amount Requested: $200,000

Proposed Recipient: Finishing Trades Institute of Southern New England, Inc., New Canaan, CT
Project: Green Jobs Training Initiative 
Description:  Requested funds would be used to provide equipment and programming costs that will train F.T.I.S.N.E. members and enhance their skills.  The initiative will serve the primary goal of having the safest and best trained workforce in the construction industry.  A portion of the funding will be used to continue working with inner-city construction initiative programs in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Stamford, and others such as the Co-opportunity Youth Build, Job Corps, Connecticut Juvenile Training School, along with the federal Helmets to Hardhats program. 
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Gateway Community College, New Haven, CT
Project: Gateway Middle College @ Co-Op, educational program at New Haven’s Cooperative High School
Description:  Requested funds would be used to support the Gateway Middle College @ Co-Op, a joint program between Gateway Community College and New Haven’s Cooperative High School.  This program will provide students grades 9 through 12 with preparation for college-level work and with college courses, enabling them to graduate with dual credit that can be applied toward a degree at Gateway.  This program will create an important bridge between the two schools, improving college enrollment rates and creating a stronger work force for the State of Connecticut. 
Amount Requested: $295,000

Proposed Project: Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT
Recipient: Environmental Studies Program Focusing on Riverine Ecology
Description:  Requested funds would be used to implement a baccalaureate level environmental studies program which will focus on riverine ecology to develop programs and educational pathways for environmental scientists as well as water technicians.  The program will emphasize elements of STEM focus (science, technology, engineering, and math), enhanced by laboratory experiences, student internships, and unique opportunities on a research vessel docked on the Connecticut River. 
Amount Requested: $675,000

Proposed Recipient: Goodwin College, East Hartford, CT
Project: Goodwin College Dental Hygiene Program
Description:  Requested funds would be used to aid in the creation of a Dental Hygiene Program which will also serve as a permanent dental clinic.  The clinic will allow Goodwin College dental instructors to integrate their dental hygiene students into local social service community programs in the provision of dental care services.  This clinic would help address workforce needs as well as dental care access issues. 
Amount Requested: $785,250

Proposed Recipient: Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises, Inc. (The Green Team), Bridgeport, CT
Project: Weatherization Technician/Auditor Training
Description:  Requested funds would be used to train and place 45 low and moderate income students in energy conservation jobs.  Greater Bridgeport Community Enterprises has trained 17 Bridgeport Housing Authority residents and graduated 13 weatherization technicians in Fall 2008.  With federal funding, GBCE will put together Brownfields training for state Lead Abatement Supervisors and Weatherization skills in the same training cycle.  This would provide workers, supervisors, and specifications-writers who understand the need for insulation after lead-paint-reduction techniques were applied. 
Amount Requested: $240,000

Proposed Recipient: Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT
Project: Emergency Department Expansion and Renovation
Description:  Requested funds would be used to expand and renovate Griffin Hospital’s inadequate Emergency Department.  This project would increase total space from 8,775 to 11,650 square feet, increasing capacity from 16 mixed use beds to 20 full service emergency treatment rooms and three psychiatry treatment rooms that will also be equipped for providing medical care and full service use bringing the total number of beds to 23.  This critical project will enhance Griffin Hospital’s ability to respond to public health emergency. 
Amount Requested: $336,000

Proposed Recipient: Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
Project: Stroke and Vascular Disease Care Expansion
Description:  Requested funds would be used for expansion of stroke and vascular disease care at Hartford Hospital.  Hartford Hospital’s current facility does have the capacity to meet the increased need for stroke and vascular disease services.  This funding would be used for constructing and equipment for an additional neuro-interventional radiology (INR) suite.  This federal assistance will help ensure quality medical care for the increased number of stroke patients in the Hartford region.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Hartford Public Schools, Hartford, CT
Project: OPPortunity High School Job Readiness Training
Description:  Requested funds would be used for job training programs at Hartford’s OPPortunity High School.  OPPortunity High School serves Hartford students under the age of 18 with at least one and a half years of high school that have not earned enough academic credits to advance.  This federal assistance will help provide job training and education to Hartford students to meet the future workforce needs of the region.
Amount Requested: $700,000

Proposed Recipient: Klingberg Family Centers, Hartford, CT
Project: Child Abuse Treatment Services
Description:  Requested funds would be used for child abuse treatment services at Klingberg Family Centers, which include prevention, intervention, child removal, placement, psychiatric hospitalization, and residential treatment.  Klingberg Family Centers is a nonprofit organization that provides an array of support serves to children and families affected by abuse, violence, poverty and neglect.  This federal assistance will ensure Connecticut’s most vulnerable, abused children receive necessary care and support services. 
Amount Requested: $625,000

Proposed Recipient: Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Project: Medical Diagnostic and Treatment Equipment
Description:  Requested funds would be used for medical diagnostic and treatment equipment at Manchester Community College.  Manchester Community College has nationally accredited health career programs, including technician education and training in surgery, respiratory therapy, emergency response, occupational and physical therapy, and nursing.  Funding would be used to replace outdated medical examination and diagnostic equipment used in the health care career programs.  This federal assistance will support careers in the high-growth health care industry and help recover Connecticut’s economy.
Amount Requested: $195,000

Proposed Recipient: Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: Whole School Partnership Program
Description:  Requested funds would be used to support the Maritime Aquarium’s Whole School Partnership Program, which benefits underserved schools that have resulted in higher science achievement at the elementary level.  The program allows students and teachers to engage in as many as 250 hands-on field programs, aquarium visits and structured programs with live animals and living nature.  These funds would help cover project coordinator and educator salaries; field and class programs; teacher professional development; student transportation, and administration. 
Amount Requested: $115,000

Proposed Recipient: Mercy Community Health, West Hartford, CT
Project: Electronic Records System
Description: Requested funds would be used to transition to an electronic medical records system that will integrate care across service entities at Mercy Community Health, helping provide technology that will lower health care costs and improve the quality care.  Mercy Community Health is a non-profit healthcare system that operates the Saint Mary Home , the McAuley, and Mercy Community HomeCare providing skilled nursing,  adult day care,  independent and assisted living, physical, occupational, and speech rehabilitation,  Alzheimer’s and Dementia care and home health care to more than 1000 individuals in the Hartford Area. 
Amount Requested: $350,000

Recipient: Mitchell College, New London, CT
Project: Science Lab Improvements
Description:  Request funds would be used to support a renovation project for Mitchell College’s science labs.  These labs were built in the 1960s and are outdated, inflexible, and overcrowded.  Renovation will transform them into modern and stimulating learning environments with adequate lighting, current technology, contemporary lab equipment, and flexible furnishings to accommodate a student population that has doubled since the building’s inception. 
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Mystic Seaport Museum
Project: Innovative Education Technology
Description: Requested funds would help implement a technology grid intended for educational purposes.  This includes IT upgrades; website and virtual classroom development; social networking media for promotional exhibits, podcasts, and blogs; and more.  This would make the museum’s content more readily available to educators, student and parents through the state.     
Amount Requested: $350,000

Proposed Recipient: New Haven Reads Community Book Bank, Inc.,   New Haven, CT
Project: After-School Tutoring Expansion
Description: Requested funds would expand an after-school tutoring program which assists students in phonics and reading comprehension.  Currently, the program has 308 students enrolled, with 120 students on a waiting list.  The program provides a valuable service to the state by offering a sorely needed service, as indicated by Connecticut Mastery Test data.    
Amount Requested: $214,000

Proposed Recipient: Norwalk Community College,   Norwalk, CT
Project: Norwalk Community College Career Center
Description: Requested funds would help launch a career center offering creative educational programs and services to workers in a dynamic economy.  The center will offer programs in sectors such as green collar jobs, film production, set design, facility management, and applied technology.   
Amount Requested: $7,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Norwalk Hospital Foundation,    Norwalk, CT
Project: Norwalk Hospital Cancer Center
Description: Requested funds would expand the 15-year old cancer center to accommodate an increase in programs and to address environmental and infrastructural concerns.  Construction would expand the site to address increased demand, patient privacy, patient-centered care, physician and patient flow, and modernized technologies. 
Amount Requested: $10,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Saint Joseph College,   West Hartford, CT
Project: Classroom Technology and Library Resources for the School of Pharmacy
Description: Requested funds would support classroom technology, library resources and related personnel needed for St. Joe’s School of Pharmacy.  The school’s professional degree program help meet the demand for pharmacists, who are needed to manage the increased availability and effective use of prescription drugs. 
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Save the Children, Westport, CT
Project: Early Childhood Education, Obesity and Literacy Programs
Description: Requested funds would help provide programming to improve the reading and healthy lifestyles of children across the country.  Save the Children provides early childhood development, literacy, and physical activity and nutrition programs to the most in-need children in twelve states. 
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Silver Hill Hospital,    New Canaan, CT
Project: Electronic Medical Records System
Description: Requested funds would help Silver Hill Hospital achieve a single, integrated clinical information system.  By going paperless, the hospital would be one of the few in the nation to have a fully integrated health records system.  The system will reduce medical errors, improve communication, boost efficiency, and ensure patient privacy.   
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Southern Connecticut State University,   New Haven, CT
Project: Autism Center for Excellence
Description: Requested funds would help create an Autism Center for Excellence that will serve as a statewide resource network to provide training and technical assistance to teachers, school personnel, parents, and community service providers in the use of evidence-based practices for students with developmental disabilities, including Autism. 
Amount Requested: $675,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Connecticut,   Storrs, CT
Project: CommPACT Schools Project
Description: Requested funds would support an important partnership between the University of Connecticut and a number of underperforming urban schools.  The University, through audits, surveys, and close contact, helps to identify the schools target needs and provides them with research-proven programs to help close achievement gaps. 
Amount Requested: $750,000

Proposed Recipient: Voices of September 11th,   New Canaan, CT
Project: 9/11 Living Memorial Digital Archive
Description: Requested funds would help create a living memorial digital archive.  This memorial would document the stories of survivors, first responders, organizations and corporations in an effort to create a snapshot of that day.  This project will help extend our understanding of 9/11 by creating a personal connection with the nation’s response to the worst attack on American soil. 
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: World Youth Peace Summit,   Hartford, CT
Project: Peace Studies Curriculum Development
Description: Requested funds will help support curriculum development for two courses in Peace Studies at the University of Connecticut.  The courses would be available during and following the 2011 World Youth Peace Summit, which will provide approximately 25,000 current and former scholar-athletes and scholar-artists with the opportunity to study peace policies through a week-long, intensive series of lectures and workshops.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Yale New Haven Health Center,   New Haven, CT
Project: Connecticut Center for Public Health Preparedness
Description: Requested funds would support the Connecticut Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Yale New Haven Health Center in their effort to test and translate research conducted at the Centers for Disease Control Preparedness and Emergency Response Centers.  The Center will assist in the healthcare administration, operations, testing and evaluation of regional disaster planning. 
Amount Requested: $1,500,000

Military Construction and VA

Project Name: Ready Building
Request: $11,089,000
Project Location: Camp Hartell, Windsor Locks, Connecticut
Project Description: The requested funding will support construction of a Ready Building to provide administration, storage and training space for a twenty-two person Civil Support Team (CST-WMD). The space will allow the members of the unit to train and perform their duties in a facility and location that offers the access and security required of their unique mission for national and state defense.

Project Name: TFI -cNAF BEDDOWN- Upgrade Facilities
Request: $9,100,000
Project Location: Connecticut Air National Guard, Hartford, Connecticut
Project Description: The requested funding will support the upgrade of existing A-10 facilities to support the proper bed down of the new component Numbered Air Force (cNAF) mission assigned to the CTANG as part of the Total Force Integration plan.

Project Name: Torpedo/Tomahawk Maintenance Facility
Request: $14,380,000
Project Location: Sub Base New London, Groton, Connecticut
Project Description: The requested funding will support construction of an ordnance maintenance facility capable of supporting MK 48 ADCAP torpedoes and tomahawk missiles. The conceptual design is to construct the facility with six ordnance maintenance cells; each of the six cells in the ordnance maintenance portion of the facility will be sized to accommodate 2,200 pounds net explosive weight. The primary objective of such a design is to reduce the amount of land and number of facilities encumbered by the tomahawk and MK 48 torpedo maintenance facilities.

Project Name: MK-48 Torpedo Magazine
Request: $6,570,000
Project Location: Sub Base New London, Groton, Connecticut
Project Description: The requested funding will support the construction of a magazine capable of storing up to 36 MK 48 torpedoes. The new magazine will create a much more efficient work area while enhancing the overall safety of the storage facility.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

Proposed Recipient: Beulah Land Development Corporation, New Haven, CT
Project: New Haven Housing Collaborative
Description: Requested funds would be used for the development of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents of New Haven.  Specifically, funding will be used for the acquisition, planning, design, and construction of six units of affordable housing in the federally designated Empowerment Zone communities of Dixwell and Newhallville in the city of New Haven. 
Amount Requested: $750,000

Proposed Recipient: Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Project: Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford Renovation Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to renovate and create a new Boys & Girls Club site for disadvantaged youth in the city of Hartford.  Specifically, the funding will be used for: architectural & engineering costs, building repairs & additions, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and landscaping.  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford serves children from distressed neighborhoods.  Through the creation of another Boys & Girls Club in Hartford, hundreds of potential youth ages 6-18 will have a safe environment to attend during the after-school hours when youth are most likely to engage in detrimental and harmful behavior. 
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Barnum Transit Center
Description: Requested funds would be used to begin planning a second Bridgeport Train and Bus Station in the eastern part of the city.  This facility, known as the Barnum Transit Center, will provide access to mass transit in a densely populated and generally underserved part of the city that is easily accessible from a variety of local roads to the nearby state and federal highways.  The creation of the Barnum Station off of I-95 will reduce traffic congestion on the interstate, as well as serve as an economic engine for the development of the surrounding area.
Amount Requested: $600,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation Center
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of facilities to enhance access for transit riders commuting to and from downtown Bridgeport and to ease intermodal transfers and connections at the Bridgeport Intermodal Transportation Center.  This facility will be designed to physically and functionally integrate a variety of existing and proposed modes of transportation in the heart of the central business district.  The facility will incorporate the functions of the local bus service, Metro North and Amtrak commuter rail services, intercity bus services, and the Bridgeport/Port Jefferson Ferry Service to Long Island, NY.  The project goal is to bring these services into one easily accessible facility with improved passenger amenities and safety.
Amount Requested: $3,400,000

Proposed Recipient: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford, CT
Project: The Bushnell’s Energy Efficiency Package
Description: Requested funds would be used to repair, replace, or upgrade mechanical equipment and control systems to mitigate rising energy costs.  Decreasing energy consumption and increasing energy management capabilities are critical to meet rising utility costs, and to reduce the use of non-renewable resources.  The Bushnell has already taken a number of important cost cutting steps to reduce operating expenses, and hopes to expand educational and community offerings with the money saved by this project.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Capital City Economic Development Authority in Hartford, CT
Project: Front Street Transit Improvements
Description: Requested funds would be used to link the project area to the existing downtown by providing roadway, pedestrian, and transit access to the remainder of the downtown.  Specifically, funds will be used to widen Constitution Way and Front Street and to complete the crosswalks and sidewalks associated with such widening.  Funds will also be used to finish a project that will allow for direct pedestrian access to the raised plazas adjacent to the Travelers and Phoenix office complexes, as well as Constitution Plaza and the City’s Core district.
Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Capital City Economic Development Authority, Hartford, CT
Project: Prospect Street Improvements
Description: Requested funds would be used to complete crosswalks and sidewalks traversing and adjacent to Prospect Street that will allow for pedestrian access to the city's core business district.  The funds will also be used to complete the remaining traffic and way finding signage associated with Prospect Street
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Hartford, CT
Project: Interstate 95 Moses Wheeler Bridge Replacement in Milford
Description: Requested funds will be used for the replacement of the Interstate 95 Bridge (Moses Wheeler Bridge) over the Housatonic River in Milford and Stratford and the corresponding roadway approaches to the new bridge.  The bridge has been determined to be structurally deficient and functionally obsolete and needs to be replaced.  The replacement bridge will widen to the north of the existing bridge and will be built in stages to maintain traffic in both directions on I-95 during construction. 
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Hartford, CT
Project: Route 82 & Route 85 Roundabout Construction in Salem, CT
Description: Requested funds will be used to provide safety and traffic operational improvements at the intersection of Routes 82 and 85 in the town of Salem.  Currently, the Route 11 expressway terminates at Route 82 and traffic exiting the expressway uses Routes 82 and 85 to connect to I-95.  A project to upgrade the Route 85 corridor has been under design but delayed due to environmental and funding concerns.  The intersection of Routes 82 and 85 experiences a significantly higher than expected accident rate, with corresponding injuries including a recent fatality.  The roundabout is expected to provide an economic benefit in helping to revitalize the area by improving access to the businesses in this area.
Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Hartford, CT
Project: West Haven Rail Passenger Station
Description: Requested funds would be used to construct a new railroad station serving the Metro North New Haven Line between the existing stations at New Haven and Milford.  The station will consist of high level platforms on either side of the tracks capable of serving 12 rail cars; a station building and waiting area; surface parking and a parking garage with a combined capacity of approximately 1150 vehicles; and a pedestrian track crossing via a pedestrian bridge.  The Station will be located on Saw Mill Road in West Haven off of I-95.
Amount Requested: $10,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of East Hartford, East Hartford, CT
Project: Main Street Improvement Program
Description: Requested funds would be used for a reconfiguration of the Main Street traffic corridor, providing pedestrian and bicycle access throughout the commercial corridor and utilizing the roadway as a more sympathetic complement to the 4 to 6 lane arterial roadway configuration that is now in existence.  The funds for this project would be utilized for planning and design services to prepare preliminary plans for reconstruction of Main Street to be more supportive of pedestrians and businesses.  East Hartford’s Main Street is home to approximately 300 small businesses.
Amount Requested: $400,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of East Hartford, East Hartford, CT
Project: Reconstruction of Riverside Drive in East Hartford
Description: Requested funds would be used to reconstruct Riverside Drive, the public road that now provides sole public access to the Goodwin College campus.  Due to the historical industrial uses that this road supported, it was heavily traveled, but since the industrial uses ceased many years ago, the road has been neglected and now is in need of substantial upgrades.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Empower New Haven, Inc., New Haven, CT
Project: Elm City YouthBuild Supportive Housing
Description: Requested funds would be used by Empower New Haven to provide coordinated transitional assistance for disenfranchised youth and young adults through services and supports, primarily housing, in order to increase the likelihood of a successful reentry and reintegration of ex-offending youth into the community, reduce recidivism, increase public safety, and provide a stable environment to promote long term emotional, vocational and social success.  Empower New Haven’s mission is to facilitate or create practices and processes that provide sustainable, measurable improvements in the economic status and quality of life of individuals, families and businesses within the Empowerment Zone.
Amount Requested: $925,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT
Project: Alvin D. Higgins Building Improvements
Description: Requested funds would be used to renovate the Alvin D. Higgins Building and update all mechanical systems as well as bring the building into compliance with all applicable building codes.  The renovation would enable the relocation of the town operated child development center from its current rented location, allow for new community education space, and provide low cost office space to not-for-profit organizations that are providing vital services to residents of Enfield.
Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Enfield, Enfield, CT
Project: Thompsonville Intermodal Transportation Center
Description: Requested funds would be used for the design, engineering and construction of an Intermodal Transportation Facility in Enfield.  This facility will provide a viable, convenient, centrally-located terminus and transfer station for Connecticut Transit local and express buses, intercity bus, and taxis, among others, with improved pedestrian and bicycle access.  The proposed facility will also accommodate bus bays for transit vehicles and park-and-ride parking spaces for commuters.  The goal is to use the transportation center as a catalyst for the revitalization of the neighborhood, stimulate new employment opportunities, and provide an urban design framework that can integrate with adjacent land uses.
Amount Requested: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Project: Intermodal Regional Transit Facility
Description: Requested funds would be used to construct a mass-transit surface parking lot and perform safety improvements at the intermodal regional transit facility, which will include a rail station, bus station, bicycle and vehicular parking.  This project will help reduce congestion and auto emissions on I-95 by encouraging people to make use of trains and buses instead of driving.
Amount Requested: $2,750,000

Proposed Recipient: Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Greater Bridgeport Transit Facility Expansion and Improvement Project
Description: Requested funds would provide facility expansion and improvements for growth, operational and safety purposes.  Greater Bridgeport Transit (GBT) is the provider of fixed route bus services in the Greater Bridgeport area.  This project is essential for the continued growth of bus transit in the Greater Bridgeport Region and includes the expansion and improvement of GBT’s administration and maintenance facility.  The project, which is already underway, will allow for better and timelier maintenance of GBT’s fleet, will help spur economic development, and help the Authority cope with the 11% jump in ridership seen in the last half of 2008.
Amount Requested: $862,860

Proposed Recipient: Town of Ledyard, Ledyard, CT
Project: Shewville Brook Bridge Restoration
Description: Requested funds would be used to carry out a restoration and repair project on the Shewville Brook Bridge in Ledyard.  The Shewville Brook Bridge is located in the town of Ledyard and is heavily utilized by local and regional citizens of southeastern Connecticut.  Amount Requested: $515,000

Proposed Recipient: Town of Mansfield, Mansfield, CT
Project: Storrs Center Public Infrastructure
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of the network of streets, sidewalks, utilities and storm drainage systems that will serve as the public infrastructure for Storrs Center, a mixed-use, college town center and main street environment in the heart of Mansfield.  Storrs Center is a planned smart growth development that will create a vibrant town center and main street environment at the crossroads of the Town of Mansfield and the University of Connecticut.  Planned improvements include the construction of a pedestrian, bicycle, and car friendly network of streets, sidewalks, open spaces, parks, infrastructure, and landscaping to serve a high density, mixed-use neighborhood.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: MARC, Inc., Manchester, CT
Project: MARC, Inc. Facility Construction
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of a larger MARC, Inc. facility on previously purchased land in order to provide services to people with developmental disabilities.  Since 1952, MARC, Inc. of Manchester has empowered people with disabilities to live their lives to the fullest according to their individual goals and dreams.  MARC currently provides support to residents of Manchester and eighteen surrounding towns.  The size of their current location is insufficient to meet the growing demand for services, and without the development of a larger facility, they will likely be required to limit or suspend enrollment of additional people into their services. 
Amount Requested: $400,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of Middletown, Middletown, CT
Project: Johnson Street Business Incubator
Description: Requested funds would be used to make improvements to a city-owned business incubator facility that will create more jobs in a state-sponsored Enterprise Zone.  Over the last ten years, the city has invested over $1.6 million into infrastructure, property management and operations.  This has created new investment, added ten new businesses and created new jobs in the city’s lowest income census tract.  Middletown hopes to improve the building to increase the amount of leasable space and to make the building as energy efficient as possible.  The city would also like to improve the site with new paving and lighting to attract quality tenants.
Amount Requested: $1,750,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: Intermodal Facility at South Norwalk Train Station
Description: Requested funds would be used for planning feasibility and construction costs to build an intermodal facility at the South Norwalk Train Station.  Such a facility will improve commuter connections between the train station and Norwalk's corporate employment corridors, as well as provide transit oriented development that benefits the Norwalk community.
Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: Route 1 Widening
Description: Requested funds would be used to widen a section of U.S. Route 1, improve the safety of intersections, and widen or replace a bridge over the Norwalk River.
U.S. Route 1 serves as a major arterial through southwestern Connecticut and carries high volumes of traffic.  In addition, it serves as the primary emergency transportation alternative to I-95 when an accident on the Interstate causes it to be closed.  Although most of Route 1 is four lanes, the three-quarter mile section in question between Belden Avenue and East Avenue is only two lanes and encompasses six challenging intersections, a bridge, and a railroad crossing.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwalk, Norwalk, CT
Project: West Avenue Redevelopment Plan Area Road Improvements
Description: Requested funds would be used for the design and implementation of multiple infrastructure improvements along West Avenue in Norwalk, including utility and signalization upgrades and roadway enhancements, with the goal of supporting development activities along the West Avenue corridor.  The West Avenue Redevelopment Plan Area is comprised of 48 acres located in the traditional commercial area centered along West Avenue in Norwalk Center.  Despite revitalization in other areas, the Norwalk Center business district has declined as an economic hub due to suburban growth patterns.  Road improvements would assist Norwalk in its efforts to redevelop the area by expanding retail space, office space, and residential units.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Norwalk Emergency Shelter, Inc., Norwalk, CT
Project: Rehabilitation of 2 Merritt Place
Description: Requested funds would be used to rehabilitate a property at 2 Merritt Place to turn it into a shelter and supportive housing for homeless individuals and families.  The current facilities of the Norwalk Emergency Shelter are overextended by the demands of the population being served, and there is no physical space for any form of ongoing counseling and life skills training.  The new facility is a two story building that will provide significantly more room and better amenities, including areas for life skills counseling and the ability to permit clients to remain on the premises 24/7.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwich, Norwich, CT
Project: Norwich Harbor Brownfield Redevelopment Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to acquire and remediate an industrial Brownfield site in the Norwich Harbor area on the Thames River and convert it to recreational use.  Norwich can stand to gain economic benefit from its proximity to two major casinos that draw 40,000 visitors per week, but has had difficulty becoming an attractive destination for visitors due in large part to the industrial contamination that still mars the waterfront.  Acquisition and redevelopment of a large scrap metal yard on the harbor is essential to Norwich Harbor reaching its potential as an attractive destination for tourists, commerce and housing.
Amount Requested: $4,000,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of Norwich, Norwich, CT
Project: Norwich Intermodal Transportation Center
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of the Norwich Intermodal Transportation Center, which will consist of a bus terminal for the South East Area Transit Authority on the ground level with parking for 269 cars on the upper levels and a lobby/waiting area with restrooms.  This facility will provide services that will allow transit related parking for visitors and is positioned for future rail and ferry service.  The facility is being constructed on city owned land adjacent to the North/South rail line within walking distance to the large vessel pier in Norwich Harbor.
Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Riverfront Recapture, Inc., Hartford, CT
Project: Riverfront Gateway
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of Riverfront Gateway, a new entrance to the Riverfront that will reunite the historic Colt firearms complex and the Sheldon/Charter Oak neighborhood with the Connecticut River and an emerging network of public parks and riverwalks.  Riverfront Gateway will put neighborhood residents within easy walking distance of the Riverfront, where they will have the opportunity to participate in free, healthy activity in a beautiful natural environment.  The Gateway also will enhance development possibilities for the Colt Firearms complex, which is slated for commercial and housing uses as well as a possible museum and shops if Coltsville is designated a National Park.  The neighborhood will benefit from these changes through the creation of jobs at the Colt complex and an influx of workers, new residents, and tourists.
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: Riverfront Recapture, Inc., Hartford, CT
Project: Riverwalk South
Description: Requested funds would be use to construct Riverwalk South, a 3800’ paved, lighted riverwalk that is 12’-wide and constructed to allow emergency and maintenance vehicles to travel the entire section.  Riverwalk South will complete the three-mile loop system of riverwalks on the Hartford and East Hartford banks of the Connecticut River that was envisioned in Riverfront Recapture’s master plan in 1982.  The project will connect the downtown Hartford Riverfront with Charter Oak Landing, a Riverfront park near the historic Colt firearms complex. 
Amount: $3,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Atlantic Rail Underpass
Description: The clogging of the I-95 artery through Stamford is exacerbated by the inadequate railroad underpass on Atlantic Street.  This 100-year old underpass is too low and narrow to accommodate the commuter traffic using the Stamford Transportation Center.  Moreover, without a fix to the Atlantic Street underpass, there will be a major bottleneck between Stamford’s downtown, Transportation Center, and the new $4 billion Harbor Point redevelopment underway on Long Island Sound.
Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Harbor Point Bus Expansion
Description: Stamford is requesting funds for the expansion of a free bus service in the Harbor Point area.  Harbor Point will support the operation and maintenance of the new system once the purchase of the new buses is complete.  The purchase of three buses will assist in the startup of routes connecting Harbor Point with mass transit and downtown.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Light Rail Transit Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to conduct environmental analysis, a right-of-way survey, and engineering for a new light rail transit loop connecting the South End, Downtown and Bull’s Head commercial areas.  This new light rail system will link the various elements of Stamford’s downtown core and reinforce the connection between the office/retail core of downtown centered on Landmark Square, the retail hub at Bull’s Head and new development node at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Atlantic Street in the South End.  Such a light rail transit loop would help reduce severe roadway congestion in the area.
Amount Requested: $1,200,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Stamford, Stamford, CT
Project: Stamford Urban Transitway
Description: Requested funds would be used for the Stamford Urban Transitway, the centerpiece of Stamford’s effort to connect the Stamford Transportation Center with its Amtrak, regional rail, and commuter bus facilities to Interstate 95 and the Boston Post Road.  One of the most important and busiest rail stations in the northeast, the Stamford Transportation Center moves more than 230 trains per day through the coastal corridor.  Once completed, the transitway will increase the capacity for rail and bus transportation, improve deteriorated air quality, and open the south waterfront to a $4 billion brownfields revitalization and mixed-use redevelopment now underway.
Amount Requested: $8,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Torrington, Torrington, CT
Project: Downtown Torrington Redevelopment Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to assist in the redevelopment of downtown Torrington.  Redevelopment will entail several different components, including the replacement and/or repair of original facades, which will help recreate Torrington’s industrial era shopping district and the art deco building designs.  The project will also add reconfigured parking and streetscape improvements to provide connectivity on both sides of the Naugatuck River.  The redevelopment of downtown Torrington will serve to attract residents and visitors alike to enjoy shopping, cultural opportunities, the historic character and the pedestrian experience.
Amount Requested: $800,000 

Proposed Recipient: City of Torrington, Torrington, CT
Project: Main Street Realignment Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to remedy a poorly functioning five-point intersection that results in vehicular traffic disruptions and jeopardizes pedestrian safety throughout the day and during major events at night.  The Connecticut Department of Transportation has rated the intersection with a failing grade.  To address the problem, Torrington has designed a reconfiguration plan that will realign the existing roadway into a pedestrian and vehicle friendly intersection.  Main Street will be converted into a one-way road with parking lining one side of the street in order to improve traffic flow.
Amount Requested: $750,000

Proposed Recipient: University Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: Arnold Bernhard Arts and Humanities Center Renovation Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to renovate the Arnold Bernhard Center so that it could continue to serve as a major educational facility and cultural resource for University of Bridgeport students, the City of Bridgeport and the surrounding region.  The planned renovations will provide a state-of-the-art visual and performing arts complex.  The project also directly benefits Bridgeport’s South End community.  The proposed renovations and upgrades will employ local and regional contractors, laborers and suppliers of building, plumbing, electrical, flooring, and lighting materials.  Renovation of the Bernhard Center will help to enhance and develop the South End’s waterfront area.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Project: John C. Cox Student Center ADA Accessibility and Compliance Renovations
Description: Requested funds would be used to renovate the John C. Cox Student Center to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities in order to be fully utilized as an educational, recreational and community resource by students and residents of the city of Bridgeport.  Built in 1960, the John C. Cox Student Center is a three-story, 70,000 square foot facility that provides office, meeting, event, and recreational space for the University and the community at large.  Improvements to the university’s facilities will benefit the surrounding South End community.
Amount Requested: $500,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Waterbury, Waterbury, CT
Project: Brownfield and Blight Redevelopment Project
Description: Requested funds would be used for Phase II environmental assessments in order to identify the types and concentrations of contaminates in a variety of areas to be cleaned and allow for the possible municipal acquisition of several sites.  In addition, Waterbury will be able to establish clean-up options and cost estimates.  Federal funding will create the next step that will allow for the city or a private developer to potentially acquire these properties and determine the best value.  Waterbury is continuing its efforts to redevelop these otherwise valuable development sites, concentrating on those with the most development potential.  In order to determine which sites have the most development potential, Waterbury needs to assess, prioritize, and catalogue existing sites.
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Waterbury, Waterbury, CT
Project: Naugatuck River Greenway Project
Description: Requested funds would be used to construct a 7.6 mile urban greenway and transportation corridor that will become the largest urban component of a 45-mile long corridor and greenway system that is being planned and/or constructed for the length of the Naugatuck River from Torrington to Derby.  The Waterbury Naugatuck River Greenway will serve as an alternative non-motorized transportation artery within Waterbury, connecting neighborhoods to transit, schools, workplaces and the downtown.  It will also connect to the present Metro-North train station, which is the proposed location of a new intermodal transportation center that will connect the public through a wide variety of transportation options.  The end result would be greater intra-and inter-city connectivity, the promotion of non-motorized transportation, a reduction of congestion, improvement of air quality, and expanded commuter options.
Amount Requested: $10,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of Waterbury, Waterbury, CT
Project: Waterbury Intermodal Transportation Center
Description: Requested funds would be used for the Waterbury Intermodal Transportation Center, which will house and link a variety of transportation services including: commuter rail, inter/intra-city buses, taxis, shuttles, commuter travel, and rail tourism activities.  A modern intermodal transportation center will enable Waterbury to properly serve the transportation needs of the City and surrounding region by consolidating resources and creating a system that provides effective linkages resulting in improvements to customer convenience and reduced travel times, thereby serving as a catalyst for future economic development.
Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Proposed Recipient: Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
Project: Waterbury Hospital Multi-Story on Campus Parking Garage
Description: Requested funds would be used for the construction of a 200 space parking garage at Waterbury Hospital.  Increasing the number of parking spaces on campus with a multi-story parking garage would alleviate the daily frustration experienced by all hospital users who need to park on the campus every day.  As the local population ages, the existence of accessible parking near Waterbury Hospital will become increasingly important.  There are currently 15 handicapped spots available to visitors and outpatients.  With a parking garage, the hospital could designate many more parking spots for the handicapped.  This would provide the community with the access that is desperately needed.    
Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Proposed Recipient: City of West Haven, West Haven, CT
Project: Campbell Avenue Streetscaping
Description: Requested funds would be used for a streetscaping project along Campbell Avenue, one of the city’s main commercial corridors.  The heavily traveled road is in dire need of infrastructure improvements, not only for the safety of drivers and pedestrians, but for the benefit of the small businesses that are located nearby.
Amount Requested: $2,500,000

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