Rockville will be moving its police headquarters into a new, larger facility to accommodate their police force as it expands to meet Rockville’s increasing population.  Upgrading their police technology is a key component of this project.  This funding will be used to purchase and install new communications equipment and police technology for the Rockville Police Department.  The intended recipient is the City of Rockville, MD, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. $500,000

The Town of Colmar Manor Interoperable Radio Project

The town of Colmar Manor is a municipality of Prince George’s County, Maryland.  While the Colmar Manor Police Department has been told that it can expect service and maintenance support for radio interoperability from the County, it has also been told that it will have to purchase its interoperable radios on its own.  This request will fund the acquisition of interoperable radios for the Colmar Manor Police Department. Without these new radios, Colmar Manor officers will not have the ability to receive and handle calls for police service. The intended recipient is the Town of Colmar Manor, 3820 40th Avenue, Brentwood, MD 20722. $100,000

Up County Youth Opportunity Center

This request will fund gang prevention and intervention efforts in the Up County areas of Gaithersburg, Germantown, and Montgomery Village neighborhoods.  The Up County Youth Opportunity Center will provide services to gang-involved youth, as well as to those youth at risk of involvement — including positive youth development programming; GED and education services; family building program; one-on-one mentoring; re-entry case management; relocation and safety planning; and job training and placement.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD, 20850. $690,000

Education

Children’s Guild Multi-Purpose Facility

The Children’s Guild is a school located in Hyattsville, Maryland that serves 140 elementary and middle school children having special needs — including autism, learning disabilities and emotional disorders.  All 140 students are referred to the Children’s Guild by local area public school systems. This project request will fund the construction of a multipurpose facility for physical education, assembly, parent meetings and graduation exercises.  The total cost of the project is approximately $1 million. The Children’s Guild has already raised $385,000 through other non-federal sources.  The intended recipient is the Children’s Guild, 5702 Sargent Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782. $544,000

College Tracks

College Tracks is a non-profit college readiness program serving students of every background in the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) system.  College Tracks provides inspiration, know-how and support regarding students’ postsecondary education options, financial aid and the college admissions process.  This request will enable College Tracks to expand its college readiness program to three additional high schools in the MCPS system.  The intended recipient is College Tracks, 5126 Manning Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814. $356,100

Deaf Children’s Literacy Project

The National Cued Speech Association is a nationally recognized non-profit organization devoted to promoting communication, language development and literacy among deaf and hard of hearing children using Cued Speech.  Cued Speech is a unique phoneme-based visual communication system designed to address language and literacy deficits among deaf and hard of hearing children.  As Cued Speech has grown across the nation and the world, so has the need for training and evaluation of service providers.  Project funds would enable the National Cued Speech Association to develop a cueing proficiency process to certify the skills of professionals who cue and work with deaf and hard of hearing children.  The intended recipient is the National Cued Speech Association, 5619 McLean Drive, Bethesda, MD 20814. $450,000

Early Childhood Education - CentroNía

CentroNia’s mission is to educate children and strengthen families in a multicultural environment. It provides a strong model of early childhood education as part of a larger Maryland State effort to develop high quality, voluntary preschool, and early childcare programs for children from birth to five years old.  Additionally, it builds the capacity of the early childhood workforce by offering a Child Development Associate (CDA) certification program that prepares center and home-based early childhood providers for national accreditation.  Project funds will be used to improve quality and expand access to CentroNia’s early childhood education and CDA certification programs.  The intended recipient is CentroNia, 1345 University Boulevard, Takoma Park, MD 20912. $1 million

George B. Thomas Learning Academy

The George B. Thomas Learning Academy (GBTLA) is a tutoring and mentoring program that enhances the academic performance and achievement of students in grades 1 through 12. On Saturday mornings, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., certified teachers and volunteer tutors work with students on core subjects and teach successful learning and studying strategies.  Its mission is to accelerate students' mastery of academics, specifically reading, language arts, and mathematics, and to close the achievement gap. Project funds will be used to maintain services at two GBTLA Saturday School sites and expand the services of the high school after-school program by opening two additional sites.  The intended recipient is the George B. Thomas Learning Academy, 7210 Hidden Creek Road, Bethesda, MD 20817. $299,826

Kennedy High School Cluster Linkages to Learning Project

The Kennedy High School Cluster is heavily impacted by poverty, with approximately fifty percent of its students qualifying for free and reduced meals.  Nearly thirty percent of children live in single-parent families, and more than eleven percent of children live below the poverty level.  The Linkages to Learning program provides comprehensive health, mental health, prevention and social services in the 28 elementary and middle schools with the highest indicators of poverty.  This request will enable the Kennedy High School Cluster to expand its Linkages to Learning program to serve nearly all of the 3500 children impacted in the Kennedy High School Cluster and provide full-day universal pre-Kindergarten for all four year olds in the project area.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, 1301 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850. $1,875,458

Middle School Magnet Consortium

The Middle School Magnet Consortium (MSMC) of the Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) System is composed of three schools that offer innovative, challenging, theme-based curricula: Argyle Middle School, which focuses on advanced information technology; Parkland Middle School, which offers science, aerospace technology, and robotic engineering; and Loiderman Middle School, which promotes knowledge about the creative and performing arts.  The academic programs at these schools increase student capacity for higher level instruction and advanced studies.  By transforming these three middle schools, formerly the lowest performing middle schools in the county, into magnet schools, MCPS has been able to offer enriched and innovative instruction, challenging curricula and state-of-the-art technology that have attracted a sociologically diverse group of students and increased overall academic achievement.  Project funding will be used to ensure the long term success of the three schools and bring MSMC courses in the areas of science, engineering, technology and the arts to middle schools throughout the county.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County Public Schools, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville Maryland, 20850. $1.225 million

Transitioning Scientists from Laboratories to Classrooms

This project recruits postdoctoral scientists, mathematicians, and engineers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to become teachers in the Montgomery County Public School system, allowing them to transition gradually from NIH as they complete work to become licensed and certified teachers.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County Public Schools, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. $300,000

Youth Mentoring - Asian American LEAD

Asian American LEAD (AALEAD) is a non-profit organization serving low-income Asian American youth and families in the Montgomery County Public School System through academic enrichment, mentoring and family strengthening programs.  Project funds will be used to expand its highly successful programs in Montgomery County.  The intended recipient is Asian American LEAD, 11141 Georgia Avenue, Suite 515, Wheaton, MD 20902. $300,000

Economic Development and Workforce Training

East County Science and Technology Center

Montgomery County recently purchased a vacant 115-acre site that was previously used as a sewage sludge composting facility. The County intends to redevelop the site as a mixed-use science and technology park with a focus on green technology and clean energy. The site will showcase sustainable design principles and include a green technology business incubator.  This request will pay for the design, development and construction of the East County Science and Technology Center.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor, Rockville, MD 20850. $2 million

Green Business Incubator – Montgomery County

Montgomery County’s Green Business Incubator will be the catalyst for a regional, small-business-based green technology cluster. The incubator will nurture the development of green innovations, including alternative energy solutions, waste water technology and sustainable products.  Our national and state economies will soon rely on small, innovative businesses to be the cornerstone of an economic strategy that marries profits and jobs with the health of our planet. This investment in Montgomery County’s Green Business Incubator will support the growth of green jobs and bring awareness to the importance of economically and environmentally sustainable communities.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, 2nd Floor, Rockville, MD 20850. $2 million

The Housing Opportunities Commission, Ambassador Apartments Project

The Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) of Montgomery County’s Ambassador Apartments Project will repair and rehabilitate a 60-year old building in Wheaton, MD to provide 162 small, affordable, furnished apartments to needy residents of Montgomery County.  Prior to HOC’s purchase of the Ambassador Apartments in 2005, the building suffered from deferred maintenance and now urgently requires replacement and repair of several basic systems — including relining of pipes, remediation of lead-based paint, repair of water damage to the garage and replacement of the fire panel.  The intended recipient is the Housing Opportunity Commission of Montgomery County, 10400 Detrick Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895. $1 million

Model Low-Income Home Energy Efficiency Retrofit Project

Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest volunteer housing rehabilitation organization.  Each year, its over 200 affiliates in 45 states deploy 200,000 volunteers and $40 million in donations to renovate 10,000 low-income, single-family homes.  Using 1500 volunteers, the Montgomery County affiliate of Rebuilding Together will rehab 110-120 homes this year, 60% occupied by the elderly and 50% by the disabled.  Over the past three years, Rebuilding Together has included significant energy retrofits to 100 of the homes it has renovated.  With that experience, the Montgomery County affiliate would now like to develop and test a model home energy efficiency retrofit program with standardized processes, training, technical assistance, data collection and evaluation that could be replicated nationwide.  The intended recipient is Rebuilding Together Montgomery County, 3925 Plyers Mill Road, Suite 202, Kensington, MD 20895. $234,000

Mount Rainier Revitalization Project

The City of Mount Rainier is located in Prince George’s County, Maryland and is undertaking a revitalization effort to restore its downtown business district along the Route 1/Rhode Island Avenue corridor.  This revitalization effort will include slum clearance, blight removal and the acquisition of property to create mixed use affordable housing with street level retail development and parking in the rear.  The intended recipient is the City of Mount Rainier, 1 Municipal Place, Mount Rainier, MD 20712. $4.1 million

Prince George’s County Small Business Initiative

Prince George’s County’s Small Business Initiative (SBI) will provide direct assistance to the rapid growth  potential of small and minority-owned businesses in Prince George’s County.  Assistance provided will include access to capital, contract awards and a comprehensive one-stop-shop delivery of entrepreneurial training, management consulting and technical assistance. Over the last four years, this program has counseled and trained approximately 7000 businesses and assisted in approximately $100 million in contracts, financing and bonding for local companies.  Prince George’s County has already allocated $375,000 towards the Small Business Initiative.  The intended recipient is Prince George’s County, MD, County Administration Building, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. $500,000

Health Care and Human Services

Biotechnology and Health Science Equipment Project

Montgomery College is requesting funding towards equipping its facilities with necessary life and health sciences equipment.  This includes funding to equip the Germantown Biosciences Center as well as health sciences equipment for the Takoma Park campus, including allied health and nursing simulation equipment.  The equipment is necessary to support the College's expanded commitment to training the health care workforce of the future through the Germantown Biotechnology Project and an enhanced commitment to nursing education.  The intended recipient is Montgomery College, 900 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. $1.5 million

Cancer Prevention and Treatment Initiative

Suburban Hospital, located in Bethesda, Maryland, is seeking federal funding to expand its partnerships with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Radiation Oncology Branch (ROB).  Suburban, NIH and NCI have several successful partnerships in place, including the NIH Heart Center at Suburban and the NIH-Suburban Stroke Center.  This request will support the acquisition of the Trilogy treatment system.  This system will allow physicians and researchers the use of the latest technology in cancer prevention and treatment and offer participation in research protocols.  Additionally, follow-up studies will occur in an unfiltered patient population at an earlier phase of a patient’s cancer care.  Finally, the new technology will offer high-tech radiation treatment capabilities to the community served by Suburban Hospital and will allow the Suburban Hospital Cancer Program to treat more types of cancer and increase the number of patients receiving state of the art care.  The intended recipient is Suburban Hospital, 8600 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814. $1.5 million

Child Cancer Research and Clinical Trials

This funding will be used to enhance important ongoing pediatric cancer clinical trials, support the creation of significant new clinical trials, and prevent the discontinuation of critical childhood cancer trials, benefiting children of military families, civilian DOD employees, and other children afflicted with childhood cancer.  It will also support existing DOD translational research in high risk childhood cancer targeting new agents against highly resistant, poor prognosis diseases.  The intended recipient is CureSearch, 4600 East West Highway, Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814. $5 million

Coming Full Circle Program

Coming Full Circle is a continuing education and workforce development partnership between the Family Crisis Center, Prince George’s County Department of Family Services and Prince George’s Community College. The Coming Full Circle program will assist survivors of domestic violence obtain a certified, employable skill or trade to re-enter the workforce.  The intended recipient is the Family Crisis Center, 3601 Taylor Street, Brentwood, MD 20722. $185,171

Healthcare Professional Development Center

This request will be used to support the establishment of a Professional Development Center and training program on the campus of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital.  This center will provide training programs for licensed nurse graduates, focused on addressing the gap between academic training and the high stress environments nurses typically encounter in the real world, such as hospital emergency rooms, nursing home facilities, and behavioral health facilities.  The intended outcome is to place and retain nurses in care settings in Rockville and across Maryland.  The intended recipient is Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, 9901 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. $2.5 million

Helping Transition-Aged Youth Initiative

In Prince George’s County, there are more than 3,000 young adults aged 18-21 years whom have either dropped out of high school or are at high risk of dropping out due to a lack of mental health supports for youth in this age group.  Studies have shown that transition-aged youth who lack the social supports to help them succeed in society are more than twice as likely to be unemployed, at risk of incarceration and prone to substance abuse. This funding will enable a community-based provider to help transition-aged youth integrate successfully into the community.  Initiative partners will include the Prince George’s County Public School System, Health Department and Department of Developmental Disabilities.  The intended recipient is Prince George’s County, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772. $400,000

Imagination Stage Access Project

Imagination Stage is a highly respected, multi-disciplinary theatre arts organization located in Bethesda, MD that has become a model for similar multipurpose performing arts programs across the country.  Its mission is to nurture, challenge and empower young people of all abilities, and it endeavors to create an inclusive and welcoming, ADA-compliant environment for all students, staff, patrons, professional artists and visitors who participate in its professional shows, after-school programs and summer camps. Towards that end, this project request will fund the acquisition of an Assistive Listening System and Open Captioning services for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as Audio Description and Braille programs for patrons who are blind or low-vision.  The intended recipient is the Imagination Stage, 4908 Auburn Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. $35,888

Meaningful Opportunities for Successful Transitions (MOST) Program

The MOST program helps at-risk adults with developmental disabilities effectively transition from special educational programs from which they are aging out — or adult day and vocational programming that has proven unsuccessful — into the next chapter of their lives.  The program targets individuals in the critical first year of transition, when failure to obtain placement could lead to the loss of independence and significant regression of social, emotional, and physical functioning. It prepares clients for an appropriate day program, addresses areas of concern to prospective day programs by improving and maintaining new behaviors, or by identifying more appropriate day programming options.  In addition, the project aims to identify success factors, best practices and measurable outcomes, in order to serve as a national model to help the growing numbers of adults with a range of developmental disabilities – from autistic spectrum disorders to traumatic brain injury to significant physical birth defects – successfully connect to community supports available to them.  The intended recipient is the Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, 1500 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20815. $300,000

Multicultural Service Center

CASA is a non-profit organization serving the Latino and immigrant communities in Maryland.  CASA’s Multicultural Service Center seeks to enhance employment opportunities for the low-income, Latino and immigrant community of Langley Park through English language instruction, financial literacy, computer training and social services.  Additionally, the Multicultural Service Center intends to reduce health disparities through a minority health outreach effort and the provision of bilingual health services.  The intended recipient is CASA de Maryland, 310 Tulip Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912. $1 million

Neighbors Campaign

The Neighbors Campaign is an unprecedented partnership among local government, philanthropists, nonprofit organizations and community members to respond to families in the Silver Spring, Maryland community who have been hardest hit by the economic downturn. The campaign aims to reengineer emergency service delivery to low-income residents and help them embark on a clear path of long-term economic recovery, workforce development, family asset building and civic empowerment.  The intended recipient is IMPACT Silver Spring, 1313 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. $250,000

New Americans Initiative for Maryland

The New Americans Initiative for Maryland will provide critically needed naturalization support services for permanent legal residents in Maryland wishing to become citizens of the United States.  The national capital region is one of the top leading recipients of legal permanent residents in the country, and there are over 200,000 legal permanent residents in Maryland alone.  While legal permanent residents contribute significantly to the economic, social and cultural vitality of our state, a significant percentage of them are not taking the final, critical step of integration through citizenship.  A primary reason for Maryland’s low naturalization rate is the lack of services to support applicants through this complicated and often overwhelming process.  The New Americans Initiative for Maryland will replicate best practices from around the country and provide pre-and post-naturalization services necessary to address this problem.  The intended recipient is CASA de Maryland, 310 Tulip Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912. $465,000

St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home Renovation Project

St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home is a home located in Hyattsville, Maryland that cares for abused and neglected children and pregnant teens.  It currently serves 35 children and 20 pregnant teenagers and their children in its residential program, and 50 infants and preschoolers in its day care program.  This project request will fund the repair and replacement of major facility systems and interior renovations to bring the building up to higher safety standards.  The intended recipient is St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home, 4901 Eastern Avenue, Hyattsville, MD 20782. $750,000

Teen and Young Adult Health Connection Clinic

Teen and Young Adult Health Connection (TAYA Health) is a non-profit healthcare clinic in Silver Spring, MD that provides free and low cost healthcare to female and male youth and young adults in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The mission of TAYA Health is to provide high quality, affordable, accessible and responsible health care and education to youth through a comprehensive educational program, while incorporating each patient’s social environment and emotional well-being.  Since opening, TAYA Health has cared for over 20,000 youth and young adults. Due to recent budget cuts and a slow economy, many local clinics serving a similar population have decreased services, thus the demand for TAYA Health’s services has grown. This request will be used to maintain and expand the clinic’s services.  The intended recipient is the Teen and Young Adult Health Connection, 1400 Spring Street, Suite 200, Silver Spring, MD 20910. $600,000

Tuberculosis Vaccine Clinical Trials

The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation (Aeras) is a global not-for-profit research organization headquartered in Rockville, MD with research partners around the United States and the world.  Aeras is conducting research and clinical trials in Africa and India to develop safe, effective, and affordable vaccines to prevent tuberculosis, with a particular focus on the developing world, where the majority of tuberculosis deaths occur (1.7 million worldwide each year).  This request will support Aeras’ clinical trials programs, including a 2,800-infant Phase IIb trial in South Africa of the world’s most clinically advanced vaccine candidate, the first proof-of-concept study of a new TB vaccine since the 1920s. It will also fund part of a Phase III double blind efficacy study in 14,000 healthy infants, to be performed comparing a single new TB vaccine regimen to the existing TB vaccine, BCG.  The trials will be conducted under Good Clinical Practice standards of clinical trial monitoring, auditing and data management conditions in order to obtain worldwide regulatory approval of the new regimen.  The intended recipient is Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, 1405 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850. $3.4 million

Wheaton Primary Care Clinic

In 2005, Montgomery County established the Montgomery Cares program to cover approximately 40,000 of the nearly 100,000 uninsured county residents by 2010. In fiscal 2008, only 15,676 uninsured residents received care, and unless more operational capacity comes on line,  the county's goal will not be realized.  This request would enable Holy Cross Hospital to build a primary care clinic in the Wheaton/Aspen Hill area to expand access to basic health care in Montgomery County.  The intended recipient is Holy Cross Hospital, 1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910. $934,000

Wide Area Virtual Environment (WAVE) Simulation for Medical Readiness Training

This USUHS-requested project would complete a virtual, 3-D environment for training individuals and groups in mass casualty, triage and WMD training scenarios and complement the individual simulated training provided to medical and advanced practice nursing students and residents.  The intended recipient is Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.  [Submitted to the House Armed Services Committee and the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee] $3 million

Youth Activities Center Project

The National Center for Children and Families (NCCF) is a Bethesda, MD-based, non-profit organization serving vulnerable and homeless children, youth and families.  NCCF is in the final phase of completing a 5-year capital project established in partnership with the State of Maryland, Montgomery County, and the private sector.  This project request would help fund completion of a Youth Activities Center to provide space for essential services for high-risk, delinquent and homeless children and their families.  The intended recipient is the National Center for Children and Families, 6301 Greentree Road, Bethesda, MD 20817. $500,000

Transportation

BRAC-Related Improvements in Montgomery County, MD

Funds will be used for design, right-of-way or construction of intersection improvements to improve safety, operations, and access in the vicinity of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) to support BRAC-related growth.  The intended recipient is the Maryland Department of Transportation, 7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076. $5 million

BRAC-Related Transit, Roadway and Pedestrian Improvements

This request will fulfill the federal government’s responsibility to mitigate the gridlock and congestion impacts associated with the 2005 Base and Realignment Commission (BRAC) mandate establishing the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) as a world-class center of excellence for our nation’s wounded, active and retired military personnel.  The intended recipient is the Maryland Department of Transportation, 7201 Corporate Center Drive, Hanover, MD 21076.  [Submitted to the House Armed Services Committee, the House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, and the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee] $40 million

The Corridor Cities Transitway

The Corridor Cities Transitway (CCT), a proposed 13.5 mile light rail or bus rapid transit line in Montgomery County, Maryland, would extend from the Shady Grove Metrorail Station in Rockville through Gaithersburg and Germantown to a terminus at the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) facility south of Clarksburg. The CCT study is part of a larger effort, the I-270/US 15 Multi-Modal Corridor Study, being conducted by the Maryland Department of Transportation and examining a wide range of roadway improvements, including the introduction of express toll lanes on I-270. The CCT is currently in the project planning stage, with the federally required combined Alternatives Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) set to undergo public hearings in the Spring of 2009. Maryland MTA will then prepare a recommendation for a locally preferred alternative (LPA) and an application for New Starts funding. With FTA approval and sufficient funding the project could be ready for construction in 2012. The intended recipient is the Maryland Transit Administration, 6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. $5 million

Maryland Statewide Locally Operated Transit Systems (LOTS)

The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA Maryland) provides Section 5309 funds to expand fleets, replace aged vehicles, and enhance bus maintenance facilities throughout the State of Maryland. Funding is allocated to recipients based on a formal application process to ensure the greatest needs are addressed first. The recipient is the Maryland Transit Administration, 6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. $10 million

The Purple Line

The Purple Line, a proposed 16-mile light rail or bus rapid transit line in the State of Maryland suburban area of Washington, D.C., extending from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County, is currently in the project planning stage, with the federally required combined Alternatives Analysis and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS) having undergone public hearings in the Fall of 2008. Maryland MTA is preparing a recommendation for a locally preferred alternative (LPA) and is concurrently developing an application for New Starts funding. With FTA approval and sufficient funding, the project could be ready for construction in 2012.  The Purple Line must be built in a manner that protects the integrity of the Capital Crescent Trail.  The intended recipient is the Maryland Transit Administration, 6 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. $10 million

The Rockville Pike Multi-Way Boulevard Project

This project will complete the Planning, Engineering & Design (PE&D) and right-of-way services for the Rockville Pike Multi-Way Boulevard.  The Plan extends over 2.2 miles along Rockville Pike from the City limits at the south-end to Richard Montgomery Drive near the Rockville Town Center, which encompasses the newly redeveloped mixed-use Town Square at the north end.  The intended recipient is the City of Rockville, MD, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. $1 million

WMATA Capital and Preventive Maintenance Projects

This request will fund capital and preventive maintenance projects for the maintenance and upkeep of the public transportation system in the Nation’s Capital, which was built primarily to serve the federal government. Funding, which is authorized under current law, is for projects included in WMATA’s Capital Improvement Program approved by WMATA’s Board of Directors. The intended recipient is the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), 600 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001. $150 million

Military Construction:

Naval Ship Hydrodynamic Test Facilities

The nation’s major naval and maritime hydrodynamic test facilities are located at the Carderock Division’s West Bethesda site.  These facilities are essential for assessing the adequacy of current and future naval ship designs.  The current wavemakers in these facilities are unable to produce accurate and consistent wave characteristics and are in need of replacement.  This request would complete the replacement of wavemakers at the NSWC Carderock Division.   The intended recipient is the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 9500 MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, MD 20817.  [Submitted to the House Armed Services Committee and the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee] $10 million

RDT&E Support Facility at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

This request will complete the scheduled facility upgrade at the Carderock Division and consolidate major business and support functions, including financial management, human resource management and contracting.  The intended recipient is the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 9500 MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, MD 20817.  [Submitted to the House Armed Services Committee and the House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee] $6.23 million

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Note:  Congressman Van Hollen serves as Co-Chair of the Congressional Chesapeake Bay Watershed Task Force, a bipartisan group of members from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed states, focused on protecting the health of the Bay and its tributaries.

Anacostia River and Tributaries Comprehensive Plan

This watershed feasibility study will compile existing watershed data, pinpoint degraded stream conditions in the Anacostia River and identify potential problem solutions.  The study will classify problem areas including unstable and eroding stream banks, poor fish habitat and fish blockages, and poor stream buffer conditions (lack of forests and wetlands along the stream).  The problems will be ranked and potential solutions identified.  The resulting inventory of potential restoration projects will be implemented by the Corps of Engineers and/or Montgomery County, Prince Georges County and the District of Columbia.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850. $300,000

Anacostia River and Tributaries, MD and DC-Phase III

A 1991 reconnaissance report conducted by the Corps determined that Federal actions related to navigation and flood control directly degraded more that 2,600 acres of wetland, 500 acres of aquatic habitat, and 800 acres of bottomland hardwoods. Subsequently, a feasibility study was conducted and completed in 1994 and recommended 13 sites for environmental restoration. Construction has been completed at 10 of these sites.  The intended recipient is the Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, PO Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203. $400,000

Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions, MD, PA, NY, VA, NJ, DE, WV 

Funding will be used for meeting the federal government’s equitable funding requirements pursuant to the compacts that created the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), Delware River Basic Commission (DRBC), and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) and in accordance with the Water Resources Development Act of 2007. Two of the commissions undertake important water resources management functions in the Maryland portions of their respective basins, providing value-added services to the efforts of both Maryland agencies and federal activities. The intended recipient is the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, 51 Monroe Street, Suite PE-08, Rockville, MD 20850. $650,000

Metagenomic Analysis of Chesapeake Bay (MACB) Initiative

The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) is requesting funds for a collaborative effort to undertake a genomic analysis of the Chesapeake Bay to comprehensively examine all of the key microbial processes that govern the Bay’s community dynamics and health.  UMBI’s MACB Initiative will apply high-end molecular approaches and functional genomics with meta data that will elucidate the dynamics and interactions of the seasonal microbial processes that are essential in nutrient cycling and removal of pollutants from the Bay.  Using archived environmental DNA samples spanning a 20 year period, long-term changes in microbial communities will be assessed and the changes discovered will lend greater clues to what is happening in the Bay and how to improve Bay conditions. The intended recipient is the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850. $3 million

Middle Potomac Watershed Assessment

The project will assess the impacts of current and future human activities on the river’s hydrology to determine how they will be balanced and mitigated.  The intended recipient is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, PO Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203. $450,000

Middle Potomac Watershed, Great Seneca Creek and Muddy Branch, MD

This watershed feasibility study will identify degraded stream conditions in Great Seneca Creek and Muddy Branch and the feasibility of corrective solutions.  The study will pinpoint problem areas including unstable and eroding stream banks, poor fish habitat, and poor stream buffer conditions.  The problems will be ranked and potential solutions identified.  The highest ranked group of projects will have concept designs developed and the feasibility of the potential projects evaluated.  The resulting inventory of potential restoration projects will be implemented by the Corps of Engineers and/or Montgomery County. The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850. $280,000

Northwest Branch Anacostia River, Maryland

This project will fund construction of stream restoration projects in Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River watershed in accordance with Project Cost Share Agreement between the Corps of Engineers and Montgomery County, Maryland.  The intended recipient is Montgomery County, MD, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850. $1 million

NRCS Chesapeake Bay Activities

Since 2003, the Agriculture Appropriations bill has included targeted support for the Chesapeake Bay (MD).  Although this support has previously not been in addition to state funds, the Committee is encouraged to make this request additive. The intended recipient is the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service, 339 Busch’s Frontage Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. $6 million

Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery, MD and VA 

Funding will go to the Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore to provide infrastructure for oyster reef restoration.  The intended recipient is the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, PO Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203. $4 million

Oyster Restoration, Maryland and Virginia

This program would fund native oyster restoration in both the Maryland and Virginia portions of the Chesapeake Bay.  The development of native oyster aquaculture is critical to a viable commercial oyster industry in the Chesapeake Bay.  The intended recipient is the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, 401 Severn Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403. $5.6 million

Rockville Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project

The City of Rockville will engage in sewer system rehabilitation though manhole and pipe repair and sewer lining to reduce infiltration and inflow, which ultimately will decrease the flow into Rockville sewers and Blue Plains treatment plant and subsequent run-off into the Bay.  The intended recipient is the City of Rockville, MD, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850. $3 million

Sligo Creek Bioretention Demonstration Project

Eleven square miles of Sligo Creek is one of the most highly developed tributaries in the Anacostia River Watershed. This project is a two-year, community-based effort to employ a suite of pollutant source control projects for watershed restoration.  It will involve the mapping of trash hot spots, implementing Low Impact Development (LID) stormwater management practices, utilizing trash management devices, and engaging in outreach and education.  The intended recipient is Prince George’s County, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. $1.2 million

Sligo Creek Restoration Project

The Breewood Park and Raydale Road stormwater management projects in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties will provide documented pollution reductions in one of Anacostia’s most polluted subwatersheds: Sligo Creek.  The projects will demonstrate the benefits of “low impact” stormwater controls and will involve citizens of the two communities in restoring their local streams.  The intended recipients are Montgomery County, MD, Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850, and Prince George’s County, MD, 14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772. $1,832,875

Trash-Free Potomac Initiative

The Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative (TFPWI) is a grassroots initiative spearheaded by the Alice Ferguson Foundation to reduce trash and increase recycling, education and awareness of trash issues throughout the Potomac Watershed.  The intended recipient is the Alice Ferguson Foundation, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 320, Washington, DC 20009. $200,000

National Program Requests

Note: The following are innovative national programs that are already authorized by Congress in the No Child Left Behind Act (PL 107-110), the Higher Education Act (PL 110-315), or the American History and Civic Education Act (PL 108-474). 

Teach for America

Teach for America is an authorized federal program under Public Law 110-315.  This funding will go towards the recruitment, selection, placement, and professional development of an estimated 8200 first- and second-year teachers in 39 low-income regions across the nation.  These teachers will reach an estimated 525,000 underserved students.  The $25 million in federal funds will leverage roughly $160 million in corporate, foundation, and individual dollars and will make up an estimated 13 percent of Teach for America’s anticipated 2010 operating revenue of $190 million.

Teach for America has placed 239 corps members in 82 schools in Maryland, including in 70 corps members in 26 schools in Prince George’s County.  These corps members reach 16,000 students statewide.

The intended recipient is Teach for America, 315 West 36th Street, New York, NY, 10018. $25 million

National History Day

National History Day is an authorized federal program under Public Law 108-474 and was funded last year at $500,000.  FY10 funding would continue and expand National History Day activities to promote the study of history and improve instruction.  Founded in 1974, National History Day, Inc. is a nonprofit education organization that delivers yearlong programs dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of history.  NHD holds a national history project contest for students in grades 6-12 and offers professional development programs for teachers and administrators that can be customized to participants’ state standards and assessment models to improve student achievement.

Last year, over 16,000 students, including students from the 8th Congressional District, participated in the Maryland National History Day program.  Over 300 teachers in Maryland use History Day in their classrooms.

The intended recipient is National History Day, Inc., University of Maryland, 0119 Cecil Hall, College Park, MD 20742. $5 million

Education for Democracy Act

The Education for Democracy Act is authorized under Public Law 107-110 to promote among students a profound understanding of, and commitment to, the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy and promote students’ capacities to participate competently and responsibly in civic life in their communities and the nation.  The We the People program provides every Congressional District with free sets of specialized textbooks for K-12 schools and provides teachers with professional development opportunities.  The program is administered by local volunteers who adapt the program to fit local needs and leverage federal funding with state and local support.  The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program provides staff training to improve civic responsibility and promote positive attitudes.  The High Needs Initiative reaches out to students in schools that serve high percentages of socio-economically disadvantaged students and those experiencing attendance or truancy problems.  Finally, the Civitas International Program provides for exchanges among leaders in civic education in the United States and emerging and established democracies worldwide. 

In Maryland, the We the People program has provided instructional materials for civic education classes, and federal funding has been used for Project Citizen, a civic engagement curriculum in which students identify problems in their communities and develop and implement solutions to meet the Maryland Student Service Learning Requirement.  The Maryland Department of Education has also developed teacher exchanges with regions of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, India, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Mongolia through the Civitas program.

The intended recipient is the Center for Civic Education, 5145 Douglas Fir Road, Calabasas, CA, 91302. $35 million

Arts in Education

The Arts in Education Program is federally authorized in Public Law 107-110 to continue to develop and disseminate model arts curriculum and provide access to arts education.  The Program funds model arts education programs in schools in communities across the country, the professional development of arts educators, and the ongoing national arts education initiatives of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and VSA arts, a program which ensures that people with disabilities can participate in the arts.  Studies continually show a significant link between arts education and students’ academic performance.

Schools in the 8th Congressional district have received competitive grants through this program to expand existing state and local partnerships for arts education and build on model arts integration professional development programs to encourage teachers to integrate the arts into instructional programs to improve academic achievement. 

The intended recipient is the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 4W343, LBJ, Washington, DC 20202. $53 million

National Writing Project

National Writing Project is a federally authorized program under Public Law 107-110.  The Project consists of a national network of sites through which teachers in every region of the United States gain access to effective practices and research findings about the teaching of writing.  The National Writing Project contracts with institutions of higher education and nonprofit education providers who match the federal investment to operate teacher training programs.  A National Advisory Board regularly provides advice and support and reviews the Project’s programs and activities.  The Project serves more than 100,000 teachers at approximately 175 sites and has served over 2 million teachers and administrators since its inception in 1974.

There are sites in Maryland at Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland at College Park, and the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore that serve 2,700 teachers.  Teachers from a number of schools in Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties have participated in the program. 

The intended recipient is the National Writing Project, 2105 Bancroft Way, #1042, Berkeley, CA 94720. $30 million

Reading is Fundamental

Reading is Fundamental is a federally authorized program under Public Law 107-110 to enhance child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from more than 18,000 locations in all 50 states.

There are 10 Reading is Fundamental sites in the 8th Congressional District that serve over 1,500 children.  Federal funding leverages local spending to increase the number of children who receive services.

The intended recipient is Reading Is Fundamental, 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009. $28 million