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FY11 Appropriations requests

 

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2011 Summary
Title of Project Amount Requested Name of Recipient Address of Recipient
Situation Awareness Tools for Tactical Law Enforcement Operations and Crime Response $225,000 Camden County Sheriff's Office 520 Market Street, Room 100, Camden NJ 08103
Project Explanation: Camden County faces persistent problems with violent crime; officers are often placed in the line of danger in fighting drug related crime, domestic violence, and protecting the property of the County's citizens. To enhance officer safety, Camden County is requesting funding for a new generation of situation awareness tools that will be used by the County's SWAT teams – these software tools provide team members and incident commanders with a suite of information and communications capabilities that improve command and control during tactical events. These capabilities include real time location information of team members on geo referenced maps to incident commanders and members of the SWAT teams, along with the ability to share images, text messages, floorplans and other multimedia information. Camden County is one of the communities most in need of assistance in our nation, especially as the City of Camden transitions from administration by the State and returns to home rule. Additional investments to support law enforcement operations during this period will have a multiplier effect, demonstrating the continuing commitment to excellence in police and emergency response operations.
"Cool Roof" Energy Efficient Roofing System for the Shared Services Municipal Building 428,000 Township of Berlin 176 Bate Avenue, West Berlin NJ 08091
Project Explanation: This is an energy efficient project for the replacement of the municipal building roof with an energy efficient roofing system. The "cool roof" system can reduce building energy consumption by up to 40%, improve insulation performance to reduce winter heat loss and summer heat gain.roofing.system.
Rowan University Algae-Based Renewable Fuel Initiative $1,000,000 Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08280
Project Explanation:The purpose of the project is to research and demonstrate production of algae-based renewable fuels on a commercially-viable basis, including research on the biology of various strains of algae to determine the most-efficient strains for use in the climate and ecology of New Jersey, biochemical research on the most efficient mixtures of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and phosphorus to use in the bioreactors to grow algae, evaluation and engineering and applied research on development of the most efficient construction of bioreactors that yield the greatest quantities of algae and renewable fuel in the least energy intensive manner. The primary reason this research, development and demonstration is a worthy use of taxpayer funds is because achieving energy independence is one of the United States' most important strategic goals. 
The Rock School's RockReach Program for At-Risk Youth $350,000 Rock School for Dance Education Headquarters: 1101 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147   Facilities: 1510 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA; Programs in NJ 01, PA 01, PA 02, PA 07 Districts  
Project Explanation:Funding will be used to provide inner-city, disadvantaged youth with an in-school and after-school arts education program which has a proven track record of delinquency prevention, and a direct, positive impact on the youth's behavior and academic performance in math, science and technology. The Congress and the Administration have made afterschool programs, arts education, job training and family-oriented activities, priorities for the country because they recognize the tangible and intangible benefits of such programs to prevent juvenile delinquency. RockReach was founded and designed to specifically meet the needs of at-risk youth of the Greater Philadelphia area. It has a direct, positive impact on all these priorities with a proven track record of delivering effective services for a very low cost. Every year, 8,000 young people from impoverished areas in Camden, NJ, and Philadelphia participate and benefit from this program. For those involved in more intensive parts of the program there is a long-lasting, positive effect in their personal and academic lives.
Progress Around The Schools  Program  $589,600 Generations Incorporated 1115 Gibbsboro Rd, Lindenwold, NJ 08021 
Project Explanation:The P.A.T.S. Program will feature prevention and intervention elements. The intervention element of this project will include academic tutoring, a mentor component, Victim Impact Training, counseling, character enrichment workshops, and much more. The prevention element of this project will include but will not be limited to an After-School Program, employment readiness/placement, educational field trips, teen summits, community service activities, weekend retreats, and recreation activities. The P.A.T.S. Program will provide these services to youth ages ten to eighteen over a twelve month period. The geographical area where this project will be implemented is within following NJ counties; Camden, Mercer, Cumberland and Gloucester.
Enhancement of Patrol Procedures through Electronic Field Reporting $50,000 Somerdale Police Department 105 Kennedy Blvd. Somerdale NJ 08083
Project Explanation:The project will provide tools to the officers of the Somerdale Police Department to efficiently serve the residents of this community, all the while remaining a presence in the community while processing necessary reports. The funding will be used to acquire Panasonic Tough Books to be placed in the patrol units.  With the enhanced technology officers will be spending more time on the street where they are needed, not only attempting to detect criminal activity but by providing a visible deterrent.   Furthermore, this technology upgrade continues to give the officers the access to much needed State and Federal information on individuals contacted on the street, through motor vehicle records, NCIC Wanted persons files, Foreign Fugitive File, Immigration Violator File, Protection Order File, US Secret Service Protective File, and Convicted Sexual Offender File.
D.A.R.E. to TALK $400,000 D.A.R.E. New Jersey, Inc. 292 Prospect Plains Road Cranbury, NJ   08512
Project Explanation:To create and implement a statewide media and technologically advanced resource mechanism designed to educate parents and teachers in a collaboration of D.A.R.E. Officers, teachers, and parents.  Community members will access a web-based, twenty four hour hotline to address concerns regarding substance abuse and resistance for their K-12 age children.  By access to this site parents and teachers will be able to review the D.A.R.E. curricula that is delivered to their children in school and learn to reinforce the resistance strategies of the initiative.  In New Jersey and nationwide, drugs and violence continue to threaten the safety of our children and jeopardize their future. At an early age children are exposed to advertisements that encourage pill taking, videos that support drinking alcohol and music that praises drugs.   Since 1975, a sophisticated body of research has charted the pathways through which parents influence their children's development. 
New Workers Development Center - Program Support  $439,008 Respond, Inc. 532 State Street, Camden, NJ 08102
Project Explanation:Funding to support operations at the NWJDC program will provide vocational skills development, for up to 180 Camden City residents, in career fields that are realistic for immediate employment opportunities. The employment skills developed at the New Workers Job Development Center are meaningful and the placement services associated with the program allow graduates placement in sustainable jobs which offer self-sufficiency.  Employment and skills development are two key factors in the revitalization of this long term distressed community. Preliminary statistics, from the Bureau of Labor Statics (BLS), state that Camden City, as of 12/09, had an unemployment rate of 19.2% almost double the national average. Federal funds from this request would support three (3) cycles of Automotive Technology classes along with six (6) cycles in the Culinary Arts program field.   In addition to the vocational training, Respond is working in partnership with Camden County College, to provide on-site GED instruction to the students and others from the community.
Applied Comminications and Information Networking (ACIN)  $            7,000,000 Drexel University 200 Federal Street, Suite 300, Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:The funding would be used for matching DOD needs with academic and industrial capabilities in communications and information networking. The core objective of ACIN is R&D and commercialization of technologies that will revolutionize military capabilities, including doctrine and methods of operation. ACIN focuses on high value military systems which employ rapidly advancing Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance technologies and provides innovative applications of these technologies. ACIN enables war fighters to rapidly deploy state-of-the-practice technologies for war fighting and Homeland Security. A complementary goal for achieving this core objective is to provide a broad cross section of DoD decision makers and system developers with the requisite competencies to innovatively and effectively employ emerging commercial technologies in their systems and their applications. In other words, ACIN will make the often arcane world of communication and networking technology rapidly and effectively available to those who have the responsibility to defend our Nation.
Non-thermal Plama Wound Treatment  $            4,000,000 Drexel University 200 Federal Street, Suite 300, Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:The funding would be used for developing a non-thermal plasma device to provide rapid and effective treatment of war fighters for battlefield wounds (burns, traumatic wounds, etc) including sterilization, blood coagulation and the enhancement of the wound healing process.   This program offers an effective and rapid method of treating battlefield wounds. This technique relies only on the availability of electrical power that can be delivered by batteries. This sterilization, blood coagulation and tissue regeneration methodology provides effective treatment and circumvents logistical problems often associated with storage, delivery and disposal of topical chemical sterilizers. This program will develop and test the efficacy of plasma treatment so that they may be deployed to effectively treat the war fighter in the battlefield.
Cooper Health System South Jersey Cancer Center Energy Efficiency Iniative $1,200,000 Cooper Hospital One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:Cooper is seeking assistance with funding technology for the “green” roof, which will include solar panels for power generation, natural vegetation plantings to reduce the heat island effect as well as to install a healing garden, and subsurface roof tanks to allow for water reuse and reduced storm water runoff.  These additions will result in more efficient hospital operations, significantly reduced fossil fuel consumption, and better air quality for the people of New Jersey.  In addition, the reduced energy consumption and utility costs will allow Cooper to save money over time and reinvest those funds directly into patient care activity.  These initiatives are wholly consistent with the stated Federal missions and agency objectives of the Department of Energy.  For the past several years poor air quality, rising energy prices and dependence on foreign sources of fossil-fuels has made energy conservation and reduced greenhouse gas emissions a national priority.  In addition, a major focus of the Administration is the creation and fostering of green jobs, and adoption of green technology to support the burgeoning U.S. green-tech sector.  These projects will accomplish this goal on a near term timeframe.
Going Green $211,869 Maryville, Inc 1903 Grant Ave Williamstown, NJ 08094
Project Explanation:Maryville, Inc. would like to increase energy efficiency and decrease cost through the installation of a solar panel system at our residential facility.  The system will allow Maryville to cut energy cost which will create more funding for the services provided to our consumers.  This project will also benefit our environment as it is anticipated that we will be able to generate approximately 41,816 KWh/yr.  This is projected to provide a first year offset electrical cost of approximately $7,000. The solar renewable energy credit,(serc) is estimated to be $25,000 for a first year electric avoidance of $32,000. The Federal Government's support of this program would help to decreases costs, increase energy efficiency and is environmentally friendly as it supports renewable energy use.
Green Jobs Education & Training Center $699,758 Generations Incorporated 1115 Gibbsboro Rd, Lindenwold, NJ 08021 
Project Explanation:The training program for the Green Re-entry project will focus on developing skills aimed at occupations concentrated in the energy efficiency and the renewable energy sectors. Our training program will focus on entrepreneur opportunities and occupations within these sectors that require an apprenticeship, professional certificate, or one to two years of post-secondary education and training.  The job readiness and placement will begin as soon as the student is admitted to the program and will continue throughout classroom, apprenticeship and placement in full-time jobs. Successful receipt of this federal request would cover the costs of developing the curriculum, initial operational costs, staffing and administration of the program. Continued costs in future years would be covered through tuition paid for by various funding streams including parole, the Workforce Investments Boards in each county, the State Department of Labor, and the county Drug Courts.  Additional support and program expansion is being investigated with PECO and PSE&G utility companies.
Gloucester & Salem Counties Regional Wastewater Management System $210,000,000 County of Gloucester  Office of the County Engineer                        1200 N. Delsea Drive Clayton, NJ 08312
Project Explanation:The funds will allow for the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility for 11 municipalities in Gloucester County and 12 municipalities in Salem County. The project cost includes retrofitting the existing DuPont treatment facility in Carneys Point, NJ.  This treatment plant, with some modifications, has an existing discharge permit and outfall and available capacity to meet the future needs of the 23 municipalities.  Benefits include economic development, job creation, natural resource protection, and surface and groundwater water quality improvements in the Gloucester and Salem Counties. It will result in additional disposable income within the region of about $1.5 billion annually from about 32,500 families. Once the regional wastewater system is in operation, skilled personnel will be needed to run the system, and operate the municipal wastewater collection systems. DVRPC forecasted employment growth for the Delaware Valley of 18% between 2000 and 2030. This results in economic development that will create more than 22,000 permanent jobs (DVRPC et al.) in the project area.
Storm Water Management Improvements for State Street and Harrison Avenue  $1,000,000 Cooper's Ferry Development Association One Port Center
2 Riverside Dr. Suite 501
Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:The project will address storm water management issues along State Street and Harrison Avenue that hamper passage for pedestrians and vehicles alike. The project will separate the storm and sanitary sewer lines and provide other improvements to mitigate flooding and manage storm water. This is part of a larger project to completely rebuild Harrison Avenue and State Street between North Camden and the Kroc Center.  With federal and county support for rebuilding the storm water infrastructure, American Water Co will rebuild the water infrastructure in the project area and the City will leverage NJDOT funds for road improvements.  According to the 2000 census, the total population of Cramer Hill and neighboring North Camden was 12,994, 37% of which is under the age of 18, making access and usability of the Kroc Center, with its array of youth programming, a key priority. Cramer Hill's median household income is $21,119 and North Camden's is $15,555, short of the City average of $23,421 and well below the State average of $55,146. North Camden is one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Camden, recently ranked the poorest in the United State for a city of its size. 
Wedgewood Forest Stormwater Remediation Project $975,736 Washington Township Municipal Building    523 Egg Harbor Road Sewell, NJ  08080
Project Explanation:The construction of a stormwater underdrain system within the Wedgwood Forest community, located in Washington Township.  The project is intended to alleviate a serious groundwater problem, as well as a stormwater management problem.  Due to the poor condition of the existing underdrains, several negative factors exist:  1 -Water quality in nearby stream intended to receive discharge waters is degraded (environmental problem); 2 - Poor drainage creates stagnant water areas in residential neighborhood, which may promote mosquito breeding (environmental and health problem); 3 - Poor drainage has promoted residential sump pump illicit connections, which may send stormwater into sanitary sewer system (environmental problem); and, 4 - Poor drainage has damaged roadway, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer damage through sink holes, which may send stormwater into sanitary sewer system (environmental problem).  By reconstructing the underdrains, water quality will be improved in the tributaries, the volume of flow to the GCUA will be reduced, and continuing damage to infrastructure will be stopped, and the health and safety of affected residences will be improved.  Each of these are in line with EPA policies.
Edgewood Avenue and Allied Parkway Sanitary Sewer Main Extension - Priority No. 3 $3,332,000 Township of Berlin 176 Bate Avenue West Berlin NJ 08091
Project Explanation:The existing Berlin Township Public Works Complex is located on Edgewood Avenue as well as an Industrial Complex on Allied Parkway, between N.J.S.H. 73 and Cooper Road (County Route 675).  The extension of the public sanitary sewer to the complexes will eliminate any potential public health hazards, provide for proper treatment of the wastewater and reduce the potential for contaminating the ground water table and nearby freshwater wetlands and waterbodies.  This project is an excellent use of taxpayer funds as it is consitent with the US Clean Water Act and the US Environmental Protection Agency to mitigate the impacts of wastewater pollution and provide clean water.
Dredging of Peter's Creek: Feasibility Study $180,000 Borough of Oaklyn 500 White Horse Pike, Oaklyn NJ 08107
Project Explanation:The funding of a feasibility study for the dredging of Peters Creek is  being reqeusted as the necessary first step in moving forward with the dredging project.  A significant amount of sand, silt, sediment and debris has accumulated in the lake area due to the decreased rate of flow of stormwater runoff, soil erosion and the lack of Best Management Practices at the outfall structures along the creek. The decrease in water depth and volume has created a public health hazard and stagnant water conditions. The conditions have resulted in the depletion of dissolved oxygen and a drastic increase in fish kill. These undesirable conditions have resulted in an increase in the mosquito and rodent population and the potential for the spread of West Nile virus and other viruses and diseases. The conditions have severely affected the residences along the creek and along the lake.  The transformation of the water body will not only provide for recreational opportunities and benefits for the Borough of Oaklyn and its residents, but the Borough's of Audubon Park, Audubon, and Haddon Township and residents County wide.
Grant to Support Scholarships and Public Interest Activities at Rutgers University School of Law – Camden $800,000 Rutgers University School of Law – Camden 217 North 5th Street, Camden, NJ 08102
Project Explanation:The grant will enable Rutgers-Camden School of Law to recruit and retain a national group of students who will work for the betterment of the lives of women and children in Camden and South Jersey while they are in law school.  These students will also be trained and have a commitment to providing such services after they graduate; not only in New Jersey and the Delaware Valley, but throughout the United States.  It will also allow us to continue an innovative program which will increase our ability to do more public service in Camden and South Jersey.  The pro bono outreach to our alumni will assist people dislocated by the economic crisis and could become a national model.  The prisoner reentry work will similarly not only provide local services, but can also be a national model.
Pediatric Obesity Outreach Program of the John M. Tedeschi Pediatric Institute at Virtua $1,039,864 John M. Tedeschi Pediatric Institute at Virtua  1000 Atlantic Avenue, Camden, NJ, 08104
Project Explanation:Virtua is requesting funding  to help develop and launch the Pediatric Obesity Outreach Program.  Phase One of this first-of-its-kind, three-year initiative will be located at Virtua Camden, with a primary focus on the City of Camden, and will serve individuals throughout the South Jersey region.  The Pediatric Obesity Outreach Program will focus on addressing medical issues and lifestyle patterns that exacerbate the prevalence of pediatric obsesity.  Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing health threats facing the United States  and New Jersey in particular. Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System data from 2006 shows that New Jersey has the highest reported rate of obesity in the nation for low-income children ages 2 to 5. Fifteen percent of New Jersey youth (grades 9 to 12) are overweight, and another 11% are obese, according to 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey data.  In Camden, New Jersey, available data indicates that there is an epidemic of obesity among various ages of children – the worst being ages 12 to 19 (42% of males and 44 % of females are  overweight or obese). 
South Jersey Cancer Network Diagnostic Imaging $680,000 Kennedy Health  Washington Township
435 Hurffville-Cross Keys Road
Turnersville, NJ 08012
Project Explanation:Kennedy Health System seeks a federal partnership to acquire a state-of-the-art integrated PET/CT imaging system to better diagnose and quickly and effectively take action in early diagnoses for cancers.  This multi-use facility will serve an area that currently has limited access to sophisticated cancer diagnostics and treatment and allow for New Jersey residents to remain in Jersey for their health care.  The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society reports that in one year, 43,830 new cancer cases will be diagnosed and 18,060 cancer deaths will occur in New Jersey.  In 2008, the National Cancer Institute stated the cost of cancer deaths by 2020 will be $1.4 trillion dollars.  These issues are particularly important in New Jersey, whose incidence for all cancers continues to be significantly higher than the national rates and is the second leading cause of death.   Improved outcomes are predicated upon local access.  Early diagnosis can drastically reduce the cost of treatment over time, and the requested equipment can demonstrably change the ways in which diagnoses are implemented.
Radiology Equipment for Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center $1,700,000 Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center 1600 Haddon Avenue               Camden, New Jersey 08103
Project Explanation:The purpose of this project is to upgrade critical radiology equipment at OLLMC, located in Camden, NJ (one of the poorest cities in the nation) to increase the Medical Center's diagnostic abilities to better treat a needy population.  The high number of public assistance patients receiving care at OLLMC means that this medical center receives lower payments for its services, making the purchase of equipment much more difficult.  This funding will improve diagnostic services for a medically underserved population and better serve the increasing number of needy patients accentuated by the economic crisis.  This designated appropriation will enable OLLMC, a disproportionate share hospital, to keep pace with the standard of care available at suburban hospitals by allowing OLLMC to purchase much-needed equipment to better serve this challenging urban population. A recent study found that 39% of Camden's population receives Medicaid, Medicare or another public source of health insurance, and 23% of Camden's families have no medical insurance coverage.  In addition, the age-adjusted mortality rates for Camden City residents for all deaths are among the highest in the nation. 
Coriell Center for Personalized Medicine $768,025 Coriell Institute for Medical Research 403 Haddon Ave., Camden, NJ 80103
Project Explanation:The Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative (CPMC) is a large-scale, scientific research study designed to investigate the impact of personalized medicine on health outcomes and to facilitate the use of this information by the patient and healthcare community.  As a result of the investment of millions of dollars, Coriell has developed the methodologies to use this information to report on relative risks of disease based on both genetics and family history.  In addition, Coriell is now able to report on the effect an individual's genetic profile is likely to have on the safety and efficacy of hundreds of prescription drugs-specifically medications, like Coumadin and Plavix, which have been shown to be effective, toxic or ineffective based on an individual's genetics.  The impact of this information is impossible to overstate.  With funding we can complete the clinical decision tool for known drugs that cause illness to avoid adverse reactions and prevent drug related death, develop the tools needed to teach the next generation of doctors about genetics and partner with institutions and corporations to analyze more about the genome and share that with the world.
Cooper Medical School Medical Education Simulation Center $1,300,000 Cooper Hospital One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:Cooper is seeking to create a state-of-the-art simulation laboratory to provide realistic training opportunities for the medical students, as well as other health professionals.  Simulation labs are the top priority in advanced medical education because they provide the key to improving patient safety and outcomes.  This project is consistent with Federal priorities and the stated mission of HRSA.  The project would provide access to world class medical education for the newest medical school in the state.  The Simulation Center will provide education and training opportunities to doctors and nurses serving patients throughout South New Jersey and the entire state.  These education and training opportunities will improve health outcomes and address health disparities, and particularly for the minority and economically disadvantaged patients of Camden. In addition, HRSA supports critically needed infrastructure funding at safety-net institutions in communities where services are lacking, and where a federal partnership will improve health status and community health. 
Cooper Health System - Comprehensive Stroke Care Initiative $1,500,000 Cooper Hospital One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:Cooper will construct a neuro-interventional clinical treatment facility and lab.  The clinical neuro-intervention lab will consist of the creation of a new neuro-intervention lab to replace an existing lab that has reached the end of its useful life.  The lab will be equipped biplane angiography equipment, a neuro/hemo system, and an ablation system for neuro-intervention procedures.  This request is consistent with the Federal and HRSA mission to provide improved access to care in medically underserved areas to minority and disadvantaged populations.  The medically disadvantaged community of Camden is currently without access to technology and care that is essential for the proper treatment of aneurysms and stroke.  The lack of access to the most current standards of care leads to lower quality health outcomes, and creates added costs associated with rehabilitation.  In addition, the minority population of Camden is statistically more likely to be afflicted with precursor conditions to stroke due to obesity, hypertension and environmental factors.
The Stratford Campus Center for Interprofessional Teaching and Learning $250,000 The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM) UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine, One Medical Center Drive, Stratford, NJ 08084 / 856-566-6764
Project Explanation:The Stratford Campus Center for Interprofessional Teaching and Learning (CITL) will expand upon the existing Center for Teaching and Learning at UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic Medicine and facilitate collaboration between a broad range of faculty and students at the six UMDNJ schools located on the Stratford Campus, which focus on educating students in the fields of medicine, dentistry, biomedical sciences, public health, nursing, and the full spectrum of allied health professions.    The Center will play an important role in enabling UMDNJ-SOM to continue providing opportunities for medical and health education to a diverse group of New Jersey students. For the most recent class of 135 students at SOM, over 80% are New Jersey residents, with 26% from Southern New Jersey.  It is ranked #1 among all U.S. Osteopathic Medical Schools in the percentage of underrepresented minority student enrollment (18%) and the school consistently is a leader in total minority student enrollment (50%) and female enrollment (55%).  The CITL will improve academic success, educational quality and diversity at all six schools on campus, fostering a dynamic campus-wide emphasis on interprofessional education.
Challenger Learning Center of Southern New Jersey $900,000 Educational Information and Resource Center Foundation 107 Gilbreth Parkway, Suite 200, Mullica Hill, NJ  08062-4446
Project Explanation:The funding will be used to establish a Challenger Learning Center (CLC) including purchase of space station and mission control simulators and initial operating costs of the Center.  The CLC will offer simulated space missions with the intention of raising student academic achievement, enhancing teacher performance and motivating students to pursue careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.  The “mission control” and “space lab” environments, combined with an adventure type mission, create an “educate to innovate” program generating problem solving, teamwork and critical thinking.  EIRC will work with school districts to track student course selection, college enrollment and student achievement after students have spent time at the CLC.  The Center will be located at the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University thus creating a K-20 pipeline and placing students and teachers into the world of technology.  
Advanced Glaucoma Care $150,000 South Jersey Eye Center 400 Chambers Ave., Camden, NJ 08103
Project Explanation:The funding will be used to purchase highly advanced technological equipment to increase our capabilities to detect and treat glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, and macular degeneration, the leading causes of blindness in the U.S. In addition, special equipment will be used to deliver glaucoma screenings to neighborhood sites in Camden City, the fourth poorest city in the nation where 50% of the African American and Hispanic population are uninsured and underinsured. This population has a very high incidence of glaucoma along with diabetic eye disease.
Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar $8,500,000 New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Lawrenceville, NJ
Project Explanation:The Fuel Cell Maintenance Dock provides covered, protected areas for fuel systems maintenance. The Corrosion Control Hangar provides an environmentally controlled area to wash aircraft as well as hangar space for corrosion treatment and repair.
Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range $9,100,000 Fort Dix New Jersey
Project Explanation:Construction of a range for the automated multipurpose machine gun.
500 KW Solar Photovoltaic Rooftop $3,700,000 New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Lawrenceville, NJ
Project Explanation:The Energy Policy Act of 2005 and Executive Order 13423 mandate continued energy consumption and cost reduction in the federal government. This project will help the installation achieve these objectives by providing alternate energy sources for the installation in support of 18 PAA F-16 aircraft and an active Air Defense Alert mission.
Early Learning Research Academy $1,000,000 Rutgers University-Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership 321 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ 08102
Project Explanation:This request is to support construction of a facility that will house the Early Learning Research Academy to serve children and families in Camden City.  We will serve 126 children and their families every year.  In addition, the facility will serve as a training site for teachers in Camden and beyond and also as research lab for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students at Rutgers and faculty at other institutions in the area.
Beaver Brook Erosion Control Improvements  $1,000,000 Borough of Barrington 229 Trenton Avenue  Barrington NJ 08007
Project Explanation:The purpose of the project is to mitigate existing significant erosion of the banks of the stream known as Beaver Brook and to prevent the further loss of land and to eliminate potential hazardous conditions. The project will also allow the bank stabilization for the rehabilitation/stabilization of the Brook banks with green gabions or geotextiles in various erosion areas to eliminate the erosion and protect private properties from further loss of land and to reconstruct and/or replace headwalls and conduit outlet protection at eroded inflow points.  The national significance of the project is that the project is consistent with the US Clean Water Act and the US Environmental Protection Agency to address the impacts of stormwater borne pollution.
Hunter Street Bridge Reconstruction $3,425,000.00 County of Gloucester  Office of the County Engineer, 1200 N. Delsea Drive Clayton, NJ 08312
Project Explanation:This project will involve the complete replacement of the Hunter Street Bridge over the CSX/Norfolk Southern Rail Line in the City of Woodbury, Gloucester County.  The Hunter Street Bridge provides a vital link to the Gloucester County Justice Center and also provides a means of local access across the rail lines while trains are present as it is an elevated structure.  Additionally, the new bridge will allow pedestrian movements safer and greater access to the area.
Waterfront South Revitalization Project - Community Center $550,000 Heart of Camden, Inc. 1840 Broadway, Camden, NJ 08104
Project Explanation:In a neighborhood where almost 33% of the people are living below the poverty level, this Community Center will serve as an anchoring institution in its location and abilities to meet the community's identified needs by providing families (at least 1700 residents and over 600 at-risk youth) with a safe, healthy place to recreate, educate and improve themselves to become positive, contributing members of society.  This project is part of a much larger effort to revitalize a low-income neighborhood and sustainably recreate the vibrant, mixed-use destination that it once was.  Economic, social and environmental benefits of this will extend beyond the neighborhood to the City of Camden and the region at-large.  This request focuses on the conversion of a neighborhood historic landmark, The Star Theater, in to an energy efficient Community Center equipped with the Michael J. Doyle Field House and non-profit offices for the Heart of Camden and Jaycee Housing Counseling (a HUD approved provider) under the goal of revitalization of the Broadway Commercial Corridor.      
Glassboro – Camden Line Environmental Impact Study (EIS) $9,000,000 Delaware River Port Authority 2 Riverside Drive  Camden, NJ 08101
Project Explanation:  For the past six years, through a Feasibility Study and a federally-mandated Alternatives Analysis Study, the DRPA has been examining the possibility of the expansion of transit services in Southern New Jersey culminating in a multicorridor transit vision. This much anticipated transit expansion will provide crucial new and improved mass transit opportunities for residents of the region.The EIS process will analyze and document the potential social, economic, and environmental benefits and impacts of the project as well as the proposed measures to mitigate any adverse impacts in compliance with environmental regulations. Extensive public and agency participation is a fundamental component of this process. The federally-mandated EIS process will extend over the next 18-24 months with little opportunity for schedule improvements.
Rutgers University, Camden – Streetscape Enhancements $800,000 Camden County Improvement Authority 1909 Route 70 East, Suite 300, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003
Project Explanation: A 2006 project that funded a parking garage for the Camden Waterfront Redevelopment is requested to be transferred in order to build a parking facility for Rutgers Camden graduate students. As part of the overall development process for the school this money will be used for several options including a multi-level parking structure, parking deck and improvements for surface parking. The Camden County Improvement Authority will be working with the University and City to determine a parking plan that provides the most value for not only the facility, but the entire campus.
Resurfacing and Safety Improvement to CR 553 Buck Road $1,500,000 County of Gloucester 1200 N. Delsea Drive, Clayton, NJ 08312
Project Explanation: Resurfacing and Safety Improvement to CR 553 Buck Road