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Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2022

Listed below are the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Albertus Magnus College - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,425,000
  • Funding will be used to expand the College's technology infrastructure to support student's technological education and access to experiential learning and training; the funding will support the creation of computer labs, technology lending libraries, and an internship program.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Alliance for Living - New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $270,000
  • Funding will support opioid use disorder interventions through health navigators and clinicians in community settings.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $25,000
  • Funding would support. veterans transitioning off of COVID-19 support programs like housing assistance and enhanced unemployment to workforce development and employment training.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Beat the Street Community Center Inc. - Meriden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $62,800
  • This program targets kids 8-14, or 14- young adulthood designed to keep kids off the streets and assist community members looking for employment by hosting fitness/recreation programs, a career explorer program, a career development program, and managing a community garden.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Boys and Girls Club of Meriden - Meriden, CT

  • Amount Increase: $50,000
  • This funding would support the activities of the Afterschool Enrichment Program at the Boys and Girls Club Meriden. The Program supports at-risk youth through a variety of services, including meal supports, mental health support, tutoring, music lessons, arts enrichment, sports, etc.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Bridges Healthcare, Inc. - Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $29,277
  • Funding would be used to replace the boiler system in the facility to ensure that Bridges can continue to safely serve their patient population, correct a flooding issue in the basement, and improve energy efficiency.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Bridges Healthcare, Inc. - Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $151,216
  • Funding would be used to upgrade the current technology systems and enhance cybersecurity to safeguard and facilitate connections with patients.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Bridges Healthcare, Inc. - Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $894,591
  • Funding would be used to replace the HVAC system in the facility to ensure that Bridges can continue to safely serve their patient population and continue to meet OSHA and DPH requirements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Capital Workforce Partners - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $593,418
  • This project seeks to reduce unemployment and recidivism rates for returning citizens through an Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training program.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Capitol Region Education Council - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $275,000
  • This project will support the Connecticut Teacher Residency Program (CT-TRP) in bringing more educators from underrepresented backgrounds into Connecticut classrooms.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Charter Oak Cultural Center - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $47,000
  • Funding will support implementation of Adverse Childhood Experiences training.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Charter Oak Cultural Center - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $50,000
  • Funding will modernize space for classrooms and staff focused on Adverse Childhood Experiences prevention and response
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $513,000
  • Funding would support a program to provide at-risk youth ages 18-24 with opportunities for academic certification and job training.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC, Inc.) of CT - Middletown, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • Funding will support the creation of an Education and Training Technical Assistance Center to train providers and address the shortage of primary care workers.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA) - New Britain, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,200,655
  • Funding would support construction/rehab of a new mental health facility for a temporary crisis respite program.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

COMPASS Youth Collaborative - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $100,000
  • This project will support the ongoing work of COMPASS Peacebuilders, who work with Hartford youth who are disengaged from school to develop positive life plans, return to school, and find employment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies - Rocky Hill, CT

  • Amount Requested: $368,900
  • Funding will support improved access to health care for children at an elevated risk of mental health disorders.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Cornell Scott - Hill Health Center - Hamden Health - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $650,000
  • Funding will increase access to primary care and behavioral health care by renovating a commercial space into a new health center site.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Gaylord Hospital, Inc. - Wallingford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,200,000
  • Funding would be used for the renovation and equipment expenses required to begin a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician residency program in partnership with UCONN John Dempsey and Hartford HealthCare.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Goodwill of Southern New England - North Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $372,000
  • This project plans to provide intensive workforce development and re-integration services for up to 200 returning individuals utilizing a combination of their own resources and other grant support.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Goodwin University (University of Bridgeport) - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,150,000
  • This project will support the establishment of a Manufacturing Training Center on the University of Bridgeport campus to introduce students to advanced manufacturing, including Machining and Welding.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Hartford Promise - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,940,000
  • Funding would support expanded scholarship and employment readiness opportunities for at-risk students.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Health Education Center - Norwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $139,000
  • Funding will support further investment in clinician training and development to increase the number of underserved residents served at Inter-professional Education clinics.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

InterCommunity Health Care - East Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,598,000
  • Funding will support of the expansion of hospital violence intervention program collaboratives.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Johnson Memorial Hospital - Stafford Springs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $900,000
  • Funding will support development of a senior emergency care department.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Liberation Programs, Inc. - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $16,000
  • Funding will be used for the construction of a single-person, gender neutral bathroom on the first floor of the Pelletier Wellness Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Liberation Programs, Inc. - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $137,000
  • Funding will be used to hire two-family focused Recovery Coaches to support clients and families during treatment and after discharge.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

New Haven Public Schools - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,0000
  • This project will support the acquisition of technology to help establish manufacturing labs in the public school system ensuring students have adequate training to enter the manufacturing sector.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

New Haven Reads Community Book Bank - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Increase: $216,000
  • Funding would support the expansion of an intensive Structured Literacy pilot called RISE (Reading Intervention for Success Everyday) through staff and tutor training and student recruitment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board - Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $650,000
  • This funding would help partner the workforce board with local youth service providers, school governance councils, construction-related training providers, local job and training centers to place students into job placements.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Nuvance Health - Danbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,150,000
  • Funding for this project will be used to purchase capital equipment for a new outpatient mental health center in Norwalk, CT.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Oddfellows Playhouse Youth Theater - Middletown, CT

  • Amount Requested: $48,000
  • This project will support the Oddfellows Playhouse’s neighborhood-based programs, specifically to send teaching artists to the lowest income neighborhoods in Middletown and bring youth from these neighborhoods to the theater for afterschool programs.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. - New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $300,000
  • This project will provide training services to low-income, underemployed, and under-educated adults to provide them with valuable skills and strategies to be successful and productive members of their community.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $250,000
  • This project will help Reading Is Fundamental implement a high-quality plan to support childhood literacy that includes book distributions, literacy activities, teacher support, and parent involvement, reaching an estimated 19,500 elementary children.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

RE-Center Race Equity in Education - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $100,000
  • This project will support the expansion of RE-Center’s work, which largely consists of providing teachers at all levels with the equity-centered professional development needed to address race-based achievement gaps in Connecticut’s public schools. The program also supports youth via Equity Teams for Positive School Change to work with administrators and teachers to create equitable school environments, with a specific lens on addressing racism and inequity.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,220,000
  • Funding will support renovation of a community food pantry.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Southeastern Regional Action Council Inc. - Norwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $200,000
  • This funding will support three staff member positions for approximately 12 months to develop town-based Wellness Teams with the mission of rebuilding community connectedness by re-engaging residents at risk and disseminating federal and state resources.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The Children’s Museum (Hartford) - West Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,600,000
  • This project will help the Center expand its programs and reach, which serve to bring equitable social and economic mobility for disadvantaged Hartford youth by enriching their educational experiences with high quality, out-of-school time, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) programs from kindergarten through college.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

The New American Dream Foundation - Danbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $50,000
  • Funding would be used to bolster the Senior Hot Meals Program operated by The New American Dream Foundation, supporting the direct purchase of hot meals for low-income seniors in Danbury, CT and the coordination needed to distribute the meals.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

United Services, Inc. - Dayville, CT

  • Amount Requested: $515,000
  • Funding will support integration of behavioral health and primary care services.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut - Hartford, CT

  • Amount Increase: $345,00
  • Funding would support the expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) and book distribution across the state to support the development of critical literacy skills for low-income children.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

United Way of Greater Waterbury - Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Increase: $105,000
  • This project will support the addition of mindfulness workshops in the United Way's eight Positive Youth Development Afterschool programs. These afterschool programs predominantly serve low-income children in the Waterbury area, and the mindfulness workshops are meant to build off their ongoing programming related to supporting the social-emotional learning of participants.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

United Way of Western Connecticut - Danbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,200,000
  • Funds will support the development of Prosperi-Key, a new web-based platform that will connect low-income families with businesses and services that will provide them with discounts and supports.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut Health Center - Farmington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • Funding would be used to expand three health professions training programs through a recruitment program with UCHC and HCBUs, increasing the number of Black students training to become health professionals.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut Health Center - Farmington, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • Funding will be used to establish a year long STEM education program for grades 7-12 at four sites in Connecticut to stimulate interest in science and medicine among Black students.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of New Haven - West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • Funding would support the procurement of technology for the University's Center for Consumer Protection and Cybersecurity to train students and ensure students are equip to fill the many cybersecurity roles needed in Connecticut and across the country.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Saint Joseph - West Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $900,000
  • Funding will support the creation of an Interprofessional Health Education Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Waterbury Bridge to Success Community Partnership - Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $382,000
  • This project will support the expansion of the Waterbury Bridge to Success (BTS) partnership with local organizations, families, and volunteers working to prepare Waterbury's youth for success from cradle to career, specifically via building partnerships between local public schools and communities to provide every child with the direct services and supports they need to succeed.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Workforce Alliance - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $823,711
  • This project will provide professional development and guided pathways to entering and advancing in the information technology (IT) field, particularly for 18-24-year-olds disconnected from school or work.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

YWCA Greenwich - Greenwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $65,000
  • This project will support the YWCA’s new preschool programs by covering the costs to complete the process of obtaining certification from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

YWCA Greenwich - Greenwich, CT

  • Amount Requested: $75,000
  • Funding would be used for the renovation of the YWCA to better serve clients and meet the increased need for Domestic Abuse Services.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.