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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2025

Listed below are the Commerce, Justice, Science, 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. 

City of Groton – Groton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to update and modernize structural elements of the police department. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of New London – New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $188,000
  • This project will provide funding to assist with police officer recruitment efforts. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of New London – New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $345,000
  • This project will provide funding to purchase investigative equipment for the New London Police Department. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford – Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace and update surveillance, communications, and other digital equipment in the town’s mobile command center, used to respond to events and critical incidents. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Waterbury – Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace a mobile radio system. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of West Haven – West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,104,000
  • This project will provide funding for the purchase and installation of security cameras/systems in West Haven schools. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

COMPASS Youth Collaborative – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $275,000
  • This project will provide funding for workforce education and intervention programming for youth who have experienced violence. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology – East Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $15,300,000
  • This project will provide funding for a manufacturing technology and innovation center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut College – New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $56,000
  • This project will provide funding for a feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of stabilizing and encapsulating a barge wreck with natural materials into a habitable island. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association – Avon, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,775,000
  • This project will provide funding for procurement of a Challenger Learning Center and computer systems to support the Challenger Learning Center. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

CORR – Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration Foundation, Inc. – Fairfield, New Haven, and Middlesex Counties, CT

  • Amount Requested: $112,000
  • This project will provide funding to increase the capacity of the Collective Oyster Recycling & Restoration Foundation’s shell recycling and oyster habitat restoration prohect.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

GreenWave Organization Corp. – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,130,000
  • This project will provide funding to equip and commission a biostimulant processing facility. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Hang Time, LLC – Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $394,000
  • This project will provide funding to support programming for formerly incarcerated residents in Bridgeport. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Havenly – New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $148,000
  • This project will provide funding to support the creation of an emergency domestic violence and stalking support system in conjunction with job training program for refugee and immigrant women. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Interdistrict Committee for Project Oceanology – Groton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $699,000
  • This project will provide funding to purchase equipment to expand Project Oceanology’s educational capabilities. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Naval & Maritime Consortium – Groton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,767,000
  • This project will provide funding for development of educational resources, readiness assessments, and technology consulting [] to help the maritime industrial base with standards compliance.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Police Activity League of Middletown – Middletown, CT

  • Amount Requested: $75,000
  • This project will provide funding for the Middletown Police Activity League to furnish their new location. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Police Activity League of Waterbury – Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $90,000
  • This project will provide funding for facility improvements at the Waterbury Police Activity League. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Roca, Inc. – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $773,000
  • This project will provide funding to expand programming for justice-involved youth. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,885,000
  • This project will provide funding for advocacy, medical, and psychological services to victims of violence. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Sea Research Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Mystic Aquarium – Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade life support systems that support the habitats and conservation of endangered and threatened marine mammals. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Second Chance Re-entry Initiative Program (SCRIP) – Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $250,000
  • This project will provide funding to support workforce growth.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

South Windsor Police Department – South Windsor, CT

  • Amount Requested: $176,000
  • This project will provide funding to purchase radio equipment for the South Windsor Police Department.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement, Inc. – Avon, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,700,000
  • This project will provide funding for substantial upgrades to astronomy and astrophysics facilities, equipment, and technology.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Granby – Granby, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding for emergency radio communications system upgrades. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Ledyard – Ledyard, CT

  • Amount Requested: $229,000
  • This project will provide funding to update dispatch, records, and communications systems to allow better coordination and communication with other emergency response and law enforcement agencies. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Monroe – Monroe, CT

  • Amount Requested: $350,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace body and car cameras at the Monroe Police Department. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Simsbury – Simsbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $62,000
  • This project will provide funding for complete implementation of digital emergency call handling software. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Suffield Police Department – Suffield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,345,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace the town-wide radio communications system in Suffield. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Waterford – Waterford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • This project will provide funding to upgrade first responder radio systems in Waterford.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Westport – Westport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $325,000
  • This project will provide funding to replace outdated servers, cameras, and voice recorders in the dispatch and records management systems.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Woodbury – Woodbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • This project will provide funding to update the emergency responder radio system, which is no longer supported by the original manufacturer. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of New Haven – West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • This project will provide funding for U.S. Justice Department-approved conflict de-escalation training for Connecticut law enforcement. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) – Sandy Hook, CT

  • Amount Requested: $929,000
  • This project will provide funding for a law enforcement training facility. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Wilton Police Department – Wilton, CT

  • Amount Requested: $45,000
  • This project will provide funding for educational programming for law enforcement. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. – Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • This project will provide funding for cognitive-behavioral therapy to at-risk youth in Connecticut. 
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.