FY2011 Appropriations Project Requests - Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education

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AACI Electronic Health Records System:This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because the Electronic Health Records system will link all of AACI’s health-related departments including the health clinic, mental health and substance abuse treatment to help provide more streamlined, efficient care, thus avoiding more costly emergency room care and hospitalization.

Requested Amount - $500,000
Intended Recipient - Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Address - 2400 Moorpark Ave., Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95128
Website – http://www.aaci.org/home.htm

Asian and Pacific Islander American Future Leaders in Government Initiative: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will directly address the lack of Asian and Pacific Islander American participation in the federal government, which will help to ensure that issues of concern to APIAs are appropriately addressed at the federal level. Scholarship and internship support will be given to APIAs who could otherwise not pursue these opportunities.

Requested Amount – $1,000,000
Intended Recipient – Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund
Address – 600 Maryland Ave SW, #835W, Washington DC 20024
Website - http://www.apiasf.org/

Center for Healthy Aging in a Multicultural Population (CHAMP): This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will promote healthy aging among multicultural and diverse populations living in the San Francisco Bay area by 1) increasing applied and translational research that specifically addresses the needs of a multicultural, aging population; 2) increasing opportunities for student involvement in interdisciplinary internships, clinical practica, and lab experiences to work directly with aging adults from diverse backgrounds; 3) assisting community-based service agencies to deliver evidence-supported healthy aging programs to their diverse constituencies.

Requested Amount – $650,000
Intended Recipient – San Jose State University Foundation
Address - 210 North 4th St., Floor 4, San Jose, CA, 95112
Website - http://www.sjsu.edu/

Community Mammography Access Project: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because a mobile mammography unit is able to reach low-income and disadvantaged communities where women may not have access to regular mammography screenings. CMAP is a unique program worthy of federal government funding because it addresses breast cancer screening access to care barriers and builds upon the strengths of the Community Health Center system by integrating mobile mammography into the clinic setting and linking undeserved women to a medical home.

Requested Amount - $765,500
Intended Recipient - Community Health Partnership
Address - 100 N. Winchester Blvd., Suite 250, Santa Clara, CA, 95050
Website - http://www.chpscc.org/

Cupertino Union School District Interactive Classrooms: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enhance teachers’ ability to engage students, allow for a range of learning abilities within each classroom, and provide teachers with 21^st century tools for a technologically sophisticated student body needed to compete in a global workforce.

Requested Amount – $760,000
Intended Recipient – Cupertino Union School District
Address – 10301 Vista Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014
Website - http://cupertino.ca.campusgrid.net/home

Empowerment for People with Intellectual Disabilities Project: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through social integration and meaningful employment while simultaneously raising public awareness of the need for and benefits of social inclusion, moving the nation forward in creating a more inclusive society.

Requested Amount – $10,000,000
Intended Recipient – Best Buddies California
Address – 5711 West Slauson Ave, Suite 1700, Culver City, CA 90230
Website - http://www.bestbuddiescalifornia.org/site/c.frKUI1PzEoE/b.1289925/k.BE84/Home.htm

Equity in Education Advocacy Initiative: Stepping Up To Algebra: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will expand algebra education to serve 750 students across eight school districts in Santa Clara County, which is an important element in preparing students to enter the workforce in the high tech jobs that are essential for the Silicon Valley region to compete in the global economy.

Requested Amount – $400,000
Intended Recipient – Silicon Valley Education Foundation
Address – 1400 Parkmoor Ave, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95126
Website - http://www.svefoundation.org/svefoundation/

Foundational Skills for TANF Clients: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will help at-risk youth complete high school or earn a GED and develop a long term education plan with local community colleges so they can become productive members of the workforce.

Requested Amount - $ 139,895
Intended Recipient - Center for Employment Training
Address - 701 Vine St., San Jose, CA, 95110
Website - http://www.cetweb.org/index.php

Gilroy Community Resource Project: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will link low-income residents with social services (e.g. health, food, shelter, domestic violence prevention, education, gang prevention) in order to strengthen families and reach at-risk youth before they get in trouble. Additionally, funding will be used to produce a bilingual social services resource guide for residents to make those services more accessible.

Requested Amount - $167,500
Intended Recipient – City of Gilroy
Address - 7351 Rosanna St., Gilroy CA, 95020
Website – http://www.cityofgilroy.org

Girl Scouts USA STEM Initiative: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will emphasize career exploration, hands-on experiments, mentoring and project-based learning to increase Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics literacy among girls. This will provide a long term positive impact on the diversity, talent and innovation of Silicon Valley’s future workforce.

Requested Amount – $1,000,000
Intended Recipient – Girl Scouts USA
Address – 816 Connecticut Ave NW, 3^rd Floor, Washington DC 20006
Website - http://www.girlscouts.org/

Health Technology & Quality Improvement Project: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will assist the Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley complete its electronic health record system, which will greatly improve the efficiency of health care delivery and the quality of care that health care providers can deliver.

Requested Amount - $200,000
Intended Recipient - Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
Address - 1333 Meridian Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125
Website - http://www.indianhealthcenter.org/

Kathy's Place Grief and Trauma Counseling Services: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because the Bill Wilson Center is the only agency in Santa Clara County that offers grief and trauma focused services. Kathy's Place creates a permanent location for grief- and trauma-focused services and counseling, enabling the County to redirect local funding to fund critical community services.

Requested Amount - $250,000
Intended Recipient - Bill Wilson Center
Address - 3490 The Alameda, Santa Clara, CA, 95050
Website - http://www.billwilsoncenter.org/

Leading Innovations Through New Engineering Solutions: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide immediate benefits to students and professional engineers living, working, or seeking employment in the area’s major growth industries of biotechnology and clean energy through the delivery of new undergraduate curricula that will prepare graduates for biotechnology and sustainable energy careers and a graduate certificate program in renewable energy.

Requested Amount – $750,000
Intended Recipient – Santa Clara University
Address – 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053
Website - http://www.scu.edu/

Mental Health Services at One-Stop Homelessness Prevention Centers: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because one-stop homelessness prevention centers co-locate services to better enable access and cross-referrals including housing and employment assistance, medical assistance, government benefits advocates and veterans' services, making it easier to bring individuals out of homelessness, which improves our nation's economic and social stability.

Requested Amount - $450,000
Intended Recipient - City of San Jose
Address - 200 East Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA, 95113
Website – www.sanjoseca.gov

Puerta Center for Culturally Responsive Language Teaching: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will serve as a model for program design that will help U.S. and international communities narrow the gaps that exist between those who have access to English and those whose access is limited to survival skills or nothing at all, helping to bring about the improvement in standard of living that comes with English proficiency in this era of intensified globalization.

Requested Amount – $530,000
Intended Recipient – San Jose State University Foundation
Address – 210 North 4^th Street, Floor 4, San Jose, CA 95124
Website - http://www.sjsufoundation.org/

San Jose Family Learning Libraries: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because enhancement of the libraries’ facilities and programs by reconfiguring learning environments to make them more conducive to learning and expanding collections will help enable children to be academically successful and parents to become self-sufficient for their families.

Requested Amount – $400,000
Intended Recipient – City of San Jose, CA
Address – 200 East Santa Clara Street, Floor 18, San Jose, CA 95113
Website -- http://www.sanjoseca.gov/

San Jose Work2future Clean Tech Cluster Workforce Development Initiative: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will help the City of San Jose's efforts to rebuild the middle-wage manufacturing base of Silicon Valley for long term job creation in the area in the growth area of clean technology.

Requested Amount – $475,000
Intended Recipient - City of San Jose
Address - 200 East Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA, 95113
Website – http://www.sanjoseca.gov

Saint Louise Regional Hospital New and Expanded Emergency Department: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will increase the capacity of Saint Louise Regional Hospital’s Emergency Department from 8 to 21 beds. SLRH is a non-profit hospital and their Emergency Department treated 3,500 patients per bed in 2009, more than double the national average of 1,500 patients per bed. In its current configuration, close to 1,000 patients per year leave without being treated due to lengthy wait times and limited space. Patients can wait up to 2.7 hours to see an emergency room physician. SLRH is the sole acute care hospital and emergency department within a 50 mile span, and visits to SLRH emergency department have increased by 73% in the past 10 years due to population growth and unemployment. SLRH is committed to serving the sick and the poor, regardless of their financial ability to pay and this new emergency department is necessary to address the community's needs.

Requested Amount – $2,000,000
Intended Recipient – Saint Louise Regional Hospital
Address – 9400 No Name Uno Gilroy, CA 95020
Website – www.saintlouiseregionalhospital.org

SCVMC Online Patient Health Portal: This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will enable Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC), a 574-bed public hospital nationally recognized for a range of sophisticated specialty services to manage a larger patient population without increasing staff. It will reduce call volumes, improve communication and health education for patients and the larger community, aligns the county with the HIT objectives supporting the HITECH Stimulus package, and supports the medical home model by enabling online management of chronic diseases.