Members of Congress requested $97.2 million for South Florida projects. Here’s the list

Every U.S. House member from South Florida submitted a list of 10 projects each in their districts to receive federal funds through the annual appropriations process.

Republican-proposed projects include a $6 million plan from Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for a new wastewater treatment plant in Everglades City, $750,000 for police body cameras in Homestead from Rep. Carlos Gimenez and $3 million to improve water pipes in West Miami from Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.

Democratic-proposed projects include $1.8 million for drainage upgrades in Davie from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, $560,000 in additional mental health resources for the Broward Sheriff’s Office from Rep. Ted Deutch, $2.2 million for a Bahamian Museum of Arts and Culture from Rep. Frederica Wilson and $1 million to help victims of domestic abuse in Delray Beach from Rep. Lois Frankel.

The office of former Rep. Alcee Hastings was unable to participate in the process following the congressman’s death in April.

South Florida’s projects

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

Total requested: $27.9 million

• Project: Broward UP
• Request amount: $5,000,000
• Intended recipient: Broward College
• Explanation: “Broward UP brings post-secondary education and workforce development into Broward UP communities. The funds will be used to expand workforce training and certifications, provide success coaching to get residents to the finish line of their educational programs, provide placement in jobs and educational programs, create access of training programs through two mobile units, technology carts and program development to expand courses being offered in the community.”

• Project: Hollywood PD Body Worn Cameras
• Request amount: $1,701,895
• Intended recipient: City of Hollywood Police Department
• Explanation: “This request will allow the Hollywood Police Department to purchase and maintain body-worn cameras (BWCs) for 250 patrol officers. Many community stakeholders and criminal justice leaders have suggested that placing BWCs on police officers improves the civility of police-citizen encounters and enhances citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Better transparency, increased civility, quicker resolution, corroborating evidence and training opportunities are the main benefits of BWCs for the community and the Police Department.”

• Project: City of Sunrise Storm Water Pump Station #8 Replacement
• Request amount: $2,000,000
• Intended recipient: City of Sunrise
• Explanation: “The funding for this project would be used to replace the aging pump, which manages stormwater and provides flood protection to thousands of acres of residents and businesses, including Sawgrass Mills Mall, the largest outlet and value retail shopping destination in the United States. The pump station is nearing the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced. This project would benefit taxpayers by providing critical flood protection to thousands of homeowners and businesses in the City of Sunrise, and to neighboring communities in western Broward County.”

• Project: Dania Beach Water Utility Upgrade and Improvement
• Request amount: $1,500,000
• Intended recipient: City of Dania Beach
• Explanation: “The funding for this project would be used for the construction of new water transmission lines that serve residential neighborhoods. The city’s utilities are some of the oldest in Broward County, with some of its highest rates. The water utility’s capital improvement plan identified four water lines that serve residential neighborhoods that require replacement to maintain water quality to those residents.”

• Project: PET/Cyclotron Center
• Request amount: $13,500,000
• Intended recipient: Florida International University
• Explanation: “Florida International University has requested $13.5 million to establish a PET/Cyclotron Center in order to perform imaging studies and advance solutions to a variety of human diseases that face our communities. A cyclotron is a type of compact particle accelerator that produces radioactive isotopes that can be used for imaging procedures. With a Cyclotron Center, FIU would establish research partnerships to perform imaging studies on several diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, substance abuse, and more. This investment would be a first-of-its-kind for Florida, and it is a resource that would drive public-private partnerships and draw collaborative opportunities with the burgeoning biotechnology industry in South Florida.”

• Project: Emerging Technologies Equipment
• Request amount: $1,930,519
• Intended recipient: Nova Southeastern University
• Explanation: “Working through NSU’s Broward Center of Innovation, NSU would use these funds to target minority graduate students in order to expand their curriculum in areas of spatial computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, and experiential human-focused technologies. Florida has been increasingly recognized as a hub for the high-tech sector, with several companies having established a strong presence in South Florida, which has created hundreds of jobs within the technology sector. The funds requested for the Emerging Technologies Equipment program will help fulfill NSU’s goal of creating a next-generation, technology-focused workshop and lab for students in the field of computer science and technology.”

• Project: PACE Reach Teletherapy Expansion
• Request amount: $500,000
• Intended recipient: PACE Center for Girls
• Explanation: “Through this project, Pace Center for Girls will design and develop an integrated Pace Reach Teletherapy platform system to expand its already established flagship Reach Therapeutic Counseling services for adolescent girls living in hard-to-reach geographical areas within Florida’s 23rd District. The organization is headquartered in Jacksonville, but this will be focused solely on FL-23. Targeted areas for the expansion and provision of Pace Reach teletherapy services will include: Davie, Dania Beach, Sunrise, Hollywood, Weston, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, Hallandale Beach and Aventura.”

• Project: Shenandoah Drainage Improvements
• Request amount: $1,840,000
• Intended recipient: Town of Davie
• Explanation: “The funding for this project would be used to fund the design, permitting and construction of a pump station to improve drainage capacity, which will improve and enhance water treatment to comply with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System standards. This project proposes to improve the drainage infrastructure throughout the town. The project will improve drainage capacity, enhance water treatment, reduce water levels pre- and post-storm, and alleviate flooding issues that prohibit residents from entering and leaving the community during a heavy rainstorm.”

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

Total requested: $14.3 million

• Project: Biscayne Bay Water Pump (Coconut Grove)

• Request amount: $1,600,000

• Intended recipient: Miami-Dade County
• Explanation: “This pump will support the conversion of parcels served by septic systems to the sanitary sewer system to reduce the risk of nutrients being transported to the groundwater aquifer (Biscayne Aquifer), canals and ultimately Biscayne Bay. This will help prevent sewage backups into homes and potential exposure of residents to flood waters that may be contaminated with sewage. It is expected to provide a safe and reliable sewer service that will perform better in a coastal community subject to the impacts of rising groundwater.”

• Project: Greater Biscayne Bay Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring Program

• Project amount: $2,000,000

• Intended recipient: Florida International University
• Explanation: “This project will promote health and well being for the community, marine life, the environment and the local economy by creating a monitoring system to predict the extent of future toxic algal blooms in Biscayne and Florida bays.”

• Project: Key Biscayne K-8 Center Elementary School Stormwater Improvements

• Project amount: $500,000

• Intended recipient: Village of Key Biscayne
• Explanation: “This project will provide a safer, more quality educational environment for school-aged children at Key Biscayne’s K-8 elementary and middle school by reducing the excessive flooding experienced in and around the school. In addition to addressing flooding at the school, this would also help reduce the high amount of pollutants discharged into Biscayne Bay.”

• Project: Mount Sinai Medical Center Infrastructure Hardening and Resiliency

• Project amount: $5,000,000

• Intended recipient: City of Miami Beach
• Explanation: “As the sole hospital provider during disasters for vulnerable populations without options, Mount Sinai fulfills an essential emergency healthcare function for the city, state and federal governments. Mount Sinai Medical Center has developed a Resiliency Master Plan that will protect campus facilities and mitigate damage from storm surge, seawater intrusion, windstorm damage, and flooding. The requested funds for this project would go towards resiliency improvements that the center needs to continue to safely serve its 10,000,000+ annual visitors and protect the lives of patients, hospital staff, and local residents in times of severe weather emergencies.”

• Project: National Center for Education and Conservation of Florida’s Coral Reefs

• Project amount: $1,150,000

• Intended recipient: Frost Museum of Science
• Explanation: “This project would create a new community-focused coral nursery and education center at the Frost Museum of Science, which would allow for research, education and conservation work to save Florida’s coral reef. The proposed center would provide unique opportunities for continuous education, research and dissemination, and active field conservation of Florida’s coral reefs, while connecting people to marine science, STEM-based education, biodiversity and restoration.”

• Project: Pinecrest Stormwater Management

• Project amount: $606,000

• Intended recipient: Village of Pinecrest
• Explanation: “The Stormwater Management Project focuses on much-needed infrastructure improvements to reduce flooding and more effectively manage stormwater. The proposed project is located in an area that has suffered repetitive flooding over the years, and this project would dramatically reduce the risk of floods in the future.”

• Project: Startup FIU Tech and Food Business Hub
• Project amount: $500,000
• Intended Recipient: Florida International University
• Explanation: “StartUP FIU is a university-wide initiative that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship for its students, faculty, alumni, and for the greater community of Miami. This project proposes to partner with community and local governmental organizations in Florida’s 27th District to develop a Startup FIU Technology and Food Business Hub that would create over 500 jobs. The proposed grant would be used to help students partner directly with companies to enhance their skills in digital marketing, social media, website development, e-commerce, design thinking, sales, finance, entrepreneurship and data analytics.”

• Project: West Miami Potable Water Main Improvements

• Project amount: $3,000,000

• Intended recipient: City of West Miami
• Explanation: “The City of West Miami’s existing potable water system is comprised largely of 4-inch to 8-inch cast-iron mains constructed over 50 years ago and is unsuitable to serve the existing population of the city. The outdated system suffers from leakage, intermittent failures and ruptures causing disruptions in service, damage to infrastructure and potential contamination. This project will help the city replace its aged and outdated water infrastructure.”
  
  

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R)

Total requested: $23.8 million

• Project: Card Sound Bridge Replacement Planning and Design

• Project amount: $4,200,000

• Intended recipient: Monroe County
• Explanation: “This funding is designated for completing the project development and environment and engineering design and permitting work to prepare for a replacement of the Card Sound Bridge. The 52-year-old bridge is a critical, high-level structure that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in North Key Largo.”

• Project: Clean Water Project Miami-Dade

• Project amount: $2,000,000

• Intended recipient: Miami-Dade County
• Explanation: “This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the contamination of private wells occurred through no fault of the residents. Connection to the public water supply will enable these residents to have drinking water that meets all public health standards, protect the value of their property, and maintain the viability of their neighborhoods.”

• Project: Twin Lakes Subdivision Pre-Disaster Mitigation

• Project amount: $5,484,299

• Intended recipient: Monroe County
• Explanation: “During times of natural disasters, the project will provide value to the community by ensuring that residents can safely evacuate their homes, emergency services can reach disaster victims, roads can be cleared of debris, power lines can be restored, damages assessed, and recovery can occur through access to the neighborhood.”
  
  

• Project: Body Cameras for Homestead Police Department

• Project amount: $750,000

• Intended recipient: Homestead Police Department
• Explanation: “Money will be spent on the costs of contracting body worn cameras, and for purchasing and training additional officers on an annual basis. The city is in a five-year body camera contract to implement the Homestead Police Department’s Body Camera Program, but that contract would be terminated if the city is unable to fund the project.”

• Project: Aquarius Coral Reef Observatory

• Project amount: $567,283

• Intended recipient: Florida International University
• Explanation: “The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because FIU will establish a uniquely capable observation system, the Aquarius Coral Reef Observatory, to monitor ocean temperature, water clarity, water chemistry and ocean acidification.”

• Project: Operation Safe Ride

• Project amount: $2,009,086

• Intended recipient: Miami-Dade Police Department
• Explanation: “The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because Operation Safe Ride directly impacts the public safety of residents and visitors using Miami-Dade County’s Metrorail and Metromover systems and prioritizes community violence reduction.”

• Project: Employ Miami-Dade

• Project amount: $500,000

• Intended recipient: Neighbors and Neighbors
• Explanation: “The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the funding would allow Neighbors and Neighbors to expand the Employ Miami-Dade program, which was created to provide Work Readiness and Vocational Training classes to 200 other high-risk youth residing in the 18 most undeserved communities throughout Miami-Dade County.”

• Project: Miami SCI Wellness Expansion for Paralysis Therapy

• Project amount: $440,000

• Intended recipient: Miami SCI Wellness
• Explanation: “This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it would allow Miami Wellness to expand and improve their physical therapy and wellness programs serving the paralysis community in Miami-Dade through the acquisition of capital equipment for rehabilitative treatment of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, stroke and neurological conditions.”

• Project: Florida Keys Water Quality Improvement

• Project amount: $5,000,000

• Intended recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Explanation: “This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the funding would assist in the completion of the large-scale USACE Environmental Infrastructure project which is intended to protect and improve the nearshore waters of the National Marine Sanctuary and ensure the environmental and economic vitality of the Florida Keys.”

• Project: Senior Citizen Plaza

• Project amount: $2,500,000

• Intended recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Key West
• Explanation: “Replacement of the aging transformer and generator at the subject property is necessary to guarantee their ability to perform correctly during and after a blackout event. Due to the advanced age of the residents of the subject property, a generator is not a luxury but rather an actual lifesaver.”

• Project: Agape Village Health Center

• Project amount: $500,000

• Intended recipient: Agape Network
• Explanation: “The project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because they will be used towards the construction of the Agape Village Health Center, which will increase Agape’s capacity of patients being served from 1,000 to 2,500 receiving outpatient weekly services.”

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Total requested: $11.8 million

• Project: Everglades City Wastewater Treatment Plant

• Amount: $6,000,000

• Recipient: Everglades City
• Explanation: “The city’s existing wastewater treatment facility is damaged, malfunctioning, at the end of its useful life and overall is in very poor condition. The lack of redundancy, advanced level of corrosion, undersized and inoperative equipment could at any moment result in a complete and catastrophic failure of wastewater treatment capability and potentially a wastewater spill into the Everglades National Park. The facility needs a complete replacement of all systems to guarantee compliance with Florida Department of Environmental Protection rules. The facility is located adjacent to the environmentally sensitive Ten Thousand Islands, Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve. The project consists of constructing a new treatment facility and demolishing the existing facility.”

• Project: Chokoloskee Master Pump Station

• Amount: $1,000,000

• Recipient: Everglades City
• Explanation: “The existing Master 1 & 2 pump station collects and re-pumps 100% of the wastewater from Chokoloskee Island. This pump station pumps directly into the city’s wastewater treatment facility. The pump station is located within feet of the Chokoloskee Bay and Everglades National Park, and only a few feet above the mean high water line. The pump station is in poor condition with advanced levels of corrosion in most mechanical and electrical systems, and with valves that are not operational. A failure of this pump station would result in a large wastewater spill to the surrounding sovereign waters of the state. Similarly, the surge water level experienced during hurricanes can flood and cause a complete failure of the pump station. This project consists of replacing the pump station by installing a new wet well, mechanical, and electrical equipment. The new systems will be installed at a higher elevation and will be more resilient to corrosion, high surge water levels, and capable of pumping increased flow rates.”
  
  

• Project: Miami-Dade County Septic to Sewer Laterals

• Amount: $750,000

• Recipient: Miami-Dade County
• Explanation: The scope of this project will include the installation of public sewer laterals for residential properties abutting the sanitary sewer system. The laterals will be installed to incentivize private property owners to connect to the sanitary sewer system by reducing their costs to connect. The project will install laterals for up to 100 homes, which will be prioritized by parcel vulnerability to rising groundwater and a demonstration of a commitment by the property owner to connect to the sanitary sewer system. Installations would take place in the Doral and Sweetwater communities, within the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department’s sewer service area.

• Project: Miami-Dade County Safe Drinking Water Project

• Amount: $1,000,000

• Recipient: Miami-Dade County
• Explanation: “The project will include the design, construction and management to extend water mains and connect up to 50 homes to the public water supply to replace contaminated private wells. The purpose is to provide safe drinking water to properties with contamination from PFAS, agricultural byproducts and other substances.”
  
  

• Project: Collier County Sidewalks

• Amount: $987,000

• Recipient: Collier County
• Explanation: “This project is part of the comprehensive sidewalk plan for the southern area of the Immokalee community. Phase 1 and 2 were completed in 2018 and 2021. The project consists of 6-foot-wide concrete sidewalks on both sides of each roadway, as well as drainage improvements associated with the sidewalks. This phase will further the goal to provide an interconnected sidewalk network to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety in this pedestrian-centric community.”

• Project: Clewiston Ventura Avenue Street Repair

• Amount: $999,858

• Recipient: City of Clewiston
• Explanation: “The City of Clewiston is seeking a Congressional Appropriation provide funding to address the overall condition, safety and multimodal transportation utility of key arterial portions of Ventura Avenue. This is a critical transportation need for an important collector street strategically located near the city’s geographical center in the downtown core area.”

• Project: Hendry County Wastewater Infrastructure

• Amount: $300,000

• Recipient: Hendry County Board of County Commissioners
• Explanation: “This request is for funding of the construction and construction engineering inspection (CEI) services for a force main to and from Airglades Airport to the City of Clewiston’s existing wastewater treatment plant. This project would progress the last piece of a multi‐year, multi‐agency, multi‐million dollar investment that will spur economic development opportunities at Airglades Airport and the surrounding area. Additionally, the force main improvement project will protect public health and the regional environment by redirecting waste loads from the airport and additional developments to a higher‐level wastewater treatment facility in Clewiston and also decommissioning the Airglades Airport wastewater treatment plant.”
  
  

• Project: Hendry County Harlem Academy Upgrades
• Amount: $300,000
• Recipient: Hendry County Board of County Commissioners
• Explanation: “Hendry County needs funds to assist in the rehabilitation and improvement of the Harlem Academy in order to provide services to the Harlem community at large. Improving the facility will create a draw for prospective businesses to come in and create a safe space in the community to offer services such as childcare, health and wellness and youth development. This facility would be a benefit not only to the community of Harlem but also utilized and appreciated by the surrounding areas.”

• Project: Hendry County Cold Storage Facility
• Amount: $48,000
• Recipient: Hendry County Board of County Commissioners
• Explanation: “This project would be a major benefit for the county, which currently has no climate-controlled storage facilities to receive, stage or deliver emergency supplies. The need for this type of storage at the EOC was best highlighted during Hurricane Irma when the county had to enter into an agreement with a local storage facility to stage food and water during the recovery process. The lack of climate control reduces the shelf life of all emergency supplies. Most recently during COVID 19 logistic operations, the EOC had to stage medical PPE, supplies and food in EOC hallways and breakout rooms before they could ultimately be delivered to final destination. The lack of climate control storage reduces the shelf life of PPE and medical supplies.”
  
  

• Project: FIU obvervation system
• Amount: $567,283
• Recipient: Florida International University
• Explanation: “FIU will establish a uniquely capable observation system — the Aquarius Coral Reef Observatory — to monitor ocean temperature, water clarity, water chemistry and ocean acidification. After the backbone of this system is in place, the monitoring station can be upgraded to include instrumentation for more advanced analyses like using genetic fingerprinting to search for larvae of endangered species and sophisticated chemical sensors to sniff for signs of pollution events upstream in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The Aquarius undersea laboratory already provides some of the necessary infrastructure to support a next-generation automated data collection system that could supply continuous, real-time scientific data and sound and video streams. In addition to being incredibly valuable to scientists around the world, K-12 students will have access to data sets that can be manipulated to build higher-level analysis skills and video and audio streams to better understand complex ecological relationships between organisms.”
  
  

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D)

Total requested: $7.5 million

• Project: Bahamian Museum of Arts and Culture
• Amount: $2,200,000
• Proposed recipient: Thelma Gibson Health Initiative
• Explanation: “The funding would create the Bahamian Arts, History, and Cultural Center that would serve the purpose of celebrating and recognizing the originally settled Bahamian community in Coconut Grove and the original Afro-Bahamian culture, which is disappearing right in front of us. The creation of this center would bring about both an arts infusion and economic development engine to the community.”

• Project: Boys and Girls Club in Miami Gardens

• Amount requested: $400,000

• Proposed recipient: Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade Inc.
• Explanation: “The funding would create a Boys and Girls Club in Miami Gardens, which would operate at Skyway Elementary. This Boys and Girls Club would provide support to children at Skyway Elementary, Miami Gardens Elementary, North Gardens High School, Lake Stevens Middle School, Lakes Stevens Elementary, Barbara Hawkins Elementary, Miramar High School, Carol City Middle, and North County K-8 Center.”

• Project: Broward Community and Family Health Centers, Inc. — Pediatric Dental Mobile Clinic Van
• Amount requested: $235,000
• Proposed recipient: Broward Community and Family Health Centers, Inc.
• Explanation: “The funding would provide Broward Community and Family Health Centers, Inc., with a pediatric dental mobile clinic van. This mobile clinic van will provide direct dental services within the local communities, and children would be offered expanded health services through winter and spring breaks and summer months.”

• Project: City of North Miami Beach Drainage Improvement
• Amount requested: $1,141,038
• Proposed recipient: City of North Miami Beach
• Explanation: “The funding would address critical stormwater water projects in the City of North Miami Beach.”
  
  

• Project: City of West Park Drainage Improvement
• Amount requested: $400,000
• Proposed recipient: City of West Park
• Explanation: “The funding would address critical stormwater water projects in the City of West Park.”
  
  

• Project: Hollywood Police Department — Body-worn Cameras
• Amount requested: $1,701,895
• Proposed recipient: City of Hollywood
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to place body worn cameras on the Hollywood Police Department’s police officers. The purpose is to increase the transparency of our local law enforcement in an effort to build trust and understanding within our communities.”
  
  

• Project: Jessie Trice Community Health System — Pediatric Mobile Clinic Van
• Amount requested: $396,000
• Proposed recipient: Jessie Trice Community Health Systems Inc.
• Explanation: “The funding would provide Jessie Trice Community Health Systems Inc., with two pediatric mobile clinic vans that will provide dental and expanded health services to children in medically underserved communities.”
  
  

• Project: Opa-locka Gunshot Detection Violence Reduction Initiative
• Amount requested: $108,500
• Proposed recipient: City of Opa-locka Police Department
• Explanation: “The funding would be used for the Gunshot Detection Violence Reduction Initiative, providing a wide-area system which uses networked sensors to detect and locate gunfire in near real-time. This initiative will provide the Opa-locka Police Department with a critical advantage in its efforts to reduce and prevent gun violence and improve officer safety.”
  
  

• Project: Simonhoff Floral Park Improvements and COVID-19 Memorial
• Amount requested: $687,659
• Proposed recipient: City of Miami Parks and Recreation Department
• Explanation: “The funding would be used for rehabilitation, construction and improvements to Simonhoff Floral Park in the Liberty City area of Miami-Dade County. These will include capital improvements, safety features, ADA features and a memorial to the Miami-Dade County residents who have lost their lives to COVID-19.”
  
  

• Project: United Way of Miami-Dade — Mission United Warrior Resiliency Project
• Amount requested: $249,108
• Proposed recipient: United Way of Miami-Dade Inc.
• Explanation: “The funding would support Mission United, a comprehensive support network to help veterans and their families successfully transition from military service to become productive members of the Miami-Dade community. This support network includes workforce training that will help veterans become reskilled to providing them with a greater chance at job placement.”
  
  

Rep. Ted Deutch (D)

Total requested: $5.2 million

• Project: Expansion & Enhancement of BCPS Peer Mentoring Programs

• Requested amount: $500,000

• Proposed recipient: Broward County Public Schools
• Explanation: “The funding would be used for expanding the successful BCPS peer mentoring programs, Mentoring Tomorrow’s Leaders and Latinos in Action, to more than two dozen additional schools across the district, while also supporting the implementation of several new and innovative programs.”

• Project: Broward County Mental Health Diversion Project

• Requested amount: $562,385

• Proposed recipient: Broward Sheriff’s Office
• Explanation: “The funding would be used for a sustainable and comprehensive program to divert individuals with behavioral health, specifically mental health issues, from jail and the criminal justice system being jointly developed by Broward County State Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the Public Defender’s Office, the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, the Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, the Broward Bar Association and others.”

• Project: Water Infrastructure Improvements
• Requested amount: $900,000
• Proposed recipients: Cities of Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale and Oakland Park
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to upgrade, improve and make more efficient portions of their wastewater systems that provide connectivity between their respective systems to deal with sea level rise, rising temperatures and extreme weather.”

• Project: Sanborn Square Renovation Project

• Requested amount: $285,000

• Proposed recipient: City of Boca Raton
• Explanation: “The funding would be used for renovation of a downtown gathering square that serves as a free speech zone and open park space and is located across from the visitors center and historic town hall.”

• Project: Stormwater Drainage

• Requested amount: $400,000

• Proposed recipient: City of Coral Springs
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to provide more storage for stormwater run-off which re-establishes swale storage and conveyance in the neighborhood to eliminate standing water and provides flood mitigation for up to a 100-year three-day storm event.”

• Project: Security Technology Enhancements

• Requested mount: $595,000

• Proposed recipient: City of Deerfield Beach
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to install a security measure known as a gunfire location, alert and analysis service to help fight our war on crime. Based on crime analysis, the city will be targeting a four-square-mile coverage area where there has been a significant spike in crime and shots fired incidents. Once a gunshot is detected, the solution calculates the position where the gun was fired and sends the data to a central server accessible by the Police Department.”

• Project: Dixie Highway Corridor Improvements

• Requested amount: $600,000

• Proposed recipient: City of Pompano Beach
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to construct and install fencing and columns along the FEC railroad track on Dixie Highway from Atlantic Boulevard to Sample Road, approximately two miles between the cities of Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach. The proposed project seeks to increase public safety by deterring activity that would result in dangerous encounters with oncoming trains.”

• Project: The Independent Living-Workforce Readiness Program

• Requested Amount: $300,000

• Project Sponsor: Covenant House Florida
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to enhance the reach and breadth of the Independent Living-Workforce Readiness Program in Central and South Florida, by serving a minimum of 200 youth experiencing homelessness and grow partnerships with local businesses to provide internships, apprenticeships, and employment to our youth.”

• Project: Telemental Health Program to Improve Mental Well-Being

• Requested amount: $385,848

• Proposed recipient: Rales Jewish Family Services
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to provide Telemental Health services to residents of Palm Beach County via phone and virtual teleconference by licensed clinicians for residents across Palm Beach County to address mental illness and substance use with a goal of promoting emotional well-being to ensure self-sufficiency of individuals impacted by the socio-economic and emotional trauma impacts of the pandemic.”

• Project: Broward County Suicide Prevention Coalition

• Requested amount: $646,762

• Proposed recipient: United Way of Broward County
• Explanation: “The funding would be used to decrease the number of suicides in Broward County through the implementation of multiple prevention strategies among a population of focus targeting males ages 40 to 64 and youth ages 12 to 20 — both populations of focus are inclusive of veterans, LGBT+, and homeless individuals.”

Rep. Lois Frankel (D)

Total requested: $6.7 million

• Project: Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
• Requested Amount: $1,000,000
• Proposed recipient: Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA)
• Explanation: “Funding requested to expand their campus so they can provide further outreach and prevention programming to a broader part of the community and expand their assistance to domestic abuse survivors.”
  
  

• Project: Boys and Girls Club STEM funding
• Requested amount: $511,886
• Proposed recipient: Boys and Girls Club of Palm Beach County
• Explanation: “Funding request to put the College and Work Readiness Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program in Boys and Girls Club Centers in Delray, Wellington and Northwood. The program helps minority, low-income youth by preparing them to be an integral part of a skilled labor force throughout Palm Beach County.”
  
  

• Project: Caridad Center medical equipment
• Amount requested: $1,136,206
• Proposed recipient: Caridad Center
• Explanation: “Funding request to provide for important infrastructure upgrades and the purchase of medical equipment.”
  
  

• Project: Help for parents with early learning
• Amount requested: $125,000
• Proposed recipient: Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County
• Explanation: “Funding request to support a parent-to-teacher workforce pipeline project to help parents looking to return to work and fill the staffing gap currently felt by early learning programs as a result of the pandemic’s impact on the child-care industry.”
  
  

• Project: Mental health funding for Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service
• Project amount: $327,066
• Proposed recipient: Ferd & Gladys Alpert Jewish Family & Children’s Service
• Explanation: “Funding request to help meet the growing mental health needs in our community and allow for the implementation of a new electronic health record system that will provide the technological support needed to expand services further into the community.”

• Project: Pace Center for Girls
• Project amount: $500,000
• Proposed recipient: Pace Center for Girls
• Explanation: “Funding request to provide educational tools and upgrades to the Pace Center. Proposed enhancements include upgraded classrooms, technologies, instructional tools, computer lab, counseling spaces and common areas for girls.”
  
  

• Project: Recuperative Care Palm Beach County
• Project amount: $1,000,000
• Proposed recipient: Recuperative Care Palm Beach County
• Explanation: “Funding request to help provide medical respite and acute and post-acute recuperative care for people experiencing homelessness when they are not ill enough to remain in a hospital but too ill to recover on the streets. This service would dramatically decrease the cost of care for homeless patients (including those with HIV) and would improve health outcomes for Medicaid/Medicare patients.”
  
  

• Project: Palm Beach State College Respiratory Care Clinical Laboratory
• Project Amount: $691,936
• Proposed recipient: Palm Beach State College Respiratory Care Clinical Laboratory
• Explanation: “Funding requested to help expand the clinical laboratory to provide respiratory care students with better training opportunities through medical simulations to prepare them for the future workforce. Upon completion of the Associate in Science degree of Respiratory Care program, the graduates obtain their Registered Respiratory Therapists license.”

• Project: The Lord’s Place
• Amount: $988,000
• Proposed recipient: The Lord’s Place
• Explanation: “Funding requested to renovate elements of the Family Campus with apartments, community center and a youth center that is called home by 120 (including 75 children) people at any given time. Since 1983, The Lord’s Place has assisted thousands of families experiencing homelessness and that challenge has only grown due to the impact of the pandemic.”
  
  

• Project: United Way of Palm Beach County funding
• Project amount: $500,000
• Proposed recipient: United Way of Palm Beach County
• Explanation: “Funding requested to jump start the MISSION UNITED veterans program to help with affordable housing support, employment services, education, legal assistance, health care, and other services. This initiative would serve those who have served and sacrificed for our country through their military service by collaborating with veteran nonprofit agencies providing direct services to the almost 100,000 veterans and families in Palm Beach County.”

This story was originally published May 17, 2021 at 2:39 PM.