[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1440-E1441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 16, 2009

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 
2847, the FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Office of Justice Programs, Byrne Discretionary Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hope Through Housing Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: 9065 Haven Avenue, Suite 100, Rancho 
Cucamonga, California 91730
  Funding Secured: $850,000
  Description of Request: In previous fiscal years, Congress has shown 
strong support to the Hope Through Housing Foundation by providing 
dollars to fund a pilot program to fully incorporate a violence 
prevention curriculum, particularly gang prevention, into the existing 
programming at affordable housing communities. Funding will be used to 
administer an after-school program on site at affordable housing 
facilities that is designed to help prevent violence and keep at-risk 
youths off the streets. This program includes an array of services 
essential to assisting at-risk youth gain the resources they will need 
to succeed in life and school. An afternoon at Hope's After School and 
Beyond--Violence Prevention includes: team building exercises, self 
esteem building activities, homework assistance, family literacy and 
Peace Builders, the nationally acclaimed violence prevention 
curriculum. These elements will further develop positive and community 
networks that will support youth in their journey into adulthood, and 
will support their families in helping them on this journey.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Office of Justice Programs, Juvenile Justice Account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Chino
  Address of Requesting Entity: 13001 Central Avenue, Chino, California 
91708
  Funding Secured: $150,000.
  Description of Request: The City of Chino runs the Chino Experience 
as an after-school program for teens in grades 7 through 9. The Chino 
Experience addresses the needs of this growing population group and 
specifically focuses on at-risk youth. It is the only facility in the 
community offering non-sport programs and services to teens in grades 7 
through 9 for extended evening hours and weekend programming. The three 
critical components of the program are individual case management, 
school-based enrichment, and the Chino Experience Teen Center facility. 
These components address the socioeconomic, academic, and social needs 
of the teens and also serve as diversions from dangerous influences of 
gangs and drugs. The Chino Experience provides year-round, five days 
per week programming for teens plus two special excursions per

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month. On-site after-school tutoring is available and shuttle bus 
service takes the students directly from three schools to the Chino 
Experience Teen Center after school for alternative programs. The 
requested funds will support teen programs with a special emphasis on 
teens living within the low-income and moderate-income areas of the 
community.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 2847
  Account: Office of Justice Programs, Byrne Discretionary Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Rio Hondo Community College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 11400 Greenstone Avenue, Santa Fe 
Springs, California 90670
  Funding Secured: $300,000
  Description of Request: Rio Hondo College operates its Public Safety 
Center with Police and Fire Academies to train cadets and Federal, 
State, and local first responders from over 115 agencies. The Public 
Safety Center was recently recognized by the Department of Homeland 
Security as a ``Regional Homeland Security Training Center.'' In tandem 
with this recognition, Rio Hondo College recently pledged $520,000 
toward the acquisition of additional land adjacent to the Fire Academy 
to train Federal, State, and local first responders in tactics to best 
manage the possibility of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, 
Nuclear, or Explosive event (CBRNE) in Southern California. Los Angeles 
County has pledged $150,000 toward the Center, and the City of Santa Fe 
Springs is prepared to contribute up to $300,000 toward the Center. 
Training is already under way at the expanded Center. In order to meet 
the rising demands for training from L.A. County first responders and 
Rio Hondo students at the Center in order to prepare for natural and 
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive (CBRNE) 
disasters, the training center needs the appropriate equipment to train 
for underground and tunnel scenarios, lighting to train 24/7 and to 
simulate nighttime operations, and a classroom trailer now that the 
center is designated as a Department of Homeland Security approved 
training center.

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