[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1985-E1986]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to submit documentation 
consistent with the Republican Earmark Standards.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Elementary & Secondary Education (includes FIE)
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Best Buddies Florida
  Address of Receiving Entity: 124-A East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 
32801
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Elementary & Secondary Education Account for Best Buddies, 
FL, Orlando, FL for mentoring programs in the 4th Congressional 
District for elementary and secondary school students with 
disabilities.
  The purpose of this funding is to enhance the lives of those with 
intellectual disabilities by facilitating interpersonal communication 
through the pairing of those with and without intellectual disabilities 
into long-term one-on-one mentoring friendships.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because it would organize 
and rigorously oversee volunteer-run Best Buddies chapters in middle 
schools, high schools, and colleges across Florida, including 24 in the 
4th district.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Elementary & Secondary Education (includes FIE)
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: ChildHelp
  Address of Receiving Entity: 15757 N. 78th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 
85260
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Elementary & Secondary Education Account for Childhelp, 
Inc, Scottsdale, AZ to develop a comprehensive update to the Good Touch 
Bad Touch curriculum.
  The purpose of this funding is to give the first comprehensive update 
of Good Touch Bad Touch curriculum in over 20 years.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because Childhelp, in 
collaboration with the Monique Burr Foundation, is the only provider of 
child abuse education in North Florida schools.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Elementary & Secondary Education (includes FIE)
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: University of North Florida
  Address of Receiving Entity: 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32224
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Elementary & Secondary Education Account for the University 
of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL for the Virtual School Readiness 
Incubator.
  The purpose of this funding is to continue the 3rd year of a 5-year 
study that field-tests tools and strategies needed to accelerate the 
quality, growth, and success rates of early care and learning programs 
resulting in improved readiness outcomes for the children, particularly 
for children living in low-income neighborhoods.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because improving high-
quality early care and learning experiences has a high return on 
investment and is the single best investment for improving achievement, 
especially for children from low-income families.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE)
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Tallahassee Community College, 
Tallahassee, FL
  Address of Receiving Entity: 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 
32304
  Description of Request: I have secured $200,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Higher Education Account for the purchase of equipment at 
Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is to support STEM education by allowing 
the purchase of equipment for organic chemistry, the payment of 
salaries of science faculty members and interns, and the purchase of 
supplies.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because increasing the 
number of students obtaining post secondary degrees in STEM fields will 
provide a workforce that is prepared to ensure a healthy economy, 
respond to national security needs, and enhance quality of life through 
technological advancements.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Daniel Memorial, Inc
  Address of Receiving Entity: 4203 Southpoint Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 
32216
  Description of Request: I have secured $500,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services Account for facilities and equipment at Daniel 
Memorial, Inc in Jacksonville, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is to build the Mental Health Residential 
Treatment Center.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because the Daniel 
Memorial is the oldest not-for-profit child-serving agency in Florida, 
but has not had any major renovations at its Belfort campus in 40 
years. The 7,722 square-foot facility would serve as central facility 
for psychiatric and medical assessments; psychiatric and mental health 
counseling; group

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therapy; and vocational, educational, recreational and other 
therapeutic activities.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Florida Community College at 
Jacksonville, FL
  Address of Receiving Entity: 501 W. State Street, Jacksonville, FL 
32202
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services Account for facilities and equipment at Florida 
Community College in Jacksonville, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is to purchase a clinical simulation 
laboratory to train nurses.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because while there is an 
8% position vacancy rate in nurses in the state of Florida, 52% of 
qualified applicants were turned away because nursing schools do not 
have the resources to train new nurses.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Jacksonville University
  Address of Receiving Entity: 2800 University Boulevard North, 
Jacksonville, FL 32211
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services Account for facilities and equipment at 
Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is to purchase clinical simulators and 
software to train medical students and hospital staff how to use 
electronic medical records.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because the widespread 
adoption of health information technology has the potential to save 
millions of dollars and improve the quality of health care, but nurses 
and other hospital staff still lack the training to become competent in 
health information technologies.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3293--Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Lake City Community College
  Address of Receiving Entity: 149 SE College Place, Lake City, FL 
32025
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3293 in the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services Account for purchase of mobile clinical 
training laboratories at Lake City Community College in Lake City, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is to create 2 mobile labs with patient 
simulators to provide clinical training to 130 nursing students.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funding because despite rising 
unemployment, there are numerous high wage nursing jobs in north 
central Florida that remain vacant due to insufficient training 
resources. Associate degree jobs that start at more than $20/hour 
provide one of the few reliable high wage occupations in the region. 
Jobs like these are critical to recovery from the economic crisis for 
residents of north central Florida.
  There are no matching funds required for this project.

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