[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1998-E1999]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. DAVID G. REICHERT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. REICHERT. 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. 3293, the Fiscal Year 
2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Act.
  (1) $375,000 for the City of Bellevue, WA Wrap-Around Services 
Program
  Requesting Entity: City of Bellevue, P.O. Box 90012, Bellevue, WA 
98009
  Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
  Account: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)--Social 
Services
  Funding Requested by: Rep. Dave Reichert
  The Wrap-Around Services Program is an innovative partnership between 
the City of Bellevue, the Bellevue School District and United Way of 
King County. Working collaboratively, the program coordinates and 
provides services on-site at Lake Hills Elementary School to meet the 
educational and developmental needs of the diverse children and youth 
population served by the school and community. The program encourages 
local resident and family participation in school life and maximizes 
the public's investment in local school facilities by making them 
available for educational and recreational activities.
  Lake Hills Elementary School serves approximately 500 students in 
preschool through fifth grade. It is an ethnically diverse school with 
59% of students speaking a first language other than English and 60% of 
students participate in the free or reduced price lunch program. The 
Wrap-Around Services Program addresses health and wellness in areas 
including academic growth, school engagement, adult education, mental 
health counseling, medical and dental care, family support and 
community building. Services are provided through a broad range of 
community partnerships with social service agencies, mental health 
providers, non-profit community groups, faith-based organizations, 
local businesses and other partners.
  Wrap-Around Services began as a 3-year pilot project and transitioned 
into a program in the fall of 2008. In November of 2007, the Wrap-
Around Services Evaluation Report was completed by Business Government 
Community Connections, an independent evaluator. The Evaluation Report 
showed the project produced student academic improvement, gains in 
school readiness for entering students and strengthening of parent and 
family involvement in the school and community. In particular, 
kindergarten students are coming to school better prepared since the 
Wrap-Around Project started. Family participation has risen, with 70-
80% of families visiting the school more than once during the school 
year. Non-profit organizations, like Jubilee REACH Center, have 
purchased and established a community center to be within walking 
distance of Lake Hills School.
  Federal funding will augment partner funding and allow the expansion 
of the program to three more schools (two elementary and one middle) 
with similar diverse demographics to Lake Hills Elementary.
  Finance Plan:

                 SECTION A BUDGET SUMMARY--EXPANSION OF WRAP-AROUND SERVICES TO TWO SCHOOL SITES
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                                             Yr. 1           Yr. 2           Yr. 3       Expansion program costs
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Personnel.............................         $75,000         $75,000         $75,000
Contractual--After School Programs....          50,000          50,000          50,000
    Total Costs.......................         125,000         125,000         125,000  Proposed Federal Funding
                                                                                         Contribution
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            SECTION A BUDGET SUMMARY--NON-FEDERAL FUNDS--EXPANSION OF WRAP-AROUND TO TWO SCHOOL SITES
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                                             Yr. 1           Yr. 2           Yr. 3
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Personnel.............................         $75,000         $75,000         $75,000
Staff.................................          70,000          70,000          70,000  Counselor
Fam. Liaison..........................          34,848          34,848          34,848
BSD Staff.............................          87,126          87,126          87,126  Principal & Office
                                                                                         Manager
Pro. Services.........................          30,000          30,000          30,000  Evaluation Services
Equipment.............................           5,800           5,800           5,800
Supplies..............................          11,000          11,000          11,000
    Total Costs.......................         313,774         313,774         313,774  Non-Federal Funding
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  (2) $500,000 for LOOKBOTHWAYS, Skills for Life Online (K-12 Internet 
Safety Curriculum)
  Requesting Entity: LOOKBOTHWAYS, 280 Quincy Street, Suite A, Port 
Townsend, WA 98368
  Agency: Department of Education
  Account: Elementary & Secondary Education (includes FIE)
  Funding Requested by: Reps. Dave Reichert, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
  In 2008, Congress enacted the Protecting Children in 21st Century 
Act, defining the nation's commitment to Internet safety and 
strengthening education in schools. Enhanced use of technology in the 
classroom must include a safety element if we are to keep our children 
safe.
  The skills that students need to act safely and appropriately online 
are largely lacking. To properly address the needs of students, 
LOOKBOTHWAYS is creating a curriculum that educates and teaches 
actionable skills, while empowering and motivating children toward safe 
and appropriate online interactions. Using Internet technologies for 
delivery, LOOKBOTHWAYS will offer this curriculum to

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schools, organizations, families, and the public free of any charges. 
This important training will keep our children safer, build better 
cybercitizens, and allow those who will drive the future of our country 
to take advantage of all the opportunities that technology offers 
without fear.

  These funds, which will be used to complete the development of grade 
5 through 9 curricula for Internet Safety, will benefit every citizen 
in the State of Washington as well as throughout the United States--
every school district, not-for-profit organization, parent, child or 
senior citizen--by providing free online skills for life in the 21st 
Century on the Internet.
  With initial private funding, LOOKBOTHWAYS developed a full 
curriculum outline for grades K-12, a prototype lesson and supporting 
materials, a program brochure and fundraising collateral materials. 
LOOKBOTHWAYS has also identified partners for marketing the program to 
educators, and developed a detailed business plan that outlines their 
funding, marketing, development, and distribution goals and strategies. 
With the next infusion of funding they are ready to ramp up quickly to 
write the curriculum and create the accompanying media and begin 
teacher training and get it into schools within 6 months.
  Finance Plan:

 
 
 
Lesson Content Development (36 lessons).................        $450,000
Video Production & Media (24 videos)....................         480,000
Web Site and Interactive Tools Development Costs........         180,000
Fund Raising............................................         100,000
Marketing and Distribution..............................         365,000
Implementation..........................................         140,000
Administrative Costs and Staffing.......................         100,000
Estimated Efforts for First Year Support................         185,000
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Amount necessary for completion of K-12 Curriculum......       2,000,000
Estimated cost of Spanish translation/accessibility.....        +500,000
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    Final total:........................................      $2,500,000
 

  3) $500,000 for Seattle University's Fostering Scholars Program
  Requesting Entity: Seattle University 901 12th Ave., P.O. Box 222000, 
Seattle, WA 98122-1090
  Agency: Department of Education
  Account: Higher Education (includes FIPSE)
  Funding Requested by: Reps Dave Reichert, Jim McDermott
  In Washington State, only 3 in 10 foster youth graduate from high 
school and only 25% enroll in a post-secondary education program. The 
Fostering Scholars Program provides full-tuition scholarships, year-
round room and board, health insurance, personal support, a program of 
cohort and leadership development, work-study jobs, and opportunity to 
study abroad, access to tutoring, therapy and counseling as needed, and 
the benefit of emergency funds to foster children who have aged out of 
the foster care system.
  Education is key to economic independence. Seattle University is 
taking the initiative and devoting resources to help foster care alumni 
who more often live below the poverty line and lack a post-secondary 
education compared to the national average. It is a benefit to 
taxpayers to make a small investment in the education of foster 
children so they will no longer be dependent as adults on government 
funded social services.
  Studies have shown that anywhere from 25%-49% of foster care alumni 
will experience homelessness at some point in their lives. The economic 
impact of this funding is that these foster youth that might never 
achieve a post-secondary education and be living at the poverty line 
would be entering the Washington State workforce with a college degree 
and the skills needed to secure a high wage job contributing to the 
economy of the state.
  Finance Plan:

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                                                                                      Seattle
                                                                      Federal      University &
                            Category                                  Request         Private          Total
                                                                                    Foundations
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Student Scholarship Fund........................................        $250,000        $785,000      $1,035,000
Post-Graduate Transition to Independence Fund...................          75,000  ..............          75,000
Fostering Scholars Program Personnel............................         175,000         481,500         656,500
Program Infrastructure and Development..........................  ..............         307,000         307,000
    Total.......................................................         500,000       1,573,500       2,073,500
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  Private donations make up $1,200,000 of the matching funding. Seattle 
University and private donation matching fund make up 76% of matching 
funds.
  This office conducted site visits to meet with representatives from 
all three of the projects listed above.

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