Appropriations

FY25 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

Agriculture

Certification Letter

Administration and Support Services Building, $1,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to fund an administrative service facility for low-income senior citizens.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: CHEER, Inc

Capital Improvements, $1,800,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for capital improvements of the Georgetown healthcare facility.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: La Red Health Center

First Responder Infrastructure, $1,627,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for radio tower upgrades in 6 locations.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Division of Communications

Freeman Arts Pavilion, $1,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to fund site work on a permanent amphitheater-style venue.
Project location: Selbyville, DE
Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation

Library and Welcome Center, $750,000
Project purpose:
  The project will add a new welcome center and cultural library to expand capacity at the facility to help preserve the historic building and collections.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: Nanticoke Indian Association

Milton Theatre Educational Center, $200,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for renovating the current space for youth programming and the construction of an Educational Center for the Theatre.
Project location: Milton, DE
Project recipient: Calliope Project, Inc.

Opera House Renovation Project, $450,000
Project purpose: 
This project will modify the 1st floor of the Smyrna Opera House for the housing of an art gallery for displaying and displaying local artisans’ artwork.
Project location: Smyrna, DE
Project recipient: Smyrna Clayton Heritage Association

Preserving Walkability and Accessibility, $1,500,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for upgrading public spaces in Georgetown.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: Town of Georgetown

Redden State Forest Educational and Recreational Experience, $1,200,000
Project purpose:
  This project to fund renovation of the visitor’s center at Redden State Forest for ADA compliance.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Agriculture Forest Service

Solar Array Installation, $776,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to fund site work on a new solar array at their new facility in Milford.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: Food Bank of Delaware, Inc.

Solar Farm Battery Storage Project, $1,782,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to fund a battery storage farm for the existing solar farm.
Project location: Greenwood, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Electric Cooperative

Town Hall Expansion and Rehabilitation, $938,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to fund expansion of the town hall and for ADA compliance.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: Town of Millsboro

Military Construction and Veteran Affairs

Certification Letter

Dagsboro Readiness Center, $7,500,000
Project purpose: 
This project will expand the infrastructure at the Dagsboro facility to accommodate a significant increase of personnel.
Project location: Dagsboro, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Army National Guard

Entry Control Facility, $5,200,000 
Project purpose: 
This project will provide safe, controlled access onto the installation to meet Department of Defense (DoD) and Air National Guard Antiterrorism/Force Protection standards.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Air National Guard

Planning and Design Funding for Aircraft Maintenance Shops, $3,650,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to provide a safe, adequately sized and configured multi-purpose facility for 166th Airlift Wing Maintenance and Logistics Readiness personnel.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Air National Guard

Planning and Design Funding for New Reserve Facility, $4,200,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to provide a safe, adequately sized and configured facility for the 512th Airlift Wing Operations Group.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Dover Air Force Base

Commerce, Justice, and Science 

Certification letter

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility and Equipment, $30,000,000
Project purpose: This project will support the construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation facility and the acquisition of specialized equipment.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Building a Safer Delaware: Gun Safety First, $400,000
Project purpose: This project is to promote secure firearm storage to protect communities from gun violence.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence Education Fund

Campus Safety Improvements, $725,000
Project purpose:  This project is to support safety upgrades on the university’s campus.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Data Visualization Laboratory, $1,930,000
Project purpose: This project to acquire innovative equipment for training and research to give students practical and hands-on experience using a variety of data science techniques and software applications.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Emergency Response and Rescue Vehicle, $400,000
Project purpose: This project is for purchasing an updated armored rescue vehicle to help with emergency response.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Wilmington Police Department

Enhancing Delivery of Legal Aid to Victims of Crime and Domestic Violence, $738,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of legal services provided to victims of crime and domestic violence.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.

Gene Editing Institute’s Learning Lab Expansion, $798,000
Project purpose:
 This project will expand the Learning Lab curriculum, deepen student engagement in STEM, and scale Learning Lab’s footprint regionally and nationally.  
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: ChristianaCare Health System

Mid-Life Maintenance, Upgrades, and Experiential Educational Opportunities, $4,500,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for mid-life maintenance and upgrades to the existing research
vessel that has been supporting oceanographic research at sea.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Patrol Car Replacement, $74,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to purchase
a new patrol vehicle to replace an existing, outdated vehicle.
Project location: Viola, DE
Project recipient: Town of Viola Police Department

Public Safety Emergency Rescue Vehicle, $397,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for the purchase of an emergency rescue armored vehicle.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: City of Milford Police Department

Safer Community Campaign, $1,787,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to expand a community engagement initiative that improves health and
safety living conditions in neighborhoods throughout Delaware.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: HELP Initiative, Inc.

Security Camera Equipment – Level IV, Level V and P&P, $1,274,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to upgrade video surveillance systems and for additional security
cameras and technologies at various correctional institutions across Delaware.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Correction

Financial Services and General Government

Certification letter

Digitization of Department of Education Records, $100,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to process Delaware Department of Education records, including
digitization to make the records publicly available.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Public Archives

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Clinic, $697,000
Project purpose:
 This project will establish an Entrepreneurship and Small Business Clinic to provide legal assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Law School of Widener University

Growth in Impact 2025, $500,000
Project purpose:
 This project will expand and enhance the business incubation, entrepreneurial
support, and community impact of the Center.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Emerging Enterprise Center

Middletown Business Incubator and Collaborative Workspace, $733,000
Project purpose:
  This project will provide additional business solutions for the community and create
additional training space and a virtual platform for enhanced accessibility.
Project location: Middletown, DE
Project recipient: Middletown Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Startup Accelerator & Mentoring Program, $2,100,000
Project purpose:
  This project will provide business training and support program offerings for
early-stage emerging science entrepreneurs.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Innovation Space

Technical Assistance Project, $219,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to bolster technical assistance programs for entrepreneurs and
businesses.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: True Access Capital

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

Certification Letter

Advanced Infrastructure Reliability Laboratory (AIR), $2,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project will advance the research and development for repairing and
monitoring civil infrastructure by creating a new state-of-the-art facility.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: 
University of Delaware

Affordable Homeownership Creation, $1,500,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for development cost of single-family homeownership units in
Sussex County.
Project location: Sussex County, DE
Project recipient: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

Affordable Homeownership in Laurel, $ 3,250,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for the infrastructure for housing to be constructed in Laurel.
Project location: Laurel, DE
Project recipient: NeighborGood Partners

Affordable Homeownership Project, $2,000,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for building affordable homeownership opportunities for families in
New Castle County.
Project location: New Castle County, DE
Project recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

Affordable Housing, $1,500,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for infrastructure development and construction of affordable homes in Kent County.
Project location: Kent County, DE
Project recipient: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity

Amtrak Bridge Project, $4,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to improve the safety and appearance of the bridges and pedestrian access along the rail network located along the northern boundary of the Wilmington riverfront.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Riverfront Development Corporation of Delaware

Central YMCA Residence and Wellness
Capital Improvements, $4,300,000

Project purpose: 
This project is for capital improvements of the historic building and affordable rental units that provide housing for men in need of permanent supportive housing, childcare, and wellness activities.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: YMCA of Delaware

Early Learning Center, $2,550,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to support expanding access to early childhood education.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: Latin American Community Center

Food Assistance Enhancement Project, $112,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to fund the purchase of large commercial refrigerators and freezers as well as storage shelves to expand food assistance in Delaware.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: The Salvation Army

Homebuyers’ Assistance Program, $200,000
Project purpose:
 This project will support first-time low- to moderate-income homebuyers with
purchasing rehabilitated properties in Greater Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League

Hope Center Capital Improvements, $1,323,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for capital improvements and transportation support at the New Castle County Hope Center.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County

Housing Infrastructure Renewal, $3,789,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to complete critical repairs for residential properties that
provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Ministry of Caring, Inc.

Imani Village Housing, $8,000,000
Project purpose:
 This project will create affordable housing units, including a mixed-use building that will be developed to include amenities that serve resident needs.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: REACH Riverside Development Corporation

Jamestowne Center, $716,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to develop an affordable rental housing development for seniors.
Project location: Seaford, DE
Project recipient: Better Homes of Seaford, Inc.

Kingswood Community Center Facility, $8,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for a new and expanded Early Learning Academy facility.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: REACH Riverside Development Corporation
 

Lobdell Canal Bridge, $5,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to build a bridge over the Lobdell Canal to allow direct access onsite.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Diamond State Port Corporation

Mixed-Use Redevelopment Project, $5,000,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to provide workforce housing units.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Downtown Dover Development Corporation

New Creation Affordable Housing Development, $3,750,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for site development for the construction of affordable housing.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: Milford Housing Development Corporation

New Shelter and Community Hub, $2,090,000
Project purpose: This project is to construct a new facility to provide shelter and meals for families.

Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Family Promise of Northern New Castle County

The Bridge, $20,000,000
Project purpose: This project is to complete the renovation of a
commercial office building into a center for higher education.

Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Community Education Building Corp.

The Schwartz Center for the Arts Revitalization, $1,742,000
Project purpose: The project is for capital improvements to the Schwartz Center.

Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Transitional Housing, $1,441,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for replacing aging roofs, improving stairways, and removing
lead and asbestos from the houses to improve safety and energy efficiency.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Friendship House, Inc.

Vitality Village Community Center, $934,000      
Project purpose: 
This project is to establish an onsite Community Center to for educational programming, health and wellness, and spaces for community activities and events.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: Education Health & Research International

Window Replacements, $1,154,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for replacing existing windows in Luther Towers that are original to the building.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Lutheran Senior Services of Dover, Inc.

 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Certification Letter

819 Washington Expansion, $1,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for capital improvements to expand the sober living program.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: 
Limen House

Arts Education in Delaware Schools Initiative, $1,051,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to support the training and professional development of museum
workforce and educators to strengthen community engagement by promoting
inclusive access to arts education.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Art Museum

Aviation Cost Benefit Analysis and Curriculum Buildout, $250,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for a cost-benefit analysis and for building out the curriculum
for a Certificate in Aviation for individuals seeking entry into the aviation field.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Capital Improvements, $3,100,000
Project purpose: This project is for capital improvements to the Wilmington Senior Center

Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Wilmington Senior Center

Community Access Clinic, $1,775,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to launch a primary care access clinic to serve priority
patients.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: Beebe Healthcare

Community Enhancement and Accessibility Project, $1,016,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to improve the recreational facilities and accessibility features within the
community center to promote physical activity and social engagement.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: The Bernard and Ruth Siegel Jewish Community Center of Delaware Inc.

Creating Pathways to Employment, $1,100,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to expand efforts to create pathways to employment for neurodiverse adults.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: The Precision Institute

Delaware Psychiatric Center Specialized Unit, $1,392,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to remodel patient units at the Delaware Psychiatric Center and make
other improvements throughout the facility.
 
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Donation Center Upgrade, $2,913,000       
Project purpose: 
This project is for capital improvements the Blood Bank’s Newark facility.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Blood Bank of Delmarva

Education Center, $1,079,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to renovate an adaptive use building into a state-of-the-art Education Center offering a variety of educational programs and services.  
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: West End Neighborhood House

Emergency Department Decongestion & Equity Initiative, $4,308,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to increase same day ambulatory access to care for underserved populations and reduce Emergency Department congestion.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: ChristianaCare Health Services

Empowering Young Voices Internship Program, $126,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for a journalism and civic engagement internship program designed to cultivate the next generation of local news reporters from historically underrepresented groups.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Local Journalism Initiative

Equipment for Expanded Operating Rooms, $1,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to purchase equipment for the expansion of operating rooms to increase capacity and reduce waiting times for essential procedures.
Project location: Seaford, DE
Project recipient: Tidal Health Nanticoke, Inc.

Expansion Into Underserved Areas, $2,000,000   
Project purpose: This project is to help expand mental health, refugee, and other supports services for low-income families and older adults.
 
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Jewish Family Services Delaware

Eye Exams and Glasses for Children in Underserved Communities, $633,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to provide vision screenings, exams, and eyeglasses for
children in underserved communities.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Vision to Learn

Group Home Upgrades, $300,000  
Project purpose: This project is for capital improvements and renovations of affordable group homes for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live.

Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: The Arc of Delaware

Health for All Veterans, $951,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to create the Health for All Veterans program to address the unmet
health needs of Delaware’s veterans.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Inclusion Project, $250,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to engage students with intellectual disabilities in elementary, middle, and high schools across Delaware for leadership and social skill development.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Junior Achievement Workforce Development, $250,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to engage students in high demand career fields and align student interests with programs available in Delaware public schools.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Junior Achievement of Delaware

Lead Abatement Training & Certification Program, $615,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to create Delaware’s only Lead Abatement Training & Certification Program to provide training to local contractors.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County

Master of Occupational Therapy Program Renovation, $1,491,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to outfit clinical laboratories and classrooms for the Master of Occupational Therapy Program (MOT), including two simulated community living suites for practical training for the students and other resources for the program.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Opportunity Accelerator, $514,000
Project purpose:
This project is to develop a workforce preparation program for underserved populations. 
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Goodwill Industries of Delaware & Delaware County, Inc.

Outpatient Pharmacy Project, $1,323,000
Project purpose:
 The project will establish an outpatient pharmacy at Saint Francis Hospital to improve geographic and affordable access to essential medications.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Saint Francis Hospital

Polytech Workforce Development Programs, $2,025,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to develop and expand critical workforce educational programming in
the healthcare, aviation maintenance, and operations industries.
 
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Polytech Adult Education

Seaford House Renovation, $800,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for capital improvements to the facility.
Project location: Seaford, DE
Project recipient: Children & Families First

Stand By Me: Financial Coaching, $1,458,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for comprehensive financial coaching to equip young adults with
essential financial knowledge and skills.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: United Way of Delaware

Sussex County Rural Re-entry Program, $1,103,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to provide comprehensive healthcare services, substance abuse screening, and social services and community resources for individuals transitioning out of incarceration systems.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: La Red Health Center

UGrad Education Program for Delaware Children in Foster Care, $250,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to provide advocacy, guidance, and support for Delaware students in foster care.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Kind to Kids Foundation

Vital Aging at the FinTech Innovation Hub, $1,420,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to provide education, resources, products, and services to support and improve familiarity with technology and digital services.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Technology Park

Wilmington Education Center, $5,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for the creation of an education center that will provide direct services for the community.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Police Athletic League of Wilmington

Workforce Training Initiative, $20,000,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to provide workforce training and career development opportunities
to Delaware workers.  
 
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Workforce Development Board

Youth Employment and Training Program, $627,000
Project purpose:
 This project is to provide workforce development, job training, and a meaningful
work experience to youth from low to moderate income households.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County

Youth Support Services Expansion, $455,000
Project purpose: This project is to support the expansion of the Youth Support Services Program by integrating mental health and prevention resources to the program for the members.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware

Energy and Water Development
Certification letter

Bethany Beach Flood Mitigation, $1,517,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for the installation of a dam located at the confluence of the Assawoman Canal and the Bethany Beach Loop Canal.
Project location: Bethany Beach, DE
Project recipient: 
Town of Bethany Beach

Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, $1,500,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for studying projects to reduce flood, hurricane, and storm damage hazards.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: City of Wilmington

Delaware Dredged Material Utilization – Bay Beach Restoration, $60,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for Bay Beach flood reduction and environmental restoration using maintenance dredged material from the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Project location: Kent County and Sussex County, DE
Project recipient:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

Fuel Cell Testing at Scale, $5,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to add fuel cell testing capabilities to the UD Center for Clean Hydrogen.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Kent County Environmental Infrastructure, $10,000,000
Project purpose:
 This project is for water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, environmental restoration, and addressing lead in school and day care drinking water in Kent County.
Project location: Kent County, DE
Project recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

New Castle County Environmental Infrastructure, $10,000,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, environmental restoration, and addressing lead in school and day care drinking water in New Castle County.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

South Bethany Water Infrastructure, $1,500,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to make improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in South Bethany.
Project location: South Bethany, DE
Project recipient: Town of South Bethany

Stormwater Drainage, $1,500,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for stormwater drainage improvements to address flooding at Port Wilmington.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Diamond State Port Corporation

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, $10,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, environmental restoration, and addressing lead in school and day care drinking water in Sussex County.
Project location: Sussex County, DE
Project recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

White Clay Creek Stream Restoration, $1,500,000
Project purpose:
  This project is to help mitigate stream bank erosion and protect local stormwater management basins.
Project location: Hockessin, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County

Interior
Certification letter

Center for Arts and Leadership at Cool Springs Park, $500,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to renovate the building’s exterior, main auditorium and stage area.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Brandywiners LTD

City of Seaford for Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades, $11,352,000
Project purpose:  This project is to expand capacity of the wastewater treatment facility to accommodate growth in the surrounding areas.
Project location: Seaford, DE
Project recipient: City of Seaford

City of Wilmington for Wastewater Upgrades, $8,200,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to improve the quality of surface waters through the reduction and management of stormwater that enters its combined sewer system.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: City of Wilmington

City of Wilmington for Water Treatment Project, $10,000,000
Project purpose: This project is to remove PFAS and other contaminants from the City’s water.

Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: City of Wilmington

Delaware Bay and River Cooperative for Oil Spill Response Vessel Upgrades and Equipment, $1,520,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to make improvements to and for equipment for an oil spill response vessel to protect the waters of Delaware Bay and River.
Project location: Lewes, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Bay and River Cooperative, Inc

Delaware Center for the Inland Bays for James Farm Master Plan Implementation, $1,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to support renovations and enhancements to the Preserve.
Project location: Ocean View, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

Kent County Levy Court for Murderkill River Crossing Project, $2,444,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for the replacement of a portion of the force main that crosses the floodway of the Murderkill River.
Project location: Frederica, DE
Project recipient: Kent County Levy Court

Kent County Levy Court for Pump Station Replacement Project, $8,060,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for partial replacement of the force main from Pump Station #3 in Dover.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Kent County Levy Court

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary for Resilience and Clean Water Upgrades, $858,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to support a suite of resilience and clean water efforts across Delaware.
Project location: Statewide, DE
Project recipient: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary

Preserving Artistic Heritage, $100,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to expand the League’s storage facilities to appropriately care for and store art.
Project location: Rehoboth Beach, DE
Project recipient: Rehoboth Art League

Science, Technology and Research Institute of Delaware for Contaminants of Emerging Concern, PFAS, and Radium, $1,480,000
Project purpose:
  This project is for researching and supporting drinking water in Delaware.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: Science, Technology and Research Institute of Delaware

Sussex County for Regional Wastewater Resiliency Initiative, $5,000,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to improve the resiliency of the County’s regional wastewater treatment system within the Inland Bays watershed to combat the effects of saltwater intrusion from sea level rise.
Project location: Sussex County, DE
Project recipient: Sussex County

The Grand’s Recovery Project, $500,000
Project purpose: 
This project is for preservation and renovations to the Grand Opera House.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Grand Opera House, Inc

Town of Elsmere for Stormwater and Flood Mitigation, $3,661,000
Project purpose: 
This project is to upgrade aging stormwater infrastructure.
Project location: Elsmere, DE
Project recipient: Town of Elsmere 

 

FY24 Approved Congressionally Directed Spending Requests


Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
Certification Letter

Life science workforce development, $2,168,000
Project purpose: This project will support workforce development in Delaware’s growing life science sector, specifically focusing on the skills needed for basic laboratory operations, advanced manufacturing and biomanufacturing.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Bioscience Association

Kent County comprehensive care facility, $5,000,000
Project purpose: This project will support the construction of a new comprehensive care facility in southern Kent County, serving at least 4,000 new patients.
Project location: Kent County, DE
Project recipient: Westside Family Healthcare

Center for Graduate Education and Family Medicine Residency, $1,500,000
Project purpose: This project will support the Family Medicine Residency program to provide a comprehensive academic and clinical experience for residents, and facilitate more than 7,000 additional primary care appointments each year for underserved rural communities.
Project location: Lewes, DE
Project recipient: Beebe Medical Center, Inc. d/b/a Beebe Healthcare

Comprehensive Youth Programming, $600,000
Project purpose: This project will support the organization’s ongoing youth programming, which helps youth grow into self-sufficient adults through academic improvement, employment training, and physical and mental health.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: West End Neighborhood House

Workforce education and development in battery manufacturing, $1,000,000
Project purpose: This project will develop a pilot battery manufacturing line to train students and researchers in this growing field. Battery manufacturing is increasingly important for promoting domestic supply chains for vehicles and energy storage.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Southern Delaware rural health initiative, $1,501,000
Project purpose: This program will expand personal health nursing services to an additional 1,000 homebound seniors and dual eligible individuals in Southern Delaware to positively improve elder healthcare outcomes in rural populations.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: Education Health and Research International

Improving School Library Collections, $1,938,000
Project purpose: This project will support the purchase of books for Delaware’s school libraries. This will enable students to have access to current materials, positively impacting learning and literacy outcomes.
Project location: Statewide
Project recipient: Delaware Division of Libraries

Advanced patient identification proofing and matching technology, $1,430,000
Project purpose: This project would upgrade the organization’s Master Patient Index to ensure that patient data is accurately matched with the correct patient, and better facilitate coordination and delivery of care.
Project location: Statewide
Project recipient: Delaware Health Information Network

Aviation program hangar equipment, $2,346,000
Project purpose: This request will help equip the new hangar in the Delaware State University aviation program to ensure that it is in a functional state for students and faculty, and has access to state-of-the-art hardware needed to prepare students for flight exams and the workforce.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Sate University

Adult Education Programming, $1,702,000
Project purpose: This project will train Delawareans to succeed in in-demand careers in nursing, commercial driving, biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
Project location: New Castle County, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County Vocational Technical School District

Carbon-Smart Lumber Mill, $465,000
Project Purpose: This project will be used to build a lumber mill and purchase equipment for the mill. The mill will be used for community-benefitting construction, workforce development, and training programs for at-risk youth. 
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: The Challenge Program

Military Construction and Veteran Affairs
Certification Letter

Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East Replacement, $30,577,000
Project purpose: This request supports the construction of a new Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East, the primary provider of blood for the U.S. military, at Dover Air Force Base.
Project location: Kent County, DE
Project recipient: Dover Air Force Base

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Certification Letter

Extend RWY 4 Environmental Assessment & Preliminary Design, $1,000,000
Project purpose: This project will fund an environmental assessment and design needed for FAA review of plans to extend runway x4 at Georgetown Airport.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: Sussex County

US 40 Pedestrian Safety and Roadway Lighting Upgrades, $1,000,000
Project purpose: This request would provide funding to construct a roadway lighting along US 40 where there is no existing roadway lighting between SR72 and SR 1.
Project location: Glasgow, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

Senator Bikeway Phase III, $960,000
Project purpose: Funds will be used to construct a quarter-mile section of a bicycle and pedestrian pathway to provide a safe pathway between Dover High School and downtown Dover.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

Capital Improvement Projects, $489,000
Project purpose: This project will fund a new elevator so that the cultural space is accessible to all. Updates will also be made to their performance center with new technology.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Christiana Cultural Arts Center

Capital Improvements in Wilmington and Laurel locations, $2,850,000
Project purpose: This project is for capital improvements in three locations across Wilmington and Laurel to enable the expansion of health and wellness offerings.
Project location: Wilmington, DE; Laurel, DE
Project recipient: Boys and Girls Club of Delaware

Community Education Building Capital Improvement, $3,000,000
Project purpose: This project will fund capital improvements for the Community Education Building, including repairing their HVAC system, sprinkler heads, elevator entrances, paving their outdoor lot, lobby redesign and technology updates.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Community Education Building, Corp.

Central Delaware Affordable Housing, $1,000,000
Project purpose: This project would expand the Central Delaware ReStore, enable property acquisition throughout Kent County, and expand volunteer housing.
Project location: Kent County
Project recipient: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Capital Improvements, $800,000
Project purpose: This project will expand the Center to expand their educational offerings.
Project location: Hockessin, DE
Project recipient: Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107

Luther Towers Renovations, $850,000
Project purpose: This project would replace the Luther Towers roof that is in need of repair and renovate 165 bathrooms for walk-in showers so that their senior residents can safely shower.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Luther Towers and Village

Imani Village Phase 4, Affordable Senior Housing, $4,800,000
Project purpose: This project will support construction of 50 units of affordable senior housing as part of Phase 4 of the construction of the mixed-income community of Imani Village in Riverside.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: REACH Riverside

The Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative Phase II, $3,000,000
Project purpose: This project would acquire 45 vacant homes and transform them into affordable rental housing Lower Hilltop and on the East Side.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank

Hilltop Homeownership Project, $375,000
Project purpose: This project will create 6 homes for affordable homeownership in the Hilltop neighborhood of Wilmington, DE. Half of the homes will be newly constructed, and the other half will be demolish-and-build projects.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Be Ready Community Development Corporation

Hope Center Capital Improvements and Transportation Support, $1,991,000
Project purpose: This project will improve the Hope Center’s ability to provide assistance to housing insecure individuals.
Project location: New Castle, DE
Project recipient: New Castle County Hope Center

New Castle County Affordable Housing Development, $1,650,000
Project purpose: In Newark, this project will support the property acquisition and construction of 15 homes. In Wilmington, this project will support construction of 15 homes, repairs for 400 households, and two community revitalization events.
Project location: New Castle County
Project recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

Sussex County Affordable Housing Revitalization, $8,000,000
Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition and rehabilitation of 410 units of affordable housing in Sussex County.
Project location: Milford, DE
Project recipient: Milford Housing Development Corporation

St. Michael’s Renovation and Expansion Project, $2,500,000
Project purpose: Funding will be used for capital improvements to their aging buildings to better meet the needs of their children, staff and families.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: St. Michael’s School and Nursery

Sussex County Affordable Homeownership, $1,862,000
Project purpose: This project would provide a roof replacement for their ReStore building and a series of other improvements to the facilities, including a paved parking lot.
Project location: Sussex County
Project recipient: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

Wilmington Vacant Home Revitalization, $2,000,000
Project purpose: This project will support acquisition and renovation of 14 vacant buildings on the East Side for Wilmington residents to rent at a low-cost.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Todmorden Foundation

Youth Enrichment Center, $455,000
Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition of a commercial facility in Dover and its renovation into a youth center that will provide low-income and at-risk youth with free out-of-school activities.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE
Certification Letter

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility, $7,250,000
Project purpose: Funds will be used for a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility at NIIMBL.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Equipment to Enhance Testing Capabilities in Toxicology Unit, $950,000
Project purpose: This project will fund one Liquid Chromatograph- Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (LC-QTOF) instrument in order to test for additives to opiates.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Safety, Division of Forensic Science

Delaware Data Initiative, $788,000
Project purpose: This project will support a new data laboratory that will allow the Delaware Department of Justice to load data into a single location, which can be used by law enforcement to publicize crime trends and patterns.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

Mental Health & Advocacy Coordinator, $235,000
Project purpose: This project will fund the hiring of a licensed clinical social worker to serve as a mental health and advocacy coordinator to facilitate trauma screening for children and provide therapeutic treatment.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Children’s Advocacy Center of Delaware, Inc.

Campus Safety Improvements, $540,000
Project purpose: This project will improve campus safety by replacing and upgrading approximately 400 campus security cameras. Funds will also be used to upgrade the university’s computer-aided dispatch system.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware State University

Creating a Fisheries and Aquaculture Innovation Center, $1,265,000
Project purpose: This project will support the state’s aquaculture industry and grow research capacity in applied fisheries and aquaculture.
Project location: Lewes, DE
Project recipient: University of Delaware

Body Worn Cameras (Level V and Level IV facilities), $113,000
Project purpose: This project will support a body-worn camera pilot program in prison facilities in Delaware.
Project location: Dover, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Corrections

INTERIOR
Certification Letter

Wastewater Collection System Separation, $6,000,000
Project purpose: This project will make improvements to the City of Wilmington’s combined sewer system to minimize flooding in the Southbridge Community.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: City of Wilmington

Christina & Brandywine Rivers Remediation, Restoration & Resilience, $6,300,000
Project purpose: This project will improve river health in the lower tidal Christina River and tidal Brandywine River.
Project location: New Castle County
Project recipient: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

Submerged Gravel Wetland Installation, $225,000
Project purpose: This project will remove non-point source pollution and improve water quality.
Project location: Sussex County, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

Mobile Filtration System for Training Water Operators, $260,000
Project purpose: This project will train students and water operators to sample Delaware water for contaminants.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: Center for PFAS Solutions

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Certification Letter

Accelerator for Disadvantaged Businesses, $150,000
Project purpose: This project will provide minority business owners with an accelerator space including technical support, shared administrative services, networking opportunities, and advice on management, intellectual property and sources of financing.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce

Business Growth in Communities of Color, $178,000
Project purpose: This project will allow True Access Capital (TAC) to keep pace with its loan portfolio growth by hiring two new staff members (a Loan Office and a second Technical Assistance coordinator) to expand their organizational capacity. This request will support the staff member salaries.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: True Access Capital

Carbon-Smart Lumber Mill, $498,000
Project purpose: This project will be used to build a lumber mill and purchase equipment for the mill. The mill will be used for community-benefitting construction, workforce development, and training programs for at-risk youth.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: The Challenge Program

DTP@STAR Incubator Laboratory, $600,000
Project purpose: This project will support the DTP@STAR laboratory incubator to support the growth of small science-based startups.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Technology Park

Food Incubator Project, $1,050,000
Project purpose: This project will create a culinary incubator that will identify and support local
entrepreneurs, establish and sustain successful culinary businesses that can grow and fill vacant
commercial spaces, and restore economic vitality in Wilmington, DE.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Cornerstone West CDC

Mobile Community Historical Digitization and Preservation Lab, $395,000
Project purpose: This project will collect oral histories of marginalized community members in
Delaware and digitize those histories. Funds will also be used to digitally preserve the existing collections of marginalized community histories for expanded access for all Delawareans.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Historical Society

Startup Studio – Science Entrepreneur Fellowship, $2,425,000
Project purpose: This project will support 10 early-stage entrepreneurs and their startups with paid
fellowship roles along with support for their businesses.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Innovation Space

Tech2Market, $250,000
Project purpose: This project will be used to support early-stage entrepreneurs in the clean energy space through the support of organizational staff salaries, entrepreneur roundtables, and entrepreneur showcases.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (DESCA)

Wilmington Business Incubators, $328,000
Project purpose: This project will support the success of the Wilmington Kitchen Collective, the Retail Business Incubator and the WilmingtonMADE program.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Wilmington Alliance

AGRICULTURE:
Certification Letter

CHEER, Inc. administrative service facility, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To establish an Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

City of Harrington for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000
Project purpose: To expand infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an idle lot to attract a new industrial park.
Project location: Harrington, DE
Project recipient: City of Harrington

Nanticoke Indian Association community center, $600,000
Project purpose: Renovation of the Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: The Nanticoke Indian Association Inc.

 

ENERGY AND WATER

Certification Letter

Delaware Dredged Material Utilization – Bay Beach Restoration, $10,000,000
Project purpose: Bay Beach flood reduction and environmental restoration using maintenance dredged material from the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Project location: Kent County, Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, Oak Orchard, $1,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration.
Project location: Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

New Castle County Environmental Infrastructure, Little Mill Creek, $1,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration.
Project location: New Castle County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, Town of Dewey Beach $1,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration.
Project location: Kent County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Center for Clean Hydrogen, $3,987,000
Project purpose: Purchase of advanced instruments for studying the durability of green hydrogen electrolyzer stacks. No other center in the world has been set up to conduct this type of research.
Project location: Newark, DE
Recipient name: University of Delaware

FY23 Approved Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

Plug Into The Grid, $1,128,000

Project purpose: This project is to update and enhance Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County’s workforce development efforts at its locations and to address digital inequities in Delaware communities.

Project location: Statewide

vRecipient name: Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

 

Equipment to Enhance Testing Capabilities, $670,000

Project purpose: To provide funding for the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to purchase instrumentation and equipment to enhance forensic testing within the State of Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Division of Forensic Science

 

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy for Delmarva Oasis Strategic Conservation Planning, $500,000

Project purpose: This project will develop a region-wide conservation plan of restorations projects and easements with local stakeholders and government entities. This plan will target federal, state, local, and non-governmental conservation funding to the highest regional conservation priorities in Delmarva in the face of the impacts of climate change.

Project location: Delmarva Peninsula

Recipient name: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

 

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for Statewide Air Quality Study, $440,000

Project purpose: This project will study air pollution across the state, especially in communities with histories of environmental injustice, and develop data-informed policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and expanded monitoring.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

 

Mental Health and Supportive Services, $250,000

Project purpose: To support the integration of additional mental health services.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Boys & Girls Club

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support the construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation facility to be located on the University of Delaware STAR Campus.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will support the building of the new 150-bed long term care facility, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill.

Project location: Smyrna

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

 

RESTORE: Real Estate Strategy to Obtain Racial Equity, $6,825,000

Project purpose: This project will purchase five blighted properties in the Riverside neighborhood of Wilmington and redevelop two of the five into a fresh food market and a Town Green – a central public space within the Riverside community. The remaining three properties will be redeveloped in the future.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: REACH Riverside Development Corporation

 

Equipment for Gene Therapy Production Suite, $5,000,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the University of Delaware to purchase equipment for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, testing, and workforce training to help the nation be better prepared for pandemic response and support our global competitiveness by ensuring a workforce training and manufacturing infrastructure exists through the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL).

Project location: Newark, DE

Recipient name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

 

Affordable Housing Development in New Castle County, $4,525,000

Project purpose: This project will support the construction of 20 affordable homes in Newark and 13 affordable homes in Wilmington for low-income families to purchase, as well as the demolition of three homes in Wilmington to make space for future affordable housing development. 

Project location: New Castle County

Recipient name: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer-Stormwater Separation, $4,000,000

Project purpose: This project will build a new, separate stormwater collection system that will carry rainwater runoff directly to the new South Wilmington Wetland Park, preventing sewage from contaminating ground water during flood events. This improvement will also increase resilience to flooding in the Southbridge neighborhood.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

Infant and Toddler Center Final Costs and Renovations, $3,500,000

Project purpose: This project would support the construction of a playground and parking facilities at LACC’s Infant and Toddler Center, which is currently under construction. In addition, this project would support critical maintenance at LACC’s two existing community services buildings.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Latin American Community Center (LACC)

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation, $3,060,000

Project purpose: This project will replace a mile and a half of 100-year-old, underground combined sewage-stormwater pipe at Prices Run, preventing degradation of surface water quality due to sewage overflow and catastrophic infrastructure failure.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

The Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would acquire 45 units of housing, stabilize 25 deteriorating units, create 15 green spaces, and clean 15 alleyways. Once units are acquired or rehabbed, they will be sold to developers with an enforceable agreement that the developer must sell or rent them to low-income individuals.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank

 

Villa Maria at the Brandywine, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would support the development of 74 units of one-bedroom affordable senior housing for low- and very low-income seniors in the Old Brandywine Village area.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Ministry of Caring, Inc.

 

First Community Foundation STEM Hub, $3,000,000

Project purpose: To construct a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hub in the Riverside area of Wilmington to address educational, workforce development, and health monitoring needs in the community.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: First Community Foundation

 

Support Science Entrepreneurs & New Business Creation and Growth Through Capital Improvements to the Delaware Innovation Space, $2,475,000

Project purpose: To enable Delaware Innovation Space to intensify its laboratory capabilities with more flexible lab and office space for growing startups, in addition to providing state of the art molecular biology, chemistry/material science, and biotechnology modular lab space.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Innovation Space

 

Coalition for Translational Entrepreneurship, $2,250,000

Project purpose: To support the construction of a center to translate student science and engineering ideas into business.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

Solomon’s Court Phase II, $2,000,000

Project purpose: This project will create 12 affordable and accessible units as well as street-level commercial space for small businesses.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Be Ready Community Development Corporation

 

The Choir School of Delaware’s New Building, $1,500,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to the Choir School’s Community Learning Center.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Choir School of Delaware, Inc.

 

Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Therapist Program, $1,500,000

Project purpose: This project will increase Delaware’s pediatric behavioral health workforce by providing training and hours of supervision for master’s level therapists.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

 

Housing for Homeless Youth, $1,090,000

Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition and renovation of 2 apartment complexes with a total of 7 units that will be used to provide permanent supportive housing and transitional housing for unaccompanied youth. 

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Financial Inclusion and Technology Innovation, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To create a new startup incubator that will incubate 10 financial technology startups per year, focused on improving the financial health of underrepresented communities.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: Delaware Technology Park

 

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. for The Mussels for Clean Water Hatchery, $1,000,000

Project purpose: This project will construct a 10,000 square-foot mussel hatchery facility along the tidal Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. Once hatched, the mussels will be transported to ponds in New Castle County, DE to mature, and will ultimately be deployed across the Delaware Estuary to enhance water quality, improve habitat resilience and prevent soil erosion.

Project location: Winterthur

Recipient name: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.

 

St. Michael’s Building Renovation and Expansion Project,  $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and expand the St. Michael’s School and Nursery.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: St. Michael’s School and Nursery

 

Bennett Street Revitalization Project, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To construct new affordable housing units in the East Side of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Todmorden East Foundation

 

Food is Medicine – A Pathway to Healthier Pregnancy Outcomes, $900,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to implement a comprehensive “Food is Medicine” program for pregnant women who are obese, living in poor food environments, and receiving prenatal care with ChristianaCare in an effort to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: ChristianaCare Health Services

 

Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) Nonprofit Business Accelerator, $810,000

Project purpose: To support the creation of an accelerator program for small, growing nonprofits in Delaware and would provide those nonprofits with training, resources, and tools to overcome obstacles that typically prevent such organizations from achieving sustainability, scale, and success.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement

 

Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment Project, $757,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to address historical inequities and disparities in access to medical and behavioral health care in Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Brandywine Counseling and Community Services

 

Capital Improvements to the Hope Center, $750,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and support the supply budget of the Hope Center, which provides temporary emergency non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

Project location: New Castle

Recipient name: New Castle County Hope Center

 

Lombard Street Redevelopment Project, $750,000

Project purpose: To redevelop a vacant church into a 5-unit affordable apartment complex.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Central Baptist Development Corporation

 

Limen Men’s House Capital Improvement Project, $463,000

Project purpose: This project is to make capital improvements to a men’s sober-living residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Limen Recovery & Wellness

 

Delaware River and Estuary Ecosystem Data Gathering Initiative, $356,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay to facilitate permit application and review processes, thus speeding infrastructure construction and maintenance at waterfront facilities.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

 

East Side Re-development, $280,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to affordable housing units in the East Side community of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Challenge Program

 

Restoration Now Expansion, $193,000

Project purpose: To transition the Salvation Army’s existing emergency homeless shelter to a human trafficking survivors-only secured facility to accommodate the increased need for short-term housing and to provide critically needed on-site professional evidence-based therapy.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Salvation Army

 

True Access Capital New Markets Opportunity Program, $181,000

Project purpose: To provide minority- and women-owned businesses with training and technical support to identify, pursue, and secure corporate contracts and government procurement opportunities.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: True Access Capital

 

Wilmington Small Business Support through Wilmington MADE, $75,000

Project purpose: To support the growth and development of local small businesses in Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Alliance

City of Dover for Water Main Extension and New Well, $1,800,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 0.92 mile of water main on North State Street to prevent water discoloration and improve fire protection. It will also install a new well at Silver Lake to add redundancy to the city’s water supply and improve fire protection.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: City of Dover

 

Owens Manor and Queen Manor, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to existing affordable housing properties for senior residents in Dover.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Dover Housing Authority

 

Tidewater Park Playground, $938,000

Project purpose: To construct accessible playground equipment.

Project location: Laurel

Recipient name: Town of Laurel

 

Space Education Excellence for Delaware (SEED), $900,000

Project purpose: To provide students with learning opportunities with spacecraft and scientific instruments.

Project location: Newark and Dover

Recipient name: University of Delaware and Delaware State University

 

Farm Incubator Module, $866,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to create an incubator farm location at Delaware State University to enable the university to expand its programs and reach under-resourced audiences interested in farming. The incubator will encourage participants to hone their skills and start generating income while being mentored by Delaware State University’s staff.

Project location: Smyrna, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Agriculture & Delaware State University

 

Mentorship Intiatives for Underrepresented Populations, $603,000

Project purpose: To provide mentorship and training opportunities for underserved
populations

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Delaware State University

 

City of Dover Wireless Camera Network System, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will fund components of a constitutionally conscious city-wide camera system to support the quality of life in Dover

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: City of Dover Police Department

 

Affordable Homeownership, $600,000

Project purpose: To construct 8 affordable home-owner-occupied homes.

Project location: Kent County

Recipient name: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity

 

Telehealth Initiative, $500,000

Project purpose: To purchase equipment for telehealth access to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: DE Division of Libraries

 

Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East Replacement, $350,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory – East to support the expedited transfer of blood and blood products to U.S. troops serving abroad from Dover Air Force Base.

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: Dover Air Force Base

 

Intracoastal Waterway, Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, DE, $7,550,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete maintenance dredging in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal to restore navigability to the canal.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Treatment Plant Headworks Replacement, $2,500,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 60-year-old parts at the Seaford wastewater treatment plant that will increase flow and allow it to handle the 2020 addition of sewer flows of Blades, Bridgeville, and Greenwood.

Project location: Seaford

Recipient name: City of Seaford

 

Preservation and Rehabilitation of Maxwell Estates,  $2,300,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is for the preservation and rehabilitation of a housing project that serves elderly and disabled communities in Harrington, Delaware. This project will also create a resilience hub in the community that provides social services to the residents.

Project location: Harrington, DE

Recipient name: Milford Housing Development Corporation

 

Community Harm Reduction Outreach Project, $1,159,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support a comprehensive substance abuse and mental health outreach initiative in Sussex County.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Beebe Medical Foundation

 

Cedar Creek, DE, $1,110,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform maintenance dredging of the Mispillion River entrance channel and the adjoining Cedar Creek.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Facility and Equipment Improvements, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To develop a behavioral health treatment area within the Emergency Department at TidalHealth Nanticoke.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: TidalHealth Nanticoke.

 

Strategic Land Acquisition Project, $600,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to acquire building lots for affordable homeownership opportunities throughout Sussex County, Delaware.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

 

Nanticoke Indian Museum Revitalization, $500,000

Project purpose: To revitalize the Nanticoke Indian Museum.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

Administrative Building Site Plan Infrastructure II, $500,000

Project purpose: To provide essential services for over 300 low-income senior citizens.

Project location: Georgetown

Recipient name: CHEER, Inc.

 

Delaware Coast Protection, DE, $150,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the negative shoreline impact of the Indian River Inlet jetties, addressing beach erosion and coastal storm hazard threats to the highway.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre, $100,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand the ground-level green room and rehearsal studios at the Milton Theatre in Downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project location: Milton, DE

Recipient name: Calliope Project Inc.

 
 
 

2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Electrical Substation for Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to construct an electric substation that will increase the City’s overall power supply to support economic development, and specifically provide electricity to the 126-acre Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park located in Dover, Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: City of Dover

 

Fenwick Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment to protect Fenwick Island from coastal storm damage and chronic beach erosion.

Project Location: Fenwick Island, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Improving the Durability of Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers – $1,300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support research at the University of Delaware to improve the durability of hydrogen fuel cells and make the technology commercially viable. The project will ultimately encourage new startup companies and help generate high-paying electro-chemical jobs in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: The University of Delaware

 

Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Project – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to rehabilitate the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass crane, and replace its diesel pump motors with high-capacity electric pump motors in order to mitigate erosion and damage to State Route 1.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Reducing Inequity in Access to Solar Power – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide financial incentives and access to affordable solar power systems for low to moderate-income households throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

 

Rehoboth and Dewey Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $7,650,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment of Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches to protect from coastal storm damage and chronic erosion.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

AGRICULTURE

Financial Certification Letter

Agricultural Innovation Greenhouse – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a research containment greenhouse at Delaware State University to support academic research in biotechnology and community demonstration and programming in agricultural best practices to help local farmers.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware State University

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to renovate the historic Milton Theatre in downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project Location: Milton, DE

Recipient Name: Calliope Project Inc.

 

Restoration of Historic World War II Tower – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for capital improvements to complete the final restoration phase of Fire Control Tower No. 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park and open it to the public as a historic landmark that pays tribute to those who served in World War II.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation

 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE

Financial Certification Letter

Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Unit Expansion – $749,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the New Castle County Police Department’s expansion of its Hero Help outreach efforts and the addition of a new team to its Mental Health Unit. This expansion of Hero Help and the Mental Health Unit will improve the Department’s ability to respond to incidents involving individuals struggling with mental health or substance abuse by connecting them with the appropriate services and treatment.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Recipient Name: New Castle County Police Department


Biop
harmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Equipment – $3,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support capital expenses of equipment for a Process Development Testbed focused on technologies important for continuous manufacturing of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

Blue Economy Tech Center Partnership – $1,290,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a partnership between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to develop and test marine and offshore wind applications for various autonomous systems and to support workforce development and career training in the fields of environmental science and robotics.

Project Location: Lewes and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Space Observation Center – $900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of the Delaware Space Observation Center as a joint effort by the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to strengthen space science research, education, and employment opportunities throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Newark and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Violence Reduction Program – $1,900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand Delaware’s Group Violence Intervention (GVI) program with the addition of hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Criminal Justice Council

 

Statewide Body Worn Camera Program – $1,600,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to support Delaware’s Statewide Body Worn Camera Program for law enforcement officers across the state.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Justice

 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VETERANS AFFAIRS

Financial Certification Letter

Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar Replacement – $17,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control hangar at the New Castle County Airport, one of two hangars required for the maintenance of the Delaware Air National Guard’s eight C-130 aircraft.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Air National Guard at New Castle County Airport

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Building Better Business Districts – $1,050,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of West End Neighborhood’s small business support program on commercial corridors in Dover, Wilmington, and Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Fintech Leadership – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of a Center for Fintech Leadership to improve access to banking and credit, and provide more inclusive and affordable financial choices for households and companies in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

 

Financial Health Research Institute – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the launch of a financial health research initiative to study and address the financial and banking needs for low-income and underserved individuals and communities, including communities of color, women-owned small businesses, individuals with disabilities, and unbanked households.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Technology Park

 

Manufacturing and Training Facility for Furniture Making – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to help finance the construction of a shovel-ready facility that will enable The Challenge Program to expand its furniture-making workforce development initiative for at-risk young adults.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Challenge Program

TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Financial Certification Letter

Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens at The Flats – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of new affordable housing units for senior citizens in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Todmorden Foundation

 

Gateway East Senior Residential Village – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of construction for moderate-income senior living apartments in Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: Georgetown, DE

Project Recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

Kingswood Community Center – $10,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a new community center as part of the redevelopment of the Riverside neighborhood in Wilmington.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: REACH Riverside

 

Munchy Branch Road Multi-Use Trail – $1,200,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs alongside Munchy Branch Road from Seaside Boulevard to Field Lane/Shady Ridge Drive in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

 

Nanticoke Association Cultural Community Center and Food Bank Capital Improvements – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the upgrade and expansion of the Nanticoke Indian Association’s community center in Millsboro, Delaware.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

New Castle County Affordable Homeownership Program – $1,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in the City of Wilmington by the Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

Restoration Now Security Project to Combat Human Trafficking – $485,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the safety of clients living in the Salvation Army’s anti-human trafficking shelter “Restoration Now.”

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Salvation Army

 

Sussex County Affordable Housing Construction – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in Sussex County by the Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County

 

Transforming the Former Hockessin School #107 into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support renovations that will transform the Hockessin Colored School (HCS), which played a pivotal role in our nation’s history as one of the five foundational cases in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity.

Project Location: Hockessin, DE

Project Recipient: Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107

INTERIOR

Financial Certification Letter

City of Seaford Sewer Line Relocation – $1,210,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to relocate and upgrade a 60-year-old main line sewer in Seaford, Delaware, which is a critical regionalized line that carries wastewater from the neighboring communities of Bridgeville and Greenwood, as well as a local hospital, three assisted living facilities, four schools, and several medical offices.

Project Location: Seaford, DE

Project Recipient: City of Seaford

 

Historic Goggin Manor House – $800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the renovation of the historic Goggin Manor House in Camden, Delaware, and highlight the property’s connection to the Underground Railroad.

Project Location: Camden, DE

Project Recipient: Kent County Levy Court

 

South Wilmington Sewer Infrastructure Expansion – $4,800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of the City of Wilmington’s sewer infrastructure to the southern area of the city below the Christina River.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: City of Wilmington

 

Water Contamination Prevent in Delaware – $80,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the investigation and mitigation of potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in surface and groundwater throughout Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Center for PFAS Solution at the Science, Technology, and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE)

 

Water Quality and Expansion Initiative – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of the City of Dover’s Water Quality and Expansion Initiative to improve the quality of the city’s potable water and increase the capacity of its water mains and subsequent fire suppression capabilities.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: City of Dover

 

Water Supply Infrastructure Improvements – $606,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Town of Millsboro’s efforts to replace and improve the town’s water mains to comply with the updated federal and state requirements for drinking water.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Town of Millsboro

LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

Financial Certification Letter 

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Facility – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support the design-build and engineering work necessary for the construction of a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility to support biopharmaceutical innovation for clinical research and help the nation be better prepared for responding to public health emergencies.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware

Brain Injury Services Navigation Program – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a Brain Injury Services Navigation Program to help connect survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their caregivers with appropriate rehabilitative medical services and treatment for successful community living.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Easterseals of Delaware

Delaware Best Buddies Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – $215,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to allow Best Buddies to expand to an additional 14 schools in Delaware and reach an additional 1,050 students with inclusive programming that supports students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Project Location: Kent and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Enhanced Living and Learning Through Assistive Technology – $1,016,000

Project Purpose: This project will enhance the education of young children and PreK-12 students through the availability of assistive technology (AT) tools that support access, instruction, assessment, health and wellness, and self-expression.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Financial Literacy Institute – $300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a curriculum to improve financial literacy of current and prospective Delaware State University students in areas that include personal finance, debt management, responsible access to credit, and wealth building.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware State University

Gaudenzia Fresh Start – $337,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to enhance capacity and upgrade security to improve the safety of clients at Gaudenzia Fresh Start, which provides a continuum of care and programming for individuals being treated for substance use disorder.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc.

Increasing Access to Teacher Education for Students of Color – $163,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Teacher Pipeline Project in order to build a diverse teaching workforce by increasing opportunities for Delaware high school students of color to matriculate into early childhood or elementary education programs at the University of Delaware.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Mental Health Therapist Fellowship Initiative – $3,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a workforce development program to address Delaware’s growing mental health crisis, rising demand for counseling, and lack of licensed mental health practitioners by creating paid fellowship positions for Master’s degree prepared and license-eligible counselors.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Jewish Family Services of Delaware

 

Mobile Health Clinic for Addiction Medicine – $680,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to purchase a mobile health clinic focused on serving hard-to-reach patient populations that are struggling with addiction.

Project Location: Region around Lewes, DE

Project Recipient: Beebe Medical Foundation

Mobile Health Van – $341,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to outfit a mobile health clinic to address disparities and poor health outcomes in disadvantaged communities within Western Sussex County, Delaware. The mobile clinic will also serve three school-based wellness centers in collaboration with the school systems and utilize data analytics to direct services to communities with the greatest need.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: TidalHealth Nanticoke

Offshore Wind Training Center – $1,060,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is for University of Delaware to develop an offshore wind technician training center in Lewes, Delaware. The Offshore Wind Training Center would train workers, including technicians who install and later maintain turbines in the ocean, as well as suppliers, port workers, and sea survival and rescue personnel.

Project Location: Lewes

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Westside Wilmington Health Center Facility Renovations – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to complete phase 3 of a multi-year capital improvement campaign, which will include renovations and a re-design of the center to expand resident capacity and facilitate patient-centered care.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Westside Family Healthcare, Inc.

Youth After-School Enrichment Programming – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand a variety of Boys & Girls Club programs focused on financial literacy, computer education, drug and alcohol prevention, and the arts to over 2,000 elementary students.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Delaware

 

FY2010 Funded Projects
 

40′ Fixed Route Transit Buses
State of Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$974,000 to replace aging fixed route transit coaches. This is part of a comprehensive bus replacement schedule to ensure safe and efficient transportation equipment is used for fixed route services. All buses will be state-of-the-art hybrids. The project will enable the Delaware Transit Corporation to continue to provide a high level of service to Delaware residents. The Delaware Transit Corporation provides 10 million passenger trips annually with 14.9 million service miles, and serves all three counties.
 
Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,600,000 to spur the development of the next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft that will be faster, stronger, stealthier, less costly, field repairable, have longer service life, and are up-armor capable to operate. Composites do not corrode and require less maintenance, and their light weight allow for higher speeds and greater maneuvering. Developing this technology will keep Navy, Special Operations Command and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help ensure superiority of the military in the water over current and future adversaries.
 
Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Tatnall Building
William Penn Street
Dover, DE, 19901
$69,000 to fully equip and modernize the lab to protect Delaware’s animal industries (including food animals and poultry, horse-racing industry, and companion animals) and therefore protecting public health of Delawareans.

Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711
$1,600,000 to create more effective and quickly manufacturable prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for anthrax and the plague using an innovative, plant-based technology. A quick response to a potential bioterrorist attacks require the immediate availability of reagents for mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination. Vaccines developed with the Plant Vaccine Development program, created by Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, can be produced much faster and at lower cost than current vaccines.

Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$487,000 for a program to research, build and demonstrate fuel cell hybrid buses on the UD campus and in the state of Delaware. The objective is to have the project’s efficient and uniquely low-cost design of fuel cell transit buses spur commercialization of this technology, which will help reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and enable the United States to meet its goal of greenhouse gases reductions. The University will use the funds to create an advanced, 40-foot fuel cell hybrid bus and convert its network of slow-fill hydrogen stations to fast-fill stations.

Avian Bioscience, DE
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$150,000 to upgrade Delaware’s existing diagnostic facility. Delmarva is the nation’s leader in the research, development and implementation of successful avian influenza surveillance and response plans to protect poultry and human health. The University of Delaware, through its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is central to Delmarva’s preparedness for avian influenza. These funds would be used to help the University of Delaware design this new facility.

Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE, for facilities and equipment
Beebe Medical Center
424 Savannah Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958
$100,000 to construct a new two-story School of Nursing building. The project will double Beebe’s nursing enrollment to 120 students, and train an additional 60 nurses to care for patients in Delaware.

C-5 Cargo Aircraft Maintenance Training Facility, Phase 1
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$5,300,000 to provide new training facility with tools and classrooms to furnish specialized hands-on instruction for C-17 and C-5M engine maintenance.

C & D Canal Trail Improvements
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$1,000,000 to transform more than 13 miles of existing Army Corps service road on the north-side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – from Delaware City to Chesapeake City – into a multi-purpose recreation trail with associated amenities (trail heads, signage, and self-composting restroom facilities, and security). Creating a multi-purpose recreation trail on the existing service road would ensure a safer area for the residents of Delaware City (one of the fastest growing areas in the state of Delaware), Chesapeake City, and everywhere in between, to continue to enjoy the Canal.
 
Carvel State Building Video Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$75,000 to purchase and install digital video cameras and capturing and recording equipment at the Carvel State Building that houses the Governor’s office, Lt. Governor’s office, General Assembly offices, Supreme Court, Attorney General’s office and numerous other state agencies. The purpose of this project is to enhance the Capitol Police ability to monitor, capture and retrieve video surveillance of the state facility to protect its occupants.

Chapel Center
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$7,500,000 to construct a new chapel center at Dover AFB to meet diverse worship, fellowship and counseling needs. The current Dover AFB chapel center is undersized and structurally substandard. In addition, a chapel is needed in proximity of dormitory residents because many Airmen do not own transportation and the other base chapel is 20 minutes from the main base by foot. Airmen who work at the Port Mortuary would also utilize the new facility. An improvised chapel is currently being used to host families who come to the base to receive our fallen heroes.

Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
$500,000 for use by NOAA to purchase, deploy and operate a buoy and sensors on the Nanticoke River in Delaware, which is the largest Chesapeake Bay tributary on the Delmarva Peninsula, and is identified by NOAA as a priority location for the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). The purpose of this project is to provide real-time data and interpretation to further protect, restore and manage the Chesapeake Bay.

Composite Applied Research and Technology for FCS and Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$3,200,000 for continued research at the University of Delaware to allow the Army’s Composites Applied Research and Technology Center to successfully insert more durable, modular, lighter and protective composite armor and structures into its tactical vehicle fleets more quickly and affordably. Current combat and tactical vehicles use steel and aluminum for structure and armor, which limits tactical mobility because of the weight, and wears out vehicles before their normal service life ends. Capitalizing on technology advances and facilitating the quick transition of new and better composite armor and material technologies into Army tactical vehicles helps meet the critical needs to protect soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Consolidated Communications Facility
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$12,100,000 to construct a consolidated communications facility at Dover AFB. Currently, there is no comprehensive, integrated communications system because communication functions are scattered. Consolidating these functions into one facility will improve efficiency by approximately 25 percent. Consolidation and demolition of the old facilities will result in approximately $17,000 in annual energy savings.
 
Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$800,000 to develop methods to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks for soldiers to communicate with each other, and to operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapons systems. The security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Gaining the ability to discover vulnerabilities in battlefield networks is essential in safeguarding military intelligence, communication systems and protecting our troops on the ground.

Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$331,000 for monitoring 1,400 feet of beach as part of an ongoing flood and storm damage reduction project.

Delaware Children’s Museum, DE
The Delaware Children’s Museum, Inc.
110 South Poplar Street, Suite 103
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate an existing building and construct exhibits in a museum that would provide Delaware’s first children’s museum with hands-on learning for children, with an emphasis on technology and environmental stewardship. This project would support the development of children as scientific thinkers, and also help to revitalize the surrounding community.

Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Bethany Beach to South Bethany, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of the Bethany Beach/South Bethany project area in Sussex County, Del., to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Sussex County, Del. The purpose of the project is to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast Protection, DE
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$368,000 for completion of Limited Reevaluation Report and execution of Project Partnership Agreement for initial construction of berms and dunes along 14,600 feet of beach. This will allow a coastal protection plan to move forward.

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a school leadership initiative
Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
$250,000 for the training, mentoring and coaching of superintendents, principals and other leaders within the Vision 2015 Network to maximize student achievement.

Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Dover, DE to improve Internet access to Delaware schools, including the purchase of equipment
Department of Technology and Information
801 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
$100,000 to purchase equipment and devices needed to upgrade computing operations in nearly 200 public schools throughout Delaware.
 
Delaware Estuary Salinity Study
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to assess salinity impacts on oysters and other environmental resources.

Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$300,000 to support the Delaware National Counterdrug Task Force in its efforts to sustain operations and support to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across Delaware. An increase in funding will permit the task force to meet the requests for support from the FBI, the Delaware State Police and local police departments. An increase would also enable the task force to expand its Drug Education Program to meet the high demand from middle schools across the state.
 
Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System
Delaware River Basin Commission
125 State Police Drive
Trenton, NJ  08628
$200,000 for enhancements of the Delaware River Basin’s flood warning system, including: (1) upgrades to the existing precipitation and stream gage network, (2) improvement of flash flood forecasting capabilities, (3) flood warning education and outreach, and (4) support of flood coordination. Following three Delaware River main stem floods, the continued development of an enhanced basin-wide flood warning system is critical to ensuring the existing flood warning system is adequately maintained and that technological advancements are continued.

Delaware State University, Dover, DE, for facilities and equipment related to public health training
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
$100,000 to establish a master’s program in Public Health and incorporate new technologies into the program.
 
East Side Community Learning Center Foundation, Wilmington, DE, to support supplemental education and enrichment programs for high-need students
EastSide Community Learning Center Foundation
3000 N. Claymont Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
$100,000 for supplemental educational and enrichment programs at East Side Charter School to ensure students succeed in school, work and society.

FAME, Inc., Wilmington, DE, to prepare minority students for college and encourage them to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math
FAME, Inc.
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 409
Wilmington, DE 19801
$125,000 to help prepare minority students for college, focusing on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business education.

First Steps Primeros Pasos, Georgetown, DE
First Steps Primeros Pasos
P.O. Box 1003
Georgetown, DE 19947
$194,800 for the construction and program start-up costs for a bilingual early care and education facility designed to help the children of non English-speaking families develop the language and social skills needed to succeed when they reach kindergarten. The new facility will be licensed to serve 60 children when opened, while the design and zoning will support expansion to 100 children.

Food Bank of Delaware, Newark, DE
14 Garfield Way
Newark, DE 19713
$194,800 to expand a commercial kitchen, a volunteer room, a Culinary Arts Training Facility, a retail area and office space that will allow the Delaware Food bank to meet a growing demand for services in Kent and Sussex counties. In addition to providing free and reduced cost meals, the expansion will give the unemployed, underemployed and those with troubled backgrounds the opportunity to receive quality training in the service industry to help foster additional economic growth in the area.

Functional Family Therapy for At-Risk Youth (DE Girls Wraparound)
Children and Families First Delaware
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
$350,000 for supplies and salaries needed to provide intensive community-based counseling and case management to youth ages 10-18 and their families in all three counties in Delaware. The purpose of the project is to improve family relationships, increase parent engagement, improve school attendance, and reduce involvement in the juvenile justice system and recidivism so that youth succeed.

Harbor of Refuge, Lewes, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$100,000 to repair and re-enforce the federally owned offshore Harbor of Refuge breakwater that has been badly damaged and weakened by storms. The purpose of the project is to restore the federally-owned historic breakwater, which is disintegrating, and to preserve the lighthouse, providing storm protection for marine interests and erosion protection for the Lewes/Cape Henlopen area shoreline.

Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
2801 Centerville Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$3,200,000 to increase the safety and protection of soldiers’ uniforms with improved flame resistant, durable, lower cost materials to protect against Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). Fiber research has yielded promising results in creating an improved thermal resistant nylon capable of protecting U.S. soldiers from the unique burn threats of IEDs. Development of these nylon fabrics is projected to save the Army $36-43 million per year in outfitting the deployed force.

In-Car Camera System for Delaware State Policy Patrol Cars
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$1,500,000 to purchase 350 digital in-car cameras for patrol fleet and centralized digital storage devices. The purpose of this project is to provide valuable evidentiary information in both criminal and civil processes.

Indian River Inlet Bridge
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$779,200 to construct a new bridge along State Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet. The replacement bridge will alleviate the safety risk caused by the present scour conditions at the foundations. The new structure will completely span the inlet with all foundation members constructed on dry land. The proposed alignment will be west of the existing bridge at a critical evacuation route in the event of natural disasters.
 
Jobs for Delaware Graduates, Expand Available Services
Jobs for Delaware’s Graduates, Inc.
381 W. North Street
Dover, DE 19904
$1,000,000 to expand Jobs for Delaware Graduates (JDG) programs to 1,320 additional “at-risk” students in Middle School and High School for the purpose of increasing school graduation rates.

Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080
$2,400,000 to allow flight crews to wear a Joint Services Aircrew Mask that can be put on and removed during flight. The current aircrew mask made by ILC Dover provides chemical and biological protection for aircrew with fully sealed hood that fits over the wearer’s head and is sealed at the neck. Unfortunately, the current hood cannot be removed during flight, thus producing a physiological, and to some extent, psychological burden when worn for extended periods. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical or biological contaminated scenarios.

Mentoring Initiatives for At-Risk Children and Youth
Delaware Mentoring Council
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
$750,000 to create stable mentoring programs in at least four school districts and ten schools throughout Delaware, with at least five schools in the city of Wilmington. The purpose of the project is to provide stability in the lives of at-risk youth, those living in poverty, and those facing substance abuse in their family, incarcerated parents or even homelessness.

Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,360,000 to augment and accelerate the development of small, inexpensive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging systems for brownout conditions as they relate to helicopter operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traditional imaging systems suffer from poor performance in harsh environments, such as fog, mist, blowing sand, smoke and dust. Traditional imaging systems also are incapable of seeing through obscurants, such as clothing, luggage, packaging, and walls. Images utilizing mmW can penetrate deeper into these obscurants and in some cases propagate completely through them. Creating a stable, light-weight imaging system that is impervious to weather conditions will help the military gain considerable tactical advantages and enhanced safety.

Ministry of Caring, Wilmington, DE
506 N. Church Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate the Josephine Bakhita House to serve as residence for young adults committed to giving back to the community through one or two years of volunteer service. The volunteers serve poor and homeless men, women and children who receive direct services through housing, child care, job placement, dental and medical care and outreach services. This project not only promotes volunteerism, but will also assist the needy in Delaware.

Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities and equipment
Nanticoke Senior Center   
301 N. Virginia Avenue
Seaford, DE  19973
$100,000 to provide a new approach to serving older adults through the expansion of services. Funding will be used to construct a new, 11,053-square foot Senior Services Center in the heart of Seaford, Delaware.

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE  19899
$350,000 for capital improvements by Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to upgrade and expand the only children’s hospital in Delaware, which also serves children from all over the world, and strengthen its ability to continue providing outstanding patient care.

New Castle County Courthouse Capitol Police Command Center and Lobby Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$130,000 to upgrade surveillance and purchase a system to coordinate dispatch operations within the Capitol Police Command Center of the New Castle County Courthouse to protect the one million people per year who pass through the courthouse.

New Castle County for Turkey Run Interceptor Improvements
New Castle County
87 Reads Way
New Castle, DE  19720
$300,000 to make capital improvements to the Turkey Run Interceptor sewer project. Funding will help accelerate the schedule of this critical project to provide protection for public health and the environment from problems caused by this failing sanitary sewer interceptor.

NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711
$2,400,000 to develop nucleic acid-based assays for the detection of a variety of biological warfare, agent-related bacteria and viruses using the Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS), a handheld biological agent detector developed by ANP Technologies in Newark, Del. Lighter and less expensive than the single-agent, handheld assay now used by the Department of Defense, this handheld agent detector can also detect 10 biothreat targets simultaneously. Providing a detection system that is light, rapid, reliable and easy-to-use, and one that can detect multiple threats, enhances the military’s ability to protect its soldiers on the battlefield and the American people in the homeland in case of biological warfare agent attacks.

Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement, Bethany Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Authorization to conduct a study on flooding in Bethany Beach, Del., and eventually address long-term flooding on major roads in this coastal town.

Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver for the Delaware National Guard
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
$3,200,000 to allow the Delaware National Guard to acquire two AN/TSC-156 Phoenix Tactical Super High Frequency Satellite Terminals for the Delaware Army National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade. Missions in support of the combat operations require satellite communications to support operations in hostile areas in mountainous terrain. The Delaware National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade must perform such combat missions, as well as domestic missions in support of homeland security, and the Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver will enable it to perform beyond line-of-sight communications at high data rates using commercial and military satellite constellations, classified and unclassified.

Police Weapons Range Improvements
Wilmington Department of Police
300 N. Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3973
$400,000 for mandatory improvements to the weapons range due to safety and environmental concerns so that it can continue to be utilized for firearms training by multiple local, state and federal agencies.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
11978 Turkle Pond Rd.
Milton, DE 19968
Support the President’s FY2010 budget request of $1,000,000 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land acquisition fund for the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Del. The funding would be used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire a 108-acre tract adjacent to the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. This project would protect a mix of wetlands and upland habitats, and provide excellent endangered Delmarva fox squirrel habitat. The tract also provides important access for the Refuge for both recreation and management uses into an area of the Refuge currently lacking access.

Red Clay Creek, Christina River Watershed, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$237,000 to continue the Christina River Watershed feasibility study and continue investigation of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration and water quality control strategies.

Remediation and Reuse of Reclaimed Port Land
Diamond State Port Corporation
1 Hausel Road
Wilmington, DE 19801
$730,500 to remediate five acres of contaminated land at the Port of Wilmington, Del. This project will expand the Port’s cargo handling capacity by 15 percent The land is currently unavailable for cargo operations as a result of unstable substrate conditions. The project includes the excavation and removal of decaying organic material and other debris left by previous industrial activity.

Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 704
Wilmington, DE 19801
$150,000 to expand leadership training for parents of Delaware public school students on how to effectively advocate for their children’s education and to partner effectively with their children’s schools.

Special Operations Forces Modular Glove System
WL Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711
$4,780,000 to accelerate the development of a five-piece Modular Glove System for Special Operations Forces (SOF) that provides the warfighter the necessary protection across a wide range of climactic conditions. Developed to be compatible with the SOF’s Protective Combat Uniform designed for frigid conditions, this SOF Modular Glove System provides cold weather protection to -50 degrees, as well as provides waterproof protection in wet conditions. The requested funding will enhance the readiness of SOF forces by providing them the Modular Glove System sooner than planned, thereby contributing to their effectiveness in the field.

St. Francis Hospital Foundation, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
St. Francis Hospital Foundation
701 North Clayton Street
Wilmington, DE  19805
$175,000 to make urgently needed capital infrastructure improvements to St. Francis Hospital, which provides continued care to the community’s uninsured.

Survival Equipment for Delaware State Police
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$125,000 to purchase equipment (30 shotguns, 30 handguns and 150 protective vests) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the officers providing law enforcement and the citizens they protect.

Sussex County Council for Johnson’s Corner Wastewater Improvement Project                                                                                                                                                             
Sussex County Council
2 The Circle
Georgetown, DE 19947
$300,000 to construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Johnson’s Corner Sanitary Sewer District, located near the Assawoman Bay in Sussex County, Del., which is one of Delaware’s inland bays. The purpose of the project is to eliminate failing septic systems and extend wastewater service to more than 400 residences, and reduce harmful nutrients from entering the Bay.

Turnpike Improvement Project: SR-1 & I-95
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$2,018,000 to improve the safety and efficiency of two major routes along the Northeast Corridor. It consists of three phases designed to improve the movement and safety of interstate, regional and local traffic through this heavily traveled intersection. The three phases include: a redesign of the I-95/SR-1 interchange, adding a fifth lane to I-95, and reconfiguring the I-95 toll plaza in Newark, DE, to incorporate Highway Speed E-Z Pass toll lanes. This project is anticipated to reduce traffic congestion and improve overall safety.

University of Delaware, Newark, DE for the Delaware Small Business and Technology Development Center
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$350,000 to expand the technology and science-based capabilities of the Center to further help grow and recruit small and local businesses. This project will spur economic development in Delaware.

University of Delaware Energy Institute
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$500,000 for equipment, fellowships and outreach for University of Delaware’s Energy Institute. The purpose of the project is to expand and accelerate the deployment, demonstration and adoption of alternative energy sources and technologies that are more secure, abundant, and sustainable to help meet the nation’s energy challenges.
 
Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopter
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$5,000,000 to conduct continued modifications and flight testing demonstrations at New Castle County Airport on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range and survivability. This project will help meet the Army’s need for helicopters with greater speed, range, survivability, reliability and readiness, as the helicopter is one of the primary means of mobility for combat troops, and is critical in sustaining combat and humanitarian operations over large areas, and rapidly recovering and treating combat casualties.

Wesley College, Dover, DE, for renovation and equipping of the nursing school
Wesley College           
120 North State Street
Dover, DE 19901
$200,000 to construct a 22,000-square-foot nursing facility or renovate an existing building to enable Wesley College to increase the number of qualified nursing graduates and help address the national, regional and statewide shortage of nurses.

White Clay Creek
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to continue studying flood damage, local dam damage and altered channel segments in and around the White Clay Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River. This will allow for the preparation of a plan to address flooding and storm damage on this river.
 
Wilmington Harbor, Delaware
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$1,445,000 to increase capacity and manage disposal areas for Wilmington Harbor, including management and capacity restoration of federal disposal areas and chemical and sediment testing within those areas.

Wilmington to Newark Commuter Rail Improvement Program
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$3,000,000 to install a third commuter rail track, build a new Newark Rail Station and purchase four commuter rail cars. This program expands capacity to allow expansion of commuter rail services and increase reliability of intercity and commuter rail services. It will also assist in significantly reducing traffic congestion along the Northeast corridor. This project will alleviate conflicts between passenger and freight rail in the area and facilitate future downstate rail initiatives.
 
Wind Turbine Infrastructure for Green Energy and Research on Wind Power in Delaware
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$1,000,000 for the purchase and installation of a wind turbine to be used shore-side at the University of Delaware’s Lewes Campus. The purpose of this project is to help inform decisions about the viability and delivery of offshore renewable wind energy. The project will improve learning and demonstration opportunities arising from the nation’s first offshore wind farm being built nearby.

World Trade Center Institute Delaware, for the export assistance webinar series for business education, Wilmington, DE
World Trade Center Institute of Delaware
702 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$50,000 to enable the Institute to create live web-streaming and offline webinars of its international business seminars, making the seminars accessible remotely to small businesses for which it would be difficult to attend in person. These webinars will help participants expand business opportunities overseas, reducing our nation’s trade deficit and boosting our economy.
 
X-49A Envelope Expansion Modifications
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$3,600,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. These funds will cover the cost of design, fabrication, assembly, instrumentation and check out of propulsion and control system modifications that will enable flight beyond the current operating limits of the baseline conventional helicopter. Many current US combat and humanitarian operations require rotorcraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters.

 

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FY2011 DOD Authorizations Requests

ANP Technologies, NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711

$4,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop a multiplexed handheld device for detection of a variety of biological warfare agent related bacteria and viruses. According to the Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (released in December 2008), a biological attack is more likely to be used by terrorists than any other weapons of mass destruction in the near future. The proposed handheld common identifier for biological agents will allow war fighters to perform rapid, on-site biological agent tests during threat situations.

 
Civil Air Patrol, Operations
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

$4,500,000 above the President’s request to allow Civil Air Patrol to continue at current levels of operations across the country. The Civil Air Patrol is congressionally chartered to carry out the non-combative missions of the U.S. Air Force in the United States through inland search and rescue, disaster relief, counter-drug missions, homeland security, aerospace education, and youth development. The proposed reduction in national funds will mean every state will lose some of its search and rescue capacity and see reductions in field support, cadet programs, and training sorties and exercises.  The Delaware Wing membership includes 286 adults and 163 cadets and supports the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, County Emergency Operating Centers, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover Air Force Base, and other governmental agencies. Last year, the nine squadrons of the Delaware Wing flew over 1,000 state missions and provided 30,460 volunteer hours.
 
 
DAFB, Maintenance Hangar
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$32,000,000 to construct a single bay, full-in C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar with phased back shops wrapped around the facility to sustain home station and en route missions at Dover AFB. Dover AFB hauls more channel cargo than the rest of Air Mobility Command’s airlift bases combined. Without a new completely covered maintenance hangar, during harsh weather Dover AFB will suffer from longer maintenance turn-around times and additional maintenance labor requirements, which may impact the base’s mission.
 
 
DAFB, Security Forces Complex
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$14,000,000 to construct a Security Forces Complex that is adequately sized and properly configured to support Security Forces base protection and mobility missions. A new facility can provide adequate storage for War Readiness materials, mobility equipment, armory for storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. Currently, the Dover Security Forces Facilities are the 2nd worst in the Air Mobility Command (AMC) due to deficiency in facility space and functional needs.
 
 
DANG, C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Shops – Air National Guard Project Phase III
Delaware Air National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615

$11,600,000 to replace the Delaware Air National Guard’s engine maintenance shop, aircraft generation shop, aircraft maintenance unit shop area, and the non-destructive inspection shop area. With the higher operations tempo in recent years, the Guard’s C-130 aircraft have supported regional, national, and global mission requirements which include providing air transportation for airborne forces, their equipment and supplies. Specifically, the aircraft of the Delaware Air National Guard also provide intra-theater airlift of personnel, equipment and supplies for tactical aeromedical evacuation within the theater of operations, as well as other inter-theater airlift of personnel and cargo. The ability to properly maintain the aircraft is critical to continue the effective support of these operations.
 
 
DNG, Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19808

$300,000 above the President’s request to provide counterdrug support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and to Community Based Organizations requesting Drug Demand Reduction Assistance. Funding will provide unique military support and resources to our police agencies which enables the police to concentrate more police resources to other priorities in their department. This funding will provide the Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Program the ability to provide a criminal analyst to the FBI Task Force and provide for continued support to the Delaware Information Analysis Center sponsored by the Delaware State Police. It will also be used to sustain and expand the 6th grade Drug Education Program to more middle schools across the State of Delaware.
 
 
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, STEM/Energy and Power Career (EPC) Development Initiative
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
2905 Southampton Road
Philadelphia, PA

$1,000,000 to expand National Defense Education Program (NDEP) activities focused on STEM in K-12 schools in the greater Philadelphia region, including Wilmington, Delaware. The overall goal of the NDEP at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is to increase career awareness and educational activity in grades K-12 that leads to more candidates, particularly women and minorities, for careers in Navy engineering and research. This funding will allow the Navy and the DVIRC to expand on their existing work and bring services to Wilmington, Delaware. The project will benefit the state of Delaware by bringing the knowledge and expertise of Navy scientists and engineers and businesspeople, and the programmatic and financial resources of the National Defense Education program into K-12 classrooms in Wilmington and the Wilmington area.  It will also connect the school district and its students and teachers to the multiple Power and Energy-related research, development, and educational initiatives taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
 
 
Fraunhofer, Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711

$5,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to deliver a combined multivalent one-shot vaccine to protect the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian communities against plague and anthrax.  This quick response ability can assist communities around the world with mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination in the event of bioterrorist attack or natural disease outbreak such as an avian influenza.

ILC Dover, Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a Joint Services Aircrew Mask, which will provide above the neck Chemical, Biological, and Anti-G protection to DoD aircrew personnel. The mask is a hood that can be put on and removed during flight that goes over the wearer’s head and seals at the neck. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical and biological contaminated scenarios.

INVISTA, Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal
Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
400 Woodland Road
Seaford, DE 19973

$3,500,000 to increase the safety and protection of U.S. soldiers with improved flame resistant, durable, and lower cost materials for the U.S. Army combat uniforms. These improvements will meet an urgent need due to the threat of Improvised Explosives Devices (IED). This project will fund and accelerate research, development, testing, and evaluation for nylon fiber development, fiber formulation, fabric scale up and performance blend specification for U.S. Army combat uniforms.

M Cubed Technologies, Technology for Lightweight Personnel Armor
M Cubed Technologies
1 Tralee Industrial Park
Newark, DE 19711

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop lighter weight body armor for soldiers and Marines that retains the ability to protect from multiple shots. Funding will assist development of advanced ceramics with novel geometric shapes that can reduce the body armor plate weight by 10 percent with potential for further weight reduction.

Quantum Leap, Treatment Decision Support for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
3 Innovation Way, Suite 100
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a field deployable prototype composed of medically actionable, agent-based modeling, simulation and analysis environment and eye tracking goggles that enables field screening for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). Current and future operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in considerable incidence of injuries that manifest as mTBI and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – future, as yet undefined military operations, will likely result in similar injuries. The unique capabilities developed under this program will enable medical personnel to quickly screen newly injured warfighters for mTBI and determine potential interventions that will maximize recovery and minimize future harm.

Piasecki, Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Flight Demonstration Program 
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029

$4,000,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. Current US combat and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines and many other remote areas require rotocraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters. By improving the speed, range, and survivability of the current helicopter fleet through technology insertion, there is an opportunity to address these capability gaps as part of ongoing recapitalization to the existing helicopter fleet.

Textronics, Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems
Textronics, Inc.
3825 Lancaster Pike, Suite 201
Wilmington, DE 19805

$3,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a new generation of wearable physiological-monitoring garments that will afford comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a war fighter’s heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters.  The U.S. Army faces a critical need to determine real-time conditions (e.g. heart rate, respiration, activity, temperature, etc.) of the war fighter to address immediate medical attention needs and improve performance. The Army has requested such real-time physiological monitoring, which offers the capability to promptly detect and classify combat injuries and/or health problems.

University of Delaware, Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$3,000,000 to research and develop design, engineering and manufacturing technologies for U.S. Navy ship structures based on advanced lightweight composite materials. The objective of this project is to keep Navy, SOCOM (Special Operations Command), and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help insure superiority of the US military in the water over current and future adversaries. The application of these materials and technologies will provide ship structures that are optimally engineered, and manufactured using state-of-the-art methods to provide the highest performance at the lowest cost.

University of Delaware, Center for Advanced Magnetics
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$500,000 to establish a Center for Advanced Magnetics that would be the first in the United States and play the role of national center of excellence in the synthesis, characterization and testing of permanent magnets which are critical for our defense. The Center will promote, conduct and facilitate collaborative research and development on permanent magnets among the very few existing groups at universities, industrial institutions and government labs with the aim to resurrect and revive U.S. research and industry on permanent magnets and decrease our dependence on China which now has the monopoly in these strategic materials. Better permanent magnets support smaller, lighter, faster defense systems by increasing power density and reducing weight and size of not only the magnets but also leverage size reductions in surrounding components and enhancing affordability.

University of Delaware, Composite Applied Research and Technology for Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$4,500,000 to rapidly advance the Technology Readiness Level of existing and promising new ultra-lightweight composites structures and armor for combat and light, medium and heavy tactical vehicle applications. Using heavy materials such as steel and aluminum will continue to result in vehicles that are too heavy to transport and will overload vehicles – which reduces life, increases maintenance costs and requires more frequent vehicle replacement. The project is addressing the critical needs of the US Army to protect our soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions.  Lightweight composite vehicle structures and armor increase mobility and mission payloads while increasing soldier protection against direct fire, improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators.

University of Delaware, Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the U.S. Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks to both communicate between soldiers, and between soldiers and their weapons systems. This concept is called network centric warfare, and the security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Applications of the knowledge developed in this project will help protect our ground troops working in tactical battlefield environments by protecting their ability to communicate with each other and operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapon systems.

University of Delaware, Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,900,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop real-time image enhancement technologies to improve the videos taken from next-generation millimeter-wave cameras. These cameras have the advantage of allowing U.S. soldiers to see in harsh conditions, including dust, fog, sand, and clouds. Millimeter wave imaging systems are able to image through smoke, fog, marine layer, blowing dust and sand, and fabric.  The technology development is supported by the Office of Naval Research with the intent to deploy systems on military helicopters landing in harsh environments such as the “brownout” conditions faced when landing in the desserts of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq.  It will also improve situational awareness of Naval vessels, particularly when close to the shore or at ports.

University of Delaware, Multifunctional Technologies Alliance
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$10,000,000 to establish an Army-wide Multifunctional Materials Technologies Alliance (MTA) between the nine Army Research and Development Center’s (RDEC’s) of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) and the University of Delaware. This alliance will conduct basic and applied research in multifunctional materials, processing science, modeling, simulation, design and optimization, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, electronics, networking and communication systems and multifunctional platform integration of interest to RDEC’s. This funding will establish a national laboratory housed in UD’s Technology Park, at the home of the recently closed Newark Chrysler Plant, to address the national security interests of our nation.

University of Delaware, Persistent Surveillance Using Unmanned Millimeter Wave Imaging Platforms
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,600,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation of a millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform for persistent surveillance and reconnaissance. Thanks to the ability of mmWs to penetrate dust, smoke, clouds, rain, sand, and ground up to a few inches, they are ideally suited for such tasks. The U.S. Army project will be carried out in close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. By providing all-weather, persistent imagery of theater, the project will provide immediate battle damage assessment, situation awareness, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance capabilities. As a result, the ability to determine the actions and intentions of U.S. adversaries will be greatly improved.

University of Delaware, Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 to support a Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation. Such an environment combines leading edge technologies in the biological sciences, modeling physics, computational rendering, haptic feedback and visual display. Three dimensional virtual environments for medical imaging and surgical simulation are critical to the training and practice of future surgeons. Ultimately, these technologies will permit future surgeons to perform simulated surgical procedures on a patient’s precise anatomy, derived from high-fidelity CT or MRI scans, prior to entering the operating room. Combined with robotic surgery equipment, the developed technologies will lead to the ability to perform life-saving surgical procedures remotely, e.g., battlefield treatment. These technologies are critical to the realization of remote surgical procedures for the treatment of battlefield wounded soldiers.

W.L. Gore, Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)
W.L. Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 to provide the Army soldier with built-in protection from flame and heat threats present in combat conditions, while remaining highly functional in a spectrum of cold and wet weather climates. The FREE system is user-adaptable for field operations in rapidly evolving combat environments and protects the soldier from head to toe. It is designed specifically for aviation and combat vehicle crewmen, and utilizes advanced textile technologies in a range of garments, from lightweight base layers to weather-protecting outerwear.

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 AGRICULTURE:

 

Calliope Project,
Inc., $125,000

 

Project purpose: To support Phase
II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas
for school programming.

 

Project location: Milton, DE

 

Project recipient: Calliope Project
Inc.

 

 

CHEER, Inc.
administrative service facility, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To establish an
Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and
supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.

 

Project location: Georgetown, DE

 

Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

City of Harrington
for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000

 

Project purpose: To expand
infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an
idle lot to attract a new industrial park.

 

Project location: Harrington, DE

 

Project recipient: City of
Harrington

 

 

Freeman Arts
Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To complete site
work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity
and support the arts and regional economy.

 

Project location: Selbyville, DE

 

Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman
Foundation

 

 

Nanticoke Indian
Association community center, $600,000

 

Project purpose: Renovation of the
Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and
add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.

 

Project location: Millsboro, DE

 

Project recipient: The Nanticoke
Indian Association Inc

FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT:

Certification Letter

Accelerator for Disadvantaged Businesses, $150,000
Project purpose: This project will provide minority business owners with an accelerator space including technical support, shared administrative services, networking opportunities, and advice on management, intellectual property and sources of financing.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce

Business Growth in Communities of Color, $297,000
Project purpose: This project will allow True Access Capital (TAC) to keep pace with its loan portfolio growth by hiring two new staff members (a Loan Office and a second Technical Assistance coordinator) to expand their organizational capacity. This request will support the staff member salaries.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: True Access Capital
Carbon-Smart Lumber Mill, $498,000

Project purpose: This project will be used to build a lumber mill and purchase equipment for the mill. The mill will be used for community-benefitting construction, workforce development, and training programs for at-risk youth.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: The Challenge Program

DTP@STAR Incubator Laboratory, $600,000
Project purpose: This project will support the DTP@STAR laboratory incubator to support the growth of small science-based startups.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Technology Park

Food Incubator Project, $1,050,000
Project purpose: This project will create a culinary incubator that will identify and support local entrepreneurs, establish and sustain successful culinary businesses that can grow and fill vacant commercial spaces, and restore economic vitality in Wilmington, DE.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Cornerstone West CDC

Grow Delaware Fund, $1,000,000
Project purpose: This project will allow the Grow America Fund to expand the “Grow Delaware Fund,” which provides small business lending – including SBA-backed lending – and technical support to small businesses in underserved communities.
Project location: New Castle County, Sussex County, Kent County
Project recipient: Grow America Fund

Mobile Community Historical Digitization and Preservation Lab, $395,000
Project purpose: This project will collect oral histories of marginalized community members in Delaware and digitize those histories. Funds will also be used to digitally preserve the existing collections of marginalized community histories for expanded access for all Delawareans.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Historical Society

Preservation and restoration of historic structure, $285,000
Project purpose: Critically needed repairs for the preservation of the Historic Cannonball House and Maritime Museum.
Project location: Lewes, DE
Project recipient: The Lewes Historical Society

Startup Studio – Science Entrepreneur Fellowship, $2,425,000
Project purpose: This project will support 10 early-stage entrepreneurs and their startups with paid fellowship roles along with support for their businesses.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Delaware Innovation Space

Tech2Market, $250,000
Project purpose: This project will be used to support early-stage entrepreneurs in the clean energy space through the support of organizational staff salaries, entrepreneur roundtables, and entrepreneur showcases.
Project location: Newark, DE
Project recipient: DESCA

Wilmington Business Incubators, $333,000
Project purpose: This project will support the success of the Wilmington Kitchen Collective, the Retail Business Incubator and the WilmingtonMADE program.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Project recipient: Wilmington Alliance

AGRICULTURE:
Certification Letter

Calliope Project, Inc., $125,000
Project purpose: To support Phase II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas for school programming.
Project location: Milton, DE
Project recipient: Calliope Project Inc.

CHEER, Inc. administrative service facility, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To establish an Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

City of Harrington for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000
Project purpose: To expand infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an idle lot to attract a new industrial park.
Project location: Harrington, DE
Project recipient: City of Harrington

Freeman Arts Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To complete site work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity and support the arts and regional economy.
Project location: Selbyville, DE
Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation

Nanticoke Indian Association community center, $600,000
Project purpose: Renovation of the Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: The Nanticoke Indian Association Inc.

ENERGY AND WATER

Certification Letter

Delaware Dredged Material Utilization – Bay Beach Restoration, $10,000,000
Project purpose: Bay Beach flood reduction and environmental restoration using maintenance dredged material from the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Project location: Kent County, Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration in Sussex County.
Project location: Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

New Castle County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for New Castle County.
Project location: New Castle County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Kent County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for Kent County.
Project location: Kent County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Battery storage system at Bruce Henry Solar Farm, $3,064,000
Project purpose: This new utility-scale battery storage facility will free up interconnections for the Delaware Electric Cooperate to expand installations of solar panels.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Recipient name: Delaware Electric Cooperative

Center for Clean Hydrogen, $4,960,000
Project purpose: Purchase of advanced instruments for studying the durability of green hydrogen electrolyzer stacks. No other center in the world has been set up to conduct this type of research.
Project location: Newark, DE
Recipient name: University of Delaware

Clean energy improvements to heat and power to reduce emissions, $5,000,000
Project purpose: This project would increase production of green energy from digester gas by 50% on a typical day, reducing operating costs and overall greenhouse gas emissions.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Recipient name: City of Wilmington 

FY23 Approved Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

Plug Into The Grid, $1,128,000

Project purpose: This project is to update and enhance Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County’s workforce development efforts at its locations and to address digital inequities in Delaware communities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

 

Equipment to Enhance Testing Capabilities, $670,000

Project purpose: To provide funding for the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to purchase instrumentation and equipment to enhance forensic testing within the State of Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Division of Forensic Science

 

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy for Delmarva Oasis Strategic Conservation Planning, $500,000

Project purpose: This project will develop a region-wide conservation plan of restorations projects and easements with local stakeholders and government entities. This plan will target federal, state, local, and non-governmental conservation funding to the highest regional conservation priorities in Delmarva in the face of the impacts of climate change.

Project location: Delmarva Peninsula

Recipient name: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

 

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for Statewide Air Quality Study, $440,000

Project purpose: This project will study air pollution across the state, especially in communities with histories of environmental injustice, and develop data-informed policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and expanded monitoring.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

 

Mental Health and Supportive Services, $250,000

Project purpose: To support the integration of additional mental health services.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Boys & Girls Club

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support the construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation facility to be located on the University of Delaware STAR Campus.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will support the building of the new 150-bed long term care facility, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill.

Project location: Smyrna

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

 

RESTORE: Real Estate Strategy to Obtain Racial Equity, $6,825,000

Project purpose: This project will purchase five blighted properties in the Riverside neighborhood of Wilmington and redevelop two of the five into a fresh food market and a Town Green – a central public space within the Riverside community. The remaining three properties will be redeveloped in the future.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: REACH Riverside Development Corporation

 

Equipment for Gene Therapy Production Suite, $5,000,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the University of Delaware to purchase equipment for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, testing, and workforce training to help the nation be better prepared for pandemic response and support our global competitiveness by ensuring a workforce training and manufacturing infrastructure exists through the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL).

Project location: Newark, DE

Recipient name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

 

Affordable Housing Development in New Castle County, $4,525,000

Project purpose: This project will support the construction of 20 affordable homes in Newark and 13 affordable homes in Wilmington for low-income families to purchase, as well as the demolition of three homes in Wilmington to make space for future affordable housing development. 

Project location: New Castle County

Recipient name: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer-Stormwater Separation, $4,000,000

Project purpose: This project will build a new, separate stormwater collection system that will carry rainwater runoff directly to the new South Wilmington Wetland Park, preventing sewage from contaminating ground water during flood events. This improvement will also increase resilience to flooding in the Southbridge neighborhood.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

Infant and Toddler Center Final Costs and Renovations, $3,500,000

Project purpose: This project would support the construction of a playground and parking facilities at LACC’s Infant and Toddler Center, which is currently under construction. In addition, this project would support critical maintenance at LACC’s two existing community services buildings.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Latin American Community Center (LACC)

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation, $3,060,000

Project purpose: This project will replace a mile and a half of 100-year-old, underground combined sewage-stormwater pipe at Prices Run, preventing degradation of surface water quality due to sewage overflow and catastrophic infrastructure failure.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

The Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would acquire 45 units of housing, stabilize 25 deteriorating units, create 15 green spaces, and clean 15 alleyways. Once units are acquired or rehabbed, they will be sold to developers with an enforceable agreement that the developer must sell or rent them to low-income individuals.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank

 

Villa Maria at the Brandywine, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would support the development of 74 units of one-bedroom affordable senior housing for low- and very low-income seniors in the Old Brandywine Village area.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Ministry of Caring, Inc.

 

First Community Foundation STEM Hub, $3,000,000

Project purpose: To construct a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hub in the Riverside area of Wilmington to address educational, workforce development, and health monitoring needs in the community.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: First Community Foundation

 

Support Science Entrepreneurs & New Business Creation and Growth Through Capital Improvements to the Delaware Innovation Space, $2,475,000

Project purpose: To enable Delaware Innovation Space to intensify its laboratory capabilities with more flexible lab and office space for growing startups, in addition to providing state of the art molecular biology, chemistry/material science, and biotechnology modular lab space.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Innovation Space

 

Coalition for Translational Entrepreneurship, $2,250,000

Project purpose: To support the construction of a center to translate student science and engineering ideas into business.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

Solomon’s Court Phase II, $2,000,000

Project purpose: This project will create 12 affordable and accessible units as well as street-level commercial space for small businesses.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Be Ready Community Development Corporation

 

The Choir School of Delaware’s New Building, $1,500,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to the Choir School’s Community Learning Center.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Choir School of Delaware, Inc.

 

Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Therapist Program, $1,500,000

Project purpose: This project will increase Delaware’s pediatric behavioral health workforce by providing training and hours of supervision for master’s level therapists.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

 

Housing for Homeless Youth, $1,090,000

Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition and renovation of 2 apartment complexes with a total of 7 units that will be used to provide permanent supportive housing and transitional housing for unaccompanied youth. 

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Financial Inclusion and Technology Innovation, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To create a new startup incubator that will incubate 10 financial technology startups per year, focused on improving the financial health of underrepresented communities.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: Delaware Technology Park

 

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. for The Mussels for Clean Water Hatchery, $1,000,000

Project purpose: This project will construct a 10,000 square-foot mussel hatchery facility along the tidal Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. Once hatched, the mussels will be transported to ponds in New Castle County, DE to mature, and will ultimately be deployed across the Delaware Estuary to enhance water quality, improve habitat resilience and prevent soil erosion.

Project location: Winterthur

Recipient name: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.

 

St. Michael’s Building Renovation and Expansion Project,  $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and expand the St. Michael’s School and Nursery.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: St. Michael’s School and Nursery

 

Bennett Street Revitalization Project, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To construct new affordable housing units in the East Side of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Todmorden East Foundation

 

Food is Medicine – A Pathway to Healthier Pregnancy Outcomes, $900,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to implement a comprehensive “Food is Medicine” program for pregnant women who are obese, living in poor food environments, and receiving prenatal care with ChristianaCare in an effort to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: ChristianaCare Health Services

 

Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) Nonprofit Business Accelerator, $810,000

Project purpose: To support the creation of an accelerator program for small, growing nonprofits in Delaware and would provide those nonprofits with training, resources, and tools to overcome obstacles that typically prevent such organizations from achieving sustainability, scale, and success.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement

 

Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment Project, $757,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to address historical inequities and disparities in access to medical and behavioral health care in Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Brandywine Counseling and Community Services

 

Capital Improvements to the Hope Center, $750,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and support the supply budget of the Hope Center, which provides temporary emergency non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

Project location: New Castle

Recipient name: New Castle County Hope Center

 

Lombard Street Redevelopment Project, $750,000

Project purpose: To redevelop a vacant church into a 5-unit affordable apartment complex.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Central Baptist Development Corporation

 

Limen Men’s House Capital Improvement Project, $463,000

Project purpose: This project is to make capital improvements to a men’s sober-living residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Limen Recovery & Wellness

 

Delaware River and Estuary Ecosystem Data Gathering Initiative, $356,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay to facilitate permit application and review processes, thus speeding infrastructure construction and maintenance at waterfront facilities.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

 

East Side Re-development, $280,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to affordable housing units in the East Side community of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Challenge Program

 

Restoration Now Expansion, $193,000

Project purpose: To transition the Salvation Army’s existing emergency homeless shelter to a human trafficking survivors-only secured facility to accommodate the increased need for short-term housing and to provide critically needed on-site professional evidence-based therapy.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Salvation Army

 

True Access Capital New Markets Opportunity Program, $181,000

Project purpose: To provide minority- and women-owned businesses with training and technical support to identify, pursue, and secure corporate contracts and government procurement opportunities.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: True Access Capital

 

Wilmington Small Business Support through Wilmington MADE, $75,000

Project purpose: To support the growth and development of local small businesses in Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Alliance

City of Dover for Water Main Extension and New Well, $1,800,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 0.92 mile of water main on North State Street to prevent water discoloration and improve fire protection. It will also install a new well at Silver Lake to add redundancy to the city’s water supply and improve fire protection.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: City of Dover

 

Owens Manor and Queen Manor, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to existing affordable housing properties for senior residents in Dover.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Dover Housing Authority

 

Tidewater Park Playground, $938,000

Project purpose: To construct accessible playground equipment.

Project location: Laurel

Recipient name: Town of Laurel

 

Space Education Excellence for Delaware (SEED), $900,000

Project purpose: To provide students with learning opportunities with spacecraft and scientific instruments.

Project location: Newark and Dover

Recipient name: University of Delaware and Delaware State University

 

Farm Incubator Module, $866,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to create an incubator farm location at Delaware State University to enable the university to expand its programs and reach under-resourced audiences interested in farming. The incubator will encourage participants to hone their skills and start generating income while being mentored by Delaware State University’s staff.

Project location: Smyrna, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Agriculture & Delaware State University

 

Mentorship Intiatives for Underrepresented Populations, $603,000

Project purpose: To provide mentorship and training opportunities for underserved
populations

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Delaware State University

 

City of Dover Wireless Camera Network System, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will fund components of a constitutionally conscious city-wide camera system to support the quality of life in Dover

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: City of Dover Police Department

 

Affordable Homeownership, $600,000

Project purpose: To construct 8 affordable home-owner-occupied homes.

Project location: Kent County

Recipient name: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity

 

Telehealth Initiative, $500,000

Project purpose: To purchase equipment for telehealth access to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: DE Division of Libraries

 

Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East Replacement, $350,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory – East to support the expedited transfer of blood and blood products to U.S. troops serving abroad from Dover Air Force Base.

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: Dover Air Force Base

 

Intracoastal Waterway, Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, DE, $7,550,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete maintenance dredging in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal to restore navigability to the canal.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Treatment Plant Headworks Replacement, $2,500,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 60-year-old parts at the Seaford wastewater treatment plant that will increase flow and allow it to handle the 2020 addition of sewer flows of Blades, Bridgeville, and Greenwood.

Project location: Seaford

Recipient name: City of Seaford

 

Preservation and Rehabilitation of Maxwell Estates,  $2,300,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is for the preservation and rehabilitation of a housing project that serves elderly and disabled communities in Harrington, Delaware. This project will also create a resilience hub in the community that provides social services to the residents.

Project location: Harrington, DE

Recipient name: Milford Housing Development Corporation

 

Community Harm Reduction Outreach Project, $1,159,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support a comprehensive substance abuse and mental health outreach initiative in Sussex County.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Beebe Medical Foundation

 

Cedar Creek, DE, $1,110,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform maintenance dredging of the Mispillion River entrance channel and the adjoining Cedar Creek.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Facility and Equipment Improvements, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To develop a behavioral health treatment area within the Emergency Department at TidalHealth Nanticoke.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: TidalHealth Nanticoke.

 

Strategic Land Acquisition Project, $600,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to acquire building lots for affordable homeownership opportunities throughout Sussex County, Delaware.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

 

Nanticoke Indian Museum Revitalization, $500,000

Project purpose: To revitalize the Nanticoke Indian Museum.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

Administrative Building Site Plan Infrastructure II, $500,000

Project purpose: To provide essential services for over 300 low-income senior citizens.

Project location: Georgetown

Recipient name: CHEER, Inc.

 

Delaware Coast Protection, DE, $150,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the negative shoreline impact of the Indian River Inlet jetties, addressing beach erosion and coastal storm hazard threats to the highway.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre, $100,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand the ground-level green room and rehearsal studios at the Milton Theatre in Downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project location: Milton, DE

Recipient name: Calliope Project Inc.

 
 
 

2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Electrical Substation for Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to construct an electric substation that will increase the City’s overall power supply to support economic development, and specifically provide electricity to the 126-acre Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park located in Dover, Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: City of Dover

 

Fenwick Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment to protect Fenwick Island from coastal storm damage and chronic beach erosion.

Project Location: Fenwick Island, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Improving the Durability of Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers – $1,300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support research at the University of Delaware to improve the durability of hydrogen fuel cells and make the technology commercially viable. The project will ultimately encourage new startup companies and help generate high-paying electro-chemical jobs in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: The University of Delaware

 

Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Project – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to rehabilitate the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass crane, and replace its diesel pump motors with high-capacity electric pump motors in order to mitigate erosion and damage to State Route 1.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Reducing Inequity in Access to Solar Power – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide financial incentives and access to affordable solar power systems for low to moderate-income households throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

 

Rehoboth and Dewey Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $7,650,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment of Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches to protect from coastal storm damage and chronic erosion.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

AGRICULTURE

Financial Certification Letter

Agricultural Innovation Greenhouse – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a research containment greenhouse at Delaware State University to support academic research in biotechnology and community demonstration and programming in agricultural best practices to help local farmers.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware State University

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to renovate the historic Milton Theatre in downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project Location: Milton, DE

Recipient Name: Calliope Project Inc.

 

Restoration of Historic World War II Tower – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for capital improvements to complete the final restoration phase of Fire Control Tower No. 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park and open it to the public as a historic landmark that pays tribute to those who served in World War II.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation

 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE

Financial Certification Letter

Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Unit Expansion – $749,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the New Castle County Police Department’s expansion of its Hero Help outreach efforts and the addition of a new team to its Mental Health Unit. This expansion of Hero Help and the Mental Health Unit will improve the Department’s ability to respond to incidents involving individuals struggling with mental health or substance abuse by connecting them with the appropriate services and treatment.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Recipient Name: New Castle County Police Department


Biop
harmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Equipment – $3,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support capital expenses of equipment for a Process Development Testbed focused on technologies important for continuous manufacturing of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

Blue Economy Tech Center Partnership – $1,290,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a partnership between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to develop and test marine and offshore wind applications for various autonomous systems and to support workforce development and career training in the fields of environmental science and robotics.

Project Location: Lewes and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Space Observation Center – $900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of the Delaware Space Observation Center as a joint effort by the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to strengthen space science research, education, and employment opportunities throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Newark and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Violence Reduction Program – $1,900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand Delaware’s Group Violence Intervention (GVI) program with the addition of hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Criminal Justice Council

 

Statewide Body Worn Camera Program – $1,600,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to support Delaware’s Statewide Body Worn Camera Program for law enforcement officers across the state.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Justice

 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VETERANS AFFAIRS

Financial Certification Letter

Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar Replacement – $17,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control hangar at the New Castle County Airport, one of two hangars required for the maintenance of the Delaware Air National Guard’s eight C-130 aircraft.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Air National Guard at New Castle County Airport

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Building Better Business Districts – $1,050,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of West End Neighborhood’s small business support program on commercial corridors in Dover, Wilmington, and Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Fintech Leadership – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of a Center for Fintech Leadership to improve access to banking and credit, and provide more inclusive and affordable financial choices for households and companies in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

 

Financial Health Research Institute – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the launch of a financial health research initiative to study and address the financial and banking needs for low-income and underserved individuals and communities, including communities of color, women-owned small businesses, individuals with disabilities, and unbanked households.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Technology Park

 

Manufacturing and Training Facility for Furniture Making – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to help finance the construction of a shovel-ready facility that will enable The Challenge Program to expand its furniture-making workforce development initiative for at-risk young adults.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Challenge Program

TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Financial Certification Letter

Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens at The Flats – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of new affordable housing units for senior citizens in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Todmorden Foundation

 

Gateway East Senior Residential Village – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of construction for moderate-income senior living apartments in Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: Georgetown, DE

Project Recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

Kingswood Community Center – $10,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a new community center as part of the redevelopment of the Riverside neighborhood in Wilmington.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: REACH Riverside

 

Munchy Branch Road Multi-Use Trail – $1,200,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs alongside Munchy Branch Road from Seaside Boulevard to Field Lane/Shady Ridge Drive in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

 

Nanticoke Association Cultural Community Center and Food Bank Capital Improvements – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the upgrade and expansion of the Nanticoke Indian Association’s community center in Millsboro, Delaware.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

New Castle County Affordable Homeownership Program – $1,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in the City of Wilmington by the Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

Restoration Now Security Project to Combat Human Trafficking – $485,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the safety of clients living in the Salvation Army’s anti-human trafficking shelter “Restoration Now.”

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Salvation Army

 

Sussex County Affordable Housing Construction – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in Sussex County by the Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County

 

Transforming the Former Hockessin School #107 into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support renovations that will transform the Hockessin Colored School (HCS), which played a pivotal role in our nation’s history as one of the five foundational cases in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity.

Project Location: Hockessin, DE

Project Recipient: Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107

INTERIOR

Financial Certification Letter

City of Seaford Sewer Line Relocation – $1,210,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to relocate and upgrade a 60-year-old main line sewer in Seaford, Delaware, which is a critical regionalized line that carries wastewater from the neighboring communities of Bridgeville and Greenwood, as well as a local hospital, three assisted living facilities, four schools, and several medical offices.

Project Location: Seaford, DE

Project Recipient: City of Seaford

 

Historic Goggin Manor House – $800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the renovation of the historic Goggin Manor House in Camden, Delaware, and highlight the property’s connection to the Underground Railroad.

Project Location: Camden, DE

Project Recipient: Kent County Levy Court

 

South Wilmington Sewer Infrastructure Expansion – $4,800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of the City of Wilmington’s sewer infrastructure to the southern area of the city below the Christina River.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: City of Wilmington

 

Water Contamination Prevent in Delaware – $80,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the investigation and mitigation of potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in surface and groundwater throughout Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Center for PFAS Solution at the Science, Technology, and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE)

 

Water Quality and Expansion Initiative – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of the City of Dover’s Water Quality and Expansion Initiative to improve the quality of the city’s potable water and increase the capacity of its water mains and subsequent fire suppression capabilities.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: City of Dover

 

Water Supply Infrastructure Improvements – $606,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Town of Millsboro’s efforts to replace and improve the town’s water mains to comply with the updated federal and state requirements for drinking water.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Town of Millsboro

LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

Financial Certification Letter 

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Facility – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support the design-build and engineering work necessary for the construction of a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility to support biopharmaceutical innovation for clinical research and help the nation be better prepared for responding to public health emergencies.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware

Brain Injury Services Navigation Program – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a Brain Injury Services Navigation Program to help connect survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their caregivers with appropriate rehabilitative medical services and treatment for successful community living.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Easterseals of Delaware

Delaware Best Buddies Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – $215,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to allow Best Buddies to expand to an additional 14 schools in Delaware and reach an additional 1,050 students with inclusive programming that supports students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Project Location: Kent and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Enhanced Living and Learning Through Assistive Technology – $1,016,000

Project Purpose: This project will enhance the education of young children and PreK-12 students through the availability of assistive technology (AT) tools that support access, instruction, assessment, health and wellness, and self-expression.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Financial Literacy Institute – $300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a curriculum to improve financial literacy of current and prospective Delaware State University students in areas that include personal finance, debt management, responsible access to credit, and wealth building.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware State University

Gaudenzia Fresh Start – $337,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to enhance capacity and upgrade security to improve the safety of clients at Gaudenzia Fresh Start, which provides a continuum of care and programming for individuals being treated for substance use disorder.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc.

Increasing Access to Teacher Education for Students of Color – $163,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Teacher Pipeline Project in order to build a diverse teaching workforce by increasing opportunities for Delaware high school students of color to matriculate into early childhood or elementary education programs at the University of Delaware.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Mental Health Therapist Fellowship Initiative – $3,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a workforce development program to address Delaware’s growing mental health crisis, rising demand for counseling, and lack of licensed mental health practitioners by creating paid fellowship positions for Master’s degree prepared and license-eligible counselors.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Jewish Family Services of Delaware

 

Mobile Health Clinic for Addiction Medicine – $680,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to purchase a mobile health clinic focused on serving hard-to-reach patient populations that are struggling with addiction.

Project Location: Region around Lewes, DE

Project Recipient: Beebe Medical Foundation

Mobile Health Van – $341,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to outfit a mobile health clinic to address disparities and poor health outcomes in disadvantaged communities within Western Sussex County, Delaware. The mobile clinic will also serve three school-based wellness centers in collaboration with the school systems and utilize data analytics to direct services to communities with the greatest need.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: TidalHealth Nanticoke

Offshore Wind Training Center – $1,060,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is for University of Delaware to develop an offshore wind technician training center in Lewes, Delaware. The Offshore Wind Training Center would train workers, including technicians who install and later maintain turbines in the ocean, as well as suppliers, port workers, and sea survival and rescue personnel.

Project Location: Lewes

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Westside Wilmington Health Center Facility Renovations – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to complete phase 3 of a multi-year capital improvement campaign, which will include renovations and a re-design of the center to expand resident capacity and facilitate patient-centered care.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Westside Family Healthcare, Inc.

Youth After-School Enrichment Programming – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand a variety of Boys & Girls Club programs focused on financial literacy, computer education, drug and alcohol prevention, and the arts to over 2,000 elementary students.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Delaware

 

FY2010 Funded Projects
 

40′ Fixed Route Transit Buses
State of Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$974,000 to replace aging fixed route transit coaches. This is part of a comprehensive bus replacement schedule to ensure safe and efficient transportation equipment is used for fixed route services. All buses will be state-of-the-art hybrids. The project will enable the Delaware Transit Corporation to continue to provide a high level of service to Delaware residents. The Delaware Transit Corporation provides 10 million passenger trips annually with 14.9 million service miles, and serves all three counties.
 
Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,600,000 to spur the development of the next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft that will be faster, stronger, stealthier, less costly, field repairable, have longer service life, and are up-armor capable to operate. Composites do not corrode and require less maintenance, and their light weight allow for higher speeds and greater maneuvering. Developing this technology will keep Navy, Special Operations Command and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help ensure superiority of the military in the water over current and future adversaries.
 
Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Tatnall Building
William Penn Street
Dover, DE, 19901
$69,000 to fully equip and modernize the lab to protect Delaware’s animal industries (including food animals and poultry, horse-racing industry, and companion animals) and therefore protecting public health of Delawareans.

Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711
$1,600,000 to create more effective and quickly manufacturable prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for anthrax and the plague using an innovative, plant-based technology. A quick response to a potential bioterrorist attacks require the immediate availability of reagents for mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination. Vaccines developed with the Plant Vaccine Development program, created by Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, can be produced much faster and at lower cost than current vaccines.

Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$487,000 for a program to research, build and demonstrate fuel cell hybrid buses on the UD campus and in the state of Delaware. The objective is to have the project’s efficient and uniquely low-cost design of fuel cell transit buses spur commercialization of this technology, which will help reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and enable the United States to meet its goal of greenhouse gases reductions. The University will use the funds to create an advanced, 40-foot fuel cell hybrid bus and convert its network of slow-fill hydrogen stations to fast-fill stations.

Avian Bioscience, DE
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$150,000 to upgrade Delaware’s existing diagnostic facility. Delmarva is the nation’s leader in the research, development and implementation of successful avian influenza surveillance and response plans to protect poultry and human health. The University of Delaware, through its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is central to Delmarva’s preparedness for avian influenza. These funds would be used to help the University of Delaware design this new facility.

Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE, for facilities and equipment
Beebe Medical Center
424 Savannah Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958
$100,000 to construct a new two-story School of Nursing building. The project will double Beebe’s nursing enrollment to 120 students, and train an additional 60 nurses to care for patients in Delaware.

C-5 Cargo Aircraft Maintenance Training Facility, Phase 1
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$5,300,000 to provide new training facility with tools and classrooms to furnish specialized hands-on instruction for C-17 and C-5M engine maintenance.

C & D Canal Trail Improvements
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$1,000,000 to transform more than 13 miles of existing Army Corps service road on the north-side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – from Delaware City to Chesapeake City – into a multi-purpose recreation trail with associated amenities (trail heads, signage, and self-composting restroom facilities, and security). Creating a multi-purpose recreation trail on the existing service road would ensure a safer area for the residents of Delaware City (one of the fastest growing areas in the state of Delaware), Chesapeake City, and everywhere in between, to continue to enjoy the Canal.
 
Carvel State Building Video Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$75,000 to purchase and install digital video cameras and capturing and recording equipment at the Carvel State Building that houses the Governor’s office, Lt. Governor’s office, General Assembly offices, Supreme Court, Attorney General’s office and numerous other state agencies. The purpose of this project is to enhance the Capitol Police ability to monitor, capture and retrieve video surveillance of the state facility to protect its occupants.

Chapel Center
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$7,500,000 to construct a new chapel center at Dover AFB to meet diverse worship, fellowship and counseling needs. The current Dover AFB chapel center is undersized and structurally substandard. In addition, a chapel is needed in proximity of dormitory residents because many Airmen do not own transportation and the other base chapel is 20 minutes from the main base by foot. Airmen who work at the Port Mortuary would also utilize the new facility. An improvised chapel is currently being used to host families who come to the base to receive our fallen heroes.

Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
$500,000 for use by NOAA to purchase, deploy and operate a buoy and sensors on the Nanticoke River in Delaware, which is the largest Chesapeake Bay tributary on the Delmarva Peninsula, and is identified by NOAA as a priority location for the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). The purpose of this project is to provide real-time data and interpretation to further protect, restore and manage the Chesapeake Bay.

Composite Applied Research and Technology for FCS and Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$3,200,000 for continued research at the University of Delaware to allow the Army’s Composites Applied Research and Technology Center to successfully insert more durable, modular, lighter and protective composite armor and structures into its tactical vehicle fleets more quickly and affordably. Current combat and tactical vehicles use steel and aluminum for structure and armor, which limits tactical mobility because of the weight, and wears out vehicles before their normal service life ends. Capitalizing on technology advances and facilitating the quick transition of new and better composite armor and material technologies into Army tactical vehicles helps meet the critical needs to protect soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Consolidated Communications Facility
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$12,100,000 to construct a consolidated communications facility at Dover AFB. Currently, there is no comprehensive, integrated communications system because communication functions are scattered. Consolidating these functions into one facility will improve efficiency by approximately 25 percent. Consolidation and demolition of the old facilities will result in approximately $17,000 in annual energy savings.
 
Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$800,000 to develop methods to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks for soldiers to communicate with each other, and to operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapons systems. The security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Gaining the ability to discover vulnerabilities in battlefield networks is essential in safeguarding military intelligence, communication systems and protecting our troops on the ground.

Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$331,000 for monitoring 1,400 feet of beach as part of an ongoing flood and storm damage reduction project.

Delaware Children’s Museum, DE
The Delaware Children’s Museum, Inc.
110 South Poplar Street, Suite 103
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate an existing building and construct exhibits in a museum that would provide Delaware’s first children’s museum with hands-on learning for children, with an emphasis on technology and environmental stewardship. This project would support the development of children as scientific thinkers, and also help to revitalize the surrounding community.

Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Bethany Beach to South Bethany, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of the Bethany Beach/South Bethany project area in Sussex County, Del., to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Sussex County, Del. The purpose of the project is to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast Protection, DE
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$368,000 for completion of Limited Reevaluation Report and execution of Project Partnership Agreement for initial construction of berms and dunes along 14,600 feet of beach. This will allow a coastal protection plan to move forward.

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a school leadership initiative
Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
$250,000 for the training, mentoring and coaching of superintendents, principals and other leaders within the Vision 2015 Network to maximize student achievement.

Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Dover, DE to improve Internet access to Delaware schools, including the purchase of equipment
Department of Technology and Information
801 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
$100,000 to purchase equipment and devices needed to upgrade computing operations in nearly 200 public schools throughout Delaware.
 
Delaware Estuary Salinity Study
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to assess salinity impacts on oysters and other environmental resources.

Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$300,000 to support the Delaware National Counterdrug Task Force in its efforts to sustain operations and support to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across Delaware. An increase in funding will permit the task force to meet the requests for support from the FBI, the Delaware State Police and local police departments. An increase would also enable the task force to expand its Drug Education Program to meet the high demand from middle schools across the state.
 
Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System
Delaware River Basin Commission
125 State Police Drive
Trenton, NJ  08628
$200,000 for enhancements of the Delaware River Basin’s flood warning system, including: (1) upgrades to the existing precipitation and stream gage network, (2) improvement of flash flood forecasting capabilities, (3) flood warning education and outreach, and (4) support of flood coordination. Following three Delaware River main stem floods, the continued development of an enhanced basin-wide flood warning system is critical to ensuring the existing flood warning system is adequately maintained and that technological advancements are continued.

Delaware State University, Dover, DE, for facilities and equipment related to public health training
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
$100,000 to establish a master’s program in Public Health and incorporate new technologies into the program.
 
East Side Community Learning Center Foundation, Wilmington, DE, to support supplemental education and enrichment programs for high-need students
EastSide Community Learning Center Foundation
3000 N. Claymont Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
$100,000 for supplemental educational and enrichment programs at East Side Charter School to ensure students succeed in school, work and society.

FAME, Inc., Wilmington, DE, to prepare minority students for college and encourage them to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math
FAME, Inc.
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 409
Wilmington, DE 19801
$125,000 to help prepare minority students for college, focusing on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business education.

First Steps Primeros Pasos, Georgetown, DE
First Steps Primeros Pasos
P.O. Box 1003
Georgetown, DE 19947
$194,800 for the construction and program start-up costs for a bilingual early care and education facility designed to help the children of non English-speaking families develop the language and social skills needed to succeed when they reach kindergarten. The new facility will be licensed to serve 60 children when opened, while the design and zoning will support expansion to 100 children.

Food Bank of Delaware, Newark, DE
14 Garfield Way
Newark, DE 19713
$194,800 to expand a commercial kitchen, a volunteer room, a Culinary Arts Training Facility, a retail area and office space that will allow the Delaware Food bank to meet a growing demand for services in Kent and Sussex counties. In addition to providing free and reduced cost meals, the expansion will give the unemployed, underemployed and those with troubled backgrounds the opportunity to receive quality training in the service industry to help foster additional economic growth in the area.

Functional Family Therapy for At-Risk Youth (DE Girls Wraparound)
Children and Families First Delaware
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
$350,000 for supplies and salaries needed to provide intensive community-based counseling and case management to youth ages 10-18 and their families in all three counties in Delaware. The purpose of the project is to improve family relationships, increase parent engagement, improve school attendance, and reduce involvement in the juvenile justice system and recidivism so that youth succeed.

Harbor of Refuge, Lewes, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$100,000 to repair and re-enforce the federally owned offshore Harbor of Refuge breakwater that has been badly damaged and weakened by storms. The purpose of the project is to restore the federally-owned historic breakwater, which is disintegrating, and to preserve the lighthouse, providing storm protection for marine interests and erosion protection for the Lewes/Cape Henlopen area shoreline.

Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
2801 Centerville Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$3,200,000 to increase the safety and protection of soldiers’ uniforms with improved flame resistant, durable, lower cost materials to protect against Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). Fiber research has yielded promising results in creating an improved thermal resistant nylon capable of protecting U.S. soldiers from the unique burn threats of IEDs. Development of these nylon fabrics is projected to save the Army $36-43 million per year in outfitting the deployed force.

In-Car Camera System for Delaware State Policy Patrol Cars
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$1,500,000 to purchase 350 digital in-car cameras for patrol fleet and centralized digital storage devices. The purpose of this project is to provide valuable evidentiary information in both criminal and civil processes.

Indian River Inlet Bridge
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$779,200 to construct a new bridge along State Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet. The replacement bridge will alleviate the safety risk caused by the present scour conditions at the foundations. The new structure will completely span the inlet with all foundation members constructed on dry land. The proposed alignment will be west of the existing bridge at a critical evacuation route in the event of natural disasters.
 
Jobs for Delaware Graduates, Expand Available Services
Jobs for Delaware’s Graduates, Inc.
381 W. North Street
Dover, DE 19904
$1,000,000 to expand Jobs for Delaware Graduates (JDG) programs to 1,320 additional “at-risk” students in Middle School and High School for the purpose of increasing school graduation rates.

Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080
$2,400,000 to allow flight crews to wear a Joint Services Aircrew Mask that can be put on and removed during flight. The current aircrew mask made by ILC Dover provides chemical and biological protection for aircrew with fully sealed hood that fits over the wearer’s head and is sealed at the neck. Unfortunately, the current hood cannot be removed during flight, thus producing a physiological, and to some extent, psychological burden when worn for extended periods. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical or biological contaminated scenarios.

Mentoring Initiatives for At-Risk Children and Youth
Delaware Mentoring Council
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
$750,000 to create stable mentoring programs in at least four school districts and ten schools throughout Delaware, with at least five schools in the city of Wilmington. The purpose of the project is to provide stability in the lives of at-risk youth, those living in poverty, and those facing substance abuse in their family, incarcerated parents or even homelessness.

Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,360,000 to augment and accelerate the development of small, inexpensive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging systems for brownout conditions as they relate to helicopter operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traditional imaging systems suffer from poor performance in harsh environments, such as fog, mist, blowing sand, smoke and dust. Traditional imaging systems also are incapable of seeing through obscurants, such as clothing, luggage, packaging, and walls. Images utilizing mmW can penetrate deeper into these obscurants and in some cases propagate completely through them. Creating a stable, light-weight imaging system that is impervious to weather conditions will help the military gain considerable tactical advantages and enhanced safety.

Ministry of Caring, Wilmington, DE
506 N. Church Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate the Josephine Bakhita House to serve as residence for young adults committed to giving back to the community through one or two years of volunteer service. The volunteers serve poor and homeless men, women and children who receive direct services through housing, child care, job placement, dental and medical care and outreach services. This project not only promotes volunteerism, but will also assist the needy in Delaware.

Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities and equipment
Nanticoke Senior Center   
301 N. Virginia Avenue
Seaford, DE  19973
$100,000 to provide a new approach to serving older adults through the expansion of services. Funding will be used to construct a new, 11,053-square foot Senior Services Center in the heart of Seaford, Delaware.

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE  19899
$350,000 for capital improvements by Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to upgrade and expand the only children’s hospital in Delaware, which also serves children from all over the world, and strengthen its ability to continue providing outstanding patient care.

New Castle County Courthouse Capitol Police Command Center and Lobby Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$130,000 to upgrade surveillance and purchase a system to coordinate dispatch operations within the Capitol Police Command Center of the New Castle County Courthouse to protect the one million people per year who pass through the courthouse.

New Castle County for Turkey Run Interceptor Improvements
New Castle County
87 Reads Way
New Castle, DE  19720
$300,000 to make capital improvements to the Turkey Run Interceptor sewer project. Funding will help accelerate the schedule of this critical project to provide protection for public health and the environment from problems caused by this failing sanitary sewer interceptor.

NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711
$2,400,000 to develop nucleic acid-based assays for the detection of a variety of biological warfare, agent-related bacteria and viruses using the Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS), a handheld biological agent detector developed by ANP Technologies in Newark, Del. Lighter and less expensive than the single-agent, handheld assay now used by the Department of Defense, this handheld agent detector can also detect 10 biothreat targets simultaneously. Providing a detection system that is light, rapid, reliable and easy-to-use, and one that can detect multiple threats, enhances the military’s ability to protect its soldiers on the battlefield and the American people in the homeland in case of biological warfare agent attacks.

Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement, Bethany Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Authorization to conduct a study on flooding in Bethany Beach, Del., and eventually address long-term flooding on major roads in this coastal town.

Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver for the Delaware National Guard
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
$3,200,000 to allow the Delaware National Guard to acquire two AN/TSC-156 Phoenix Tactical Super High Frequency Satellite Terminals for the Delaware Army National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade. Missions in support of the combat operations require satellite communications to support operations in hostile areas in mountainous terrain. The Delaware National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade must perform such combat missions, as well as domestic missions in support of homeland security, and the Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver will enable it to perform beyond line-of-sight communications at high data rates using commercial and military satellite constellations, classified and unclassified.

Police Weapons Range Improvements
Wilmington Department of Police
300 N. Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3973
$400,000 for mandatory improvements to the weapons range due to safety and environmental concerns so that it can continue to be utilized for firearms training by multiple local, state and federal agencies.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
11978 Turkle Pond Rd.
Milton, DE 19968
Support the President’s FY2010 budget request of $1,000,000 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land acquisition fund for the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Del. The funding would be used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire a 108-acre tract adjacent to the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. This project would protect a mix of wetlands and upland habitats, and provide excellent endangered Delmarva fox squirrel habitat. The tract also provides important access for the Refuge for both recreation and management uses into an area of the Refuge currently lacking access.

Red Clay Creek, Christina River Watershed, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$237,000 to continue the Christina River Watershed feasibility study and continue investigation of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration and water quality control strategies.

Remediation and Reuse of Reclaimed Port Land
Diamond State Port Corporation
1 Hausel Road
Wilmington, DE 19801
$730,500 to remediate five acres of contaminated land at the Port of Wilmington, Del. This project will expand the Port’s cargo handling capacity by 15 percent The land is currently unavailable for cargo operations as a result of unstable substrate conditions. The project includes the excavation and removal of decaying organic material and other debris left by previous industrial activity.

Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 704
Wilmington, DE 19801
$150,000 to expand leadership training for parents of Delaware public school students on how to effectively advocate for their children’s education and to partner effectively with their children’s schools.

Special Operations Forces Modular Glove System
WL Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711
$4,780,000 to accelerate the development of a five-piece Modular Glove System for Special Operations Forces (SOF) that provides the warfighter the necessary protection across a wide range of climactic conditions. Developed to be compatible with the SOF’s Protective Combat Uniform designed for frigid conditions, this SOF Modular Glove System provides cold weather protection to -50 degrees, as well as provides waterproof protection in wet conditions. The requested funding will enhance the readiness of SOF forces by providing them the Modular Glove System sooner than planned, thereby contributing to their effectiveness in the field.

St. Francis Hospital Foundation, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
St. Francis Hospital Foundation
701 North Clayton Street
Wilmington, DE  19805
$175,000 to make urgently needed capital infrastructure improvements to St. Francis Hospital, which provides continued care to the community’s uninsured.

Survival Equipment for Delaware State Police
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$125,000 to purchase equipment (30 shotguns, 30 handguns and 150 protective vests) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the officers providing law enforcement and the citizens they protect.

Sussex County Council for Johnson’s Corner Wastewater Improvement Project                                                                                                                                                             
Sussex County Council
2 The Circle
Georgetown, DE 19947
$300,000 to construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Johnson’s Corner Sanitary Sewer District, located near the Assawoman Bay in Sussex County, Del., which is one of Delaware’s inland bays. The purpose of the project is to eliminate failing septic systems and extend wastewater service to more than 400 residences, and reduce harmful nutrients from entering the Bay.

Turnpike Improvement Project: SR-1 & I-95
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$2,018,000 to improve the safety and efficiency of two major routes along the Northeast Corridor. It consists of three phases designed to improve the movement and safety of interstate, regional and local traffic through this heavily traveled intersection. The three phases include: a redesign of the I-95/SR-1 interchange, adding a fifth lane to I-95, and reconfiguring the I-95 toll plaza in Newark, DE, to incorporate Highway Speed E-Z Pass toll lanes. This project is anticipated to reduce traffic congestion and improve overall safety.

University of Delaware, Newark, DE for the Delaware Small Business and Technology Development Center
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$350,000 to expand the technology and science-based capabilities of the Center to further help grow and recruit small and local businesses. This project will spur economic development in Delaware.

University of Delaware Energy Institute
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$500,000 for equipment, fellowships and outreach for University of Delaware’s Energy Institute. The purpose of the project is to expand and accelerate the deployment, demonstration and adoption of alternative energy sources and technologies that are more secure, abundant, and sustainable to help meet the nation’s energy challenges.
 
Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopter
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$5,000,000 to conduct continued modifications and flight testing demonstrations at New Castle County Airport on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range and survivability. This project will help meet the Army’s need for helicopters with greater speed, range, survivability, reliability and readiness, as the helicopter is one of the primary means of mobility for combat troops, and is critical in sustaining combat and humanitarian operations over large areas, and rapidly recovering and treating combat casualties.

Wesley College, Dover, DE, for renovation and equipping of the nursing school
Wesley College           
120 North State Street
Dover, DE 19901
$200,000 to construct a 22,000-square-foot nursing facility or renovate an existing building to enable Wesley College to increase the number of qualified nursing graduates and help address the national, regional and statewide shortage of nurses.

White Clay Creek
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to continue studying flood damage, local dam damage and altered channel segments in and around the White Clay Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River. This will allow for the preparation of a plan to address flooding and storm damage on this river.
 
Wilmington Harbor, Delaware
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$1,445,000 to increase capacity and manage disposal areas for Wilmington Harbor, including management and capacity restoration of federal disposal areas and chemical and sediment testing within those areas.

Wilmington to Newark Commuter Rail Improvement Program
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$3,000,000 to install a third commuter rail track, build a new Newark Rail Station and purchase four commuter rail cars. This program expands capacity to allow expansion of commuter rail services and increase reliability of intercity and commuter rail services. It will also assist in significantly reducing traffic congestion along the Northeast corridor. This project will alleviate conflicts between passenger and freight rail in the area and facilitate future downstate rail initiatives.
 
Wind Turbine Infrastructure for Green Energy and Research on Wind Power in Delaware
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$1,000,000 for the purchase and installation of a wind turbine to be used shore-side at the University of Delaware’s Lewes Campus. The purpose of this project is to help inform decisions about the viability and delivery of offshore renewable wind energy. The project will improve learning and demonstration opportunities arising from the nation’s first offshore wind farm being built nearby.

World Trade Center Institute Delaware, for the export assistance webinar series for business education, Wilmington, DE
World Trade Center Institute of Delaware
702 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$50,000 to enable the Institute to create live web-streaming and offline webinars of its international business seminars, making the seminars accessible remotely to small businesses for which it would be difficult to attend in person. These webinars will help participants expand business opportunities overseas, reducing our nation’s trade deficit and boosting our economy.
 
X-49A Envelope Expansion Modifications
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$3,600,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. These funds will cover the cost of design, fabrication, assembly, instrumentation and check out of propulsion and control system modifications that will enable flight beyond the current operating limits of the baseline conventional helicopter. Many current US combat and humanitarian operations require rotorcraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters.

 

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FY2011 DOD Authorizations Requests

ANP Technologies, NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711

$4,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop a multiplexed handheld device for detection of a variety of biological warfare agent related bacteria and viruses. According to the Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (released in December 2008), a biological attack is more likely to be used by terrorists than any other weapons of mass destruction in the near future. The proposed handheld common identifier for biological agents will allow war fighters to perform rapid, on-site biological agent tests during threat situations.

 
Civil Air Patrol, Operations
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

$4,500,000 above the President’s request to allow Civil Air Patrol to continue at current levels of operations across the country. The Civil Air Patrol is congressionally chartered to carry out the non-combative missions of the U.S. Air Force in the United States through inland search and rescue, disaster relief, counter-drug missions, homeland security, aerospace education, and youth development. The proposed reduction in national funds will mean every state will lose some of its search and rescue capacity and see reductions in field support, cadet programs, and training sorties and exercises.  The Delaware Wing membership includes 286 adults and 163 cadets and supports the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, County Emergency Operating Centers, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover Air Force Base, and other governmental agencies. Last year, the nine squadrons of the Delaware Wing flew over 1,000 state missions and provided 30,460 volunteer hours.
 
 
DAFB, Maintenance Hangar
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$32,000,000 to construct a single bay, full-in C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar with phased back shops wrapped around the facility to sustain home station and en route missions at Dover AFB. Dover AFB hauls more channel cargo than the rest of Air Mobility Command’s airlift bases combined. Without a new completely covered maintenance hangar, during harsh weather Dover AFB will suffer from longer maintenance turn-around times and additional maintenance labor requirements, which may impact the base’s mission.
 
 
DAFB, Security Forces Complex
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$14,000,000 to construct a Security Forces Complex that is adequately sized and properly configured to support Security Forces base protection and mobility missions. A new facility can provide adequate storage for War Readiness materials, mobility equipment, armory for storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. Currently, the Dover Security Forces Facilities are the 2nd worst in the Air Mobility Command (AMC) due to deficiency in facility space and functional needs.
 
 
DANG, C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Shops – Air National Guard Project Phase III
Delaware Air National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615

$11,600,000 to replace the Delaware Air National Guard’s engine maintenance shop, aircraft generation shop, aircraft maintenance unit shop area, and the non-destructive inspection shop area. With the higher operations tempo in recent years, the Guard’s C-130 aircraft have supported regional, national, and global mission requirements which include providing air transportation for airborne forces, their equipment and supplies. Specifically, the aircraft of the Delaware Air National Guard also provide intra-theater airlift of personnel, equipment and supplies for tactical aeromedical evacuation within the theater of operations, as well as other inter-theater airlift of personnel and cargo. The ability to properly maintain the aircraft is critical to continue the effective support of these operations.
 
 
DNG, Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19808

$300,000 above the President’s request to provide counterdrug support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and to Community Based Organizations requesting Drug Demand Reduction Assistance. Funding will provide unique military support and resources to our police agencies which enables the police to concentrate more police resources to other priorities in their department. This funding will provide the Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Program the ability to provide a criminal analyst to the FBI Task Force and provide for continued support to the Delaware Information Analysis Center sponsored by the Delaware State Police. It will also be used to sustain and expand the 6th grade Drug Education Program to more middle schools across the State of Delaware.
 
 
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, STEM/Energy and Power Career (EPC) Development Initiative
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
2905 Southampton Road
Philadelphia, PA

$1,000,000 to expand National Defense Education Program (NDEP) activities focused on STEM in K-12 schools in the greater Philadelphia region, including Wilmington, Delaware. The overall goal of the NDEP at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is to increase career awareness and educational activity in grades K-12 that leads to more candidates, particularly women and minorities, for careers in Navy engineering and research. This funding will allow the Navy and the DVIRC to expand on their existing work and bring services to Wilmington, Delaware. The project will benefit the state of Delaware by bringing the knowledge and expertise of Navy scientists and engineers and businesspeople, and the programmatic and financial resources of the National Defense Education program into K-12 classrooms in Wilmington and the Wilmington area.  It will also connect the school district and its students and teachers to the multiple Power and Energy-related research, development, and educational initiatives taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
 
 
Fraunhofer, Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711

$5,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to deliver a combined multivalent one-shot vaccine to protect the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian communities against plague and anthrax.  This quick response ability can assist communities around the world with mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination in the event of bioterrorist attack or natural disease outbreak such as an avian influenza.

ILC Dover, Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a Joint Services Aircrew Mask, which will provide above the neck Chemical, Biological, and Anti-G protection to DoD aircrew personnel. The mask is a hood that can be put on and removed during flight that goes over the wearer’s head and seals at the neck. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical and biological contaminated scenarios.

INVISTA, Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal
Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
400 Woodland Road
Seaford, DE 19973

$3,500,000 to increase the safety and protection of U.S. soldiers with improved flame resistant, durable, and lower cost materials for the U.S. Army combat uniforms. These improvements will meet an urgent need due to the threat of Improvised Explosives Devices (IED). This project will fund and accelerate research, development, testing, and evaluation for nylon fiber development, fiber formulation, fabric scale up and performance blend specification for U.S. Army combat uniforms.

M Cubed Technologies, Technology for Lightweight Personnel Armor
M Cubed Technologies
1 Tralee Industrial Park
Newark, DE 19711

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop lighter weight body armor for soldiers and Marines that retains the ability to protect from multiple shots. Funding will assist development of advanced ceramics with novel geometric shapes that can reduce the body armor plate weight by 10 percent with potential for further weight reduction.

Quantum Leap, Treatment Decision Support for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
3 Innovation Way, Suite 100
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a field deployable prototype composed of medically actionable, agent-based modeling, simulation and analysis environment and eye tracking goggles that enables field screening for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). Current and future operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in considerable incidence of injuries that manifest as mTBI and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – future, as yet undefined military operations, will likely result in similar injuries. The unique capabilities developed under this program will enable medical personnel to quickly screen newly injured warfighters for mTBI and determine potential interventions that will maximize recovery and minimize future harm.

Piasecki, Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Flight Demonstration Program 
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029

$4,000,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. Current US combat and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines and many other remote areas require rotocraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters. By improving the speed, range, and survivability of the current helicopter fleet through technology insertion, there is an opportunity to address these capability gaps as part of ongoing recapitalization to the existing helicopter fleet.

Textronics, Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems
Textronics, Inc.
3825 Lancaster Pike, Suite 201
Wilmington, DE 19805

$3,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a new generation of wearable physiological-monitoring garments that will afford comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a war fighter’s heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters.  The U.S. Army faces a critical need to determine real-time conditions (e.g. heart rate, respiration, activity, temperature, etc.) of the war fighter to address immediate medical attention needs and improve performance. The Army has requested such real-time physiological monitoring, which offers the capability to promptly detect and classify combat injuries and/or health problems.

University of Delaware, Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$3,000,000 to research and develop design, engineering and manufacturing technologies for U.S. Navy ship structures based on advanced lightweight composite materials. The objective of this project is to keep Navy, SOCOM (Special Operations Command), and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help insure superiority of the US military in the water over current and future adversaries. The application of these materials and technologies will provide ship structures that are optimally engineered, and manufactured using state-of-the-art methods to provide the highest performance at the lowest cost.

University of Delaware, Center for Advanced Magnetics
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$500,000 to establish a Center for Advanced Magnetics that would be the first in the United States and play the role of national center of excellence in the synthesis, characterization and testing of permanent magnets which are critical for our defense. The Center will promote, conduct and facilitate collaborative research and development on permanent magnets among the very few existing groups at universities, industrial institutions and government labs with the aim to resurrect and revive U.S. research and industry on permanent magnets and decrease our dependence on China which now has the monopoly in these strategic materials. Better permanent magnets support smaller, lighter, faster defense systems by increasing power density and reducing weight and size of not only the magnets but also leverage size reductions in surrounding components and enhancing affordability.

University of Delaware, Composite Applied Research and Technology for Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$4,500,000 to rapidly advance the Technology Readiness Level of existing and promising new ultra-lightweight composites structures and armor for combat and light, medium and heavy tactical vehicle applications. Using heavy materials such as steel and aluminum will continue to result in vehicles that are too heavy to transport and will overload vehicles – which reduces life, increases maintenance costs and requires more frequent vehicle replacement. The project is addressing the critical needs of the US Army to protect our soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions.  Lightweight composite vehicle structures and armor increase mobility and mission payloads while increasing soldier protection against direct fire, improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators.

University of Delaware, Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the U.S. Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks to both communicate between soldiers, and between soldiers and their weapons systems. This concept is called network centric warfare, and the security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Applications of the knowledge developed in this project will help protect our ground troops working in tactical battlefield environments by protecting their ability to communicate with each other and operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapon systems.

University of Delaware, Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,900,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop real-time image enhancement technologies to improve the videos taken from next-generation millimeter-wave cameras. These cameras have the advantage of allowing U.S. soldiers to see in harsh conditions, including dust, fog, sand, and clouds. Millimeter wave imaging systems are able to image through smoke, fog, marine layer, blowing dust and sand, and fabric.  The technology development is supported by the Office of Naval Research with the intent to deploy systems on military helicopters landing in harsh environments such as the “brownout” conditions faced when landing in the desserts of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq.  It will also improve situational awareness of Naval vessels, particularly when close to the shore or at ports.

University of Delaware, Multifunctional Technologies Alliance
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$10,000,000 to establish an Army-wide Multifunctional Materials Technologies Alliance (MTA) between the nine Army Research and Development Center’s (RDEC’s) of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) and the University of Delaware. This alliance will conduct basic and applied research in multifunctional materials, processing science, modeling, simulation, design and optimization, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, electronics, networking and communication systems and multifunctional platform integration of interest to RDEC’s. This funding will establish a national laboratory housed in UD’s Technology Park, at the home of the recently closed Newark Chrysler Plant, to address the national security interests of our nation.

University of Delaware, Persistent Surveillance Using Unmanned Millimeter Wave Imaging Platforms
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,600,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation of a millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform for persistent surveillance and reconnaissance. Thanks to the ability of mmWs to penetrate dust, smoke, clouds, rain, sand, and ground up to a few inches, they are ideally suited for such tasks. The U.S. Army project will be carried out in close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. By providing all-weather, persistent imagery of theater, the project will provide immediate battle damage assessment, situation awareness, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance capabilities. As a result, the ability to determine the actions and intentions of U.S. adversaries will be greatly improved.

University of Delaware, Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 to support a Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation. Such an environment combines leading edge technologies in the biological sciences, modeling physics, computational rendering, haptic feedback and visual display. Three dimensional virtual environments for medical imaging and surgical simulation are critical to the training and practice of future surgeons. Ultimately, these technologies will permit future surgeons to perform simulated surgical procedures on a patient’s precise anatomy, derived from high-fidelity CT or MRI scans, prior to entering the operating room. Combined with robotic surgery equipment, the developed technologies will lead to the ability to perform life-saving surgical procedures remotely, e.g., battlefield treatment. These technologies are critical to the realization of remote surgical procedures for the treatment of battlefield wounded soldiers.

W.L. Gore, Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)
W.L. Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 to provide the Army soldier with built-in protection from flame and heat threats present in combat conditions, while remaining highly functional in a spectrum of cold and wet weather climates. The FREE system is user-adaptable for field operations in rapidly evolving combat environments and protects the soldier from head to toe. It is designed specifically for aviation and combat vehicle crewmen, and utilizes advanced textile technologies in a range of garments, from lightweight base layers to weather-protecting outerwear.

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 AGRICULTURE:

 

Calliope Project,
Inc., $125,000

 

Project purpose: To support Phase
II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas
for school programming.

 

Project location: Milton, DE

 

Project recipient: Calliope Project
Inc.

 

 

CHEER, Inc.
administrative service facility, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To establish an
Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and
supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.

 

Project location: Georgetown, DE

 

Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

City of Harrington
for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000

 

Project purpose: To expand
infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an
idle lot to attract a new industrial park.

 

Project location: Harrington, DE

 

Project recipient: City of
Harrington

 

 

Freeman Arts
Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To complete site
work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity
and support the arts and regional economy.

 

Project location: Selbyville, DE

 

Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman
Foundation

 

 

Nanticoke Indian
Association community center, $600,000

 

Project purpose: Renovation of the
Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and
add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.

 

Project location: Millsboro, DE

 

Project recipient: The Nanticoke
Indian Association Inc

.

FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT:

Certification Letter

 

Accelerator for Disadvantaged Businesses, $150,000

 

Project purpose: This project will provide minority business owners with an accelerator space including technical support, shared administrative services, networking opportunities, and advice on management, intellectual property and sources of financing.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce

Business Growth in Communities of Color, $297,000

Project purpose: This project will allow True Access Capital (TAC) to keep pace with its loan portfolio growth by hiring two new staff members (a Loan Office and a second Technical Assistance coordinator) to expand their organizational capacity. This request will support the staff member salaries.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: True Access Capital

Carbon-Smart Lumber Mill, $498,000

 

Project purpose: This project will be used to build a lumber mill and purchase equipment for the mill. The mill will be used for community-benefitting construction, workforce development, and training programs for at-risk youth.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

 

Project recipient: The Challenge Program

DTP@STAR Incubator Laboratory, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will support the DTP@STAR laboratory incubator to support the growth of small science-based startups.

Project location: Newark, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Technology Park

Food Incubator Project, $1,050,000

Project purpose: This project will create a culinary incubator that will identify and support local entrepreneurs, establish and sustain successful culinary businesses that can grow and fill vacant commercial spaces, and restore economic vitality in Wilmington, DE.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Cornerstone West CDC

Grow Delaware Fund, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: This project will allow the Grow America Fund to expand the “Grow Delaware Fund,” which provides small business lending – including SBA-backed lending – and technical support to small businesses in underserved communities.

 

Project location: New Castle County, Sussex County, Kent County

 

Project recipient: Grow America Fund

Mobile Community Historical Digitization and Preservation Lab, $395,000

 

Project purpose: This project will collect oral histories of marginalized community members in Delaware and digitize those histories. Funds will also be used to digitally preserve the existing collections of marginalized community histories for expanded access for all Delawareans.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Historical Society

 

Preservation and restoration of historic structure, $285,000

Project purpose: Critically needed repairs for the preservation of the Historic Cannonball House and Maritime Museum.

Project location: Lewes, DE

Project recipient: The Lewes Historical Society

Startup Studio – Science Entrepreneur Fellowship, $2,425,000

Project purpose: This project will support 10 early-stage entrepreneurs and their startups with paid fellowship roles along with support for their businesses.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Innovation Space

Tech2Market, $250,000

Project purpose: This project will be used to support early-stage entrepreneurs in the clean energy space through the support of organizational staff salaries, entrepreneur roundtables, and entrepreneur showcases.

Project location: Newark, DE

Project recipient: DESCA

Wilmington Business Incubators, $333,000

 

Project purpose: This project will support the success of the Wilmington Kitchen Collective, the Retail Business Incubator and the WilmingtonMADE program.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

 

Project recipient: Wilmington Alliance

AGRICULTURE:
Certification Letter

Calliope Project, Inc., $125,000
Project purpose: To support Phase II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas for school programming.
Project location: Milton, DE
Project recipient: Calliope Project Inc.

CHEER, Inc. administrative service facility, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To establish an Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

City of Harrington for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000
Project purpose: To expand infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an idle lot to attract a new industrial park.
Project location: Harrington, DE
Project recipient: City of Harrington

Freeman Arts Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To complete site work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity and support the arts and regional economy.
Project location: Selbyville, DE
Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation

Nanticoke Indian Association community center, $600,000
Project purpose: Renovation of the Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: The Nanticoke Indian Association Inc.

 

ENERGY AND WATER

Certification Letter

Delaware Dredged Material Utilization – Bay Beach Restoration, $10,000,000
Project purpose: Bay Beach flood reduction and environmental restoration using maintenance dredged material from the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Project location: Kent County, Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration in Sussex County.
Project location: Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

New Castle County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for New Castle County.
Project location: New Castle County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Kent County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for Kent County.
Project location: Kent County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Battery storage system at Bruce Henry Solar Farm, $3,064,000
Project purpose: This new utility-scale battery storage facility will free up interconnections for the Delaware Electric Cooperate to expand installations of solar panels.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Recipient name: Delaware Electric Cooperative

Center for Clean Hydrogen, $2,000,000
Project purpose: Purchase of advanced instruments for studying the durability of green hydrogen electrolyzer stacks. No other center in the world has been set up to conduct this type of research.
Project location: Newark, DE
Recipient name: University of Delaware

Clean energy improvements to heat and power to reduce emissions, $5,000,000
Project purpose: This project would increase production of green energy from digester gas by 50% on a typical day, reducing operating costs and overall greenhouse gas emissions.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Recipient name: City of Wilmington 

FY23 Approved Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

Plug Into The Grid, $1,128,000

Project purpose: This project is to update and enhance Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County’s workforce development efforts at its locations and to address digital inequities in Delaware communities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

 

Equipment to Enhance Testing Capabilities, $670,000

Project purpose: To provide funding for the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to purchase instrumentation and equipment to enhance forensic testing within the State of Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Division of Forensic Science

 

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy for Delmarva Oasis Strategic Conservation Planning, $500,000

Project purpose: This project will develop a region-wide conservation plan of restorations projects and easements with local stakeholders and government entities. This plan will target federal, state, local, and non-governmental conservation funding to the highest regional conservation priorities in Delmarva in the face of the impacts of climate change.

Project location: Delmarva Peninsula

Recipient name: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

 

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for Statewide Air Quality Study, $440,000

Project purpose: This project will study air pollution across the state, especially in communities with histories of environmental injustice, and develop data-informed policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and expanded monitoring.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

 

Mental Health and Supportive Services, $250,000

Project purpose: To support the integration of additional mental health services.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Boys & Girls Club

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support the construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation facility to be located on the University of Delaware STAR Campus.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will support the building of the new 150-bed long term care facility, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill.

Project location: Smyrna

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

 

RESTORE: Real Estate Strategy to Obtain Racial Equity, $6,825,000

Project purpose: This project will purchase five blighted properties in the Riverside neighborhood of Wilmington and redevelop two of the five into a fresh food market and a Town Green – a central public space within the Riverside community. The remaining three properties will be redeveloped in the future.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: REACH Riverside Development Corporation

 

Equipment for Gene Therapy Production Suite, $5,000,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the University of Delaware to purchase equipment for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, testing, and workforce training to help the nation be better prepared for pandemic response and support our global competitiveness by ensuring a workforce training and manufacturing infrastructure exists through the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL).

Project location: Newark, DE

Recipient name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

 

Affordable Housing Development in New Castle County, $4,525,000

Project purpose: This project will support the construction of 20 affordable homes in Newark and 13 affordable homes in Wilmington for low-income families to purchase, as well as the demolition of three homes in Wilmington to make space for future affordable housing development. 

Project location: New Castle County

Recipient name: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer-Stormwater Separation, $4,000,000

Project purpose: This project will build a new, separate stormwater collection system that will carry rainwater runoff directly to the new South Wilmington Wetland Park, preventing sewage from contaminating ground water during flood events. This improvement will also increase resilience to flooding in the Southbridge neighborhood.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

Infant and Toddler Center Final Costs and Renovations, $3,500,000

Project purpose: This project would support the construction of a playground and parking facilities at LACC’s Infant and Toddler Center, which is currently under construction. In addition, this project would support critical maintenance at LACC’s two existing community services buildings.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Latin American Community Center (LACC)

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation, $3,060,000

Project purpose: This project will replace a mile and a half of 100-year-old, underground combined sewage-stormwater pipe at Prices Run, preventing degradation of surface water quality due to sewage overflow and catastrophic infrastructure failure.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

The Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would acquire 45 units of housing, stabilize 25 deteriorating units, create 15 green spaces, and clean 15 alleyways. Once units are acquired or rehabbed, they will be sold to developers with an enforceable agreement that the developer must sell or rent them to low-income individuals.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank

 

Villa Maria at the Brandywine, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would support the development of 74 units of one-bedroom affordable senior housing for low- and very low-income seniors in the Old Brandywine Village area.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Ministry of Caring, Inc.

 

First Community Foundation STEM Hub, $3,000,000

Project purpose: To construct a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hub in the Riverside area of Wilmington to address educational, workforce development, and health monitoring needs in the community.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: First Community Foundation

 

Support Science Entrepreneurs & New Business Creation and Growth Through Capital Improvements to the Delaware Innovation Space, $2,475,000

Project purpose: To enable Delaware Innovation Space to intensify its laboratory capabilities with more flexible lab and office space for growing startups, in addition to providing state of the art molecular biology, chemistry/material science, and biotechnology modular lab space.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Innovation Space

 

Coalition for Translational Entrepreneurship, $2,250,000

Project purpose: To support the construction of a center to translate student science and engineering ideas into business.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

Solomon’s Court Phase II, $2,000,000

Project purpose: This project will create 12 affordable and accessible units as well as street-level commercial space for small businesses.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Be Ready Community Development Corporation

 

The Choir School of Delaware’s New Building, $1,500,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to the Choir School’s Community Learning Center.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Choir School of Delaware, Inc.

 

Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Therapist Program, $1,500,000

Project purpose: This project will increase Delaware’s pediatric behavioral health workforce by providing training and hours of supervision for master’s level therapists.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

 

Housing for Homeless Youth, $1,090,000

Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition and renovation of 2 apartment complexes with a total of 7 units that will be used to provide permanent supportive housing and transitional housing for unaccompanied youth. 

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Financial Inclusion and Technology Innovation, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To create a new startup incubator that will incubate 10 financial technology startups per year, focused on improving the financial health of underrepresented communities.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: Delaware Technology Park

 

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. for The Mussels for Clean Water Hatchery, $1,000,000

Project purpose: This project will construct a 10,000 square-foot mussel hatchery facility along the tidal Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. Once hatched, the mussels will be transported to ponds in New Castle County, DE to mature, and will ultimately be deployed across the Delaware Estuary to enhance water quality, improve habitat resilience and prevent soil erosion.

Project location: Winterthur

Recipient name: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.

 

St. Michael’s Building Renovation and Expansion Project,  $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and expand the St. Michael’s School and Nursery.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: St. Michael’s School and Nursery

 

Bennett Street Revitalization Project, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To construct new affordable housing units in the East Side of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Todmorden East Foundation

 

Food is Medicine – A Pathway to Healthier Pregnancy Outcomes, $900,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to implement a comprehensive “Food is Medicine” program for pregnant women who are obese, living in poor food environments, and receiving prenatal care with ChristianaCare in an effort to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: ChristianaCare Health Services

 

Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) Nonprofit Business Accelerator, $810,000

Project purpose: To support the creation of an accelerator program for small, growing nonprofits in Delaware and would provide those nonprofits with training, resources, and tools to overcome obstacles that typically prevent such organizations from achieving sustainability, scale, and success.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement

 

Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment Project, $757,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to address historical inequities and disparities in access to medical and behavioral health care in Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Brandywine Counseling and Community Services

 

Capital Improvements to the Hope Center, $750,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and support the supply budget of the Hope Center, which provides temporary emergency non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

Project location: New Castle

Recipient name: New Castle County Hope Center

 

Lombard Street Redevelopment Project, $750,000

Project purpose: To redevelop a vacant church into a 5-unit affordable apartment complex.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Central Baptist Development Corporation

 

Limen Men’s House Capital Improvement Project, $463,000

Project purpose: This project is to make capital improvements to a men’s sober-living residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Limen Recovery & Wellness

 

Delaware River and Estuary Ecosystem Data Gathering Initiative, $356,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay to facilitate permit application and review processes, thus speeding infrastructure construction and maintenance at waterfront facilities.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

 

East Side Re-development, $280,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to affordable housing units in the East Side community of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Challenge Program

 

Restoration Now Expansion, $193,000

Project purpose: To transition the Salvation Army’s existing emergency homeless shelter to a human trafficking survivors-only secured facility to accommodate the increased need for short-term housing and to provide critically needed on-site professional evidence-based therapy.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Salvation Army

 

True Access Capital New Markets Opportunity Program, $181,000

Project purpose: To provide minority- and women-owned businesses with training and technical support to identify, pursue, and secure corporate contracts and government procurement opportunities.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: True Access Capital

 

Wilmington Small Business Support through Wilmington MADE, $75,000

Project purpose: To support the growth and development of local small businesses in Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Alliance

City of Dover for Water Main Extension and New Well, $1,800,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 0.92 mile of water main on North State Street to prevent water discoloration and improve fire protection. It will also install a new well at Silver Lake to add redundancy to the city’s water supply and improve fire protection.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: City of Dover

 

Owens Manor and Queen Manor, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to existing affordable housing properties for senior residents in Dover.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Dover Housing Authority

 

Tidewater Park Playground, $938,000

Project purpose: To construct accessible playground equipment.

Project location: Laurel

Recipient name: Town of Laurel

 

Space Education Excellence for Delaware (SEED), $900,000

Project purpose: To provide students with learning opportunities with spacecraft and scientific instruments.

Project location: Newark and Dover

Recipient name: University of Delaware and Delaware State University

 

Farm Incubator Module, $866,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to create an incubator farm location at Delaware State University to enable the university to expand its programs and reach under-resourced audiences interested in farming. The incubator will encourage participants to hone their skills and start generating income while being mentored by Delaware State University’s staff.

Project location: Smyrna, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Agriculture & Delaware State University

 

Mentorship Intiatives for Underrepresented Populations, $603,000

Project purpose: To provide mentorship and training opportunities for underserved
populations

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Delaware State University

 

City of Dover Wireless Camera Network System, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will fund components of a constitutionally conscious city-wide camera system to support the quality of life in Dover

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: City of Dover Police Department

 

Affordable Homeownership, $600,000

Project purpose: To construct 8 affordable home-owner-occupied homes.

Project location: Kent County

Recipient name: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity

 

Telehealth Initiative, $500,000

Project purpose: To purchase equipment for telehealth access to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: DE Division of Libraries

 

Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East Replacement, $350,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory – East to support the expedited transfer of blood and blood products to U.S. troops serving abroad from Dover Air Force Base.

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: Dover Air Force Base

 

Intracoastal Waterway, Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, DE, $7,550,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete maintenance dredging in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal to restore navigability to the canal.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Treatment Plant Headworks Replacement, $2,500,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 60-year-old parts at the Seaford wastewater treatment plant that will increase flow and allow it to handle the 2020 addition of sewer flows of Blades, Bridgeville, and Greenwood.

Project location: Seaford

Recipient name: City of Seaford

 

Preservation and Rehabilitation of Maxwell Estates,  $2,300,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is for the preservation and rehabilitation of a housing project that serves elderly and disabled communities in Harrington, Delaware. This project will also create a resilience hub in the community that provides social services to the residents.

Project location: Harrington, DE

Recipient name: Milford Housing Development Corporation

 

Community Harm Reduction Outreach Project, $1,159,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support a comprehensive substance abuse and mental health outreach initiative in Sussex County.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Beebe Medical Foundation

 

Cedar Creek, DE, $1,110,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform maintenance dredging of the Mispillion River entrance channel and the adjoining Cedar Creek.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Facility and Equipment Improvements, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To develop a behavioral health treatment area within the Emergency Department at TidalHealth Nanticoke.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: TidalHealth Nanticoke.

 

Strategic Land Acquisition Project, $600,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to acquire building lots for affordable homeownership opportunities throughout Sussex County, Delaware.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

 

Nanticoke Indian Museum Revitalization, $500,000

Project purpose: To revitalize the Nanticoke Indian Museum.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

Administrative Building Site Plan Infrastructure II, $500,000

Project purpose: To provide essential services for over 300 low-income senior citizens.

Project location: Georgetown

Recipient name: CHEER, Inc.

 

Delaware Coast Protection, DE, $150,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the negative shoreline impact of the Indian River Inlet jetties, addressing beach erosion and coastal storm hazard threats to the highway.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre, $100,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand the ground-level green room and rehearsal studios at the Milton Theatre in Downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project location: Milton, DE

Recipient name: Calliope Project Inc.

 
 
 

2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Electrical Substation for Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to construct an electric substation that will increase the City’s overall power supply to support economic development, and specifically provide electricity to the 126-acre Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park located in Dover, Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: City of Dover

 

Fenwick Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment to protect Fenwick Island from coastal storm damage and chronic beach erosion.

Project Location: Fenwick Island, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Improving the Durability of Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers – $1,300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support research at the University of Delaware to improve the durability of hydrogen fuel cells and make the technology commercially viable. The project will ultimately encourage new startup companies and help generate high-paying electro-chemical jobs in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: The University of Delaware

 

Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Project – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to rehabilitate the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass crane, and replace its diesel pump motors with high-capacity electric pump motors in order to mitigate erosion and damage to State Route 1.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Reducing Inequity in Access to Solar Power – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide financial incentives and access to affordable solar power systems for low to moderate-income households throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

 

Rehoboth and Dewey Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $7,650,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment of Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches to protect from coastal storm damage and chronic erosion.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

AGRICULTURE

Financial Certification Letter

Agricultural Innovation Greenhouse – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a research containment greenhouse at Delaware State University to support academic research in biotechnology and community demonstration and programming in agricultural best practices to help local farmers.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware State University

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to renovate the historic Milton Theatre in downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project Location: Milton, DE

Recipient Name: Calliope Project Inc.

 

Restoration of Historic World War II Tower – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for capital improvements to complete the final restoration phase of Fire Control Tower No. 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park and open it to the public as a historic landmark that pays tribute to those who served in World War II.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation

 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE

Financial Certification Letter

Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Unit Expansion – $749,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the New Castle County Police Department’s expansion of its Hero Help outreach efforts and the addition of a new team to its Mental Health Unit. This expansion of Hero Help and the Mental Health Unit will improve the Department’s ability to respond to incidents involving individuals struggling with mental health or substance abuse by connecting them with the appropriate services and treatment.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Recipient Name: New Castle County Police Department


Biop
harmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Equipment – $3,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support capital expenses of equipment for a Process Development Testbed focused on technologies important for continuous manufacturing of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

Blue Economy Tech Center Partnership – $1,290,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a partnership between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to develop and test marine and offshore wind applications for various autonomous systems and to support workforce development and career training in the fields of environmental science and robotics.

Project Location: Lewes and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Space Observation Center – $900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of the Delaware Space Observation Center as a joint effort by the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to strengthen space science research, education, and employment opportunities throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Newark and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Violence Reduction Program – $1,900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand Delaware’s Group Violence Intervention (GVI) program with the addition of hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Criminal Justice Council

 

Statewide Body Worn Camera Program – $1,600,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to support Delaware’s Statewide Body Worn Camera Program for law enforcement officers across the state.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Justice

 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VETERANS AFFAIRS

Financial Certification Letter

Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar Replacement – $17,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control hangar at the New Castle County Airport, one of two hangars required for the maintenance of the Delaware Air National Guard’s eight C-130 aircraft.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Air National Guard at New Castle County Airport

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Building Better Business Districts – $1,050,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of West End Neighborhood’s small business support program on commercial corridors in Dover, Wilmington, and Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Fintech Leadership – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of a Center for Fintech Leadership to improve access to banking and credit, and provide more inclusive and affordable financial choices for households and companies in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

 

Financial Health Research Institute – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the launch of a financial health research initiative to study and address the financial and banking needs for low-income and underserved individuals and communities, including communities of color, women-owned small businesses, individuals with disabilities, and unbanked households.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Technology Park

 

Manufacturing and Training Facility for Furniture Making – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to help finance the construction of a shovel-ready facility that will enable The Challenge Program to expand its furniture-making workforce development initiative for at-risk young adults.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Challenge Program

TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Financial Certification Letter

Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens at The Flats – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of new affordable housing units for senior citizens in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Todmorden Foundation

 

Gateway East Senior Residential Village – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of construction for moderate-income senior living apartments in Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: Georgetown, DE

Project Recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

Kingswood Community Center – $10,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a new community center as part of the redevelopment of the Riverside neighborhood in Wilmington.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: REACH Riverside

 

Munchy Branch Road Multi-Use Trail – $1,200,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs alongside Munchy Branch Road from Seaside Boulevard to Field Lane/Shady Ridge Drive in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

 

Nanticoke Association Cultural Community Center and Food Bank Capital Improvements – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the upgrade and expansion of the Nanticoke Indian Association’s community center in Millsboro, Delaware.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

New Castle County Affordable Homeownership Program – $1,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in the City of Wilmington by the Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

Restoration Now Security Project to Combat Human Trafficking – $485,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the safety of clients living in the Salvation Army’s anti-human trafficking shelter “Restoration Now.”

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Salvation Army

 

Sussex County Affordable Housing Construction – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in Sussex County by the Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County

 

Transforming the Former Hockessin School #107 into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support renovations that will transform the Hockessin Colored School (HCS), which played a pivotal role in our nation’s history as one of the five foundational cases in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity.

Project Location: Hockessin, DE

Project Recipient: Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107

INTERIOR

Financial Certification Letter

City of Seaford Sewer Line Relocation – $1,210,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to relocate and upgrade a 60-year-old main line sewer in Seaford, Delaware, which is a critical regionalized line that carries wastewater from the neighboring communities of Bridgeville and Greenwood, as well as a local hospital, three assisted living facilities, four schools, and several medical offices.

Project Location: Seaford, DE

Project Recipient: City of Seaford

 

Historic Goggin Manor House – $800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the renovation of the historic Goggin Manor House in Camden, Delaware, and highlight the property’s connection to the Underground Railroad.

Project Location: Camden, DE

Project Recipient: Kent County Levy Court

 

South Wilmington Sewer Infrastructure Expansion – $4,800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of the City of Wilmington’s sewer infrastructure to the southern area of the city below the Christina River.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: City of Wilmington

 

Water Contamination Prevent in Delaware – $80,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the investigation and mitigation of potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in surface and groundwater throughout Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Center for PFAS Solution at the Science, Technology, and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE)

 

Water Quality and Expansion Initiative – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of the City of Dover’s Water Quality and Expansion Initiative to improve the quality of the city’s potable water and increase the capacity of its water mains and subsequent fire suppression capabilities.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: City of Dover

 

Water Supply Infrastructure Improvements – $606,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Town of Millsboro’s efforts to replace and improve the town’s water mains to comply with the updated federal and state requirements for drinking water.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Town of Millsboro

LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

Financial Certification Letter 

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Facility – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support the design-build and engineering work necessary for the construction of a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility to support biopharmaceutical innovation for clinical research and help the nation be better prepared for responding to public health emergencies.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware

Brain Injury Services Navigation Program – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a Brain Injury Services Navigation Program to help connect survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their caregivers with appropriate rehabilitative medical services and treatment for successful community living.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Easterseals of Delaware

Delaware Best Buddies Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – $215,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to allow Best Buddies to expand to an additional 14 schools in Delaware and reach an additional 1,050 students with inclusive programming that supports students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Project Location: Kent and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Enhanced Living and Learning Through Assistive Technology – $1,016,000

Project Purpose: This project will enhance the education of young children and PreK-12 students through the availability of assistive technology (AT) tools that support access, instruction, assessment, health and wellness, and self-expression.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Financial Literacy Institute – $300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a curriculum to improve financial literacy of current and prospective Delaware State University students in areas that include personal finance, debt management, responsible access to credit, and wealth building.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware State University

Gaudenzia Fresh Start – $337,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to enhance capacity and upgrade security to improve the safety of clients at Gaudenzia Fresh Start, which provides a continuum of care and programming for individuals being treated for substance use disorder.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc.

Increasing Access to Teacher Education for Students of Color – $163,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Teacher Pipeline Project in order to build a diverse teaching workforce by increasing opportunities for Delaware high school students of color to matriculate into early childhood or elementary education programs at the University of Delaware.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Mental Health Therapist Fellowship Initiative – $3,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a workforce development program to address Delaware’s growing mental health crisis, rising demand for counseling, and lack of licensed mental health practitioners by creating paid fellowship positions for Master’s degree prepared and license-eligible counselors.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Jewish Family Services of Delaware

 

Mobile Health Clinic for Addiction Medicine – $680,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to purchase a mobile health clinic focused on serving hard-to-reach patient populations that are struggling with addiction.

Project Location: Region around Lewes, DE

Project Recipient: Beebe Medical Foundation

Mobile Health Van – $341,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to outfit a mobile health clinic to address disparities and poor health outcomes in disadvantaged communities within Western Sussex County, Delaware. The mobile clinic will also serve three school-based wellness centers in collaboration with the school systems and utilize data analytics to direct services to communities with the greatest need.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: TidalHealth Nanticoke

Offshore Wind Training Center – $1,060,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is for University of Delaware to develop an offshore wind technician training center in Lewes, Delaware. The Offshore Wind Training Center would train workers, including technicians who install and later maintain turbines in the ocean, as well as suppliers, port workers, and sea survival and rescue personnel.

Project Location: Lewes

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Westside Wilmington Health Center Facility Renovations – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to complete phase 3 of a multi-year capital improvement campaign, which will include renovations and a re-design of the center to expand resident capacity and facilitate patient-centered care.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Westside Family Healthcare, Inc.

Youth After-School Enrichment Programming – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand a variety of Boys & Girls Club programs focused on financial literacy, computer education, drug and alcohol prevention, and the arts to over 2,000 elementary students.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Delaware

 

FY2010 Funded Projects
 

40′ Fixed Route Transit Buses
State of Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$974,000 to replace aging fixed route transit coaches. This is part of a comprehensive bus replacement schedule to ensure safe and efficient transportation equipment is used for fixed route services. All buses will be state-of-the-art hybrids. The project will enable the Delaware Transit Corporation to continue to provide a high level of service to Delaware residents. The Delaware Transit Corporation provides 10 million passenger trips annually with 14.9 million service miles, and serves all three counties.
 
Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,600,000 to spur the development of the next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft that will be faster, stronger, stealthier, less costly, field repairable, have longer service life, and are up-armor capable to operate. Composites do not corrode and require less maintenance, and their light weight allow for higher speeds and greater maneuvering. Developing this technology will keep Navy, Special Operations Command and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help ensure superiority of the military in the water over current and future adversaries.
 
Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Tatnall Building
William Penn Street
Dover, DE, 19901
$69,000 to fully equip and modernize the lab to protect Delaware’s animal industries (including food animals and poultry, horse-racing industry, and companion animals) and therefore protecting public health of Delawareans.

Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711
$1,600,000 to create more effective and quickly manufacturable prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for anthrax and the plague using an innovative, plant-based technology. A quick response to a potential bioterrorist attacks require the immediate availability of reagents for mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination. Vaccines developed with the Plant Vaccine Development program, created by Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, can be produced much faster and at lower cost than current vaccines.

Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$487,000 for a program to research, build and demonstrate fuel cell hybrid buses on the UD campus and in the state of Delaware. The objective is to have the project’s efficient and uniquely low-cost design of fuel cell transit buses spur commercialization of this technology, which will help reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and enable the United States to meet its goal of greenhouse gases reductions. The University will use the funds to create an advanced, 40-foot fuel cell hybrid bus and convert its network of slow-fill hydrogen stations to fast-fill stations.

Avian Bioscience, DE
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$150,000 to upgrade Delaware’s existing diagnostic facility. Delmarva is the nation’s leader in the research, development and implementation of successful avian influenza surveillance and response plans to protect poultry and human health. The University of Delaware, through its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is central to Delmarva’s preparedness for avian influenza. These funds would be used to help the University of Delaware design this new facility.

Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE, for facilities and equipment
Beebe Medical Center
424 Savannah Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958
$100,000 to construct a new two-story School of Nursing building. The project will double Beebe’s nursing enrollment to 120 students, and train an additional 60 nurses to care for patients in Delaware.

C-5 Cargo Aircraft Maintenance Training Facility, Phase 1
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$5,300,000 to provide new training facility with tools and classrooms to furnish specialized hands-on instruction for C-17 and C-5M engine maintenance.

C & D Canal Trail Improvements
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$1,000,000 to transform more than 13 miles of existing Army Corps service road on the north-side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – from Delaware City to Chesapeake City – into a multi-purpose recreation trail with associated amenities (trail heads, signage, and self-composting restroom facilities, and security). Creating a multi-purpose recreation trail on the existing service road would ensure a safer area for the residents of Delaware City (one of the fastest growing areas in the state of Delaware), Chesapeake City, and everywhere in between, to continue to enjoy the Canal.
 
Carvel State Building Video Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$75,000 to purchase and install digital video cameras and capturing and recording equipment at the Carvel State Building that houses the Governor’s office, Lt. Governor’s office, General Assembly offices, Supreme Court, Attorney General’s office and numerous other state agencies. The purpose of this project is to enhance the Capitol Police ability to monitor, capture and retrieve video surveillance of the state facility to protect its occupants.

Chapel Center
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$7,500,000 to construct a new chapel center at Dover AFB to meet diverse worship, fellowship and counseling needs. The current Dover AFB chapel center is undersized and structurally substandard. In addition, a chapel is needed in proximity of dormitory residents because many Airmen do not own transportation and the other base chapel is 20 minutes from the main base by foot. Airmen who work at the Port Mortuary would also utilize the new facility. An improvised chapel is currently being used to host families who come to the base to receive our fallen heroes.

Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
$500,000 for use by NOAA to purchase, deploy and operate a buoy and sensors on the Nanticoke River in Delaware, which is the largest Chesapeake Bay tributary on the Delmarva Peninsula, and is identified by NOAA as a priority location for the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). The purpose of this project is to provide real-time data and interpretation to further protect, restore and manage the Chesapeake Bay.

Composite Applied Research and Technology for FCS and Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$3,200,000 for continued research at the University of Delaware to allow the Army’s Composites Applied Research and Technology Center to successfully insert more durable, modular, lighter and protective composite armor and structures into its tactical vehicle fleets more quickly and affordably. Current combat and tactical vehicles use steel and aluminum for structure and armor, which limits tactical mobility because of the weight, and wears out vehicles before their normal service life ends. Capitalizing on technology advances and facilitating the quick transition of new and better composite armor and material technologies into Army tactical vehicles helps meet the critical needs to protect soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Consolidated Communications Facility
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$12,100,000 to construct a consolidated communications facility at Dover AFB. Currently, there is no comprehensive, integrated communications system because communication functions are scattered. Consolidating these functions into one facility will improve efficiency by approximately 25 percent. Consolidation and demolition of the old facilities will result in approximately $17,000 in annual energy savings.
 
Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$800,000 to develop methods to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks for soldiers to communicate with each other, and to operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapons systems. The security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Gaining the ability to discover vulnerabilities in battlefield networks is essential in safeguarding military intelligence, communication systems and protecting our troops on the ground.

Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$331,000 for monitoring 1,400 feet of beach as part of an ongoing flood and storm damage reduction project.

Delaware Children’s Museum, DE
The Delaware Children’s Museum, Inc.
110 South Poplar Street, Suite 103
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate an existing building and construct exhibits in a museum that would provide Delaware’s first children’s museum with hands-on learning for children, with an emphasis on technology and environmental stewardship. This project would support the development of children as scientific thinkers, and also help to revitalize the surrounding community.

Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Bethany Beach to South Bethany, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of the Bethany Beach/South Bethany project area in Sussex County, Del., to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Sussex County, Del. The purpose of the project is to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast Protection, DE
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$368,000 for completion of Limited Reevaluation Report and execution of Project Partnership Agreement for initial construction of berms and dunes along 14,600 feet of beach. This will allow a coastal protection plan to move forward.

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a school leadership initiative
Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
$250,000 for the training, mentoring and coaching of superintendents, principals and other leaders within the Vision 2015 Network to maximize student achievement.

Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Dover, DE to improve Internet access to Delaware schools, including the purchase of equipment
Department of Technology and Information
801 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
$100,000 to purchase equipment and devices needed to upgrade computing operations in nearly 200 public schools throughout Delaware.
 
Delaware Estuary Salinity Study
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to assess salinity impacts on oysters and other environmental resources.

Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$300,000 to support the Delaware National Counterdrug Task Force in its efforts to sustain operations and support to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across Delaware. An increase in funding will permit the task force to meet the requests for support from the FBI, the Delaware State Police and local police departments. An increase would also enable the task force to expand its Drug Education Program to meet the high demand from middle schools across the state.
 
Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System
Delaware River Basin Commission
125 State Police Drive
Trenton, NJ  08628
$200,000 for enhancements of the Delaware River Basin’s flood warning system, including: (1) upgrades to the existing precipitation and stream gage network, (2) improvement of flash flood forecasting capabilities, (3) flood warning education and outreach, and (4) support of flood coordination. Following three Delaware River main stem floods, the continued development of an enhanced basin-wide flood warning system is critical to ensuring the existing flood warning system is adequately maintained and that technological advancements are continued.

Delaware State University, Dover, DE, for facilities and equipment related to public health training
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
$100,000 to establish a master’s program in Public Health and incorporate new technologies into the program.
 
East Side Community Learning Center Foundation, Wilmington, DE, to support supplemental education and enrichment programs for high-need students
EastSide Community Learning Center Foundation
3000 N. Claymont Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
$100,000 for supplemental educational and enrichment programs at East Side Charter School to ensure students succeed in school, work and society.

FAME, Inc., Wilmington, DE, to prepare minority students for college and encourage them to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math
FAME, Inc.
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 409
Wilmington, DE 19801
$125,000 to help prepare minority students for college, focusing on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business education.

First Steps Primeros Pasos, Georgetown, DE
First Steps Primeros Pasos
P.O. Box 1003
Georgetown, DE 19947
$194,800 for the construction and program start-up costs for a bilingual early care and education facility designed to help the children of non English-speaking families develop the language and social skills needed to succeed when they reach kindergarten. The new facility will be licensed to serve 60 children when opened, while the design and zoning will support expansion to 100 children.

Food Bank of Delaware, Newark, DE
14 Garfield Way
Newark, DE 19713
$194,800 to expand a commercial kitchen, a volunteer room, a Culinary Arts Training Facility, a retail area and office space that will allow the Delaware Food bank to meet a growing demand for services in Kent and Sussex counties. In addition to providing free and reduced cost meals, the expansion will give the unemployed, underemployed and those with troubled backgrounds the opportunity to receive quality training in the service industry to help foster additional economic growth in the area.

Functional Family Therapy for At-Risk Youth (DE Girls Wraparound)
Children and Families First Delaware
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
$350,000 for supplies and salaries needed to provide intensive community-based counseling and case management to youth ages 10-18 and their families in all three counties in Delaware. The purpose of the project is to improve family relationships, increase parent engagement, improve school attendance, and reduce involvement in the juvenile justice system and recidivism so that youth succeed.

Harbor of Refuge, Lewes, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$100,000 to repair and re-enforce the federally owned offshore Harbor of Refuge breakwater that has been badly damaged and weakened by storms. The purpose of the project is to restore the federally-owned historic breakwater, which is disintegrating, and to preserve the lighthouse, providing storm protection for marine interests and erosion protection for the Lewes/Cape Henlopen area shoreline.

Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
2801 Centerville Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$3,200,000 to increase the safety and protection of soldiers’ uniforms with improved flame resistant, durable, lower cost materials to protect against Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). Fiber research has yielded promising results in creating an improved thermal resistant nylon capable of protecting U.S. soldiers from the unique burn threats of IEDs. Development of these nylon fabrics is projected to save the Army $36-43 million per year in outfitting the deployed force.

In-Car Camera System for Delaware State Policy Patrol Cars
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$1,500,000 to purchase 350 digital in-car cameras for patrol fleet and centralized digital storage devices. The purpose of this project is to provide valuable evidentiary information in both criminal and civil processes.

Indian River Inlet Bridge
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$779,200 to construct a new bridge along State Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet. The replacement bridge will alleviate the safety risk caused by the present scour conditions at the foundations. The new structure will completely span the inlet with all foundation members constructed on dry land. The proposed alignment will be west of the existing bridge at a critical evacuation route in the event of natural disasters.
 
Jobs for Delaware Graduates, Expand Available Services
Jobs for Delaware’s Graduates, Inc.
381 W. North Street
Dover, DE 19904
$1,000,000 to expand Jobs for Delaware Graduates (JDG) programs to 1,320 additional “at-risk” students in Middle School and High School for the purpose of increasing school graduation rates.

Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080
$2,400,000 to allow flight crews to wear a Joint Services Aircrew Mask that can be put on and removed during flight. The current aircrew mask made by ILC Dover provides chemical and biological protection for aircrew with fully sealed hood that fits over the wearer’s head and is sealed at the neck. Unfortunately, the current hood cannot be removed during flight, thus producing a physiological, and to some extent, psychological burden when worn for extended periods. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical or biological contaminated scenarios.

Mentoring Initiatives for At-Risk Children and Youth
Delaware Mentoring Council
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
$750,000 to create stable mentoring programs in at least four school districts and ten schools throughout Delaware, with at least five schools in the city of Wilmington. The purpose of the project is to provide stability in the lives of at-risk youth, those living in poverty, and those facing substance abuse in their family, incarcerated parents or even homelessness.

Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,360,000 to augment and accelerate the development of small, inexpensive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging systems for brownout conditions as they relate to helicopter operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traditional imaging systems suffer from poor performance in harsh environments, such as fog, mist, blowing sand, smoke and dust. Traditional imaging systems also are incapable of seeing through obscurants, such as clothing, luggage, packaging, and walls. Images utilizing mmW can penetrate deeper into these obscurants and in some cases propagate completely through them. Creating a stable, light-weight imaging system that is impervious to weather conditions will help the military gain considerable tactical advantages and enhanced safety.

Ministry of Caring, Wilmington, DE
506 N. Church Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate the Josephine Bakhita House to serve as residence for young adults committed to giving back to the community through one or two years of volunteer service. The volunteers serve poor and homeless men, women and children who receive direct services through housing, child care, job placement, dental and medical care and outreach services. This project not only promotes volunteerism, but will also assist the needy in Delaware.

Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities and equipment
Nanticoke Senior Center   
301 N. Virginia Avenue
Seaford, DE  19973
$100,000 to provide a new approach to serving older adults through the expansion of services. Funding will be used to construct a new, 11,053-square foot Senior Services Center in the heart of Seaford, Delaware.

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE  19899
$350,000 for capital improvements by Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to upgrade and expand the only children’s hospital in Delaware, which also serves children from all over the world, and strengthen its ability to continue providing outstanding patient care.

New Castle County Courthouse Capitol Police Command Center and Lobby Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$130,000 to upgrade surveillance and purchase a system to coordinate dispatch operations within the Capitol Police Command Center of the New Castle County Courthouse to protect the one million people per year who pass through the courthouse.

New Castle County for Turkey Run Interceptor Improvements
New Castle County
87 Reads Way
New Castle, DE  19720
$300,000 to make capital improvements to the Turkey Run Interceptor sewer project. Funding will help accelerate the schedule of this critical project to provide protection for public health and the environment from problems caused by this failing sanitary sewer interceptor.

NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711
$2,400,000 to develop nucleic acid-based assays for the detection of a variety of biological warfare, agent-related bacteria and viruses using the Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS), a handheld biological agent detector developed by ANP Technologies in Newark, Del. Lighter and less expensive than the single-agent, handheld assay now used by the Department of Defense, this handheld agent detector can also detect 10 biothreat targets simultaneously. Providing a detection system that is light, rapid, reliable and easy-to-use, and one that can detect multiple threats, enhances the military’s ability to protect its soldiers on the battlefield and the American people in the homeland in case of biological warfare agent attacks.

Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement, Bethany Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Authorization to conduct a study on flooding in Bethany Beach, Del., and eventually address long-term flooding on major roads in this coastal town.

Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver for the Delaware National Guard
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
$3,200,000 to allow the Delaware National Guard to acquire two AN/TSC-156 Phoenix Tactical Super High Frequency Satellite Terminals for the Delaware Army National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade. Missions in support of the combat operations require satellite communications to support operations in hostile areas in mountainous terrain. The Delaware National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade must perform such combat missions, as well as domestic missions in support of homeland security, and the Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver will enable it to perform beyond line-of-sight communications at high data rates using commercial and military satellite constellations, classified and unclassified.

Police Weapons Range Improvements
Wilmington Department of Police
300 N. Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3973
$400,000 for mandatory improvements to the weapons range due to safety and environmental concerns so that it can continue to be utilized for firearms training by multiple local, state and federal agencies.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
11978 Turkle Pond Rd.
Milton, DE 19968
Support the President’s FY2010 budget request of $1,000,000 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land acquisition fund for the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Del. The funding would be used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire a 108-acre tract adjacent to the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. This project would protect a mix of wetlands and upland habitats, and provide excellent endangered Delmarva fox squirrel habitat. The tract also provides important access for the Refuge for both recreation and management uses into an area of the Refuge currently lacking access.

Red Clay Creek, Christina River Watershed, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$237,000 to continue the Christina River Watershed feasibility study and continue investigation of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration and water quality control strategies.

Remediation and Reuse of Reclaimed Port Land
Diamond State Port Corporation
1 Hausel Road
Wilmington, DE 19801
$730,500 to remediate five acres of contaminated land at the Port of Wilmington, Del. This project will expand the Port’s cargo handling capacity by 15 percent The land is currently unavailable for cargo operations as a result of unstable substrate conditions. The project includes the excavation and removal of decaying organic material and other debris left by previous industrial activity.

Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 704
Wilmington, DE 19801
$150,000 to expand leadership training for parents of Delaware public school students on how to effectively advocate for their children’s education and to partner effectively with their children’s schools.

Special Operations Forces Modular Glove System
WL Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711
$4,780,000 to accelerate the development of a five-piece Modular Glove System for Special Operations Forces (SOF) that provides the warfighter the necessary protection across a wide range of climactic conditions. Developed to be compatible with the SOF’s Protective Combat Uniform designed for frigid conditions, this SOF Modular Glove System provides cold weather protection to -50 degrees, as well as provides waterproof protection in wet conditions. The requested funding will enhance the readiness of SOF forces by providing them the Modular Glove System sooner than planned, thereby contributing to their effectiveness in the field.

St. Francis Hospital Foundation, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
St. Francis Hospital Foundation
701 North Clayton Street
Wilmington, DE  19805
$175,000 to make urgently needed capital infrastructure improvements to St. Francis Hospital, which provides continued care to the community’s uninsured.

Survival Equipment for Delaware State Police
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$125,000 to purchase equipment (30 shotguns, 30 handguns and 150 protective vests) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the officers providing law enforcement and the citizens they protect.

Sussex County Council for Johnson’s Corner Wastewater Improvement Project                                                                                                                                                             
Sussex County Council
2 The Circle
Georgetown, DE 19947
$300,000 to construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Johnson’s Corner Sanitary Sewer District, located near the Assawoman Bay in Sussex County, Del., which is one of Delaware’s inland bays. The purpose of the project is to eliminate failing septic systems and extend wastewater service to more than 400 residences, and reduce harmful nutrients from entering the Bay.

Turnpike Improvement Project: SR-1 & I-95
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$2,018,000 to improve the safety and efficiency of two major routes along the Northeast Corridor. It consists of three phases designed to improve the movement and safety of interstate, regional and local traffic through this heavily traveled intersection. The three phases include: a redesign of the I-95/SR-1 interchange, adding a fifth lane to I-95, and reconfiguring the I-95 toll plaza in Newark, DE, to incorporate Highway Speed E-Z Pass toll lanes. This project is anticipated to reduce traffic congestion and improve overall safety.

University of Delaware, Newark, DE for the Delaware Small Business and Technology Development Center
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$350,000 to expand the technology and science-based capabilities of the Center to further help grow and recruit small and local businesses. This project will spur economic development in Delaware.

University of Delaware Energy Institute
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$500,000 for equipment, fellowships and outreach for University of Delaware’s Energy Institute. The purpose of the project is to expand and accelerate the deployment, demonstration and adoption of alternative energy sources and technologies that are more secure, abundant, and sustainable to help meet the nation’s energy challenges.
 
Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopter
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$5,000,000 to conduct continued modifications and flight testing demonstrations at New Castle County Airport on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range and survivability. This project will help meet the Army’s need for helicopters with greater speed, range, survivability, reliability and readiness, as the helicopter is one of the primary means of mobility for combat troops, and is critical in sustaining combat and humanitarian operations over large areas, and rapidly recovering and treating combat casualties.

Wesley College, Dover, DE, for renovation and equipping of the nursing school
Wesley College           
120 North State Street
Dover, DE 19901
$200,000 to construct a 22,000-square-foot nursing facility or renovate an existing building to enable Wesley College to increase the number of qualified nursing graduates and help address the national, regional and statewide shortage of nurses.

White Clay Creek
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to continue studying flood damage, local dam damage and altered channel segments in and around the White Clay Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River. This will allow for the preparation of a plan to address flooding and storm damage on this river.
 
Wilmington Harbor, Delaware
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$1,445,000 to increase capacity and manage disposal areas for Wilmington Harbor, including management and capacity restoration of federal disposal areas and chemical and sediment testing within those areas.

Wilmington to Newark Commuter Rail Improvement Program
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$3,000,000 to install a third commuter rail track, build a new Newark Rail Station and purchase four commuter rail cars. This program expands capacity to allow expansion of commuter rail services and increase reliability of intercity and commuter rail services. It will also assist in significantly reducing traffic congestion along the Northeast corridor. This project will alleviate conflicts between passenger and freight rail in the area and facilitate future downstate rail initiatives.
 
Wind Turbine Infrastructure for Green Energy and Research on Wind Power in Delaware
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$1,000,000 for the purchase and installation of a wind turbine to be used shore-side at the University of Delaware’s Lewes Campus. The purpose of this project is to help inform decisions about the viability and delivery of offshore renewable wind energy. The project will improve learning and demonstration opportunities arising from the nation’s first offshore wind farm being built nearby.

World Trade Center Institute Delaware, for the export assistance webinar series for business education, Wilmington, DE
World Trade Center Institute of Delaware
702 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$50,000 to enable the Institute to create live web-streaming and offline webinars of its international business seminars, making the seminars accessible remotely to small businesses for which it would be difficult to attend in person. These webinars will help participants expand business opportunities overseas, reducing our nation’s trade deficit and boosting our economy.
 
X-49A Envelope Expansion Modifications
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$3,600,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. These funds will cover the cost of design, fabrication, assembly, instrumentation and check out of propulsion and control system modifications that will enable flight beyond the current operating limits of the baseline conventional helicopter. Many current US combat and humanitarian operations require rotorcraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters.

 

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FY2011 DOD Authorizations Requests

ANP Technologies, NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711

$4,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop a multiplexed handheld device for detection of a variety of biological warfare agent related bacteria and viruses. According to the Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (released in December 2008), a biological attack is more likely to be used by terrorists than any other weapons of mass destruction in the near future. The proposed handheld common identifier for biological agents will allow war fighters to perform rapid, on-site biological agent tests during threat situations.

 
Civil Air Patrol, Operations
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

$4,500,000 above the President’s request to allow Civil Air Patrol to continue at current levels of operations across the country. The Civil Air Patrol is congressionally chartered to carry out the non-combative missions of the U.S. Air Force in the United States through inland search and rescue, disaster relief, counter-drug missions, homeland security, aerospace education, and youth development. The proposed reduction in national funds will mean every state will lose some of its search and rescue capacity and see reductions in field support, cadet programs, and training sorties and exercises.  The Delaware Wing membership includes 286 adults and 163 cadets and supports the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, County Emergency Operating Centers, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover Air Force Base, and other governmental agencies. Last year, the nine squadrons of the Delaware Wing flew over 1,000 state missions and provided 30,460 volunteer hours.
 
 
DAFB, Maintenance Hangar
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$32,000,000 to construct a single bay, full-in C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar with phased back shops wrapped around the facility to sustain home station and en route missions at Dover AFB. Dover AFB hauls more channel cargo than the rest of Air Mobility Command’s airlift bases combined. Without a new completely covered maintenance hangar, during harsh weather Dover AFB will suffer from longer maintenance turn-around times and additional maintenance labor requirements, which may impact the base’s mission.
 
 
DAFB, Security Forces Complex
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$14,000,000 to construct a Security Forces Complex that is adequately sized and properly configured to support Security Forces base protection and mobility missions. A new facility can provide adequate storage for War Readiness materials, mobility equipment, armory for storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. Currently, the Dover Security Forces Facilities are the 2nd worst in the Air Mobility Command (AMC) due to deficiency in facility space and functional needs.
 
 
DANG, C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Shops – Air National Guard Project Phase III
Delaware Air National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615

$11,600,000 to replace the Delaware Air National Guard’s engine maintenance shop, aircraft generation shop, aircraft maintenance unit shop area, and the non-destructive inspection shop area. With the higher operations tempo in recent years, the Guard’s C-130 aircraft have supported regional, national, and global mission requirements which include providing air transportation for airborne forces, their equipment and supplies. Specifically, the aircraft of the Delaware Air National Guard also provide intra-theater airlift of personnel, equipment and supplies for tactical aeromedical evacuation within the theater of operations, as well as other inter-theater airlift of personnel and cargo. The ability to properly maintain the aircraft is critical to continue the effective support of these operations.
 
 
DNG, Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19808

$300,000 above the President’s request to provide counterdrug support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and to Community Based Organizations requesting Drug Demand Reduction Assistance. Funding will provide unique military support and resources to our police agencies which enables the police to concentrate more police resources to other priorities in their department. This funding will provide the Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Program the ability to provide a criminal analyst to the FBI Task Force and provide for continued support to the Delaware Information Analysis Center sponsored by the Delaware State Police. It will also be used to sustain and expand the 6th grade Drug Education Program to more middle schools across the State of Delaware.
 
 
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, STEM/Energy and Power Career (EPC) Development Initiative
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
2905 Southampton Road
Philadelphia, PA

$1,000,000 to expand National Defense Education Program (NDEP) activities focused on STEM in K-12 schools in the greater Philadelphia region, including Wilmington, Delaware. The overall goal of the NDEP at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is to increase career awareness and educational activity in grades K-12 that leads to more candidates, particularly women and minorities, for careers in Navy engineering and research. This funding will allow the Navy and the DVIRC to expand on their existing work and bring services to Wilmington, Delaware. The project will benefit the state of Delaware by bringing the knowledge and expertise of Navy scientists and engineers and businesspeople, and the programmatic and financial resources of the National Defense Education program into K-12 classrooms in Wilmington and the Wilmington area.  It will also connect the school district and its students and teachers to the multiple Power and Energy-related research, development, and educational initiatives taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
 
 
Fraunhofer, Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711

$5,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to deliver a combined multivalent one-shot vaccine to protect the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian communities against plague and anthrax.  This quick response ability can assist communities around the world with mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination in the event of bioterrorist attack or natural disease outbreak such as an avian influenza.

ILC Dover, Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a Joint Services Aircrew Mask, which will provide above the neck Chemical, Biological, and Anti-G protection to DoD aircrew personnel. The mask is a hood that can be put on and removed during flight that goes over the wearer’s head and seals at the neck. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical and biological contaminated scenarios.

INVISTA, Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal
Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
400 Woodland Road
Seaford, DE 19973

$3,500,000 to increase the safety and protection of U.S. soldiers with improved flame resistant, durable, and lower cost materials for the U.S. Army combat uniforms. These improvements will meet an urgent need due to the threat of Improvised Explosives Devices (IED). This project will fund and accelerate research, development, testing, and evaluation for nylon fiber development, fiber formulation, fabric scale up and performance blend specification for U.S. Army combat uniforms.

M Cubed Technologies, Technology for Lightweight Personnel Armor
M Cubed Technologies
1 Tralee Industrial Park
Newark, DE 19711

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop lighter weight body armor for soldiers and Marines that retains the ability to protect from multiple shots. Funding will assist development of advanced ceramics with novel geometric shapes that can reduce the body armor plate weight by 10 percent with potential for further weight reduction.

Quantum Leap, Treatment Decision Support for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
3 Innovation Way, Suite 100
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a field deployable prototype composed of medically actionable, agent-based modeling, simulation and analysis environment and eye tracking goggles that enables field screening for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). Current and future operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in considerable incidence of injuries that manifest as mTBI and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – future, as yet undefined military operations, will likely result in similar injuries. The unique capabilities developed under this program will enable medical personnel to quickly screen newly injured warfighters for mTBI and determine potential interventions that will maximize recovery and minimize future harm.

Piasecki, Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Flight Demonstration Program 
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029

$4,000,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. Current US combat and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines and many other remote areas require rotocraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters. By improving the speed, range, and survivability of the current helicopter fleet through technology insertion, there is an opportunity to address these capability gaps as part of ongoing recapitalization to the existing helicopter fleet.

Textronics, Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems
Textronics, Inc.
3825 Lancaster Pike, Suite 201
Wilmington, DE 19805

$3,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a new generation of wearable physiological-monitoring garments that will afford comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a war fighter’s heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters.  The U.S. Army faces a critical need to determine real-time conditions (e.g. heart rate, respiration, activity, temperature, etc.) of the war fighter to address immediate medical attention needs and improve performance. The Army has requested such real-time physiological monitoring, which offers the capability to promptly detect and classify combat injuries and/or health problems.

University of Delaware, Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$3,000,000 to research and develop design, engineering and manufacturing technologies for U.S. Navy ship structures based on advanced lightweight composite materials. The objective of this project is to keep Navy, SOCOM (Special Operations Command), and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help insure superiority of the US military in the water over current and future adversaries. The application of these materials and technologies will provide ship structures that are optimally engineered, and manufactured using state-of-the-art methods to provide the highest performance at the lowest cost.

University of Delaware, Center for Advanced Magnetics
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$500,000 to establish a Center for Advanced Magnetics that would be the first in the United States and play the role of national center of excellence in the synthesis, characterization and testing of permanent magnets which are critical for our defense. The Center will promote, conduct and facilitate collaborative research and development on permanent magnets among the very few existing groups at universities, industrial institutions and government labs with the aim to resurrect and revive U.S. research and industry on permanent magnets and decrease our dependence on China which now has the monopoly in these strategic materials. Better permanent magnets support smaller, lighter, faster defense systems by increasing power density and reducing weight and size of not only the magnets but also leverage size reductions in surrounding components and enhancing affordability.

University of Delaware, Composite Applied Research and Technology for Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$4,500,000 to rapidly advance the Technology Readiness Level of existing and promising new ultra-lightweight composites structures and armor for combat and light, medium and heavy tactical vehicle applications. Using heavy materials such as steel and aluminum will continue to result in vehicles that are too heavy to transport and will overload vehicles – which reduces life, increases maintenance costs and requires more frequent vehicle replacement. The project is addressing the critical needs of the US Army to protect our soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions.  Lightweight composite vehicle structures and armor increase mobility and mission payloads while increasing soldier protection against direct fire, improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators.

University of Delaware, Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the U.S. Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks to both communicate between soldiers, and between soldiers and their weapons systems. This concept is called network centric warfare, and the security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Applications of the knowledge developed in this project will help protect our ground troops working in tactical battlefield environments by protecting their ability to communicate with each other and operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapon systems.

University of Delaware, Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,900,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop real-time image enhancement technologies to improve the videos taken from next-generation millimeter-wave cameras. These cameras have the advantage of allowing U.S. soldiers to see in harsh conditions, including dust, fog, sand, and clouds. Millimeter wave imaging systems are able to image through smoke, fog, marine layer, blowing dust and sand, and fabric.  The technology development is supported by the Office of Naval Research with the intent to deploy systems on military helicopters landing in harsh environments such as the “brownout” conditions faced when landing in the desserts of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq.  It will also improve situational awareness of Naval vessels, particularly when close to the shore or at ports.

University of Delaware, Multifunctional Technologies Alliance
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$10,000,000 to establish an Army-wide Multifunctional Materials Technologies Alliance (MTA) between the nine Army Research and Development Center’s (RDEC’s) of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) and the University of Delaware. This alliance will conduct basic and applied research in multifunctional materials, processing science, modeling, simulation, design and optimization, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, electronics, networking and communication systems and multifunctional platform integration of interest to RDEC’s. This funding will establish a national laboratory housed in UD’s Technology Park, at the home of the recently closed Newark Chrysler Plant, to address the national security interests of our nation.

University of Delaware, Persistent Surveillance Using Unmanned Millimeter Wave Imaging Platforms
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,600,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation of a millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform for persistent surveillance and reconnaissance. Thanks to the ability of mmWs to penetrate dust, smoke, clouds, rain, sand, and ground up to a few inches, they are ideally suited for such tasks. The U.S. Army project will be carried out in close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. By providing all-weather, persistent imagery of theater, the project will provide immediate battle damage assessment, situation awareness, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance capabilities. As a result, the ability to determine the actions and intentions of U.S. adversaries will be greatly improved.

University of Delaware, Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 to support a Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation. Such an environment combines leading edge technologies in the biological sciences, modeling physics, computational rendering, haptic feedback and visual display. Three dimensional virtual environments for medical imaging and surgical simulation are critical to the training and practice of future surgeons. Ultimately, these technologies will permit future surgeons to perform simulated surgical procedures on a patient’s precise anatomy, derived from high-fidelity CT or MRI scans, prior to entering the operating room. Combined with robotic surgery equipment, the developed technologies will lead to the ability to perform life-saving surgical procedures remotely, e.g., battlefield treatment. These technologies are critical to the realization of remote surgical procedures for the treatment of battlefield wounded soldiers.

W.L. Gore, Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)
W.L. Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 to provide the Army soldier with built-in protection from flame and heat threats present in combat conditions, while remaining highly functional in a spectrum of cold and wet weather climates. The FREE system is user-adaptable for field operations in rapidly evolving combat environments and protects the soldier from head to toe. It is designed specifically for aviation and combat vehicle crewmen, and utilizes advanced textile technologies in a range of garments, from lightweight base layers to weather-protecting outerwear.

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 AGRICULTURE:

 

Calliope Project,
Inc., $125,000

 

Project purpose: To support Phase
II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas
for school programming.

 

Project location: Milton, DE

 

Project recipient: Calliope Project
Inc.

 

 

CHEER, Inc.
administrative service facility, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To establish an
Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and
supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.

 

Project location: Georgetown, DE

 

Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

City of Harrington
for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000

 

Project purpose: To expand
infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an
idle lot to attract a new industrial park.

 

Project location: Harrington, DE

 

Project recipient: City of
Harrington

 

 

Freeman Arts
Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To complete site
work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity
and support the arts and regional economy.

 

Project location: Selbyville, DE

 

Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman
Foundation

 

 

Nanticoke Indian
Association community center, $600,000

 

Project purpose: Renovation of the
Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and
add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.

 

Project location: Millsboro, DE

 

Project recipient: The Nanticoke
Indian Association Inc

.

FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT:

Certification Letter

 

Accelerator for Disadvantaged Businesses, $150,000

 

Project purpose: This project will provide minority business owners with an accelerator space including technical support, shared administrative services, networking opportunities, and advice on management, intellectual property and sources of financing.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Black Chamber of Commerce

Business Growth in Communities of Color, $297,000

Project purpose: This project will allow True Access Capital (TAC) to keep pace with its loan portfolio growth by hiring two new staff members (a Loan Office and a second Technical Assistance coordinator) to expand their organizational capacity. This request will support the staff member salaries.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: True Access Capital

Carbon-Smart Lumber Mill, $498,000

 

Project purpose: This project will be used to build a lumber mill and purchase equipment for the mill. The mill will be used for community-benefitting construction, workforce development, and training programs for at-risk youth.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

 

Project recipient: The Challenge Program

DTP@STAR Incubator Laboratory, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will support the DTP@STAR laboratory incubator to support the growth of small science-based startups.

Project location: Newark, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Technology Park

Food Incubator Project, $1,050,000

Project purpose: This project will create a culinary incubator that will identify and support local entrepreneurs, establish and sustain successful culinary businesses that can grow and fill vacant commercial spaces, and restore economic vitality in Wilmington, DE.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Cornerstone West CDC

Grow Delaware Fund, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: This project will allow the Grow America Fund to expand the “Grow Delaware Fund,” which provides small business lending – including SBA-backed lending – and technical support to small businesses in underserved communities.

 

Project location: New Castle County, Sussex County, Kent County

 

Project recipient: Grow America Fund

Mobile Community Historical Digitization and Preservation Lab, $395,000

 

Project purpose: This project will collect oral histories of marginalized community members in Delaware and digitize those histories. Funds will also be used to digitally preserve the existing collections of marginalized community histories for expanded access for all Delawareans.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Historical Society

 

Preservation and restoration of historic structure, $285,000

Project purpose: Critically needed repairs for the preservation of the Historic Cannonball House and Maritime Museum.

Project location: Lewes, DE

Project recipient: The Lewes Historical Society

Startup Studio – Science Entrepreneur Fellowship, $2,425,000

Project purpose: This project will support 10 early-stage entrepreneurs and their startups with paid fellowship roles along with support for their businesses.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Project recipient: Delaware Innovation Space

Tech2Market, $250,000

Project purpose: This project will be used to support early-stage entrepreneurs in the clean energy space through the support of organizational staff salaries, entrepreneur roundtables, and entrepreneur showcases.

Project location: Newark, DE

Project recipient: DESCA

Wilmington Business Incubators, $333,000

 

Project purpose: This project will support the success of the Wilmington Kitchen Collective, the Retail Business Incubator and the WilmingtonMADE program.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

 

Project recipient: Wilmington Alliance

AGRICULTURE:
Certification Letter

Calliope Project, Inc., $125,000
Project purpose: To support Phase II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas for school programming.
Project location: Milton, DE
Project recipient: Calliope Project Inc.

CHEER, Inc. administrative service facility, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To establish an Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

City of Harrington for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000
Project purpose: To expand infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an idle lot to attract a new industrial park.
Project location: Harrington, DE
Project recipient: City of Harrington

Freeman Arts Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000
Project purpose: To complete site work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity and support the arts and regional economy.
Project location: Selbyville, DE
Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman Foundation

Nanticoke Indian Association community center, $600,000
Project purpose: Renovation of the Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.
Project location: Millsboro, DE
Project recipient: The Nanticoke Indian Association Inc.

 

ENERGY AND WATER

Certification Letter

Delaware Dredged Material Utilization – Bay Beach Restoration, $10,000,000
Project purpose: Bay Beach flood reduction and environmental restoration using maintenance dredged material from the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Project location: Kent County, Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sussex County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration in Sussex County.
Project location: Sussex County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

New Castle County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for New Castle County.
Project location: New Castle County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Kent County Environmental Infrastructure, $35,000,000
Project purpose: Water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management, water storage and treatment systems, and environmental restoration for Kent County.
Project location: Kent County
Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Battery storage system at Bruce Henry Solar Farm, $3,064,000
Project purpose: This new utility-scale battery storage facility will free up interconnections for the Delaware Electric Cooperate to expand installations of solar panels.
Project location: Georgetown, DE
Recipient name: Delaware Electric Cooperative

Center for Clean Hydrogen, $2,000,000
Project purpose: Purchase of advanced instruments for studying the durability of green hydrogen electrolyzer stacks. No other center in the world has been set up to conduct this type of research.
Project location: Newark, DE
Recipient name: University of Delaware

Clean energy improvements to heat and power to reduce emissions, $5,000,000
Project purpose: This project would increase production of green energy from digester gas by 50% on a typical day, reducing operating costs and overall greenhouse gas emissions.
Project location: Wilmington, DE
Recipient name: City of Wilmington 

FY23 Approved Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

Plug Into The Grid, $1,128,000

Project purpose: This project is to update and enhance Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County’s workforce development efforts at its locations and to address digital inequities in Delaware communities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County

 

Equipment to Enhance Testing Capabilities, $670,000

Project purpose: To provide funding for the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to purchase instrumentation and equipment to enhance forensic testing within the State of Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Division of Forensic Science

 

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy for Delmarva Oasis Strategic Conservation Planning, $500,000

Project purpose: This project will develop a region-wide conservation plan of restorations projects and easements with local stakeholders and government entities. This plan will target federal, state, local, and non-governmental conservation funding to the highest regional conservation priorities in Delmarva in the face of the impacts of climate change.

Project location: Delmarva Peninsula

Recipient name: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy

 

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for Statewide Air Quality Study, $440,000

Project purpose: This project will study air pollution across the state, especially in communities with histories of environmental injustice, and develop data-informed policy recommendations for pollution mitigation and expanded monitoring.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

 

Mental Health and Supportive Services, $250,000

Project purpose: To support the integration of additional mental health services.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Boys & Girls Club

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Scale-Up Facility, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support the construction of a biopharmaceutical manufacturing innovation facility to be located on the University of Delaware STAR Campus.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

New Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, $10,000,000

Project purpose: This project will support the building of the new 150-bed long term care facility, Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill.

Project location: Smyrna

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

 

RESTORE: Real Estate Strategy to Obtain Racial Equity, $6,825,000

Project purpose: This project will purchase five blighted properties in the Riverside neighborhood of Wilmington and redevelop two of the five into a fresh food market and a Town Green – a central public space within the Riverside community. The remaining three properties will be redeveloped in the future.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: REACH Riverside Development Corporation

 

Equipment for Gene Therapy Production Suite, $5,000,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the University of Delaware to purchase equipment for biopharmaceutical manufacturing, testing, and workforce training to help the nation be better prepared for pandemic response and support our global competitiveness by ensuring a workforce training and manufacturing infrastructure exists through the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL).

Project location: Newark, DE

Recipient name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

 

Affordable Housing Development in New Castle County, $4,525,000

Project purpose: This project will support the construction of 20 affordable homes in Newark and 13 affordable homes in Wilmington for low-income families to purchase, as well as the demolition of three homes in Wilmington to make space for future affordable housing development. 

Project location: New Castle County

Recipient name: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer-Stormwater Separation, $4,000,000

Project purpose: This project will build a new, separate stormwater collection system that will carry rainwater runoff directly to the new South Wilmington Wetland Park, preventing sewage from contaminating ground water during flood events. This improvement will also increase resilience to flooding in the Southbridge neighborhood.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

Infant and Toddler Center Final Costs and Renovations, $3,500,000

Project purpose: This project would support the construction of a playground and parking facilities at LACC’s Infant and Toddler Center, which is currently under construction. In addition, this project would support critical maintenance at LACC’s two existing community services buildings.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Latin American Community Center (LACC)

 

City of Wilmington for Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation, $3,060,000

Project purpose: This project will replace a mile and a half of 100-year-old, underground combined sewage-stormwater pipe at Prices Run, preventing degradation of surface water quality due to sewage overflow and catastrophic infrastructure failure.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: City of Wilmington

 

The Lower Hilltop Equitable Housing Initiative, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would acquire 45 units of housing, stabilize 25 deteriorating units, create 15 green spaces, and clean 15 alleyways. Once units are acquired or rehabbed, they will be sold to developers with an enforceable agreement that the developer must sell or rent them to low-income individuals.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank

 

Villa Maria at the Brandywine, $3,000,000

Project purpose: This project would support the development of 74 units of one-bedroom affordable senior housing for low- and very low-income seniors in the Old Brandywine Village area.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Ministry of Caring, Inc.

 

First Community Foundation STEM Hub, $3,000,000

Project purpose: To construct a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hub in the Riverside area of Wilmington to address educational, workforce development, and health monitoring needs in the community.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: First Community Foundation

 

Support Science Entrepreneurs & New Business Creation and Growth Through Capital Improvements to the Delaware Innovation Space, $2,475,000

Project purpose: To enable Delaware Innovation Space to intensify its laboratory capabilities with more flexible lab and office space for growing startups, in addition to providing state of the art molecular biology, chemistry/material science, and biotechnology modular lab space.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Innovation Space

 

Coalition for Translational Entrepreneurship, $2,250,000

Project purpose: To support the construction of a center to translate student science and engineering ideas into business.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: University of Delaware

 

Solomon’s Court Phase II, $2,000,000

Project purpose: This project will create 12 affordable and accessible units as well as street-level commercial space for small businesses.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Be Ready Community Development Corporation

 

The Choir School of Delaware’s New Building, $1,500,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to the Choir School’s Community Learning Center.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Choir School of Delaware, Inc.

 

Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Therapist Program, $1,500,000

Project purpose: This project will increase Delaware’s pediatric behavioral health workforce by providing training and hours of supervision for master’s level therapists.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware

 

Housing for Homeless Youth, $1,090,000

Project purpose: This project will support the acquisition and renovation of 2 apartment complexes with a total of 7 units that will be used to provide permanent supportive housing and transitional housing for unaccompanied youth. 

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Financial Inclusion and Technology Innovation, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To create a new startup incubator that will incubate 10 financial technology startups per year, focused on improving the financial health of underrepresented communities.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: Delaware Technology Park

 

Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. for The Mussels for Clean Water Hatchery, $1,000,000

Project purpose: This project will construct a 10,000 square-foot mussel hatchery facility along the tidal Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. Once hatched, the mussels will be transported to ponds in New Castle County, DE to mature, and will ultimately be deployed across the Delaware Estuary to enhance water quality, improve habitat resilience and prevent soil erosion.

Project location: Winterthur

Recipient name: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc.

 

St. Michael’s Building Renovation and Expansion Project,  $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and expand the St. Michael’s School and Nursery.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: St. Michael’s School and Nursery

 

Bennett Street Revitalization Project, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To construct new affordable housing units in the East Side of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Todmorden East Foundation

 

Food is Medicine – A Pathway to Healthier Pregnancy Outcomes, $900,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to implement a comprehensive “Food is Medicine” program for pregnant women who are obese, living in poor food environments, and receiving prenatal care with ChristianaCare in an effort to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.

Project location: Newark

Recipient name: ChristianaCare Health Services

 

Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA) Nonprofit Business Accelerator, $810,000

Project purpose: To support the creation of an accelerator program for small, growing nonprofits in Delaware and would provide those nonprofits with training, resources, and tools to overcome obstacles that typically prevent such organizations from achieving sustainability, scale, and success.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement

 

Continuous Community-Care Mobile Treatment Project, $757,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to address historical inequities and disparities in access to medical and behavioral health care in Delaware.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: Brandywine Counseling and Community Services

 

Capital Improvements to the Hope Center, $750,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements and support the supply budget of the Hope Center, which provides temporary emergency non-congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness.

Project location: New Castle

Recipient name: New Castle County Hope Center

 

Lombard Street Redevelopment Project, $750,000

Project purpose: To redevelop a vacant church into a 5-unit affordable apartment complex.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Central Baptist Development Corporation

 

Limen Men’s House Capital Improvement Project, $463,000

Project purpose: This project is to make capital improvements to a men’s sober-living residence in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Limen Recovery & Wellness

 

Delaware River and Estuary Ecosystem Data Gathering Initiative, $356,000

Project purpose: To provide funding to the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay to facilitate permit application and review processes, thus speeding infrastructure construction and maintenance at waterfront facilities.

Project location: Wilmington, DE

Recipient name: Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay

 

East Side Re-development, $280,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to affordable housing units in the East Side community of Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Challenge Program

 

Restoration Now Expansion, $193,000

Project purpose: To transition the Salvation Army’s existing emergency homeless shelter to a human trafficking survivors-only secured facility to accommodate the increased need for short-term housing and to provide critically needed on-site professional evidence-based therapy.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: The Salvation Army

 

True Access Capital New Markets Opportunity Program, $181,000

Project purpose: To provide minority- and women-owned businesses with training and technical support to identify, pursue, and secure corporate contracts and government procurement opportunities.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: True Access Capital

 

Wilmington Small Business Support through Wilmington MADE, $75,000

Project purpose: To support the growth and development of local small businesses in Wilmington.

Project location: Wilmington

Recipient name: Wilmington Alliance

City of Dover for Water Main Extension and New Well, $1,800,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 0.92 mile of water main on North State Street to prevent water discoloration and improve fire protection. It will also install a new well at Silver Lake to add redundancy to the city’s water supply and improve fire protection.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: City of Dover

 

Owens Manor and Queen Manor, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To make capital improvements to existing affordable housing properties for senior residents in Dover.

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Dover Housing Authority

 

Tidewater Park Playground, $938,000

Project purpose: To construct accessible playground equipment.

Project location: Laurel

Recipient name: Town of Laurel

 

Space Education Excellence for Delaware (SEED), $900,000

Project purpose: To provide students with learning opportunities with spacecraft and scientific instruments.

Project location: Newark and Dover

Recipient name: University of Delaware and Delaware State University

 

Farm Incubator Module, $866,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to create an incubator farm location at Delaware State University to enable the university to expand its programs and reach under-resourced audiences interested in farming. The incubator will encourage participants to hone their skills and start generating income while being mentored by Delaware State University’s staff.

Project location: Smyrna, DE

Recipient name: Delaware Department of Agriculture & Delaware State University

 

Mentorship Intiatives for Underrepresented Populations, $603,000

Project purpose: To provide mentorship and training opportunities for underserved
populations

Project location: Dover

Recipient name: Delaware State University

 

City of Dover Wireless Camera Network System, $600,000

Project purpose: This project will fund components of a constitutionally conscious city-wide camera system to support the quality of life in Dover

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: City of Dover Police Department

 

Affordable Homeownership, $600,000

Project purpose: To construct 8 affordable home-owner-occupied homes.

Project location: Kent County

Recipient name: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity

 

Telehealth Initiative, $500,000

Project purpose: To purchase equipment for telehealth access to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities.

Project location: Statewide

Recipient name: DE Division of Libraries

 

Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory-East Replacement, $350,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory – East to support the expedited transfer of blood and blood products to U.S. troops serving abroad from Dover Air Force Base.

Project location: Dover, DE

Recipient name: Dover Air Force Base

 

Intracoastal Waterway, Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, DE, $7,550,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete maintenance dredging in the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal to restore navigability to the canal.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Treatment Plant Headworks Replacement, $2,500,000

Project purpose: This project will replace 60-year-old parts at the Seaford wastewater treatment plant that will increase flow and allow it to handle the 2020 addition of sewer flows of Blades, Bridgeville, and Greenwood.

Project location: Seaford

Recipient name: City of Seaford

 

Preservation and Rehabilitation of Maxwell Estates,  $2,300,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is for the preservation and rehabilitation of a housing project that serves elderly and disabled communities in Harrington, Delaware. This project will also create a resilience hub in the community that provides social services to the residents.

Project location: Harrington, DE

Recipient name: Milford Housing Development Corporation

 

Community Harm Reduction Outreach Project, $1,159,000

Project purpose: This project will provide funding to support a comprehensive substance abuse and mental health outreach initiative in Sussex County.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Beebe Medical Foundation

 

Cedar Creek, DE, $1,110,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to perform maintenance dredging of the Mispillion River entrance channel and the adjoining Cedar Creek.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Facility and Equipment Improvements, $1,000,000

Project purpose: To develop a behavioral health treatment area within the Emergency Department at TidalHealth Nanticoke.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: TidalHealth Nanticoke.

 

Strategic Land Acquisition Project, $600,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to acquire building lots for affordable homeownership opportunities throughout Sussex County, Delaware.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Sussex County Habitat for Humanity

 

Nanticoke Indian Museum Revitalization, $500,000

Project purpose: To revitalize the Nanticoke Indian Museum.

Project location: Sussex County

Recipient name: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

Administrative Building Site Plan Infrastructure II, $500,000

Project purpose: To provide essential services for over 300 low-income senior citizens.

Project location: Georgetown

Recipient name: CHEER, Inc.

 

Delaware Coast Protection, DE, $150,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to mitigate the negative shoreline impact of the Indian River Inlet jetties, addressing beach erosion and coastal storm hazard threats to the highway.

Project location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre, $100,000

Project purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand the ground-level green room and rehearsal studios at the Milton Theatre in Downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project location: Milton, DE

Recipient name: Calliope Project Inc.

 
 
 

2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

 

ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Electrical Substation for Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to construct an electric substation that will increase the City’s overall power supply to support economic development, and specifically provide electricity to the 126-acre Garrison Oak Business and Technology Park located in Dover, Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: City of Dover

 

Fenwick Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment to protect Fenwick Island from coastal storm damage and chronic beach erosion.

Project Location: Fenwick Island, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Improving the Durability of Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers – $1,300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support research at the University of Delaware to improve the durability of hydrogen fuel cells and make the technology commercially viable. The project will ultimately encourage new startup companies and help generate high-paying electro-chemical jobs in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: The University of Delaware

 

Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Project – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to rehabilitate the Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass crane, and replace its diesel pump motors with high-capacity electric pump motors in order to mitigate erosion and damage to State Route 1.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

 

Reducing Inequity in Access to Solar Power – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide financial incentives and access to affordable solar power systems for low to moderate-income households throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

 

Rehoboth and Dewey Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project – $7,650,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete periodic beach renourishment of Rehoboth and Dewey Beaches to protect from coastal storm damage and chronic erosion.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE

Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers

AGRICULTURE

Financial Certification Letter

Agricultural Innovation Greenhouse – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a research containment greenhouse at Delaware State University to support academic research in biotechnology and community demonstration and programming in agricultural best practices to help local farmers.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware State University

 

Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to renovate the historic Milton Theatre in downtown Milton, Delaware. In addition to providing year-round arts and entertainment programming for Milton and surrounding rural communities in Sussex County, the theatre also collaborates with the local elementary school and public library to offer after-school and summer camp programs for students.

Project Location: Milton, DE

Recipient Name: Calliope Project Inc.

 

Restoration of Historic World War II Tower – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding for capital improvements to complete the final restoration phase of Fire Control Tower No. 3 at Delaware Seashore State Park and open it to the public as a historic landmark that pays tribute to those who served in World War II.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Recipient Name: Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation

 

COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE

Financial Certification Letter

Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention Unit Expansion – $749,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the New Castle County Police Department’s expansion of its Hero Help outreach efforts and the addition of a new team to its Mental Health Unit. This expansion of Hero Help and the Mental Health Unit will improve the Department’s ability to respond to incidents involving individuals struggling with mental health or substance abuse by connecting them with the appropriate services and treatment.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Recipient Name: New Castle County Police Department


Biop
harmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Equipment – $3,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support capital expenses of equipment for a Process Development Testbed focused on technologies important for continuous manufacturing of therapeutic proteins and vaccines.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, NIIMBL

Blue Economy Tech Center Partnership – $1,290,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a partnership between the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to develop and test marine and offshore wind applications for various autonomous systems and to support workforce development and career training in the fields of environmental science and robotics.

Project Location: Lewes and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Space Observation Center – $900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of the Delaware Space Observation Center as a joint effort by the University of Delaware and Delaware State University to strengthen space science research, education, and employment opportunities throughout Delaware.

Project Location: Newark and Dover, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware, Delaware State University

 

Delaware Violence Reduction Program – $1,900,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand Delaware’s Group Violence Intervention (GVI) program with the addition of hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Criminal Justice Council

 

Statewide Body Worn Camera Program – $1,600,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide funding to support Delaware’s Statewide Body Worn Camera Program for law enforcement officers across the state.

Project Location: Statewide

Recipient Name: Delaware Department of Justice

 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VETERANS AFFAIRS

Financial Certification Letter

Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar Replacement – $17,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to replace the Delaware Air National Guard Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control hangar at the New Castle County Airport, one of two hangars required for the maintenance of the Delaware Air National Guard’s eight C-130 aircraft.

Project Location: New Castle, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Air National Guard at New Castle County Airport

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Financial Certification Letter

Building Better Business Districts – $1,050,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of West End Neighborhood’s small business support program on commercial corridors in Dover, Wilmington, and Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: West End Neighborhood House

 

Center for Fintech Leadership – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the establishment of a Center for Fintech Leadership to improve access to banking and credit, and provide more inclusive and affordable financial choices for households and companies in Delaware.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

 

Financial Health Research Institute – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the launch of a financial health research initiative to study and address the financial and banking needs for low-income and underserved individuals and communities, including communities of color, women-owned small businesses, individuals with disabilities, and unbanked households.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Technology Park

 

Manufacturing and Training Facility for Furniture Making – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to help finance the construction of a shovel-ready facility that will enable The Challenge Program to expand its furniture-making workforce development initiative for at-risk young adults.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Challenge Program

TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Financial Certification Letter

Affordable Housing for Senior Citizens at The Flats – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of new affordable housing units for senior citizens in Wilmington, Delaware.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Todmorden Foundation

 

Gateway East Senior Residential Village – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of construction for moderate-income senior living apartments in Georgetown, Delaware.

Project Location: Georgetown, DE

Project Recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

Kingswood Community Center – $10,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a new community center as part of the redevelopment of the Riverside neighborhood in Wilmington.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: REACH Riverside

 

Munchy Branch Road Multi-Use Trail – $1,200,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of a pedestrian and bicycle trail that runs alongside Munchy Branch Road from Seaside Boulevard to Field Lane/Shady Ridge Drive in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Project Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware Department of Transportation

 

Nanticoke Association Cultural Community Center and Food Bank Capital Improvements – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the upgrade and expansion of the Nanticoke Indian Association’s community center in Millsboro, Delaware.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Nanticoke Indian Association

 

New Castle County Affordable Homeownership Program – $1,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in the City of Wilmington by the Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County

 

Restoration Now Security Project to Combat Human Trafficking – $485,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to improve the safety of clients living in the Salvation Army’s anti-human trafficking shelter “Restoration Now.”

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: The Salvation Army

 

Sussex County Affordable Housing Construction – $500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the construction of affordable homes in Sussex County by the Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Sussex County

 

Transforming the Former Hockessin School #107 into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity – $750,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support renovations that will transform the Hockessin Colored School (HCS), which played a pivotal role in our nation’s history as one of the five foundational cases in the Brown v. Board of Education decision, into a Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity.

Project Location: Hockessin, DE

Project Recipient: Friends of Hockessin Colored School #107

INTERIOR

Financial Certification Letter

City of Seaford Sewer Line Relocation – $1,210,000 

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to relocate and upgrade a 60-year-old main line sewer in Seaford, Delaware, which is a critical regionalized line that carries wastewater from the neighboring communities of Bridgeville and Greenwood, as well as a local hospital, three assisted living facilities, four schools, and several medical offices.

Project Location: Seaford, DE

Project Recipient: City of Seaford

 

Historic Goggin Manor House – $800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the renovation of the historic Goggin Manor House in Camden, Delaware, and highlight the property’s connection to the Underground Railroad.

Project Location: Camden, DE

Project Recipient: Kent County Levy Court

 

South Wilmington Sewer Infrastructure Expansion – $4,800,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the expansion of the City of Wilmington’s sewer infrastructure to the southern area of the city below the Christina River.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: City of Wilmington

 

Water Contamination Prevent in Delaware – $80,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the investigation and mitigation of potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) contamination in surface and groundwater throughout Delaware.

Project Location: New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Center for PFAS Solution at the Science, Technology, and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE)

 

Water Quality and Expansion Initiative – $1,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the first phase of the City of Dover’s Water Quality and Expansion Initiative to improve the quality of the city’s potable water and increase the capacity of its water mains and subsequent fire suppression capabilities.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: City of Dover

 

Water Supply Infrastructure Improvements – $606,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Town of Millsboro’s efforts to replace and improve the town’s water mains to comply with the updated federal and state requirements for drinking water.

Project Location: Millsboro, DE

Project Recipient: Town of Millsboro

LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

Financial Certification Letter 

 

Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Innovation Facility – $5,000,000

Project Purpose: The funds will support the design-build and engineering work necessary for the construction of a current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility to support biopharmaceutical innovation for clinical research and help the nation be better prepared for responding to public health emergencies.

Project Location: Newark, DE

Recipient Name: University of Delaware

Brain Injury Services Navigation Program – $100,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the creation of a Brain Injury Services Navigation Program to help connect survivors of traumatic brain injuries and their caregivers with appropriate rehabilitative medical services and treatment for successful community living.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Easterseals of Delaware

Delaware Best Buddies Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – $215,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to allow Best Buddies to expand to an additional 14 schools in Delaware and reach an additional 1,050 students with inclusive programming that supports students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Project Location: Kent and Sussex Counties, DE

Project Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Enhanced Living and Learning Through Assistive Technology – $1,016,000

Project Purpose: This project will enhance the education of young children and PreK-12 students through the availability of assistive technology (AT) tools that support access, instruction, assessment, health and wellness, and self-expression.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Financial Literacy Institute – $300,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a curriculum to improve financial literacy of current and prospective Delaware State University students in areas that include personal finance, debt management, responsible access to credit, and wealth building.

Project Location: Dover, DE

Project Recipient: Delaware State University

Gaudenzia Fresh Start – $337,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to enhance capacity and upgrade security to improve the safety of clients at Gaudenzia Fresh Start, which provides a continuum of care and programming for individuals being treated for substance use disorder.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc.

Increasing Access to Teacher Education for Students of Color – $163,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support the Teacher Pipeline Project in order to build a diverse teaching workforce by increasing opportunities for Delaware high school students of color to matriculate into early childhood or elementary education programs at the University of Delaware.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Mental Health Therapist Fellowship Initiative – $3,500,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to establish a workforce development program to address Delaware’s growing mental health crisis, rising demand for counseling, and lack of licensed mental health practitioners by creating paid fellowship positions for Master’s degree prepared and license-eligible counselors.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Jewish Family Services of Delaware

 

Mobile Health Clinic for Addiction Medicine – $680,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to purchase a mobile health clinic focused on serving hard-to-reach patient populations that are struggling with addiction.

Project Location: Region around Lewes, DE

Project Recipient: Beebe Medical Foundation

Mobile Health Van – $341,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to outfit a mobile health clinic to address disparities and poor health outcomes in disadvantaged communities within Western Sussex County, Delaware. The mobile clinic will also serve three school-based wellness centers in collaboration with the school systems and utilize data analytics to direct services to communities with the greatest need.

Project Location: Sussex County, DE

Project Recipient: TidalHealth Nanticoke

Offshore Wind Training Center – $1,060,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is for University of Delaware to develop an offshore wind technician training center in Lewes, Delaware. The Offshore Wind Training Center would train workers, including technicians who install and later maintain turbines in the ocean, as well as suppliers, port workers, and sea survival and rescue personnel.

Project Location: Lewes

Project Recipient: University of Delaware

Westside Wilmington Health Center Facility Renovations – $2,000,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to complete phase 3 of a multi-year capital improvement campaign, which will include renovations and a re-design of the center to expand resident capacity and facilitate patient-centered care.

Project Location: Wilmington, DE

Project Recipient: Westside Family Healthcare, Inc.

Youth After-School Enrichment Programming – $250,000

Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to expand a variety of Boys & Girls Club programs focused on financial literacy, computer education, drug and alcohol prevention, and the arts to over 2,000 elementary students.

Project Location: Statewide

Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Club of Delaware

 

FY2010 Funded Projects
 

40′ Fixed Route Transit Buses
State of Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$974,000 to replace aging fixed route transit coaches. This is part of a comprehensive bus replacement schedule to ensure safe and efficient transportation equipment is used for fixed route services. All buses will be state-of-the-art hybrids. The project will enable the Delaware Transit Corporation to continue to provide a high level of service to Delaware residents. The Delaware Transit Corporation provides 10 million passenger trips annually with 14.9 million service miles, and serves all three counties.
 
Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,600,000 to spur the development of the next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft that will be faster, stronger, stealthier, less costly, field repairable, have longer service life, and are up-armor capable to operate. Composites do not corrode and require less maintenance, and their light weight allow for higher speeds and greater maneuvering. Developing this technology will keep Navy, Special Operations Command and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help ensure superiority of the military in the water over current and future adversaries.
 
Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture
Tatnall Building
William Penn Street
Dover, DE, 19901
$69,000 to fully equip and modernize the lab to protect Delaware’s animal industries (including food animals and poultry, horse-racing industry, and companion animals) and therefore protecting public health of Delawareans.

Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711
$1,600,000 to create more effective and quickly manufacturable prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for anthrax and the plague using an innovative, plant-based technology. A quick response to a potential bioterrorist attacks require the immediate availability of reagents for mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination. Vaccines developed with the Plant Vaccine Development program, created by Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, can be produced much faster and at lower cost than current vaccines.

Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$487,000 for a program to research, build and demonstrate fuel cell hybrid buses on the UD campus and in the state of Delaware. The objective is to have the project’s efficient and uniquely low-cost design of fuel cell transit buses spur commercialization of this technology, which will help reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil and enable the United States to meet its goal of greenhouse gases reductions. The University will use the funds to create an advanced, 40-foot fuel cell hybrid bus and convert its network of slow-fill hydrogen stations to fast-fill stations.

Avian Bioscience, DE
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$150,000 to upgrade Delaware’s existing diagnostic facility. Delmarva is the nation’s leader in the research, development and implementation of successful avian influenza surveillance and response plans to protect poultry and human health. The University of Delaware, through its College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, is central to Delmarva’s preparedness for avian influenza. These funds would be used to help the University of Delaware design this new facility.

Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, DE, for facilities and equipment
Beebe Medical Center
424 Savannah Rd.
Lewes, DE 19958
$100,000 to construct a new two-story School of Nursing building. The project will double Beebe’s nursing enrollment to 120 students, and train an additional 60 nurses to care for patients in Delaware.

C-5 Cargo Aircraft Maintenance Training Facility, Phase 1
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$5,300,000 to provide new training facility with tools and classrooms to furnish specialized hands-on instruction for C-17 and C-5M engine maintenance.

C & D Canal Trail Improvements
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA 19107
$1,000,000 to transform more than 13 miles of existing Army Corps service road on the north-side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal – from Delaware City to Chesapeake City – into a multi-purpose recreation trail with associated amenities (trail heads, signage, and self-composting restroom facilities, and security). Creating a multi-purpose recreation trail on the existing service road would ensure a safer area for the residents of Delaware City (one of the fastest growing areas in the state of Delaware), Chesapeake City, and everywhere in between, to continue to enjoy the Canal.
 
Carvel State Building Video Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$75,000 to purchase and install digital video cameras and capturing and recording equipment at the Carvel State Building that houses the Governor’s office, Lt. Governor’s office, General Assembly offices, Supreme Court, Attorney General’s office and numerous other state agencies. The purpose of this project is to enhance the Capitol Police ability to monitor, capture and retrieve video surveillance of the state facility to protect its occupants.

Chapel Center
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$7,500,000 to construct a new chapel center at Dover AFB to meet diverse worship, fellowship and counseling needs. The current Dover AFB chapel center is undersized and structurally substandard. In addition, a chapel is needed in proximity of dormitory residents because many Airmen do not own transportation and the other base chapel is 20 minutes from the main base by foot. Airmen who work at the Port Mortuary would also utilize the new facility. An improvised chapel is currently being used to host families who come to the base to receive our fallen heroes.

Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
410 Severn Avenue
Annapolis, MD 21403
$500,000 for use by NOAA to purchase, deploy and operate a buoy and sensors on the Nanticoke River in Delaware, which is the largest Chesapeake Bay tributary on the Delmarva Peninsula, and is identified by NOAA as a priority location for the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS). The purpose of this project is to provide real-time data and interpretation to further protect, restore and manage the Chesapeake Bay.

Composite Applied Research and Technology for FCS and Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$3,200,000 for continued research at the University of Delaware to allow the Army’s Composites Applied Research and Technology Center to successfully insert more durable, modular, lighter and protective composite armor and structures into its tactical vehicle fleets more quickly and affordably. Current combat and tactical vehicles use steel and aluminum for structure and armor, which limits tactical mobility because of the weight, and wears out vehicles before their normal service life ends. Capitalizing on technology advances and facilitating the quick transition of new and better composite armor and material technologies into Army tactical vehicles helps meet the critical needs to protect soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Consolidated Communications Facility
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE
$12,100,000 to construct a consolidated communications facility at Dover AFB. Currently, there is no comprehensive, integrated communications system because communication functions are scattered. Consolidating these functions into one facility will improve efficiency by approximately 25 percent. Consolidation and demolition of the old facilities will result in approximately $17,000 in annual energy savings.
 
Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$800,000 to develop methods to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks for soldiers to communicate with each other, and to operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapons systems. The security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Gaining the ability to discover vulnerabilities in battlefield networks is essential in safeguarding military intelligence, communication systems and protecting our troops on the ground.

Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet to Lewes Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$331,000 for monitoring 1,400 feet of beach as part of an ongoing flood and storm damage reduction project.

Delaware Children’s Museum, DE
The Delaware Children’s Museum, Inc.
110 South Poplar Street, Suite 103
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate an existing building and construct exhibits in a museum that would provide Delaware’s first children’s museum with hands-on learning for children, with an emphasis on technology and environmental stewardship. This project would support the development of children as scientific thinkers, and also help to revitalize the surrounding community.

Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Bethany Beach to South Bethany, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of the Bethany Beach/South Bethany project area in Sussex County, Del., to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick, Island, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$969,000 for the necessary sand replenishment of Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach in Sussex County, Del. The purpose of the project is to reduce flood and coastal storm damage.
 
Delaware Coast Protection, DE
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$368,000 for completion of Limited Reevaluation Report and execution of Project Partnership Agreement for initial construction of berms and dunes along 14,600 feet of beach. This will allow a coastal protection plan to move forward.

Delaware Department of Education, Dover, DE for a school leadership initiative
Department of Education
401 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19901
$250,000 for the training, mentoring and coaching of superintendents, principals and other leaders within the Vision 2015 Network to maximize student achievement.

Delaware Department of Technology and Information, Dover, DE to improve Internet access to Delaware schools, including the purchase of equipment
Department of Technology and Information
801 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
$100,000 to purchase equipment and devices needed to upgrade computing operations in nearly 200 public schools throughout Delaware.
 
Delaware Estuary Salinity Study
Army Corps of Engineers                 
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to assess salinity impacts on oysters and other environmental resources.

Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$300,000 to support the Delaware National Counterdrug Task Force in its efforts to sustain operations and support to federal, state and local law enforcement agencies across Delaware. An increase in funding will permit the task force to meet the requests for support from the FBI, the Delaware State Police and local police departments. An increase would also enable the task force to expand its Drug Education Program to meet the high demand from middle schools across the state.
 
Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System
Delaware River Basin Commission
125 State Police Drive
Trenton, NJ  08628
$200,000 for enhancements of the Delaware River Basin’s flood warning system, including: (1) upgrades to the existing precipitation and stream gage network, (2) improvement of flash flood forecasting capabilities, (3) flood warning education and outreach, and (4) support of flood coordination. Following three Delaware River main stem floods, the continued development of an enhanced basin-wide flood warning system is critical to ensuring the existing flood warning system is adequately maintained and that technological advancements are continued.

Delaware State University, Dover, DE, for facilities and equipment related to public health training
Delaware State University
1200 North Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
$100,000 to establish a master’s program in Public Health and incorporate new technologies into the program.
 
East Side Community Learning Center Foundation, Wilmington, DE, to support supplemental education and enrichment programs for high-need students
EastSide Community Learning Center Foundation
3000 N. Claymont Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
$100,000 for supplemental educational and enrichment programs at East Side Charter School to ensure students succeed in school, work and society.

FAME, Inc., Wilmington, DE, to prepare minority students for college and encourage them to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math
FAME, Inc.
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 409
Wilmington, DE 19801
$125,000 to help prepare minority students for college, focusing on science, technology, engineering, mathematics and business education.

First Steps Primeros Pasos, Georgetown, DE
First Steps Primeros Pasos
P.O. Box 1003
Georgetown, DE 19947
$194,800 for the construction and program start-up costs for a bilingual early care and education facility designed to help the children of non English-speaking families develop the language and social skills needed to succeed when they reach kindergarten. The new facility will be licensed to serve 60 children when opened, while the design and zoning will support expansion to 100 children.

Food Bank of Delaware, Newark, DE
14 Garfield Way
Newark, DE 19713
$194,800 to expand a commercial kitchen, a volunteer room, a Culinary Arts Training Facility, a retail area and office space that will allow the Delaware Food bank to meet a growing demand for services in Kent and Sussex counties. In addition to providing free and reduced cost meals, the expansion will give the unemployed, underemployed and those with troubled backgrounds the opportunity to receive quality training in the service industry to help foster additional economic growth in the area.

Functional Family Therapy for At-Risk Youth (DE Girls Wraparound)
Children and Families First Delaware
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
$350,000 for supplies and salaries needed to provide intensive community-based counseling and case management to youth ages 10-18 and their families in all three counties in Delaware. The purpose of the project is to improve family relationships, increase parent engagement, improve school attendance, and reduce involvement in the juvenile justice system and recidivism so that youth succeed.

Harbor of Refuge, Lewes, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$100,000 to repair and re-enforce the federally owned offshore Harbor of Refuge breakwater that has been badly damaged and weakened by storms. The purpose of the project is to restore the federally-owned historic breakwater, which is disintegrating, and to preserve the lighthouse, providing storm protection for marine interests and erosion protection for the Lewes/Cape Henlopen area shoreline.

Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
2801 Centerville Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808
$3,200,000 to increase the safety and protection of soldiers’ uniforms with improved flame resistant, durable, lower cost materials to protect against Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). Fiber research has yielded promising results in creating an improved thermal resistant nylon capable of protecting U.S. soldiers from the unique burn threats of IEDs. Development of these nylon fabrics is projected to save the Army $36-43 million per year in outfitting the deployed force.

In-Car Camera System for Delaware State Policy Patrol Cars
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$1,500,000 to purchase 350 digital in-car cameras for patrol fleet and centralized digital storage devices. The purpose of this project is to provide valuable evidentiary information in both criminal and civil processes.

Indian River Inlet Bridge
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$779,200 to construct a new bridge along State Route 1 over the Indian River Inlet. The replacement bridge will alleviate the safety risk caused by the present scour conditions at the foundations. The new structure will completely span the inlet with all foundation members constructed on dry land. The proposed alignment will be west of the existing bridge at a critical evacuation route in the event of natural disasters.
 
Jobs for Delaware Graduates, Expand Available Services
Jobs for Delaware’s Graduates, Inc.
381 W. North Street
Dover, DE 19904
$1,000,000 to expand Jobs for Delaware Graduates (JDG) programs to 1,320 additional “at-risk” students in Middle School and High School for the purpose of increasing school graduation rates.

Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080
$2,400,000 to allow flight crews to wear a Joint Services Aircrew Mask that can be put on and removed during flight. The current aircrew mask made by ILC Dover provides chemical and biological protection for aircrew with fully sealed hood that fits over the wearer’s head and is sealed at the neck. Unfortunately, the current hood cannot be removed during flight, thus producing a physiological, and to some extent, psychological burden when worn for extended periods. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical or biological contaminated scenarios.

Mentoring Initiatives for At-Risk Children and Youth
Delaware Mentoring Council
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
$750,000 to create stable mentoring programs in at least four school districts and ten schools throughout Delaware, with at least five schools in the city of Wilmington. The purpose of the project is to provide stability in the lives of at-risk youth, those living in poverty, and those facing substance abuse in their family, incarcerated parents or even homelessness.

Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,360,000 to augment and accelerate the development of small, inexpensive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging systems for brownout conditions as they relate to helicopter operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traditional imaging systems suffer from poor performance in harsh environments, such as fog, mist, blowing sand, smoke and dust. Traditional imaging systems also are incapable of seeing through obscurants, such as clothing, luggage, packaging, and walls. Images utilizing mmW can penetrate deeper into these obscurants and in some cases propagate completely through them. Creating a stable, light-weight imaging system that is impervious to weather conditions will help the military gain considerable tactical advantages and enhanced safety.

Ministry of Caring, Wilmington, DE
506 N. Church Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$194,800 to renovate the Josephine Bakhita House to serve as residence for young adults committed to giving back to the community through one or two years of volunteer service. The volunteers serve poor and homeless men, women and children who receive direct services through housing, child care, job placement, dental and medical care and outreach services. This project not only promotes volunteerism, but will also assist the needy in Delaware.

Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford, DE for facilities and equipment
Nanticoke Senior Center   
301 N. Virginia Avenue
Seaford, DE  19973
$100,000 to provide a new approach to serving older adults through the expansion of services. Funding will be used to construct a new, 11,053-square foot Senior Services Center in the heart of Seaford, Delaware.

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE  19899
$350,000 for capital improvements by Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children to upgrade and expand the only children’s hospital in Delaware, which also serves children from all over the world, and strengthen its ability to continue providing outstanding patient care.

New Castle County Courthouse Capitol Police Command Center and Lobby Surveillance Project
Delaware Capitol Police
150 William Penn Street
Dover, DE 19901
$130,000 to upgrade surveillance and purchase a system to coordinate dispatch operations within the Capitol Police Command Center of the New Castle County Courthouse to protect the one million people per year who pass through the courthouse.

New Castle County for Turkey Run Interceptor Improvements
New Castle County
87 Reads Way
New Castle, DE  19720
$300,000 to make capital improvements to the Turkey Run Interceptor sewer project. Funding will help accelerate the schedule of this critical project to provide protection for public health and the environment from problems caused by this failing sanitary sewer interceptor.

NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711
$2,400,000 to develop nucleic acid-based assays for the detection of a variety of biological warfare, agent-related bacteria and viruses using the Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS), a handheld biological agent detector developed by ANP Technologies in Newark, Del. Lighter and less expensive than the single-agent, handheld assay now used by the Department of Defense, this handheld agent detector can also detect 10 biothreat targets simultaneously. Providing a detection system that is light, rapid, reliable and easy-to-use, and one that can detect multiple threats, enhances the military’s ability to protect its soldiers on the battlefield and the American people in the homeland in case of biological warfare agent attacks.

Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement, Bethany Beach, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
Authorization to conduct a study on flooding in Bethany Beach, Del., and eventually address long-term flooding on major roads in this coastal town.

Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver for the Delaware National Guard
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
$3,200,000 to allow the Delaware National Guard to acquire two AN/TSC-156 Phoenix Tactical Super High Frequency Satellite Terminals for the Delaware Army National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade. Missions in support of the combat operations require satellite communications to support operations in hostile areas in mountainous terrain. The Delaware National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade must perform such combat missions, as well as domestic missions in support of homeland security, and the Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver will enable it to perform beyond line-of-sight communications at high data rates using commercial and military satellite constellations, classified and unclassified.

Police Weapons Range Improvements
Wilmington Department of Police
300 N. Walnut Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3973
$400,000 for mandatory improvements to the weapons range due to safety and environmental concerns so that it can continue to be utilized for firearms training by multiple local, state and federal agencies.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
11978 Turkle Pond Rd.
Milton, DE 19968
Support the President’s FY2010 budget request of $1,000,000 in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land acquisition fund for the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Del. The funding would be used by the Fish and Wildlife Service to acquire a 108-acre tract adjacent to the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. This project would protect a mix of wetlands and upland habitats, and provide excellent endangered Delmarva fox squirrel habitat. The tract also provides important access for the Refuge for both recreation and management uses into an area of the Refuge currently lacking access.

Red Clay Creek, Christina River Watershed, DE
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$237,000 to continue the Christina River Watershed feasibility study and continue investigation of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration and water quality control strategies.

Remediation and Reuse of Reclaimed Port Land
Diamond State Port Corporation
1 Hausel Road
Wilmington, DE 19801
$730,500 to remediate five acres of contaminated land at the Port of Wilmington, Del. This project will expand the Port’s cargo handling capacity by 15 percent The land is currently unavailable for cargo operations as a result of unstable substrate conditions. The project includes the excavation and removal of decaying organic material and other debris left by previous industrial activity.

Rodel Foundation of Delaware, Wilmington, DE for the Delaware Parent Leadership Institute
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
100 W. 10th Street, Suite 704
Wilmington, DE 19801
$150,000 to expand leadership training for parents of Delaware public school students on how to effectively advocate for their children’s education and to partner effectively with their children’s schools.

Special Operations Forces Modular Glove System
WL Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711
$4,780,000 to accelerate the development of a five-piece Modular Glove System for Special Operations Forces (SOF) that provides the warfighter the necessary protection across a wide range of climactic conditions. Developed to be compatible with the SOF’s Protective Combat Uniform designed for frigid conditions, this SOF Modular Glove System provides cold weather protection to -50 degrees, as well as provides waterproof protection in wet conditions. The requested funding will enhance the readiness of SOF forces by providing them the Modular Glove System sooner than planned, thereby contributing to their effectiveness in the field.

St. Francis Hospital Foundation, Wilmington, DE for facilities and equipment
St. Francis Hospital Foundation
701 North Clayton Street
Wilmington, DE  19805
$175,000 to make urgently needed capital infrastructure improvements to St. Francis Hospital, which provides continued care to the community’s uninsured.

Survival Equipment for Delaware State Police
Delaware State Police
1441 N. DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19903
$125,000 to purchase equipment (30 shotguns, 30 handguns and 150 protective vests) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the officers providing law enforcement and the citizens they protect.

Sussex County Council for Johnson’s Corner Wastewater Improvement Project                                                                                                                                                             
Sussex County Council
2 The Circle
Georgetown, DE 19947
$300,000 to construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Johnson’s Corner Sanitary Sewer District, located near the Assawoman Bay in Sussex County, Del., which is one of Delaware’s inland bays. The purpose of the project is to eliminate failing septic systems and extend wastewater service to more than 400 residences, and reduce harmful nutrients from entering the Bay.

Turnpike Improvement Project: SR-1 & I-95
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$2,018,000 to improve the safety and efficiency of two major routes along the Northeast Corridor. It consists of three phases designed to improve the movement and safety of interstate, regional and local traffic through this heavily traveled intersection. The three phases include: a redesign of the I-95/SR-1 interchange, adding a fifth lane to I-95, and reconfiguring the I-95 toll plaza in Newark, DE, to incorporate Highway Speed E-Z Pass toll lanes. This project is anticipated to reduce traffic congestion and improve overall safety.

University of Delaware, Newark, DE for the Delaware Small Business and Technology Development Center
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$350,000 to expand the technology and science-based capabilities of the Center to further help grow and recruit small and local businesses. This project will spur economic development in Delaware.

University of Delaware Energy Institute
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$500,000 for equipment, fellowships and outreach for University of Delaware’s Energy Institute. The purpose of the project is to expand and accelerate the deployment, demonstration and adoption of alternative energy sources and technologies that are more secure, abundant, and sustainable to help meet the nation’s energy challenges.
 
Vectored Thrust Ducted Compound Helicopter
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$5,000,000 to conduct continued modifications and flight testing demonstrations at New Castle County Airport on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range and survivability. This project will help meet the Army’s need for helicopters with greater speed, range, survivability, reliability and readiness, as the helicopter is one of the primary means of mobility for combat troops, and is critical in sustaining combat and humanitarian operations over large areas, and rapidly recovering and treating combat casualties.

Wesley College, Dover, DE, for renovation and equipping of the nursing school
Wesley College           
120 North State Street
Dover, DE 19901
$200,000 to construct a 22,000-square-foot nursing facility or renovate an existing building to enable Wesley College to increase the number of qualified nursing graduates and help address the national, regional and statewide shortage of nurses.

White Clay Creek
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$200,000 to continue studying flood damage, local dam damage and altered channel segments in and around the White Clay Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River. This will allow for the preparation of a plan to address flooding and storm damage on this river.
 
Wilmington Harbor, Delaware
Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District        
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
$1,445,000 to increase capacity and manage disposal areas for Wilmington Harbor, including management and capacity restoration of federal disposal areas and chemical and sediment testing within those areas.

Wilmington to Newark Commuter Rail Improvement Program
Delaware Department of Transportation
800 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19903
$3,000,000 to install a third commuter rail track, build a new Newark Rail Station and purchase four commuter rail cars. This program expands capacity to allow expansion of commuter rail services and increase reliability of intercity and commuter rail services. It will also assist in significantly reducing traffic congestion along the Northeast corridor. This project will alleviate conflicts between passenger and freight rail in the area and facilitate future downstate rail initiatives.
 
Wind Turbine Infrastructure for Green Energy and Research on Wind Power in Delaware
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE, 19716
$1,000,000 for the purchase and installation of a wind turbine to be used shore-side at the University of Delaware’s Lewes Campus. The purpose of this project is to help inform decisions about the viability and delivery of offshore renewable wind energy. The project will improve learning and demonstration opportunities arising from the nation’s first offshore wind farm being built nearby.

World Trade Center Institute Delaware, for the export assistance webinar series for business education, Wilmington, DE
World Trade Center Institute of Delaware
702 West Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
$50,000 to enable the Institute to create live web-streaming and offline webinars of its international business seminars, making the seminars accessible remotely to small businesses for which it would be difficult to attend in person. These webinars will help participants expand business opportunities overseas, reducing our nation’s trade deficit and boosting our economy.
 
X-49A Envelope Expansion Modifications
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$3,600,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. These funds will cover the cost of design, fabrication, assembly, instrumentation and check out of propulsion and control system modifications that will enable flight beyond the current operating limits of the baseline conventional helicopter. Many current US combat and humanitarian operations require rotorcraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters.

 

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FY2011 DOD Authorizations Requests

ANP Technologies, NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711

$4,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop a multiplexed handheld device for detection of a variety of biological warfare agent related bacteria and viruses. According to the Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (released in December 2008), a biological attack is more likely to be used by terrorists than any other weapons of mass destruction in the near future. The proposed handheld common identifier for biological agents will allow war fighters to perform rapid, on-site biological agent tests during threat situations.

 
Civil Air Patrol, Operations
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

$4,500,000 above the President’s request to allow Civil Air Patrol to continue at current levels of operations across the country. The Civil Air Patrol is congressionally chartered to carry out the non-combative missions of the U.S. Air Force in the United States through inland search and rescue, disaster relief, counter-drug missions, homeland security, aerospace education, and youth development. The proposed reduction in national funds will mean every state will lose some of its search and rescue capacity and see reductions in field support, cadet programs, and training sorties and exercises.  The Delaware Wing membership includes 286 adults and 163 cadets and supports the Delaware Emergency Management Agency, County Emergency Operating Centers, the Delaware Department of Transportation, Dover Air Force Base, and other governmental agencies. Last year, the nine squadrons of the Delaware Wing flew over 1,000 state missions and provided 30,460 volunteer hours.
 
 
DAFB, Maintenance Hangar
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$32,000,000 to construct a single bay, full-in C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar with phased back shops wrapped around the facility to sustain home station and en route missions at Dover AFB. Dover AFB hauls more channel cargo than the rest of Air Mobility Command’s airlift bases combined. Without a new completely covered maintenance hangar, during harsh weather Dover AFB will suffer from longer maintenance turn-around times and additional maintenance labor requirements, which may impact the base’s mission.
 
 
DAFB, Security Forces Complex
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902

$14,000,000 to construct a Security Forces Complex that is adequately sized and properly configured to support Security Forces base protection and mobility missions. A new facility can provide adequate storage for War Readiness materials, mobility equipment, armory for storage and issue of weapons and ammunition. Currently, the Dover Security Forces Facilities are the 2nd worst in the Air Mobility Command (AMC) due to deficiency in facility space and functional needs.
 
 
DANG, C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Shops – Air National Guard Project Phase III
Delaware Air National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615

$11,600,000 to replace the Delaware Air National Guard’s engine maintenance shop, aircraft generation shop, aircraft maintenance unit shop area, and the non-destructive inspection shop area. With the higher operations tempo in recent years, the Guard’s C-130 aircraft have supported regional, national, and global mission requirements which include providing air transportation for airborne forces, their equipment and supplies. Specifically, the aircraft of the Delaware Air National Guard also provide intra-theater airlift of personnel, equipment and supplies for tactical aeromedical evacuation within the theater of operations, as well as other inter-theater airlift of personnel and cargo. The ability to properly maintain the aircraft is critical to continue the effective support of these operations.
 
 
DNG, Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19808

$300,000 above the President’s request to provide counterdrug support to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and to Community Based Organizations requesting Drug Demand Reduction Assistance. Funding will provide unique military support and resources to our police agencies which enables the police to concentrate more police resources to other priorities in their department. This funding will provide the Delaware National Guard Counterdrug Program the ability to provide a criminal analyst to the FBI Task Force and provide for continued support to the Delaware Information Analysis Center sponsored by the Delaware State Police. It will also be used to sustain and expand the 6th grade Drug Education Program to more middle schools across the State of Delaware.
 
 
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center, STEM/Energy and Power Career (EPC) Development Initiative
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
2905 Southampton Road
Philadelphia, PA

$1,000,000 to expand National Defense Education Program (NDEP) activities focused on STEM in K-12 schools in the greater Philadelphia region, including Wilmington, Delaware. The overall goal of the NDEP at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is to increase career awareness and educational activity in grades K-12 that leads to more candidates, particularly women and minorities, for careers in Navy engineering and research. This funding will allow the Navy and the DVIRC to expand on their existing work and bring services to Wilmington, Delaware. The project will benefit the state of Delaware by bringing the knowledge and expertise of Navy scientists and engineers and businesspeople, and the programmatic and financial resources of the National Defense Education program into K-12 classrooms in Wilmington and the Wilmington area.  It will also connect the school district and its students and teachers to the multiple Power and Energy-related research, development, and educational initiatives taking place at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
 
 
Fraunhofer, Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way, Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711

$5,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to deliver a combined multivalent one-shot vaccine to protect the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian communities against plague and anthrax.  This quick response ability can assist communities around the world with mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination in the event of bioterrorist attack or natural disease outbreak such as an avian influenza.

ILC Dover, Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a Joint Services Aircrew Mask, which will provide above the neck Chemical, Biological, and Anti-G protection to DoD aircrew personnel. The mask is a hood that can be put on and removed during flight that goes over the wearer’s head and seals at the neck. Providing a don/doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical and biological contaminated scenarios.

INVISTA, Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability and Thermal
Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a.r.l.
400 Woodland Road
Seaford, DE 19973

$3,500,000 to increase the safety and protection of U.S. soldiers with improved flame resistant, durable, and lower cost materials for the U.S. Army combat uniforms. These improvements will meet an urgent need due to the threat of Improvised Explosives Devices (IED). This project will fund and accelerate research, development, testing, and evaluation for nylon fiber development, fiber formulation, fabric scale up and performance blend specification for U.S. Army combat uniforms.

M Cubed Technologies, Technology for Lightweight Personnel Armor
M Cubed Technologies
1 Tralee Industrial Park
Newark, DE 19711

$2,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop lighter weight body armor for soldiers and Marines that retains the ability to protect from multiple shots. Funding will assist development of advanced ceramics with novel geometric shapes that can reduce the body armor plate weight by 10 percent with potential for further weight reduction.

Quantum Leap, Treatment Decision Support for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)
Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
3 Innovation Way, Suite 100
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a field deployable prototype composed of medically actionable, agent-based modeling, simulation and analysis environment and eye tracking goggles that enables field screening for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI). Current and future operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have resulted in considerable incidence of injuries that manifest as mTBI and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – future, as yet undefined military operations, will likely result in similar injuries. The unique capabilities developed under this program will enable medical personnel to quickly screen newly injured warfighters for mTBI and determine potential interventions that will maximize recovery and minimize future harm.

Piasecki, Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Flight Demonstration Program 
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029

$4,000,000 to conduct flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology’s potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. Current US combat and humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines and many other remote areas require rotocraft capabilities well beyond those of existing fleet helicopters. By improving the speed, range, and survivability of the current helicopter fleet through technology insertion, there is an opportunity to address these capability gaps as part of ongoing recapitalization to the existing helicopter fleet.

Textronics, Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems
Textronics, Inc.
3825 Lancaster Pike, Suite 201
Wilmington, DE 19805

$3,000,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation of a new generation of wearable physiological-monitoring garments that will afford comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a war fighter’s heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters.  The U.S. Army faces a critical need to determine real-time conditions (e.g. heart rate, respiration, activity, temperature, etc.) of the war fighter to address immediate medical attention needs and improve performance. The Army has requested such real-time physiological monitoring, which offers the capability to promptly detect and classify combat injuries and/or health problems.

University of Delaware, Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$3,000,000 to research and develop design, engineering and manufacturing technologies for U.S. Navy ship structures based on advanced lightweight composite materials. The objective of this project is to keep Navy, SOCOM (Special Operations Command), and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help insure superiority of the US military in the water over current and future adversaries. The application of these materials and technologies will provide ship structures that are optimally engineered, and manufactured using state-of-the-art methods to provide the highest performance at the lowest cost.

University of Delaware, Center for Advanced Magnetics
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$500,000 to establish a Center for Advanced Magnetics that would be the first in the United States and play the role of national center of excellence in the synthesis, characterization and testing of permanent magnets which are critical for our defense. The Center will promote, conduct and facilitate collaborative research and development on permanent magnets among the very few existing groups at universities, industrial institutions and government labs with the aim to resurrect and revive U.S. research and industry on permanent magnets and decrease our dependence on China which now has the monopoly in these strategic materials. Better permanent magnets support smaller, lighter, faster defense systems by increasing power density and reducing weight and size of not only the magnets but also leverage size reductions in surrounding components and enhancing affordability.

University of Delaware, Composite Applied Research and Technology for Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$4,500,000 to rapidly advance the Technology Readiness Level of existing and promising new ultra-lightweight composites structures and armor for combat and light, medium and heavy tactical vehicle applications. Using heavy materials such as steel and aluminum will continue to result in vehicles that are too heavy to transport and will overload vehicles – which reduces life, increases maintenance costs and requires more frequent vehicle replacement. The project is addressing the critical needs of the US Army to protect our soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions.  Lightweight composite vehicle structures and armor increase mobility and mission payloads while increasing soldier protection against direct fire, improvised explosive devices and explosively formed penetrators.

University of Delaware, Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the U.S. Army’s battlefield networks. The Army uses mobile computer networks to both communicate between soldiers, and between soldiers and their weapons systems. This concept is called network centric warfare, and the security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations. Applications of the knowledge developed in this project will help protect our ground troops working in tactical battlefield environments by protecting their ability to communicate with each other and operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors and weapon systems.

University of Delaware, Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,900,000 for research, development, testing, and evaluation to develop real-time image enhancement technologies to improve the videos taken from next-generation millimeter-wave cameras. These cameras have the advantage of allowing U.S. soldiers to see in harsh conditions, including dust, fog, sand, and clouds. Millimeter wave imaging systems are able to image through smoke, fog, marine layer, blowing dust and sand, and fabric.  The technology development is supported by the Office of Naval Research with the intent to deploy systems on military helicopters landing in harsh environments such as the “brownout” conditions faced when landing in the desserts of places such as Afghanistan and Iraq.  It will also improve situational awareness of Naval vessels, particularly when close to the shore or at ports.

University of Delaware, Multifunctional Technologies Alliance
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$10,000,000 to establish an Army-wide Multifunctional Materials Technologies Alliance (MTA) between the nine Army Research and Development Center’s (RDEC’s) of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) and the University of Delaware. This alliance will conduct basic and applied research in multifunctional materials, processing science, modeling, simulation, design and optimization, prototype fabrication, test and evaluation, electronics, networking and communication systems and multifunctional platform integration of interest to RDEC’s. This funding will establish a national laboratory housed in UD’s Technology Park, at the home of the recently closed Newark Chrysler Plant, to address the national security interests of our nation.

University of Delaware, Persistent Surveillance Using Unmanned Millimeter Wave Imaging Platforms
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,600,000 for research, development, testing and evaluation of a millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform for persistent surveillance and reconnaissance. Thanks to the ability of mmWs to penetrate dust, smoke, clouds, rain, sand, and ground up to a few inches, they are ideally suited for such tasks. The U.S. Army project will be carried out in close collaboration with the Office of Naval Research. By providing all-weather, persistent imagery of theater, the project will provide immediate battle damage assessment, situation awareness, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance capabilities. As a result, the ability to determine the actions and intentions of U.S. adversaries will be greatly improved.

University of Delaware, Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716

$1,500,000 to support a Three Dimensional Virtual Environment for Medical Imaging and Surgical Simulation. Such an environment combines leading edge technologies in the biological sciences, modeling physics, computational rendering, haptic feedback and visual display. Three dimensional virtual environments for medical imaging and surgical simulation are critical to the training and practice of future surgeons. Ultimately, these technologies will permit future surgeons to perform simulated surgical procedures on a patient’s precise anatomy, derived from high-fidelity CT or MRI scans, prior to entering the operating room. Combined with robotic surgery equipment, the developed technologies will lead to the ability to perform life-saving surgical procedures remotely, e.g., battlefield treatment. These technologies are critical to the realization of remote surgical procedures for the treatment of battlefield wounded soldiers.

W.L. Gore, Fire Resistant Environmental Ensemble (FREE)
W.L. Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Road
Newark, DE 19711

$3,500,000 to provide the Army soldier with built-in protection from flame and heat threats present in combat conditions, while remaining highly functional in a spectrum of cold and wet weather climates. The FREE system is user-adaptable for field operations in rapidly evolving combat environments and protects the soldier from head to toe. It is designed specifically for aviation and combat vehicle crewmen, and utilizes advanced textile technologies in a range of garments, from lightweight base layers to weather-protecting outerwear.

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 AGRICULTURE:

 

Calliope Project,
Inc., $125,000

 

Project purpose: To support Phase
II of the Milton Theatre renovation, which includes expanded rehearsal areas
for school programming.

 

Project location: Milton, DE

 

Project recipient: Calliope Project
Inc.

 

 

CHEER, Inc.
administrative service facility, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To establish an
Administrative Service Facility to support a full range of social and
supportive services to a low-income senior citizen residential community.

 

Project location: Georgetown, DE

 

Project recipient: CHEER Inc.

 

City of Harrington
for roadway and water access expansion, $3,345,000

 

Project purpose: To expand
infrastructure (roadway access, water, sewer, stormwater and railway) into an
idle lot to attract a new industrial park.

 

Project location: Harrington, DE

 

Project recipient: City of
Harrington

 

 

Freeman Arts
Pavilion — site work and landscaping, $1,000,000

 

Project purpose: To complete site
work and landscaping for a permanent amphitheater venue to increase capacity
and support the arts and regional economy.

 

Project location: Selbyville, DE

 

Project recipient: Joshua M. Freeman
Foundation

 

 

Nanticoke Indian
Association community center, $600,000

 

Project purpose: Renovation of the
Nanticoke Indian Association community center to expand current programs and
add space to house a food bank, youth activity space, and classrooms.

 

Project location: Millsboro, DE

 

Project recipient: The Nanticoke
Indian Association Inc

.