Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Boys and Girls Club of Aberdeen, SD

Amount:

$200,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Boys and Girls Club of Aberdeen, SD

Recipient Address:

1111 First Ave. SE, Aberdeen, SD 57401

Explanation of Request:

This funding will be used by the Boys and Girls Club of Aberdeen to enhance services and programming and purchase property equipment and supplies. These funds will provide much needed services to youth on the reservation. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Boys and Girls Club of Marty, SD

Amount:

$425,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Boys and Girls Club of Marty, SD

Recipient Address:

PO Box 248, Marty, SD

Explanation of Request:

This funding will be used by the Boys and Girls Club of Marty to enhance services and programming and purchase property equipment and supplies.  These funds will provide much needed services to youth on the reservation. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe – Criminal Justice System

Amount:

$1,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 1558, Eagle Butte, SD 57625

Explanation of Request:

Funds will be used for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defender’s office, and detention equipment and operations on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.  These funds will create jobs and provide services to tribal members.

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Cheyenne River Youth Project

Amount:

$200,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Cheyenne River Youth Project

Recipient Address:

PO Box 410, East Lincoln Street, Eagle Butte, SD 57625

Explanation of Request:

The programming funding would be used to jump-start certain programs and enhance the sustainability of existing programs at the teen center. This proposal would be focused on building sustainability for the project as a whole and each of its programs. The funding would also pay for programming items that are still lacking in the center, such as computers, art equipment, etc.  These funds will provide much needed services to youth on the reservation. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe – Criminal Justice System

Amount:

$3,800,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 1558, Eagle Butte, SD 57625

Explanation of Request:

Funding will be used for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defender’s office, and detention equipment and operations on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.  These funds will create jobs and provide services to tribal members.

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Great Plains Center for Atmosphere and Human Health

Amount:

$1,500,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Western Research Alliance Foundation, Inc

Recipient Address:

525 University Loop, Suite 101, Rapid City, SD 57701

Explanation of Request:

Funding will be used to continue the development of the Great Plains Center for Atmosphere and Human Health.  The principal goal of the Center is to establish a core group of scientists to study the influence of atmospheric events on human health in the Great Plains region, particularly the effects of air-borne particulate matter and heavy metals. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Lower Brule Boys and Girls Club - SD

Amount:

$300,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Lower Brule Boys and Girls Club – SD

Recipient Address:

187 Oyate Circle, Lower Brule, SD 57548

Explanation of Request:

This funding will be used by the Lower Brule Boys and Girls Club to enhance services and programming and purchase property equipment and supplies.  These funds will provide much needed services to youth on the reservation. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Oglala Sioux Tribe – Criminal Justice System

Amount:

$3,150,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 2070, Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Explanation of Request:

Funds will be used for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defender’s office, and detention equipment and operations on the Oglala Indian Reservation.  These funds will create jobs and provide services to tribal members.

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Oglala Sioux Tribe – Criminal Justice System

Amount:

$1,200,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Oglala Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 2070, Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Explanation of Request:

Funds will be used for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defender’s office, and detention equipment and operations on the Oglala Sioux Indian Reservation.  These funds will create jobs and provide services to tribal members.

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

RAINN

Amount:

$3,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

Explanation of Request:

Funds will be used to support programs that offer benefits of significance to victims of sexual assault across the nation and will help reduce the future incidence of sexual violence.

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Rosebud Sioux Tribe – Criminal Justice System

Amount:

$778,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570

Explanation of Request:

Funds will be used for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defender’s office, and detention equipment and operations on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Amount:

$225,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault

Recipient Address:

5107 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57106

Explanation of Request:

The South Dakota Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault (Network) is dedicated to the empowerment of victims of violence and is committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence.  This funding will be used for Network staff to provide training and technical assistance to member agencies and also the general public on issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe – Child Protection Services

Amount:

$350,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box D, Fort Yates, ND 58537

Explanation of Request:

The Standing Rock Child Protection Services provides foster care and protective services to the Native residents of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation which straddles North and South Dakota.  This funding will provide for 16 new jobs in communities where there are extremely high unemployment rates.  In addition, these funds will be used to provide services to families in crisis. 

Appropriation Bill:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations

Project Name:

Yankton Sioux Tribe – Victim Advocate Program

Amount:

$25,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Yankton Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 248, Marty, SD 57361

Explanation of Request:

These funds will be used for the Yankton Sioux Tribe’s Victim Advocate Program which provides violence prevention services as well as after-care services when a violent crime has been committed.  These services include youth prevention programs as well as community healing programs.