Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Avera Reaching Kids Initiative

Amount:

$300,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Recipient Address:

PO Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57117

Explanation of Request:

The requested funds will be used for programming costs for the Avera Reaching Kids Initiative. The Avera Reaching Kids Initiative, in partnership with the Sioux Falls Public School District, shifts treatment methods for children’s emotional and behavioral disorders. The traditional treatment approach has been to deliver interventions in clinic settings, to children who are already suffering from severe psychopathology, and to make the child the primary focus of treatment. Avera proposes a family-based approach that brings the treatment from the clinic to the community, integrates prevention with intervention, and delivers treatment to families. Mental health disorders that occur before the age of six can interfere with critical emotional, cognitive, and physical development, and can lead to long-term challenges in school, at home, and in the community.  

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe – Tribal Youth Development

Amount:

$100,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

PO Box 1558, Eagle Butte, SD 57625

Explanation of Request:

The areas that this Youth Project will identify are Alcohol/Drug Awareness and Education and Suicide Prevention.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Face It! Sioux Falls

Amount:

$100,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Face It! Sioux Falls, Inc.

Recipient Address:

PO Box 5127, Sioux Falls, SD  57227

Explanation of Request:

The requested funds will be used for programmatic costs associated with expanding the Face It! program.  This organization is a community-wide initiative to address drug and alcohol abuse and addiction.  Face It! plans to create a recovery-oriented system of care to address the chronic nature of addiction and undertake a widespread awareness campaign to remove the stigma and barriers that keep individuals from seeking treatment.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Lake Area Technical Institute Energy Technology Program

Amount:

$355,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Lake Area Technical Institute

Recipient Address:

230 11th Street NE, P.O. Box 730, Watertown, SD 57201

Explanation of Request:

The funds requested would be used to purchase laboratory equipment enabling the expansion of the institute’s energy-related workforce development programs. With important developments taking place in the energy sector in South Dakota, both in renewable and other energy sectors, the institute established its Energy Technology program in 2006 to meet identified industry needs, and will soon graduate its first class of Associate of Applied Science degree students in Energy Technology. It is also developing a program in Energy Operations. It wishes to meet expanding needs for skilled plant operators and maintenance crew members in South Dakota’s energy sector by rapidly expanding its capacity to produce qualified technicians. The State of South Dakota bonded construction of Energy Technology lab and classrooms, and funds are needed to secure training aids, equipment, and technology, including plant operations simulators and control panel mock-ups.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

 Lake Area Technical Institute Regional Emergency Services Education Center

Amount:

 $450,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Lake Area Technical Institute

Recipient Address:

 230 11th Street NE, P.O. Box 730, Watertown, SD 57201

Explanation of Request:

 The requested funds would be used by Lake Area Technical Institute to purchase training equipment for fire rescue education and training.  This additional equipment for burn tower training exercises, would allow the Regional Emergency Education Center to produce 20 more EMS and firefighters with Associate in Applied Science in Med/Fire Rescue degrees each year.  The training program is overseen by an Advisory Board composed of members from TSA, Aberdeen Fire Rescue, Mitchell Fire Department, Watertown Fire Rescue, SD EMS Office, Deputy South Dakota Fire Marshall, and the Watertown Medical Community.  

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Expansion of Lakota Language Proficiency

Amount:

$750,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Lakota Language Consortium

Recipient Address:

550 Main Street, Eagle Butte, SD  57625

Explanation of Request:

 This funding would be used to develop textbooks, train language teachers and support efforts to expand the Lakota language proficiency among Lakota students.  This funding would be used for South Dakota programs. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Native Women’s Health Care Ultrasound Machines

Amount:

$120,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Native Women’s Health Care

Recipient Address:

640 Floremann Street, Suite 400, Rapid City, SD  57701

Explanation of Request:

 This funding would replace two ultrasound machines for the Native Women’s Health Care, located in Rapid City, South Dakota.  The current ultrasound machine is old and breaks down.  NWHC provides health care services to approximately 600 women per month and over 7,500 women per year.  

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Oglala Ambulance Buildings

Amount:

 $800,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Oglala Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 2070, Pine Ridge, SD  57770

Explanation of Request:

 The Oglala Sioux Tribe requests funds to construct two facilities to house ambulances.  This funding will create jobs and increase the safety of tribal members and residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Rosebud Ambulance Building

Amount:

 $800,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570

Explanation of Request:

 The requested funds would be used for construction of a new ambulance facility. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service is a 24/7 emergency medical service. The RST Ambulance Service area includes Todd, Tripp, Jackson, Bennett, and Mellette counties in South Dakota, averaging more than 5,000 call responses each year. The current building is in dire need of repairs and has not had any major renovation since it was built in 1990.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Rosebud Emergency Medical Technicians – Paramedics

Amount:

$392,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570

Explanation of Request:

 This funding would be used to retain more EMTs ad EMT paramedics and purchase medical equipment and supplies.   This funding would create jobs and increase the safety for tribal members and residents of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Piya Mani Otipi

Amount:

$775,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570

Explanation of Request:

 Piya Mani Otipi (PMO) is a residential and outpatient substance abuse service provider to Native American Youth ages 13-17 on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.  The requested funds would be used by Piya Mani Otipi (PMO) to expand its services.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Wiconi Wakan Healing Center

Amount:

$500,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Rosebud Sioux Tribe

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570

Explanation of Request:

 The Wiconi Wakan Health and Healing Center seeks funding to establish the center, a place to implement the Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Project Plan targeting Rosebud Sioux children and youth (ages 10-24) on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

South Dakota School of Mines &Technology Fossil Collection

Amount:

$1,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Recipient Address:

501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701

Explanation of Request:

The funding would be used to safely, securely, and accessibly shelve one of the largest and most significant collections of fossil vertebrates in the United States. These scientific resources are the basis for education, research, and public interface for scholars and the public in South Dakota and throughout the nation. A major component of the new building housing the collection remains to be funded: compactors for storage of the collections.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

South Dakota State University Avera Health and Science Center

Amount:

$750,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

South Dakota State University

Recipient Address:

Box 2202 C, PHA 125, Brookings, SD 57007

Explanation of Request:

The requested funding would be used for new fixtures and equipment for the new Avera Health and Science Center to enable cutting-edge research in the areas of pharmacy, chemistry and biochemistry and build upon early collaborative work at SDSU and Avera in behavioral genetics, genomics, biomedical engineering, vaccinology and gene therapy applications. The renovated space also will serve students in Pharmacy, Nursing, Clinical Laboratory Sciences and several pre-professional health-care options.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

South Dakota State University - University of South Dakota Health Sciences Initiative

Amount:

$500,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

South Dakota State University

Recipient Address:

Box 2202 C, PHA 125, Brookings, SD 57007

Explanation of Request:

The requested funds would be used by SDSU in partnership with USD to support multidisciplinary research focused initially on health promotion and chronic disease prevention. The initiative will combine SDSU and USD strengths and talents in pharmaceutical sciences, human nutrition, obesity prevention, behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, nursing, food science, exercise science, and other allied health areas. Competitively awarded funds will go toward research that will especially benefit South Dakotans because of its focus on the health of rural, aging and Native American populations.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

University of South Dakota Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Amount:

$500,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

University of South Dakota

Recipient Address:

Box 2202 C, PHA 125, Brookings, SD 57007

Explanation of Request:

The requested funds would be used by the University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, in conjunction with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota to upgrade the existing MRI instrumentation to achieve greater resolution and establish state-of-the-art FMRI facilities. The outcome will be improved diagnostic and research capabilities aimed at better treatment for those in underserved rural areas suffering from diseases including stroke, and physical injury.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

 University of South Dakota Fides Program

Amount:

 $428,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 University of South Dakota

Recipient Address:

 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

Explanation of Request:

 The requested funds would be used by the university to assist disabled veterans returning to college campuses. Campus personnel have little training to recognize and meet the needs of veterans. The requested funds will identify the educational needs for veterans with disabilities, develop a set of best practices for offering services while respecting privacy, and create comprehensive training programs that provide faculty, staff and administrators the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to ensure that student veterans with disabilities have full access to a quality post-secondary education.

Appropriation Bill:

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

 University of South Dakota Research, Education and Economic Development (REED) Network

Amount:

 $400,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 University of South Dakota

Recipient Address:

 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

Explanation of Request:

 The requested funds would be used by the university to upgrade technology at USD’s campus in Vermillion, the Sioux Falls Health Science Center and the University Center (including the GEAR Center) in Sioux Falls.  This funding would allow the university to upgrade technology on its campuses to connect to the REED network.  The REED network will connect DUSEL and universities across the state to high speed internet.  This connection requires USD to upgrade its existing technology to be compatible with the REED network capabilities.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

University of South Dakota Student-run Health Clinic

Amount:

$500,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

University of South Dakota

Recipient Address:

414 E. Clark St, Vermillion, SD  57069

Explanation of Request:

The requested funds would be used by the university for operating costs associated with opening a new student-run clinic. The clinic would provide medical and dental care to the underserved, including in rural areas. Student-run clinics provide basic medical services under the supervision of a physician. Building upon the early success of medical and dental clinics, this project will include other Health Science programs, including physical and occupational therapy, social work, physician assistant, alcohol and drug studies, clinical laboratory science, and nursing.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Youth & Family Services Boys’ Health Program

Amount:

$150,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

Youth & Family Services, Inc.

Recipient Address:

PO Box 2813, Rapid City, SD  57709

Explanation of Request:

The requested funding will be used for programmatic costs for the Youth & Family Services Boys’ Health Program.  The program serves more than 100 males, ages 8 – young adult, in the Rapid City, SD, area that are at high risk for participating in risky behaviors (substance use) and/or have urgent or unmet health care needs.  The program provides health-focused case management, education, advocacy, and prevention services to this at-risk population.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Education for Democracy

Amount:

$35,000,000

Recipient Name:

Center for Civic Education

Recipient Address:

5145 Douglas Fir Road, Calabassas, CA 91302

Explanation of Request:

The Education for Democracy Act programs promote among students a profound understanding of and commitment to the fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy as expressed in such seminal documents as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address. They also promote students' capacities to participate competently and responsibility in the political life of their communities and the nation.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies

Project Name:

National Writing Project

Amount:

$30,000,000

Recipient Name:

National Writing Project

Recipient Address:

2105 Bancroft Way, #1042, Berkeley, CA 94720-1042

Explanation of Request:

NWP provides support for a national infrastructure of more than 200 writing projects sites that serve their local schools and teaching communities with high-quality teacher professional development in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Appropriation Bill:

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies

Project Name:

Reading is Fundamental

Amount:

$28,000,000

Recipient Name:

Reading is Fundamental

Recipient Address:

1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009

Explanation of Request:

Reading is Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.