The Senate Appropriations Committee is reviewing Community-Direct Spending (CDS) requests from Members for fiscal year 2023. This is in addition to accepting programmatic and other requests. There is no guarantee that requested projects will be funded.
The Committee will carefully review all member requests. Only those requests that comply with Committee and Senate Rules and are deemed appropriate for federal support will be considered for funding.
As part of the important reforms associated with CDS, all members are required to post any requests they make for CDS to their Senate office websites. A link to the full list of reforms can be found here.
More information on the process can be found on the Senate Appropriations Committee website here.
Projects Requested:
NOTE: The projects are listed alphabetically by recipient name.
Project Name: Adoption and Foster Care Certificate
Project Recipient: Adoption Rhode Island
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $201,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Adoption and Foster Care Certificate Program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Expanded Creative Pathways for Youth and Adults
Project Recipient: AS220
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 778,000
Project Purpose: Funding for workforce development training for system-involved youth
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Fox Point Hurricane Barrier Study
Project Recipient: Army Corps of Engineers (Civil)
Project Location: Providence, RI
Project Purpose: Funding to conduct an alternatives assessment to determine structural and non-structural alternatives to protect Providence from hurricanes and flooding.
Request: $500,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Substance Abuse Prevention activities
Project Recipient: The BAY Team, Barrington's Prevention Coalition
Project Location: Barrington, RI
Request: $206,000
Project Purpose: Funding for retail compliance for Prevention of Substance Misuse
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Best Buddies in Rhode Island Inclusion Project
Project Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.
Project Location: Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, and Washington counties, RI
Request: $ 100,000
Project Purpose: Best Buddies in Rhode Island Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: BVTC for Blackstone River Cleanup
Project Recipient: Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Blackstone River
Request: $250,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Health Facility Renovation Project
Project Recipient: Block Island Health Services (BIHS), aka Block Island Medical Center
Project Location: New Shoreham, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for renovation and expansion of Block Island Medical Center facility
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Renovation of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County’s Clubhouse
Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County
Project Location: Newport County, RI
Request: $2,878,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Boys and Girls Club Clubhouse expansion to fund child care expansion
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence - Wanskuck Clubhouse
Project Recipient: Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for renovation of Wanskuck facility to better serve community and expand after school programming for youth
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Town of Bristol for Sewer Rehabilitation
Project Recipient: Town of Bristol
Project Location: Bristol, RI
Project Purpose: Funding to improve their collection system, remove infiltration and inflow and reduce the occurrences of sewer system overflows
Request: $1,248,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Short stay Behavioral Health Unit
Project Recipient: Butler Hospital
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $4,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding to build a short stay 25 bed unit to provide behavioral health and substance abuse treatment inpatient beds
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Burrillville Skate Park
Project Recipient: Town of Burrillville
Project Location: Harrisville, RI
Request: $500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for skate park renovations
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Pediatric Neighborhoods Project
Project Recipient: Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island, Inc.
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $274,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support pediatric community health workers in distressed communities
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Repurposing Osram-Sylvania to Meet Central Falls’ Economic and Housing Needs
Project Recipient: The City of Central Falls
Project Location: Central Falls, RI
Request: $2,600,000
Project Purpose: Funding for repurposing Osram-Sylvania Site to develop affordable and market-rate housing, open space, parking, and ground-level commercial space.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Central Beach District for Water Upgrades
Project Recipient: Central Beach Fire District
Project Location: Charlestown, RI
Project Purpose: Funding to upgrade and improve existing water infrastructure
Request: $1,800,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Request: $470,000
Project Name: City of Central Falls for Valley Falls Pond
Project Recipient: The City of Central Falls
Project Location: Central Falls, RI
Project Purpose: Funding will support the removal of an aquatic invasive species from Valley Falls Pond.
Request: $394,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Cross Mills Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Park
Project Recipient: Charlestown Fire District
Project Location: Charlestown, RI
Request: $610,000
Project Purpose: Funding to improve public park access
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Clean Sweep - Fresh Start Program
Project Recipient: Clean The Bay
Project Location: Narragansett, RI
Request: $674,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a programming initiative to help incarcerated/paroled individuals develop transferrable skills in the marine industry.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Clinica Esperanza
Project Recipient: Clinica Esperanza/ Hope Clinic
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for community health initiative
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Clinical Renovations
Project Recipient: CODAC Behavioral Health
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 842,000
Project Purpose: Funding to upgrade facility and expand clinics
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: College Unbound BA Completion Pathways for Heath Care Workers
Project Recipient: College Unbound
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $541,000
Project Purpose: Funding for BA Completion Pathways for Health Workers
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Clinical Equipment
Project Recipient: The Community College of Rhode Island
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $ 1,232,000
Project Purpose: Expanding Experiential Learning in key Healthcare Related degree and certificate programs
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Health Center Project
Project Recipient: Comprehensive Community Action Inc. (CCAP)
Project Location: Warwick, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Warwick Health Center Expansion
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Action Partnership of Providence County Building Acquisition
Project Recipient: Community Action Partnership of Providence County
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $1,826,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Community Action Partnership of Providence building acquisition to continue their work to minimize poverty while empowering members of the community to be self-sufficient
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Music Works Education Programs
Project Recipient: Community MusicWorks
Project Location: Providence & Newport, RI
Request: $ 300,000
Project Purpose: Funding to expand access to music education programming for youth
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Crisis Intervention Team Mental Health Response
Project Recipient: Cranston Police Department
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Cranston Crisis Intervention Mental Health Response Training
Request: $500,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Modernize and repurpose Budlong Pool campus
Project Recipient: City of Cranston
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for the renovation and re-opening of Budlong Community Pool
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Cranston Public Library- Auburn branch renovation
Project Recipient: Cranston Public Library – Auburn Branch
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Request: $315,000
Project Purpose: Cranston Public Library renovations to improve accessibility and create permanent outdoor programming space
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Broad Street Renovations
Project Recipient: Crossroads Rhode Island
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 750,000
Project Purpose: Funding for safety and building improvements at 160 Broad Street facility
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Town of Cumberland - Industrial Rd. Stormwater Drainage System
Project Recipient: Town of Cumberland
Project Location: Cumberland, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Stormwater Management Plan - Industrial Road, Cumberland
Request:$1,200,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Programming & Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
Project Recipient: Day One
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 157,000
Project Purpose: Funding for multidisciplinary teams of law enforcement and providers to address human trafficking and sexual abuse of children.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Inground Fuel Tank Removal
Project Recipient: Town of East Greenwich
Project Location: East Greenwich, RI
Request: 400,000
Project Purpose: Funding to remove inground fuel tanks from Greenwich Cove area
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Clean Sweep - Fresh Start Workforce Training Program
Project Recipient: Clean The Bay, Inc.
Project Location: Narragansett, RI
Request: $674,000
Project Purpose: Funding to train and employ parolees in marine and shoreline cleanups.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Facility Upgrades
Project Recipient: East Bay Community Action Program
Project Location: East Bay, RI
Request: $ 513,000
Project Purpose: Funding for renovation and improvement of an Integrated Health facility
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: East Providence Aquatic Center
Project Recipient: City of East Providence
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a community swimming pool for seniors, youth and their families.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: East Providence Community Center
Project Recipient: City of East Providence
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for East Providence Community Center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Rose Larisa Park Slope Stabilization
Project Recipient: City of East Providence
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Request: $3,250,000
Project Purpose: Funding for repairs for Rose Larisa Park. Access to portions of the park are now closed to the public until the wall is repaired. Without intervention, untreated runoff will continue to erode existing concrete structures and create a hazardous situation.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Seawall Repair
Project Recipient: City of East Providence
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Request: $2,438,000
Project Purpose: Funding for repairs for Rose Larisa Park Seawall
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Share Market Program
Project Recipient: The ELISHA Project
Project Location: Rumford, RI
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support a system of direct service to support families
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Learning & Resource Platform
Project Recipient: The Equity Institute
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 770,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support teacher professional development
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Behavioral Health Electronic Health Records
Project Recipient: Executive Office of Health & Human Services - State of Rhode Island
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $550,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Community Behavioral Health Electronic Health Records
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: State Behavioral Health System of Care Initiative
Project Recipient: Executive Office of Health & Human Services - State of Rhode Island
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $850,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a mobile crisis unit, stabilization service and intensive community based treatment
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Best Start RI
Project Recipient: Family Service of Rhode Island, Inc.
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 385,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Best Start RI
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: 350 Taunton Avenue: A Multi-Agency Collaborative Affordable Housing Initiative
Project Recipient: Foster Forward
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for affordable housing units for vulnerable youth who aged out of foster care.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Glocester - Public Safety Improvements
Project Recipient: Town of Glocester
Project Location: Glocester, RI
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for public safety improvements
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Rhode Island Contractor Incubation Program
Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Rhode Island-Greater Providence, Inc.
Project Location: Providence, Bristol, and Newport Counties, RI
Request: $350,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support a contractor incubation program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Training Program
Project Recipient: Habitat for Humanity of Rhode Island-Greater Providence, Inc.
Project Location: Providence, Bristol, and Newport Counties, RI
Request: $ 350,000
Project Purpose: Funding for workforce training
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Herreshoff Blue Tech Innovation Center - Burnside Building
Project Recipient: Herreshoff Maritime Museum
Project Location: Bristol, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a Blue Tech Center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Higher Ground International New Rukiya Center Building Acquisition and Build-Out
Project Recipient: Higher Ground International
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 350,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Higher Ground building acquisition
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Expanding Hospice and Palliative Care Services in Rhode Island
Project Recipient: HopeHealth Hospice & Palliative Care
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $389,000
Project Purpose: Funding for equipment and training
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Building Leadership Capacity
Project Recipient: HopeHealth Hospice & Palliative Care
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $174,000
Project Purpose: Funding for leadership development programs
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: 1904 School Building
Project Recipient: Town of Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Project Location: Hopkinton, RI
Request: $465,000
Project Purpose: Funding will be used to address a deteriorating former school building.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Crime Prevention and Victims Services for Providence Public Housing Residents
Project Recipient: Housing Authority of the City of Providence, RI
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding for criminal prevention and victim services for crimes related to domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Expanding Educational Arts Access
Project Recipient: Island Moving Company
Project Location: Newport County, RI
Request: $200,000
Project Purpose: Funding for arts programming for youth
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: War Memorial Park
Project Recipient: Town of Johnston Parks and Recreation Department
Project Location: Johnston, RI
Request: $500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Johnston War Memorial Park
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Funding for Teaching Studio Professional Development Services
Project Recipient: The Learning Community Charter School
Project Location: Central Falls, RI
Request: $ 350,000
Project Purpose: Funding for resources for support of children and families
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Brain Tumor Laboratory Research Center
Project Recipient: Lifespan Hospitals
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $16,800,000
Project Purpose: Funding for lab space for brain tumor medical research
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Energy Efficiency Upgrades
Project Recipient: Town of Lincoln
Project Location: Lincoln, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for heating and cooling mechanicals improvement.
Request: $125,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: MENTOR RI Statewide Services
Project Recipient: MENTOR Rhode Island
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $ 800,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Rhode Island Mentoring Program Statewide Expansion
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Professional Development
Project Recipient: MCSRI
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $250,000
Project Purpose: Funding for statewide professional development model
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Beach Pavilion Design - 2nd Beach
Project Recipient: Town of Middletown, RI
Project Location: Middletown, RI
Request: $92,000
Project Purpose: Funding to renovate public spaces and pavilion area
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: TNC for RI Rose Larisa Park Living Shoreline
Project Recipient: The Nature Conservancy
Project Location: East Providence, RI
Project Purpose: Rose Larisa Memorial Park Coastal Bluff Restoration
Request: $650,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: New Shoreham Emergency Operations Center
Project Recipient: Town of New Shoreham
Project Location: New Shoreham, RI
Request: $3,500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for New Shoreham Fire and Rescue Facility
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Newport for Cliff Walk
Project Recipient: City of Newport
Project Location: Newport, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for preservation/repair of historic site
Request: $500,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Transportation planning in Greater Newport
Project Recipient: Newport Chamber/ Newport County Development Council
Project Location: Newport County, RI
Request: $ 300,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Greater Newport regional transportation strategy to address workforce /commuter challenges and impacts of climate change for nine coastal communities
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Newport Mental Health Access Center
Project Recipient: Newport County Community Mental Health Center, Inc.
Project Location: Newport County, RI
Request: $2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for mental health center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: After School and Summer Youth Programs
Project Recipient: New Urban Arts
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $125,000
Project Purpose: Funding for After School and Summer Youth Programs
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Town of North Providence, Coletti Athletic Field
Project Recipient: Town of North Providence
Project Location: North Providence, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for North Providence Athletic Field
Project Name: North Smithfield Community Center Construction
Project Recipient: Town of North Smithfield
Project Location: North Smithfield, RI
Request: $4,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding to convert existing community space, Scouters Hall, into a full-service senior center with an outdoor seating area and walking paths
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Youth N.O.W. Education and Leadership Program
Project Recipient: Oasis International
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $153,000
Project Purpose: Funding for youth leadership development
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Veteran Recovery Housing
Project Recipient: Operation Stand Down RI
Project Location: Woonsocket, RI
Request: $ 225,000
Project Purpose: Funding for repairs to maintain all veteran Recovery Housing
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Emergency Overdose-Behavioral Health Response
Project Recipient: Parent Support Network of Rhode Island
Project Location: Newport & Washington County, RI
Request: $135,000
Project Purpose: Funding for peer specialists and community health workers in response to the overdose and behavioral health crisis in RI
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Pawtucket for Riverwalk
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding to support theCity of Pawtucket Riverwalk
Request: $1,000,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Pawtucket for Green Infrastructure - Slater Park Stormwater Management Plan
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Stormwater Management Project
Request: $ 1,250,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Pawtucket for Pine Street North Green Infrastructure Streetscape
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Stormwater Project
Request: $ 1,600,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Pawtucket for Moshassuck Industrial Highway Stormwater Reduction
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Stormwater Project
Request: $1,250,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Pawtucket for Sewer Improvement Activities
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Citywide Sewer CCTV & Cleaning
Request: $ 4,000,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Pawtucket Citywide Greening Initiative
Project Recipient: City of Pawtucket
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Request: $ 700,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Riverwalk
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Pawtucket Police Department – Enhanced Police Effectiveness
Project Recipient: Pawtucket Police Department
Project Location: Pawtucket, RI
Request: $698,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Pawtucket Police Department equipment and training
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Advanced manufacturing training center
Project Recipient: Polaris MEP
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $300,000
Project Purpose: Funding for advanced manufacturing training center to prepare workers for additional skills and higher paying employment
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Retain Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence
Project Recipient: Polaris
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $300,000
Project Purpose: Funding for specialized training for manufacturers
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Advanced manufacturing training center
Project Recipient: Polaris MEP/University of Rhode Island
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $250,000
Project Purpose: Funding for advanced manufacturing training center to prepare workers for additional skills and higher paying employment
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Portsmouth Police Cruiser Mobile Data Terminal Technologies
Project Recipient: Portsmouth Police Department
Project Location: Portsmouth, RI
Request: $27,000
Project Purpose: Funding to purchase mobile data terminals.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Progreso Latino Facility
Project Recipient: Progreso Latino
Project Location: Central Falls, RI
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Progreso Latino to purchase and renovate a new building
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Providence Riverwalk Resilience Project
Project Recipient: City of Providence
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Providence Riverwalk Resilience Project
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment
Project Recipient: City of Providence/Providence Resilience Partnership
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $375,000
Project Purpose: Funding for vulnerability assessment of Fox Point Hurricane Barrier.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: AfterZone STEAM Camp
Project Recipient: Providence After School Alliance
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $350,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Extended Learning Programming
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Providence College School of Nursing & Health Sciences
Project Recipient: Providence College
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 800,000
Project Purpose: Funding to establish a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Improving and Enhancing Accessibility for Rhode Island's Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
Project Recipient: Providence Parks Department
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Roger Williams Park Natural History Building Enhancements
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Preservation of Atlantic Mills Complex
Project Recipient: Providence Redevelopment Agency
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for rehabilitation and repurposing of Atlantic Mills site to retain current tenants and vendors at risk of displacement.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Redevelopment of Natareno Salvage Property
Project Recipient: Providence Redevelopment Agency
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 2,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding to create much needed green space in this dense urban neighborhood and address an environmental hazard of a salvage yard on a site that regularly floods, polluting surrounding properties and the Woonasquatucket River.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Preservation of Broad St. Synagogue
Project Recipient: Providence Redevelopment Agency
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a reuse of vacant Broad Street Synagogue
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Protecting Our Water Supply from Cybersecurity Threats
Project Recipient: Providence Water Supply Board
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $200,000
Project Purpose: Funding to protect water supply from cybersecurity threats
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Providence Water Supply Board for Assessing Cybersecurity Risks to Public Infrastructure
Project Recipient: Providence Water Supply Board
Project Location: Providence, RI
Project Purpose: Funding will be used for the purchase of hardware and training programs necessary to implement and use software that will monitor and protect its water system from cybersecurity attacks.
Request: $212,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Providence Water Supply Board for Lead Service Line Removal
Project Recipient: Providence Water Supply Board
Project Location: Providence, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for line replacements
Request: $ 1,600,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Climate Jobs Workforce Training
Project Recipient: Rhode Island AFL-CIO
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $200,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a green jobs initiative
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health: Workforce and Systems Development
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Association for Infant Mental Health
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $250,000
Project Purpose: Early Relational Health Screening to Promote Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health: Workforce and Systems Development
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RIBBA Small Business Program
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Black Business Association (RIBBA)
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support small black owned businesses and minority owned businesses
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI Small Business Technology Innovation Center
Project Recipient: RISCPA/RI Business Forum
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Request: $250,000
Project Purpose: Funding for the RI Small Business Technology Innovation Center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: HSI capacity building initiative
Project Recipient: Rhode Island College
Project Location: Providence and Central Falls, RI
Request: $ 226,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support HSI activities
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Youth Programming
Project Recipient: Rhode Island for Community and Justice (RICJ)
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $300,000
Project Purpose: Funding for efforts to provide support and guidance to youth involved with corrections system
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Offender Management System
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Corrections
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for the design of an offender management system.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI Environmental Education Center
Project Recipient: RI Department of Environmental Management
Project Location: West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Request: $350,000
Project Purpose: Funding for a state environmental education center to centralize the variety of environmental education opportunities available in Rhode Island.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RIDEM for Tree Management Initiatives
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Project Purpose: Funding for statewide initiative to use tree planting strategies as part of stormwater management
Request: $350,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RIDEM for Forest Fire Mitigation
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Project Purpose: Forest Fire Mitigation
Request: $300,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI DEM for Disposal of Hazardous Materials
Project Recipient: RI Department of Environmental Management
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Project Purpose: Funding for removal of hazardous materials from small and rural fire departments
Request: $1,500,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Preschool Development
Project Recipient: RI Department of Human Services
Project Location: Cranston, RI
Project Purpose: Funding to enable Rhode Island to continue to build a pipeline of early learning education programs
Request: $ 500,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI Supports
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for state workforce development initiatives
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Arts Workforce Initiative
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Latino Arts
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding for creative economy workforce training
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI Marine Archaeology Project – Historical Preservation Initiative
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Project Location: Cranston, Warwick & Newport County, RI
Request: $470,000
Project Purpose: Funding for administrative and operational support
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project for Historical Preservation Initiative (HMS Gaspee)
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project
Project Location: Warwick, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for preservation of RI shipwrecks and artifacts of significant historical value.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RIMA Workforce Training
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Manufacturers Association
Project Location: Smithfield, RI
Request: $ 150,000
Project Purpose: Funding for manufacturing workforce training and support
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RI Marine Trades Association Industry Initiatives
Project Recipient: RI Marine Trades Association
Project Location: Statewide
Request: $110,000
Project Purpose: Funding for administrative support of RI Marine Trades Association's industry programs
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Blue Economy Workforce Training
Project Recipient: RI Marine Trades Association
Project Location: Greater Newport County, RI
Request: $ 300,000
Project Purpose: Funding for workforce development training in marine trades industry
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Equipment to support health care training
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $100,000
Project Purpose: Funding for increasing access to high quality healthcare training
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Westerly Education Center Expansion
Project Recipient: RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
Project Location: Westerly, RI
Request: $ 1,500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for expansion of Westerly Education Center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Healthcare Workforce Transformation Initiative
Project Recipient: RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 793,000
Project Purpose: The proposed funds would provide support for current equipment, new equipment, faculty training, workforce training, and career exposure for high school students with a focus on underserved communities in Rhode Island. The funding would also help our mission of diversifying our current manikins to appropriately represent RI’s diverse populace.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Reconnect to Finish
Project Recipient: RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $ 379,000
Project Purpose: Funding for theReconnect to Finish program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RIPTA Bus Stop Improvement Program
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
Project Location: Statewide
Request: $ 3,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for RIPTA Bus Stop Improvement Program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: CurrentCare Opt-Out Implementation
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Quality Institute
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $750,000
Project Purpose: Funding for HIT upgrades.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Statewide Youth Marijuana Prevention Initiative
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Student Assistance Services
Project Location: Statewide, Rhode Island
Request: $100,000
Project Purpose: Funding for prevention
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Mount Hope Bridge Cable and Anchorage Dehumidification
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Project Location: Bristol County, RI
Request: 10,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Mount Hope Bridge dehumidification project
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Pedestrian & Bicycle Engineering Study - Mount Hope, Jamestown, and Claiborne Pell Bridges
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Project Location: Bristol County, RI
Request: $ 1,500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Pedestrian & Bicycle Initiative
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Funding for safety planning - Jamestown, Claiborne Pell, Mount Hope and Sakonnet River Bridges
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Project Location: Jamestown, Rhode Island
Request: $ 1,500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for study of safety measures, including barriers
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RWU Environmental Science and Engineering Laboratory
Project Recipient: Roger Williams University
Project Location: Bristol, RI
Request: $1,694,000
Project Purpose: Funding for renovations to Environmental Sciences and Engineering Laboratory
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: RWP Zoo Access for Education Initiative
Project Recipient: Rhode Island Zoological Society dba Roger Williams Park Zoo
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $405,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support extended learning opportunities for K-12 students
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Facility Renovation
Project Recipient: Saint Antoine Residence
Project Location: North Smithfield, RI
Request: $1,125,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Skilled nursing facilities renovation
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Developing Comprehensive Water Quality & Habitat Restoration Strategies for RI Waters
Project Recipient: Save the Bay
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $450,000
Project Purpose: Funding for habitat restoration.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Save the Bay for Developing Comprehensive Water Quality & Habitat Restoration Strategies for RI Waters
Project Recipient: Save the Bay
Project Location: Providence, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for river restoration
Request: $450,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: SkillsRI DBE Small Business HUB
Project Recipient: Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $5,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for the Small Business Resource Hub
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Learning strategies
Project Recipient: Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for K-12 experiential learning strategies
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Project Recipient: Social Enterprise Greenhouse
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $232,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Social Enterprise Greenhouse Entrepreneurship Programs
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Affordable Permanent Housing and Services for Survivors of Abuse
Project Recipient: Sojourner House
Project Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for affordable permanent housing for survivors of abuse
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Green Space
Project Recipient: Sophia Academy
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $243,000
Project Purpose: Funding for urban green space and play area in South Providence, RI
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Minority Addiction Program
Project Recipient: State of RI Behavioral Healthcare (BHDDH)
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $350,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support the Minority Addiction Program
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Recovery TV
Project Recipient: The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of RI
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding for programming
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Nuevo Teatro ECAS
Project Recipient: Teatro ECAS
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Educational Center for Arts and Sciences building
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Expanding Teatro ECAS programs
Project Recipient: Teatro ECAS
Project Location: Providence & Pawtucket, RI
Request: $250,000
Project Purpose: Funding for arts programming for youth
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Juvenile Justice Program
Project Recipient: Tides Family Services
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $100,000
Project Purpose: Funding for staff training and collaboration with the Youth Transition program (YTC) for young adults transitioning out of the RI Training School.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Tiverton Public Safety Communications Project
Project Recipient: Tiverton Police Department
Project Location: Tiverton, RI
Request: $500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for public safety communications equipment
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Tomaquag Archival Preservation Activities
Project Recipient: Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
Project Location: Kingston, RI
Request: $300,000
Project Purpose: Funding will be used for preserving Tomaquag's unique collection of thousands of archival materials.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Tomaquag Indigenous Empowerment Network space buildout
Project Recipient: Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum
Project Location: Statewide
Request: $800,000
Project Purpose: Funding for the Indigenous Empowerment Network community space that will host job training, educational events, and small business incubation support.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Lederer Theater Center: Access for All
Project Recipient: Trinity Repertory Company
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $5,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for an addition to Lederer Theater
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: VITA support
Project Recipient: United Way of Rhode Island, Inc.
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $95,000
Project Purpose: Funding for United Way 211
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: URI Blue Tech Initiative
Project Recipient: University of Rhode Island
Project Location: Narragansett, RI
Request: $2,500,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Blue Economy and Coastal Resiliency Initiatives
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: The Village Common of Rhode Island
Project Recipient: The Village Common of Rhode Island
Project Location: Statewide,Rhode Island
Request: $152,000
Project Purpose: Funding for community based supports for aging adults
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: West Greenwich Senior Center
Project Recipient: Town of West Greenwich
Project Location: West Greenwich, RI
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding for West Greenwich Senior Center
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Touisset Fire Protection
Project Recipient: Town of Warren
Project Location: Warren, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for water tanks to serve the Touisset Point Neighborhood.
Request: $825,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Warwick Sewer Authority for Pump Station Upgrades
Project Recipient: City of Warwick Sewer Authority
Project Location: Warwick, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for design and retrofit to upgrade Apponaug pump station capacity
Request: $536,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Warwick for Pump Station
Project Recipient: City of Warwick Sewer Authority
Project Location: Warwick, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for Oakland Beach Pump Station Flood Resistant Replacement
Request: $2,400,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: City of Warwick for Force Main Rehabilitation and Lining
Project Recipient: City of Warwick Sewer Authority
Project Location: Warwick, RI
Project Purpose: Funding for City of Warwick Oakland Beach Force Main Rehabilitation and Relining
Request: $2,400,000
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Senior Food Insecurity
Project Recipient: Westbay Community Action
Project Location: Kent County, RI
Request: $150,000
Project Purpose: Funding to support a home food delivery program for Kent County's food insecure, homebound, older adults
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Women & Infants Labor and Delivery Center
Project Recipient: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $5,000,000
Project Purpose: Support for a new Labor and Delivery Center at Women & Infants Hospital
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Health Services Building Expansion
Project Recipient: Wood River Health Services
Project Location: Hope Valley, RI
Request: $ 1,000,000
Project Purpose: Funding for expansion
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Woonasquatucket River Greenway - Smithfield Trail
Project Recipient: Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
Project Location: Smithfield, RI
Request: $ 2,734,000
Project Purpose: Funding for Woonasquatucket River Greenway - Smithfield Trail
Signed financial disclosure available here.
Project Name: Community Center Renovations
Project Recipient: Youth In Action
Project Location: Providence, RI
Request: $ 225,000
Project Purpose: Funding renovations for youth community center space in South Providence, Rhode Island.
Signed financial disclosure available here.
