Commerce, Science & Justice FY2010 Appropriations Requests

Proposed Recipient: Academic Success Center
Amount: $50,000
Contact: Dr. Marietta Webb, 1112 29th Street, Columbus, GA 31904
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide an alternative school in Muscogee County emphasizing small classroom setting. Additionally, college previews and tours, motivational speakers, musical instruments, A/V studio, library books would be facilitated

Proposed Recipient: Allen Chapel A.M.E Church/ Noisy B. Stephens Women's Missionary Society
Amount: $75,000
Contact: 103 Carter Street, Americus, GA 31709
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for an after-school remediation and enrichment program for 25 students, including drug prevention, career exploration, teen pregnancy prevention, and life skills workshops.

Proposed Recipient: Building Toward Wellness Community Coalition Inc
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Johnny H. Flakes III, 222 Fifth Street, Columbus, GA, 31902
Explanation: The “Positive Steps After School Program” is designed to provide after school enrichment, remediation, and a summer tutorial program for third through eight grade students in the community who have not met CRCT Reading and Math standards.

Proposed Recipient: Butler Police Department
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Cindy Moulton, P.O. Box 476, 8 Cedar St. Butler, GA
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide law enforcement communications equipment.

Proposed Recipient: Calhoun County Board of Education
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. Box 39, Morgan, GA 39866
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the Implementation of the Georgia Sheriff's Association CHAMPS program for 5th graders.

Proposed Recipient: Calhoun County Family Connection
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. Box 58, Edison, GA 39846
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide a new program to partner at-risk youth with senior citizens. Students would spend six hours per week with these senior and be required to write stories about the seniors' lives. The compiled stories would be sold to continue funding for the program.

Proposed Recipient: City of Arlington, GA
Amount: $100,000
Contact: P.O. Box 126, Arlington, GA 39813
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding to purchase a wireless IP Technology System (security cameras) to monitor the city.

Proposed Recipient: City of Cairo, GA
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Chris Addleton, P.O. Box 29, N. Broad Street, Cairo, GA 39828
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide for the expansion of after-school and summer youth development activities for at-risk youth at Holder Park Youth Resource Center.

Proposed Recipient: City of Cordele, GA
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Dwayne Orrick; Chief of Police; City Hall, PO Box 569, Cordele, GA  31010
Explanation: Provide funding for an upgrade to the Public Safety Department’s communications system.

Proposed Recipient: Crawford Counseling and Community Learning Center
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Box 870, 80 Wright Avenue, Roberta, GA 31078
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the education and career services to students and families through the Parenting and Life Choices Program and the Employee Assistance Program.

Proposed Recipient: Dooly County Community Coalition/Family Connection
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. Box 487, 200 9th Street, Vienna, GA 31092
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for a delinquency prevention program with focus on high school students, including a youth leadership program.

Proposed Recipient: Educare Center, Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Spring Roasty, 256 Waterford Dr, Bonaire, GA 31005
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide programming for Macon County and surrounding areas to promote family and adult literacy.

Proposed Recipient: Eta Epsilon Epsilon, Inc. 
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Brian Hampton, P.O. Box 85, Reynolds, GA 31076
Explanation: Provide funding for the Young Entrepreneurs of South Georgia (YES GA) program directed towards literacy and drop-out prevention. Will teach entrepreneurship to 48 young people from low-income families, ages 11-18.

Proposed Recipient: Family Center of Columbus
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. Box 1825, 1350 15th Avenue, Columbus, GA 31902
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the Family Disintegration Prevention and Assistance Project which is designed to reduce the likelihood of disintegrating families and to minimize the trauma family disintegration has on children.

Proposed Recipient: Friends with Jesus, Inc. /Friendship House
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Joshua Paske, 220 N. Russ Street, Bainbridge, GA
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide free and non-discriminatory after school and summer services to Decatur County at-risk youth. 

Proposed Recipient: Georgia Meth Project
Amount: $1,000,000
Contact: Jim Langford, 3625 Cumberland Blvd., Suite 980, Atlanta, GA 30339
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide large-scale, statewide prevention and public awareness program designed to reduce the prevalence of first-time methamphetamine abuse in the state, focused solely on prevention.

Proposed Recipient: Georgia State University
Amount: $100,000
Contact: Georgia State University’s Center for Healthy Development, P.O. Box 3999, Atlanta, GA 30302
Explanation: This reprogramming request is the result of a corporate restructuring of the Marcus Institute last year.  As a result of this restructuring, their mission now focuses on autism research exclusively (i.e., Marcus Autism Center).  The researchers, who were affiliated with this project when sponsored by the Marcus Institute, are now affiliated with the Georgia State University Center for Healthy Development.  Both institutions concur and support this request.

Proposed Recipient: International Development Resource Organization, Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. 5303, Albany, GA 31707
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the establishment of the Albany-Dougherty County Pretrial and restorative Intervention Services in order to guide released inmates adjustment back into the community.

Proposed Recipient: Kenneth B. Walker Residential Home, Inc.
Amount: $150,000
Contact: 7600 Schomberg Rd. Suite L, Pmb 302, Columbus, GA 31909
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for juvenile mentoring programs and field trips.

Proposed Recipient: Life Transformation Ministry, Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Larry B. Sims, Sr. 900 Adder ton Street, Americus, GA 31719
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for early childhood development, expansion of youth summer camp, and after-school programs for at-risk youth ages 10-15, as well as parenting support for teen and young adult mothers.  

Proposed Recipient: Miller County New Vision Coalition, Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Gayle Grimsley, 304 W. Pine Street, Suite B, Colquitt, GA
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for the "Too Good for Drugs" after-school program to high school students.

Proposed Recipient: National Center for State Courts
Amount: $2,000,000
Contact: 300 Newport Ave. Williamsburg, VA 23185
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for the State Courts Improvement Initiative enabling increased support for KIS, a library and clearinghouse service for state court personnel; education and technical assistance for judges and court personnel.

Proposed Recipient: Peach County Inter-Agency Council/ Family Connection
Amount: $75,000
Contact: 410 East Church Street, Fort Valley, GA 31030
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for to implement a 48-week program directed towards teaching youth spiritual and social principles that may be applied to everyday life, in an effort to reduce unplanned pregnancies and sexual transmitted diseases.

Proposed Recipient: Project Rebound, Inc.
Amount: $250,000
Contact: 2833 Minosa St. Columbus, GA 31906
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the mentoring program for troubled youth through the Juvenile Diversion Program.

Proposed Recipient: Schley County School District (GA)
Amount: $75,000
Contact:  Belverlyn Hill, 2131 Hwy 19 South (P.O. Box 1350) Ellaville, GA 31806
Explanation: Funding for an after-school, at-risk teen development and training program.

Proposed Recipient: Southwest Georgia Humanitarian Rural Outreach
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Ms. Liz Tomlin, P.O. Box 386, 626 Planter Street, Bainbridge, GA 39817
Explanation: The program will provide rural outreach activities including: student, family, and community service learning, career preparation, academic support/enrichment, cultural enrichment, summer school for children of migrant and seasonal workers, year-round community services for rural area families.

Proposed Recipient: South Western Judicial Circuit Family Violence Council, Inc.
Amount: $75,000
Contact: Department of Sociology/Psychology, 800 GSW University Dr., Americus, GA 31709
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide for the hiring of a domestic violence advocate, whose primary responsibility would be to protect victims by assisting them in filing for Temporary Restraining Orders and scheduling a hearing for a twelve-month  protective order.

Proposed Recipient: Taylor County Family Matters Collaborative
Amount: $75,000
Contact: P.O. Box 1930, 35 Oak Street, Butler, GA 31006
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for an after-school program for students in grades 4-8, including tutoring, recreation, and prevention.

Proposed Recipient: Thomas County Emergency 9-1-1 Service
Amount: $75,000
Contact: 110 South Crawford Street, Thomasville, GA 31792
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for emergency communication center for Thomas County. 

Proposed Recipient: Thomasville’s Community Resource Center
Amount: $60,000
Contact: P.O. Box 1897 Thomasville, GA 31799
Explanation: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for the continuance of after-school programs which offer homework assistance and life-skills education.

Proposed Recipient: Twin Cedars Youth Services, Inc./Anne Elizabeth Shepherd Home
Amount: $75,000
Contact: 751 Double Churches Rd. Columbus, GA 31904
Explanation: The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the facility’s counseling and mental health services to physically and sexually abused girls, ages 7-17.