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Summary:  View all requests submitted by Rep. Johnson's office related to Labor / Health and Human Services appropriations.

Project: Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless - Disease Management Module for Electronic Health Records Systems, 1035 Donnelly Drive, SW Atlanta, GA 30310

Fund Request: $5,000,000

Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless will use the federal funding for the development and implementation of a Disease Management Module for Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems.  The system will focus on embedding health data measurement, best practices for disease management and outcomes measurement for diseases including prevention and wellness creating a healthier, productive workforce.

Project:  Close Up Foundation National Project, Rockdale County Public Schools - 954 N. Main Street Conyers, GA 30012

Fund Request: $5,000,000
 
Close Up provides fellowships to economically disadvantaged students and their teachers to participate in civic education programs as authorized under No Child Left Behind Act.  All grant dollars pay for tuition for economically disadvantaged students and their teachers to participate in Close Up Washington civic education programs. Tuition is all inclusive including transportation, accommodations, food, instruction, and administrative expenses.

Project: Grady Health System – upgrade the unified network, Grady Health System - 80 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE Atlanta, GA 30303

Fund Request:  $3,000,0000

The purpose of the project is to upgrade Grady Health System's unified network.  The upgrade of the unified network is critically important and is a necessary foundation for Grady's implementation of an electronic health record.

Project: Marcus Autism Center – Electronic Medical Records System, The Marcus Autism Center - 1920 Briarcliff Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30329

Fund Request:  $1,630,000

The EMR system will be used to support clinical care of Autism and other related disorders for the State of Georgia and surrounding states, provide a comprehensive record for children with Autism and other related disorders that will span their entire clinical history, and provide access to this clinical system through secured HIPPA compliant web portal technology making it accessible to care givers regardless of geographical location.

Project: Morehouse School of Medicine – electronic health records, Morehouse School of Medicine - 720 Westview Dr., S.W. Atlanta, GA 30310

Fund Request: $7,250,000

Electronic health records and other IT modalities are seen as critical components to addressing many of the problems facing the American health care system, including, but not limited to error prevention, cost containment, translation of research findings to evidence-based care, the need for greater focus on prevention, and improved health literacy.  The enclosed proposal is presented to ensure that there is not a  ‘digital divide’ in access to health informatics for safety-net providers such as Morehouse School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, public health departments, federally qualified community health centers and other community-based providers dedicated to serving the poor and uninsured. The major barrier facing safety-net providers is the extraordinary high costs of hardware, software and training.

Project: Reach Out and Read, Reading Is Fundamental - 1825 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009

Fund Request:  $10,000,000

Reach Out and Read is a national program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and young children, targeting disadvantage and poor children and families.  ROR has proven to among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each doctor visit with books and a prescription to read together.

Project: Reading Is Fundamenta, Close Up Foundation - 44 Canal Center Plaza Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314l

Fund Request: $28,000,000

RIF 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.

Project:  Rockdale Public Schools –AVID and Advanced Placement Support, Rockdale County Public Schools - 954 N. Main Street Conyers, GA 30012

Fund Request: $1,750,000

Rockdale County Public Schools proposes implementation of the best practices, evidence-based AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Program for all 5th-12 grade students and offering Advanced Placement Content Support staff at each High School – preparing them for rigorous course work – especially Math, Science and English - and success in college and ensuring that all students have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on the state content standards. AVID will “level the playing field” for minority, rural, low-income and other students.

Project: Rockdale Public Schools – Year Round Pre-Kindergarten/Early Learning Classes for Moderate to Low Income Families with a Family Literacy and Parenting Company, Rockdale County Public Schools - 954 N. Main Street Conyers, GA 30012

Fund Request: $750,000

Rockdale County Public Schools will maintain two private Pre-K classes at the Rockdale Career Academy (RCA) - one for 3 year olds and one for 4 year olds - with the goal that a minimum of 80% of the students enrolled will be from moderate- to low-income families. The program will provide the full cost of tuition, transportation, meals and aftercare to engage families and serve our most vulnerable children – ensuring school readiness and preparing them for success. A unique component of this Pre-Kindergarten program is the YEAR ROUND SCHOOL feature. Like most private early learning facilities, Rockdale County Public Schools will continue the classes throughout the summer – not only offering a continuum of education for the children, but eliminating the summertime childcare barrier that many families experience.

Project: Teach for America, Teach for America - 315 West 36th Street New York, NY 10018

Fund Request:  $25,000,000

The purpose of the funding is to go towards the recruitment, selection, placement and professional development of an estimated 8200 first- and second-year teachers in 39 low-income regions across the nation. These teachers will reach an estimated 525,000 underserved students. The $25 million in federal funds will leverage roughly $160 million in corporate, foundation and individual dollars and will make up an estimated 13 percent of Teach For America's anticipated 2010 operating revenue of $190 million.  This is a valuable investment of federal funds as this national corps of outstanding college graduates and young professionals of all academic majors, career interests and backgrounds commit at least two years to teach in urban and rural public schools in our nation's lowest-income communities and become lifelong leaders for expanding educational opportunity. Teach for America is a non-profit with a mission of enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders in the movement to eliminate educational inequality. This is accomplished by building a diverse, highly selective national teacher corps, ensuring that corps members are highly effective classroom teachers in the highest-need classrooms across the country, and supporting the corps members beyond their two-year commitment to ensure their lifelong engagement.


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