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Congressionally Directed Spending Requests FY22

Please see the information below for Senator Baldwin's Fiscal Year 2022 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests in accordance with Rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

1. Army Corps of Engineers

Project Purpose: Feasibility study of infrastructure improvements to Menominee Harbor in Marinette, WI

Project Location: Marinette, WI

Amount Requested: $1,500,000

2. Army Corps of Engineers

Project Purpose: Section 216 study regarding configuration of federal breakwater

Project Location: Two Rivers, WI

Amount Requested: $200,000 

3. Army Corps of Engineers

Project Purpose: Flood risk management plan for the Upper Mississippi River

Project Location: Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri

Amount Requested: $1,000,000 

4. Army Corps of Engineers

Project Purpose: New start to fund NESP construction and ecosystem restoration

Project Location: Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $45,100,000

1. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Project Purpose: UW-Madison Plant Germplasm Research Facility

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $39,700,000

2. Glidden Area Ambulance Service

Project Purpose: To purchase an ambulance in order to re-establish the Glidden Area Ambulance Service serving the Townships of Gordon, Jacobs, Peeksville, and Shanagolden

Project Location: Glidden, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $151,000

3. Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County

Project Purpose: To support construction of a replacement facility for Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County and expand its services, including the addition of mental health care unit and operating room

Project Location: Darlington, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $4,000,000

4. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College

Project Purpose: To support the development of student housing as part of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College’s development of a new campus

Project Location: Hayward, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

5. City of Platteville

Project Purpose: City of Platteville Fire Station

Project Location: Platteville, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $7,000,000

6. Incourage Community Foundation

Project Purpose: Rural Hub for Economic Renewal

Project Location: Wisconsin Rapids

Amount Requested: $3,000,000

7. Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program

Project Purpose: Flood mitigation and food handling upgrades to the Iowa County Food Pantry, which serves as a regional food distribution site and local food pantry

Project Location: Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $54,000

8. Friends of the Sparta Free Library

Project Purpose: To support expansion and upgrades to the Sparta Free Library

Project Location: Sparta, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $250,000

9. Frederic Arts, Inc. 

Project Purpose: Accessibility updates to Frederic Arts, an all-volunteer and community-based non-profit organization

Project Location: Frederic, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $23,000

10. City of Reedsburg

Project Purpose: City of Reedsburg Community Center 

Project Location: Reedsburg, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $220,000

1. Fort McCoy

Project Purpose: To construct an Open Bay, Transient Training Enlisted Barracks based on the standard, approved, Operational Readiness Training Complex concept

Project Location: Fort McCoy, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $29,200,000

2. Fort McCoy

Project Purpose: To construct a Transient Training Officers' Quarters (TTOQ) based on the standard layout depicted in the Operational Readiness Training Complex

Project Location: Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $24,000,000

3. Fort McCoy

Project Purpose: To construct an Open Bay, Transient Training Enlisted Barracks based on the standard, approved, Operational Readiness Training Complex concept.

Project Location: Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $29,200,000

4. Volk Field Wisconsin National Guard

Project Purpose: To provide planning and design funding to support construction of a high-bay aircraft maintenance hangar and associated aircraft maintenance shops utilizing conventional design and construction methods to accommodate the mission of the facility. Facilities will be designed as permanent construction in accordance with the DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 1-200-01, General Building Requirements and UFC 1-200-02, High Performance and Sustainable Building Requirements.

Project Location: Volk Combat Readiness Training Center, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $2,800,000

1. Marquette University

Project Purpose: The Education Preparedness Program (EPP) is an initiative of Marquette University Center for Urban Research, Teaching, and Outreach that provides pathways to higher learning for justice-impacted individuals in Milwaukee. The funding requested would support the EPP, allowing expansion to serve additional students.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $750,000

2. Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin 

Project Purpose: Project Ujima serves youth victims of violence who seek treatment at Children Hospital of Wisconsin’s emergency room, as well as referrals of youth and adults from other providers. The funding request will support staff training and program evaluation to enhance Project Ujima’s violence prevention services to best meet the needs of kids, families and community members and help reduce the cycle of violence.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $202,000

3. Sojourner Family Peace Center

Project Purpose: The Crisis Outreach and Intervention in Neighborhoods (COIN) Team is an initiative of Sojourner Family Peace Center and the Alma Center to offer support, advocacy and healing to families impacted by domestic violence. It will allow these agencies to provide outreach and intervention at the community level, before violence reaches a level where law enforcement involvement is necessary. It will also help reduce backlogs in the court system by offering alternative intervention and healing routes outside of the justice system for misdemeanor-level offenders.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $533,000

4. University of Madison-Wisconsin

Project Purpose: This funding would support the development of the next generation of weather sensor and imaging technology for use onboard weather aircraft to monitor storm development. It will deliver the instrument development and result validation necessary for use by federal agencies.

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

5. Oneida Police Department

Project Purpose: To assist the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin in addressing security gaps in a critical, high traffic area of the Nation that were identified in conjunction with a tragic workplace shooting. It supports enhanced security measures to protect tribal member and visitors and allow the Oneida Police Department to obtain better information faster and respond appropriately to future incidents.

Project Location: Oneida, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $622,000

6. Washington County 

Project Purpose: To assist the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in obtaining necessary hardware and data storage for body-worn cameras for sheriff’s deputies, as well as squad car cameras. The request will support greater accountability, transparency, officer performance and training within the Office.

Project Location: Washington County, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $377,000

Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

1. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Project Purpose: To pilot a small business lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $95,000

2. University of Wisconsin- Madison

Project Purpose: To support a Small Business Accounting Projections Clinic to assist start-up and growth-minded entrepreneurs with no-cost financial management education and one-on-one assistance to create financial projections for business plans

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $174,000

3. Wisconsin Historical Society

Project Purpose: To support a Digitization Roadmap for Citizen Engagement at the Wisconsin Historical Society

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $500,000

1. City of Racine

Project Purpose: KRM Transit- Corridor Study Update, Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Review

Project Location: Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine Counties        

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

2. Brown County 

Project Purpose: Highway 41- Design and construction

Project Location: Brown County

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

3. Appleton Airport

Project Purpose: Airport terminal expansion to serve current operations and anticipated growth

Project Location: Appleton, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $500,000

4. Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Project Purpose: Connected, Automated, Electric Vehicle Demonstration Corridor

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $750,000

5. Milwaukee County  

Project Purpose: Replacement of Milwaukee County Transit System buses

Project Location: Milwaukee County 

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

6. City of Milwaukee

Project Purpose: Beerline Trail- bike and pedestrian trail 

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

7. United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County

Project Purpose: Right to Counsel Milwaukee will ensure families facing the complex eviction process have legal counsel to negotiate disputes, identify and evaluate legal rights and obligations, access supportive services, and provide in-court advocacy.

Project Location: Milwaukee County

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

8. Bayview Foundation, Inc.

Project Purpose: Madison, Wisconsin

Project Location: Redevelopment and improvements for Bayview Rising affordable housing

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

9. Brown County United Way

Project Purpose: Neighborhood Community House

Project Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

10. Little John’s Restaurant 

Project Purpose: Food access and community event space

Project Location: Fitchburg, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $500,000

11. Couleecap

Project Purpose: Day Center to provide a centralized hub for individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness to connect with services needed to secure stable housing and self-sufficiency.

Project Location: La Crosse County

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

12. Boys and Girls Clubs of West-Central Wisconsin

Project Purpose: Boys and Girls Club renovation

Project Location: Tomah, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $800,000

13. City of Wausau

Project Purpose: Community development of public spaces

Project Location: Wausau, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $500,000

14. Urban League of Greater Madison

Project Purpose: Development and Construction of Madison Black Business Hub

Project Location: Madison

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

15. Menomonee Valley Partners

Project Purpose: Reconnect Milwaukee neighborhoods across I-94

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $500,000

16. City of Milwaukee 

Project Purpose: Improvements to City of Milwaukee Office of African American Affairs

Project Location: City of Milwaukee

Amount Requested: $740,000

17. Center for Black Excellence and Culture

Project Purpose: To provide for a portion of the planning for and construction of the Center for Black Excellence & Culture in Madison, WI, providing space dedicated to Black enterprise, art, history, performance and culture.

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

1. City of Fitchburg

Project Purpose: Stormwater Management Climate Change Resiliency Project

Project Location: Fitchburg, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $848,000

2. City of La Crosse

Project Purpose: Installation of wellhead treatment for PFAS chemicals

Project Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $5,600,000

3. City of Monroe

Project Purpose: Lead service line replacement

Project Location: Monroe, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,920,000

4. City of Prairie du Chien 

Project Purpose: Water main replacement

Project Location: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $250,000

5. City of Rhinelander

Project Purpose: Water quality infrastructure investments to protect against PFAS

Project Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $1,600,000

6. City of River Falls

Project Purpose: West Central Wisconsin Biosolids Facility receiving and screening upgrades       

Project Location: Ellsworth, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,600,000

7. City of Viroqua

Project Purpose: Wastewater project to serve commercial, industrial and residential development

Project Location: Viroqua, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,044,000

8. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Project Purpose: Urban watershed reforestation and wetland restoration for resiliency, reduced stormwater management costs

Project Location: Milwaukee, WI

Amount Requested: $800,000

9. Milwaukee Water Works

Project Purpose: Water quality treatment upgrades

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

10. Milwaukee Public Library

Project Purpose: Green Infrastructure and outdoor public meeting space improvements

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $985,000

11. Monroe County

Project Purpose: Establishment of a Real-Time Precipitation and Stream Monitoring System in Flood-Prone Watersheds

Project Location: Monroe County 

Amount Requested: $200,000

12. Sheboygan Water Utility 

Project Purpose: Drinking water project to provide safe drinking water to Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls and Kohler

Project Location: Sheboygan, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $4,000,000

13. Village of Granton

Project Purpose: Sewer and environmental compliance upgrades

Project Location: Granton, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $360,000

14. The Water Council

Project Purpose: Water technology development and deployment

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

15. Waukesha Water Utility

Project Purpose: Elevated storage tank as part of the city’s development of new water supply

Project Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $530,000

Subcommittee on Homeland Security

1. Village of Mount Pleasant

Project Purpose: Install erosion protection mitigation measures along Lake Park in the Village of Mount Pleasant

Project Location: Racine County

Amount Requested: $1,666,000

2. Kenosha County

Project Purpose: Install upgraded coastal revetment along Lake Michigan shoreline

Project Location: Kenosha County 

Amount Requested: $28,490,000

3. City of Kenosha 

Project Purpose: Coastline erosion revetment projects along the Lake Michigan shoreline

Project Location: City of Kenosha

Amount Requested: $19,000,000

4. Town of La Pointe

Project Purpose: Install erosion protection mitigation measures along County H in the Town of La Pointe

Project Location: Ashland County 

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

1. Best Buddies Wisconsin

Project Purpose: The Best Buddies in Wisconsin Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will create inclusive schools by providing opportunities for friendship and leadership development to students with disabilities and their peers.

Project Location: Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $257,000

2. Children's Service Society of Wisconsin

Project Purpose: To expand Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin’s school-based mental and behavioral health services into additional school districts in Wisconsin.

Project Location: Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $300,000

3. College Possible Milwaukee

Project Purpose: To support College Possible’s intensive program of coaching and support around college admission through completion for Milwaukee high school students from low-income backgrounds and expand the reach of these services in 18 area high schools.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $250,000

4. Community Health Systems

Project Purpose: To support expansion of the Community Health System's behavioral health department.

Project Location: Beloit, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $300,000

5. Employ Milwaukee

Project Purpose: To provide employment and job training services for low-income and underrepresented job seekers through Employ Milwaukee, in partnership with Milwaukee Water Works.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $2,000,000 

6. Families and Schools Together

Project Purpose: This project will support parental engagement training for early childcare providers in six Wisconsin regions, helping to build a strong network of early childcare family support and increasing the likelihood of school readiness.

Project Location: Dane County 

Amount Requested: $400,000

7. GPS Education Partners

Project Purpose: The project supports a regional collaboration among K-12 schools, higher education, workforce development, and industry in Southeast Wisconsin to develop work-based learning opportunities for students.

Project Location: Southeast Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $250,000

8. Gunderson Health System

Project Purpose: To establish a pediatric-focused mobile community health unit that will travel throughout counties in Western Wisconsin to provide vaccinations, screenings, mental health intervention, telehealth, and other primary care services.

Project Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $231,000

9. HealthNet of Rock County

Project Purpose: To support the construction of a facility for HealthNet of Rock County, which plans to integrate its medical and dental clinics into a centralized space with exam rooms, a chiropractic room, and dental operation centers.

Project Location: Beloit, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $300,000

10. Marquette University School of Dentistry

Project Purpose: To establish a dedicated special needs dental clinic for children and adults at the Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSOD) Campus Community Clinic, which also serves a statewide population.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,021,000

11. Marquette University College of Nursing

Project Purpose: To support interprofessional continuing education opportunities related to geriatrics, aging, and age-friendly care to clinicians, faculty, and students and support developing age-friendly health systems in Wisconsin.

Project Location: Wisconsin 

Amount Requested: $217,000

12. Medical College of Wisconsin

Project Purpose: To establish an interdisciplinary provider development and education program at the Medical College of Wisconsin that will focus on addressing the health and social needs of housing-unstable and homeless community members.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

13. Milwaukee County

Project Purpose: To support construction of a Mental Health Emergency Center in Milwaukee County

Project Location: Milwaukee County

Amount Requested: $2,539,000

14. Milwaukee Public Schools

Project Purpose: Milwaukee Public Schools 53206 Initiative-- To provide additional support for MPS' Building Resiliency in Classroom Education (BRICE) program to support students struggling with mental health, academic, and/or behavioral challenges in underserved communities in Milwaukee and fund driver's education to improve access to licenses and remove another needless barrier to employment while supporting a well-rounded education.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $600,000

15. Mount Mary University

Project Purpose: This project will support and develop a comprehensive approach to creating opportunity and support for minority and low-income students at Mount Mary University, a majority-minority institution of higher education.

Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $348,000

16. Partnership Community Health Center

Project Purpose: To expand the Partnership Community Health Center (PCHC) Oshkosh Dental Facility to address significant unmet need and better provide oral health care to the surrounding population with fewer capacity constraints.

Project Location: Oshkosh

Amount Requested: $600,000

17. City of Racine

Project Purpose: To support construction of a Federally Qualified Health Clinic in Racine

Project Location: Racine, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

18. Brown County United Way

Project Purpose: The Culturally Responsive Childcare Initiative will build cultural capacity within existing childcare centers to serve refugees and immigrants and to train refugees and immigrants to be employed within these centers.

Project Location: Brown County

Amount Requested: $500,000

19. United Way of Wisconsin

Project Purpose: To reconfigure the existing 211 statewide referral infrastructure, managed by United Way with statewide and local partners, as an information exchange system to maximize social and mental health care coordination and referrals across Wisconsin, and to effectively share referral, outcome, and need data with community-based organizations and other partners.

Project Location: Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $1,121,000

20. UW Health

Project Purpose: To develop and deploy Connect Rx Wisconsin, a comprehensive care coordination model intended to build household income and improve health outcomes by integrating healthcare and social services within electronic health records.

Project Location: Dane County 

Amount Requested: $3,000,000 

21. University of Wisconsin-Madison

Project Purpose: This project will provide free college courses and wrap-around support to adult learners in need, as well as support courses for incarcerated learners.

Project Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $500,000 

22. The Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging

Project Purpose: To establish a statewide falls prevention center focused on implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk of falls among older adults, including through increased fall risk screenings, a public and provider education campaign, and an online hub for falls prevention information and replicable interventions.

Project Location: Wisconsin

Amount Requested: $523,000