Working to Take Care of New Jersey

Below are Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests that Senator Kim is fighting for under the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in Fiscal Year 2026.

Please click here for the official Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) disclosure letter and a breakdown of the funding requests.

Project Name: BetterFutureBuilders Entrepreneurship Certificate program

Project Location: New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,450,000

Intended Recipient: NJ Tech Council

Description: The funding of this project will support programming for school districts across New Jersey expanding & enhancing a youth business entrepreneurship mentoring program. This project will benefit high school students from across the state, from Cape May County to Bergen County.

Project Name: Teaching Matters for Newark Foundational Literacy Project

Project Location: New York, New York

Amount Requested: $500,000

Intended Recipient: Teaching Matters, Inc.

Description: This funding would support school literacy education throughout Newark, NJ public schools in the adoption and implementation of a phonics and foundational literacy skills curriculum and associated tools to train K-3rd grade teachers.

Project Name: Ambulance Acquisition for City of Bridgeton EMS

Project Location: Bridgeton, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $435,000

Intended Recipient: City of Bridgeton

Description: This funding will acquire a new ambulance for a diverse low-moderate income community with a poverty rate of 30%. The ambulance will improve capacity to protect lives and property of residents.

Project Name: ICGMC for Increased Community-Based Services

Project Location: Hamilton, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $40,000

Intended Recipient: Interfaith Caregivers of Greater Mercer County, Inc.

Description: This funding will support an expansion of caregiving services and wellness programs that improve the quality of life and help meet the concerns and needs of the homebound elderly and adults with disabilities.

Project Name: AAPI Montclair Inc. for Expanding Access to Mental Health Services

Project Location: Montclair, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $250,000

Intended Recipient: AAPI Montclair Inc.

Description: This project would build on successful pilot efforts by AAPI Montclair to increase uptake and availability of mental health services for the over one million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in New Jersey.

Project Name: Court Appointed Special Advocates Fostering Futures Program for NJ Foster Youth

Project Location: Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $200,000

Intended Recipient: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Morris and Sussex Counties

Description: CASA’s Fostering Futures Program for NJ Foster Youth is a project that will improve the treatment of child abuse and neglect by facilitating access to a proven program to foster youth ages 14 to 21 who are preparing to age out of foster care throughout NJ.

Project Name: Self-Sufficency for NJ’s Newest Neighbors through Legal Services and English Language Preparation

Project Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $300,000

Intended Recipient: International Rescue Committee

Description: The funding of this project will provide high level & comprehensive legal services & professional English language educationin support of new residents across New Jersey to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Project Name: Early Head Start Afterschool Program

Project Location: Hudson County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $74,000

Intended Recipient: North Hudson Community Action Corporation

Description: Funding will be used to expand access to high-quality, comprehensive afterschool programming for 32 toddlers from high-poverty, low-income families to transition into Head Start/Pre-K classrooms, as well as eliminate barriers to sufficiency.

Project Name: NJIT’s Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts and the Newark College of Engineering for Equipment

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,890,000

Intended Recipient: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Description: Funding will be used to enhance instructional and research capabilities, fostering critical interdisciplinary collaboration, providing students with hands-on experience using cutting-edge AI-powered technology to encourage economic growth driven by technological innovation.

Project Name: Enhancing Health and Wellness for New Jerseyans with Serious Mental Illness

Project Location: Rahway, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,098,000

Intended Recipient: Volunteers of America-Greater New York, Inc.

Description: The funding of this project expands capacity to help people with mental illness achieve psychiatric rehabilitation goals, promoting long-term health, stability & independence. This would invest in staff training & equipment will expand capacity to help clients integrate with their communities.

Project Name: Engage NJ-Expanding Public Service and Preparing a 21st Century Workforce

Project Location: Montclair, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,464,000

Intended Recipient: Engage NJ

Description: This project will build transferrable skills for a thriving workplace through public service in postsecondary education across the state. These programs will be accessible to the broadest range of student demographics.

Project Name: ECFJC for Increasing Trauma Informed Mental Health & Domestic Violence Services

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $330,000

Intended Recipient: Essex County Family Justice Center

Description: This funding will support delivery of counseling and comprehensive services including assessment of mental health and medical-behavioral health needs, homicide risk assessment, provision of 4-6 weeks of evidence-based therapeutic counseling, and evaluation of the counseling impact.

Project Name: Comprehensive Older Adult Services

Project Location: Bergen County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $85,000

Intended Recipient: Bergen Family Center

Description: This funding will expand older adult services which include care management for low-income, homebound seniors, an adult day program, caregiver support program, and Senior Center for Independent Living

Project Name: NJ Career Readiness Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Project Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $250,000

Intended Recipient: Best Buddies International, Inc.

Description: The New Jersey Career Readiness Project’s purpose is to provide outreach to students with disabilities ages 14-21 and their families and to provide training through a combination of self-advocacy, career-readiness, and work-based learning opportunities as they transition from school to career.

Project Name: Igniting New Jersey’s Potential: Harnessing the Power of Transformative Learning Experiences Through Expanded High Impact Practices

Project Location: Mercer County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $660,000

Intended Recipient: The College of New Jersey

Description: The funding of this project increases the number of opportunities for students, including non-traditional students, to access High-Impact Practices such as common intellectual experiences, service learning, research, and internships, with a purpose of alignment with community partners.

Project Name: Advancing Mental Health Support for At-Promise Youth

Project Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $250,000

Intended Recipient: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern New Jersey Inc

Description: This funding aims to provide vital support and intervention for underprivileged youth through mentorship programs facilitated by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal & Northern NJ and will focus on preventing and supporting mental well-being among vulnerable youth populations.

Project Name: Women’s Rights Information Center for Career Empowerment Program

Project Location: Englewood, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $461,000

Intended Recipient: Women’s Rights Information Center

Description: This funding would expand the Career Empowerment Program by offering comprehensive job search and placement services and will serve under- and unemployed individuals by equipping them with the tools, resources, and support they need to secure stable employment in today’s competitive job market.

Project Name: Easter Seals New Jersey Inc. for Behavioral Health Smart Homes

Project Location: Jamesburg, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $241,000

Intended Recipient: Easter Seals New Jersey Inc.

Description: This project would transform 40 residences into smart homes for adults with acute mental illness to enhance their recovery journey and provide better connections to services through telehealth, a greater ability to perform daily tasks of living, health monitoring, and more safety measures.

Project Name: Paterson & Passaic Resilient Futures Project

Project Location: Passaic County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $581,000

Intended Recipient: Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic

Description: This project is a community wellness and social emotional learning program that provides trauma informed wrap around support to nearly 2000 youth. The program includes services to develop self-advocacy and confidence to break the cycle of socio-economic challenges facing families and communities.

Project Name: Integrity House for SUD/MH Treatment Facilities Upgrades

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,750,000

Intended Recipient: Integrity, Inc.

Description: This funding would support comprehensive renovation of 101 Lincoln Park facility, which is in urgent need of repair and rehabilitation. The facility is a critical hub of essential operations for those receiving residential services, in addition to serving over 2,000 people through its community outreach programs in the city.

Project Name: Expanding Services Beyond Pantries For Student Health and Success

Project Location: Montclair, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $345,000

Intended Recipient: Engage NJ

Description: The funding of this project is to establish Campus Resource Centers will increase food security, mental wellbeing & academic persistence for a students. This project would expand services at the CRC to include a more holistic approach, as current programs only address food insecurity.

Project Name: University Hospital for Purchasing Innovative Imaging Technology

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $3,800,000

Intended Recipient: University Hospital

Description: This funding will provide for the acquisition of Hybrid Operating Room (OR) technology and equipment which would support improvements in patient outcomes and decreased procedure times.

Project Name: Chamber of Commerce Foundation for Jobs for America’s Graduates Program

Project Location: Trenton, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $355,000

Intended Recipient: New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.

Description: This funding will allow Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) NJ to expand its reach, validate its economic impact through targeted projects, and strengthen pathways for students to pursue post-secondary education and employment, ultimately benefiting local communities and the state economy.

Project Name: Braven Accelerator Course at Rutgers University-Newark

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,095,000

Intended Recipient: Braven, Inc.

Description: The funding of this project aims to provide career programming to ensure career development post-graduation. Sophomores & transfer juniors will be automatically enrolled into a semester-long, credit-bearing Career Accelerator course helping them transition from college to post-college opportunities.

Project Name: County of Atlantic for Program Director and Equipment for Dental Hygenist School

Project Location: Atlantic City, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $430,000

Intended Recipient: County of Atlantic

Description: The funding in this request will be used to hire a Program Director, purchase equipment, and pursue accreditation for a dental hygienist program through the Atlantic Cape Community College.

Project Name: Arts Ed NJ Inc for Expansion of Youth Arts Ed Council, Ambassador program, and Youth Summit

Project Location: Burlington, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $50,000

Intended Recipient: Arts Ed NJ Inc

Description: This funding would support the expansion of the Youth Arts Education Council, including its statewide Youth Summit and new Youth Ambassador Program, providing high school students with dynamic leadership training, arts advocacy skills, and civic engagement opportunities.

Project Name: Ladders to Sucess: Healthcare Workforce and Military Service Training

Project Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,341,000

Intended Recipient: Visiting Nurse Association Health Group

Description: This project is a workforce development initiative designed to address the critical nursing shortage by recruiting and training military service members, veterans, and students for healthcare careers with education, training, and social support services.

Project Name: 21st Century CenterPath Wellness

Project Location: Plainfield, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $450,000

Intended Recipient: Centerpath Wellness Inc.

Description: This project is to expand and modernize the treatment space of CenterPath Wellness, a community mental health clinic, allowing it to expand services and open a substance-use disorder (SUD) program and eventually become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC).

Project Name: Family & Community Services of Somerset County for Mental Health Empowerment Program

Project Location: Bound Brook, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $60,000

Intended Recipient: Family & Community Services of Somerset County

Description: This project would address the critical mental health needs of young adults in our community by providing individual sessions, peer support groups, and outreach initiatives aimed at increasing mental health awareness, reducing stigma, and providing participants with coping strategies and resources.

Project Name: LISC-NJ for New Jersey Financial Opportunity Centers

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,410,000

Intended Recipient: Local Initiatives Support Corporation New Jersey

Description: This funding would build and expand community-based income- and wealth-building programs in nine low – to moderate-income communities.

Project Name: Gold Foundation for Gold Human-Centered Care

Project Location: Fort Lee, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $980,000

Intended Recipient: The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Description: This project engages the four largest medical educators and providers in the state to develop and implement evidence-based and evidence-informed tools in one portable intervention while evaluating their impact on patients, healthcare professionals and system culture, and cost effectiveness.

Project Name: Rider University for Improved Wi-Fi Access on Campus

Project Location: Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $3,100,000

Intended Recipient: Rider University

Description: This project would provide the necessary Wi-Fi infrastructure upgrade to the campus community so it has the level of support necessary to support the ever-growing needs of technology on a college campus

Project Name: City of Newark for Pre-K to Grade 3 Literacy Initiative

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $700,000

Intended Recipient: City of Newark

Description: This funding would deliver evidence-based, high dosage tutoring to Newark students in 2nd and 3rd grade and provide teachers of early literacy with professional development in reading and writing to help close the literacy gap.

Project Name: Coriell Institute for New Biomedical Research Labs

Project Location: Camden, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $3,020,000

Intended Recipient: Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Description: This funding would support the construction of 3,000 square feet of a core facility lab space. The new lab space will offer cutting-edge instrumentation, assay development, cell imaging, and the development of new products and services to meet the needs of scientists and emerging biotech companies.

Project Name: CAMcare Health Corporation for Proposal to Establish a 340B Pharmacy

Project Location: Camden, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $725,000

Intended Recipient: CAMcare Health Corporation

Description: This project aims to establish a 340B pharmacy within CAMcare Health Corporation’s 817 Federal St., Camden, NJ facility to enhance medication accessibility, improve patient outcomes, and ensure financial sustainability.

Project Name: RWJBarnabas Health for Obstetric Mannequin Training Program

Project Location: West Orange, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $968,000

Intended Recipient: CAMcare Health Corporation

Description: This funding would support the purchase of high-fidelity obstetric mannequins to reduce maternal mortality by enhancing the preparedness and competency of healthcare providers in managing complex obstetric emergencies.

Project Name: Rutgers University-Camden for South Jersey College and Career Readiness Initiative

Project Location: Camden, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $350,000

Intended Recipient: Rutgers University-Camden

Description: This project will advance the economic and social mobility of Rutgers University–Camden’s first-generation undergraduate student population through the establishment of a portfolio of career readiness and college success programs.

Project Name: United Way of Northern NJ – Stabilizing New Jersey’s Low-Wage Workforce

Project Location: Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $700,000

Intended Recipient: United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc

Description: This project will provide a comprehensive range of workplace financial stability services and measure the impacts these services on low-income workers, their families, and businesses.

Project Name: Meals on Wheels of Mercer County for Subsidized Meal Program

Project Location: Mercer County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $150,000

Intended Recipient: Meals on Wheels of Mercer County

Description: This funding would support the the Subsidized Meal Program (SMP) in Mercer County, NJ which provides daily medically tailored meals for food insecure and socially isolated participants that are unable to pay at zero cost to the individual.

Project Name: Meals on Wheels of Salem County for Subsidized Disabled Medical Meals

Project Location: Salem County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $27,000

Intended Recipient: Meals on Wheels of Salem County

Description: This funding would support a meal program for the disabled under the Older American’s Act. This program will serve those who are under 60 years of age and disabled.

Project Name: Jersey City for Peaceful Families and Mental Health First Aid Program

Project Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,460,000

Intended Recipient: City of Jersey City

Description: This project would provide vulnerable communities in Jersey City with mental health first aid services intended to identify and treat root causes of poor mental health – financial and living statuses, or chronic illness – and connecting them to appropriate service providers and treatment plans.

Project Name: Community Services Inc. of Ocean County for End the Wait with new Meals on Wheels route

Project Location: Ocean County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $185,000

Intended Recipient: Community Services Inc. of Ocean County

Description: This funding would expand the home delivered meal program and add an additional route, which will help End the Wait for 60 homebound and socially isolated older adults that are on the wait list in Ocean County, NJ.

Project Name: Georgian Court University for Nursing Faculty Training and Nursing Simulation Equipment

Project Location: Lakewood, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $420,000

Intended Recipient: Georgian Court University

Description: This project will support training and simulation equipment for the almost 400 students in the nursing program annually. Simulation equipment will enhance the education GCU nursing students over the 10-year lifespan of the equipment.

Project Name: Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. for Carrier Clinic

Project Location: Edison, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,500,000

Intended Recipient: Hackensack Meridian Health Inc

Description: This funding will support a major expansion project for pediatric and adult behavioral health inpatient care. With Phase 1 of the construction underway, HMH is seeking funds for Phases 2 and 3.

Project Name: Hackensack Meridian Health Inc. for Palisades Medical Center Expansion

Project Location: Edison, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,210,000

Intended Recipient: Hackensack Meridian Health Inc

Description: This funding would help support construction and equipment costs for Hackensack Meridian Health’s expansion of the Emergency Department, helping provide much needed improvements to patient care, and creating the infrastructure necessary to better serve the community.

Project Name: Manville for High-Impact Tutoring

Project Location: Manville, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,200,000

Intended Recipient: Manville School District

Description: This funding would support a high-impact, high-intensity tutoring program for 1,100+ students that advances equity in academic success and increases vulnerable students’ college and career readiness in Manville School District.

Project Name: Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled of MetroWest for Life | Home | Tech Program

Project Location: Livingston, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,185,000

Intended Recipient: Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled of MetroWest, Inc.

Description: This project will expand JSDD’s Life | Home | Tech iniative, using technology to help individuals with disabilities, autism, and older adults achieve their goals, manage daily routines, and live more independently.

Project Name: Felician University for Technology Infrastructure Upgrades for Student Retention, Success, and Career Readiness

Project Location: Lodi, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $675,000

Intended Recipient: Felician University

Description: Felician University’s request will provide much-needed upgrades to the university’s technology infrastructure, which will increase students’ access to technology-rich teaching and learning environments as well as critical, just-in-time advising support.

Project Name: Altantic Health System for Morristown Medical Center Clinical Oncology Treatment Proton Therapy Initiative

Project Location: Morristown, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Intended Recipient: Atlantic Health System

Description: This funding will support acquisition and installation of a proton therapy system to address the clinical gap in cancer care that exists in northern New Jersey.

Project Name: Atlantic Health System for Overlook Medical Center Advanced MRI Imaging and Capacity Enhancement Project

Project Location: Morristown, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,056,000

Intended Recipient: Atlantic Health System

Description: This funding would install a new 1.5 Tesla MRI unit at OMC, in a central location in order to improve patient throughput, turn-around-time, patient flow for inpatient units, emergency department, anesthesia, and critical care units including the neuro ICU and pediatric populations.

Project Name: The Kean Diagnostic Lab – Global Grace Health Access Partnership (HAP)

Project Location: Union, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $630,000

Intended Recipient: Kean Clinical Diagnostics Lab Inc.

Description: The funding of this project will expand the physical footprint of the Kean Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (KDL), a non-profit company affiliated with Kean University. This investment will also refurbish the mobile health vehicle, and validation costs for new clinical diagnostic tests.

Project Name: Career Readiness and Exploration for Middle School Students from Underserved Communities

Project Location: Edison, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $500,000

Intended Recipient: Junior Achievement of New Jersey

Description: The funding of this project will enhance career exploration programming for middle school students across NJ with a particular focus on low- to moderate-income communities. This initiative addresses workforce development needs in NJ, ensuring students gain exposure to high-growth industries.

Project Name: Fairleigh Dickinson University for Cybersecurity Hands-on Learning

Project Location: Teaneck, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $726,000

Intended Recipient: Fairleigh Dickinson University

Description: This funding would equip two cyber defense and forensics labs, one at the Florham campus and one at the Metropolitan campus, to provide cybersecurity training and hands-on learning in cyber skills and development.

Project Name: Saint Peter’s University for Building Tomorrow’s Healthcare Leaders

Project Location: Jersey City, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $2,500,000

Intended Recipient: Saint Peter’s University

Description: This funding would support the construction of the School of Health Sciences to address the critical shortage of qualified patient care professionals.

Project Name: Kean University Cybersecurity and Homeland Security Innovation Center

Project Location: Union, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,116,000

Intended Recipient: Kean University

Description: The Innovation Center will house a Security Operations Center (SOC) focusing on the cyber-physical realm of Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) to address the need for more education and training in the areas of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and situational awareness.

Project Name: Respiratory Program Expansion Project

Project Location: Lincroft, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $975,000

Intended Recipient: Brookdale Community College

Description: The funding of this project will expand Brookdale Community College’s Respiratory Therapy Program to increase the number of students graduating. The program will double its laboratory space, adding a designated simulation space & an additional neonatal unit, as well as other upgrades.

Project Name: Senior Transportation Vehicle Acquisition

Project Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $288,000

Intended Recipient: Borough of East Rutherford

Description: The funding of this project will support the purchase of a new senior-transportation vehicle, which will be significantly easier for seniors to use, allowing residents to visit their primary care physicians & local pharmacies.

Project Name: Thomas Edison State University for Cybersecurity Center

Project Location: Trenton, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $665,000

Intended Recipient: Thomas Edison State University

Description: This funding would establish a premier cybersecurity center that provides hands-on, workforce in-demand training and education opportunities and resources especially for underrepresented groups (in STEM fields) and transitioning military with the purpose of improving their job opportunities.

Project Name: Thomas Edison State University for TESU – Virtual Simulated Learning Project

Project Location: Trenton, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $950,000

Intended Recipient: Thomas Edison State University

Description: This funding would expand the current nursing program education modules, technology and facilities to meet the growing demand for nurses and allied healthcare workers in NJ and the nation.

Project Name: CentraState Healthcare System for Advanced Simulation Training for Healthcare Education

Project Location: Freehold, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $756,000

Intended Recipient: CentraState Healthcare System

Description: This funding would establish an Advanced Simulation Training Lab for Healthcare Education, featuring high-fidelity mannequins and advanced medical simulation equipment to enhance the hands-on training of medical professionals.

Project Name: The Valley Hospital Telehealth Patient Safety Initiative

Project Location: Paramus, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,300,000

Intended Recipient: Valley Health System

Description: This project will enhance patient safety and help address the nursing workforce shortage by allowing the hospital to purchase equipment for virtual nursing, observation, and fall monitoring networks so that one nurse can monitor and care for several patients at the same time.

Project Name: St. Joseph’s University Medical Center for Capacity Enhancement Initiative

Project Location: Paterson, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,400,000

Intended Recipient: St. Joseph’s University Medical Center

Description: This project would renovate the 2nd and 3rd floors at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, expanding bed capacity and improving patient care.

Project Name: NJ Rising Stars E-Commerce Workforce Development Initiative

Project Location: Ocean County, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $750,000

Intended Recipient: NJ Rising Stars, Inc.

Description: The funding of this project will support direct career services, skills training & work-based learning opportunities for low-income unemployed and underemployed individuals. This will address employment gaps and equipping participants with in-demand skills in sales, warehousing and logistics.

Project Name: Women’s Rights Information Center for Wellness & Trauma Amelioration Program

Project Location: Englewood, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $465,000

Intended Recipient: Women’s Rights Information Center

Description: This funding would support WRIC’s Wellness and Trauma Amelioration Program, which offers free, evidence-informed trauma amelioration therapies to help victims of crime, particularly those affected by domestic violence.

Project Name: New Jersey Scalable IT Workforce Training and Career Pathways for Untapped Tech Talent

Project Location: Newark, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $750,000

Intended Recipient: NPower

Description: The funding of this project will support enhanced recruitment & employer outreach to connect students to employment opportunities in high-growth tech careers.

Project Name: BMG for Technology Upgrade and Equipment

Project Location: Lakewood, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,066,000

Intended Recipient: Beth Medrash Govoha of America

Description: This project would overhaul BMG’s data platform used to manage data and interactions associated with student accounts, records, student financial aid and other institutional processes, which will enable the institution to modernize its systems and streamline student interactions with the institution.

Project Name: Stockton University Emergency Technology and Fire Alarm Systems Upgrade

Project Location: Galloway, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $4,875,000

Intended Recipient: Stockton University

Description: This funding will provide a new emergency response system that is code compliant and provide an integrated system throughout the entire campus in Galloway. 

Project Name: Clothing Allowance for Children in Kin Families in Central NJ

Project Location: New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,483,000

Intended Recipient: The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey

Description: The funding will be used to purchase clothing for children in Kin care across7 NJ counties. This service helps maintain a safe and stable home environment for the child.

Project Name: Engage NJ for THRIVE Series for Student Success

Project Location: Montclair, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $380,000

Intended Recipient: Engage NJ

Description: This project is designed to be accessible to the broad student demographic from all nonproprietary higher ed sectors, and provides credentials demonstrating readiness for New Jersey’s workplace through public service experiences.

Project Name: Stockton University for Counseling Center Expansion and Renovation

Project Location: Galloway, New Jersey

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Intended Recipient: Stockton University

Description: This project supports the New Jersey State Plan for Higher Education’s priority to provide students with safe and supportive campuses and improve students’ mental health by expanding mental health resources.