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Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations, FY2008

Sen. Harkin (D-IA)

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)

http://harkin.senate.gov/

Sen. Harkin (D-IA) has Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education earmarks totalling $87,411,000

For this appropriations bill, Sen. Harkin (D-IA) ranks in the 99th percentile.

“$500,000 for Barnabus Uplift, for job training and supportive services”

Sponsor:

(1 Comments, 100% Complete)

“$500,000 for Community Transportation Association of America, for the Joblinks program for continuation costs”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Des Moines Area Community College, for Project Employment”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Iowa Policy Project, for a study on temporary and contingent workers”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$175,000 for Iowa Valley Community College, for community outreach and training center”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for National Council of La Raza, to provide technical assistance on Hispanic workforce issues including capacity building. Language barriers, and health care job training”

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(1 Comments, 62% Complete)

“$100,000 for Briar Cliff University facilities and equipment”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$2,300,000 for Community Health Centers”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$150,000 for Delta Dental of Iowa, dental loan repayment program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Easter Seals Iowa, for the construction and enhancement of a health care center”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Free Clinics of Iowa to support a network of free clinics”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$300,000 for House of Mercy for renovation of the medical clinic”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$350,000 for Iowa Caregivers Association for training and support of certified nurse assistants”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Le Mars Dialysis Center for construction, renovation and equipment.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$445,000 for Ottuma Regional Health Center construction, renovation and equipment”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Saint Ambrose University for the construction of a Center for Health Sciences Education”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$3,000,000 for University of Iowa, for the facilities and equipment for a public health laboratory.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$5,000,000 for University of Iowa, for the Iowa institute for Biomedical Discovery.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for A Voice For All, for speech and language elevations for persons with disabilities.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Center for International Rehabilitation. For the Disability Rights Monitor.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$120,000 for Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, for the Iowa Food Allergy Education program.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$150,000 for Iowa Chronic Care Consortium, for a preventative health demonstration program.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$2,000,000 for Iowa Department of Public Health, to continue the Harkin Wellness Grant program.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$100,000 for Iowa Games, to continue the Lighten Up Iowa program.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$100,000 for Iowa Health Foundation, for wellness activities for dementia patients.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$450,000 for Iowa State University, for the Iowa Initiative for Healthier Schools and Student Wellness.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, for outreach, patient education, and registries.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$100,000 for Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, to educate parents about drug use by teenagers”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$350,000 for Mosaic, for the Iowa Community Integration Project”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$1,000,000 for Community Transportation Association of America, for TA to human services transportation providers on ADA requirements”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$200,000 for Palmer College on Chiropractic, Consortia Center for Chiropractic Research, and the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine, for a best practices initiative on lower back pain”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$200,000 for Palmer College on Chiropractic, Consortia Center for Chiropractic Research, and the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine, for a best practices initiative on lower back pain”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Best Buddies International, Inc., to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, to support the Residency program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Council Bluffs Early Learning Resource Center, for the FAMILY program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$150,000 for Creative Visions, for outreach to at-risk youth”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$350,000 for Des Moines Community School District and Urban Dreams, to continue a demonstration on full service community schools”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$750,000 for Des Moines Community School District, to expand pre-kindergarten programs”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$700,000 for Eisenhower Foundation to replicate the Delaney Street project in Iowa”

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(1 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Everybody Wins, for childhood literacy programs”

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(1 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Iowa Association of School Boards, for the Lighthouse for School Reform project”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Iowa City Community School District, to implement a literacy program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$7,500,000 for Iowa Department of Education to continue the Harkin grant program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$3,000,000 for Iowa School Boards Foundation, for continuation and expansion of the Skills Iowa program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$750,000 for for a demonstration in early childhood education”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for Loras College, for a literacy program with the Dubuque elementary schools”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$900,000 for Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, for the Presidential timeline project”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for PE4life Foundation, for expansion and assessment of PE4life programs across Iowa”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for University of Northern Iowa to continue the 2 + 2 teacher education demonstration program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$3,000,000 for University of Vermont, to establish the Educational Excellence program”

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(2 Comments, 100% Complete)

“$600,000 for Enable America, Inc., civic/citizenship demonstration project for disabled adults”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$100,000 for Special Olympics of Iowa, technology upgrades”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for AIB College of Business, scholarships in captioning and court reporting”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Deaf West Theatre, cultural experiences for the deaf”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$350,000 for Eastern Iowa Community College, creation of a center on sustainable energy, including equipment”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$900,000 for George Meany Center for Labor Studies-- National Labor College for curriculum development”

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(1 Comments, 100% Complete)

“$250,000 for Iowa Lakes Community College, equipment for the Sustainable Energy Education Program”

Sponsors:

(1 Comments, 94% Complete)

“$250,000 for University of Arizona, Integrative Medicine in Residency Program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$500,000 for University of Dubuque, establishment of a nursing education program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$6,000,000 for University of Tennessee, Baker Center for Public Policy”

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(1 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$100,000 for Western Iowa Tech Community College, equipment”

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(0 Comments, 88% Complete)

“$350,000 for Des Moines Art Center exhibits”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Figge Art Museum, exhibits, education programs, and community outreach”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$250,000 for Iowa Radio Reading Information Service (IRRIS) service expansion”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$200,000 for Italian-American Cultural Center of Iowa, exhibits, multimedia collections, and displays”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$400,000 for Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science, exhibits and community outreach”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$1,500,000 for AFL-CIO Working for America Institute”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$9,821,000 for Advanced Credentialing Program”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$13,000,000 for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc.”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$8,000,000 for Special Olympics education programs”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

“$1,000,000 for American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetics”

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(0 Comments, 0% Complete)

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