State programs Bush wants to cut

Associated Press

Here are some of the programs in Washington state that Democrats consider in jeopardy under Bush’s proposed budget cuts, the funding at stake and the lawmakers who sponsored the spending. In some cases, other legislators may have been involved:

Edmonds Community College, $250,000 to enhance programs related to child care for students and staff, parent training courses and training for early childhood educators, including the acquisition of equipment (Sen. Patty Murray).

Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, $440,000 (Rep. Jim McDermott).

YMCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County, $250,000 to support women and families through an at-risk youth center and other family supports (Murray).

University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies in Seattle, $500,000 for a demonstration project to collect and analyze health workforce data (Rep. Rick Larsen).

Lighthouse for the Blind, $500,000 to expand services that help deaf-blind clients with daily tasks, to purchase adaptive computer equipment and to provide interpreter services (Murray).

Washington Virtual Classroom Consortium, $750,000 to establish interconnectivity between rural schools to create expanded learning opportunities (Murray).

Washington Health Foundation, $1 million for a comprehensive demonstration project on improving nurse retention (Murray).

Electronic Data Systems Project, $1 million to create a database that would improve the acquisition, analysis and sharing of student information (Murray).

Life Sciences facility at the University of Washington, $6 million (Rep. Norm Dicks/Murray).

Pacific Science Center, Seattle, $250,000 to develop a hands-on genetics exhibit to explain basic concepts of genetics and the human genome project (Murray).

University of Washington, Tacoma, $100,000 for faculty, curriculum development and equipment acquisition to establish a technology institute (Rep. Adam Smith).

Educational Service District 112, Vancouver, $167,000 to implement the Help One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) reading program in elementary schools (Rep. Brian Baird).

Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery, Kennewick, $200,000 for child abuse prevention (Rep. Doc Hastings).

Education Service District 117 in Wenatchee, $250,000 to equip a community technology center to expand technology-based training (Sen. Patty Murray).

Olympic Park Institute, $250,000 to expand its scholarship fund to allow more disadvantaged students to attend its environmental education programs (Murray).

Washington Association of Career and Technical Education, $250,000 to update training technology to ensure that it meets industry standards (Murray).

Green River Community College’s Communications Access Realtime Translation (CART) Services Training, $250,000 to provide curriculum, distance learning, scholarships and job placement in the area of closed captioning (Murray).

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, $450,000 for the "Star Nations Program" (Rep. George Nethercutt).

Puget Sound Educational Service District, Burien, $490,000 for a pilot program to improve special education services and teacher training (Rep. Jay Inslee).

Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center, Spokane, $500,000 to evaluate the effectiveness of type of care provided at the center (Nethercutt).

YMCA of Greater Seattle, $500,000 to expand its teen development activities (Murray).

Lourdes Health Network, Pasco, $800,000 (Hastings).

Seattle King County Workforce Development Council, Seattle, $800,000 for the purpose of retraining displaced Boeing employees (Rep. Jennifer Dunn).

Eastern Washington University, Cheney, $1 million for purchase of equipment (Nethercutt).

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