Thursday, June 21, 2012

UB Funding and Allocation 2012

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM 

Funding Status

FY 2012 ESTIMATE (BASED ON PRESIDENT'S FY 2012 BUDGET REQUEST) (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Total Funding Allocation: $324,902,000
Number of New Awards Anticipated: 982

FY 2011

Upward Bound Total (Regular UB and CCRAA*)
Total Funding Allocation$305,387,247*
Number of Awards951
Number of Participants64,262
Average Award$321,122
Average Number of Participants68
Average Cost per Participant$4,752
** Includes $3,583,603 to extend funding for CCRAA grantees through January 2012.















































High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)
TypeUnarmored: Light Utility Vehicle,
Armored: Light Armored Car
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service1984 – present
Production history
ManufacturerAM General
Unit costUnarmored: $65,000
Armored: $140,000 [1]
Produced1984 – present


 United States - Army: 260,000, Marine Corps: 44,000

UB HSU = 
One fully armored Humvee and one partially armored Humvee.


or, . . . 

For $21,300,000

UH-60 Black Hawk
A UH-60L Black Hawk flies a low-level mission over Iraq in 2004.
RoleUtility helicopter
ManufacturerSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
First flight29 November 1974
Introduction1979
StatusIn production, in service
Primary usersUnited States Army
Republic of Korea Army
Colombian Armed Forces
Turkish Armed Forces
Produced1974–present
Number built>2,600
Unit costUH-60: US$21.3 million (avg. procurement, 2012)[1]
VariantsSikorsky SH-60 Seahawk
Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk
Sikorsky S-70



 United States
  • United States Army has 1,349 UH-60s, 64 EH-60s, and 58 MH-60s in inventory as of January 2010.

One Blackhawk helicopter = 
61 Upward Bound Programs.