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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Grant Opportunities

This American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants guidebook is a living document that will evolve as more information is provided by various agencies. [Last Updated March 2009]

You may also want to look at http://www.recovery.gov/ and http://www.recovery.ca.gov/ for more information about the recovery act and its impact on California.

For more information about recovery funds directly affecting our city of San Francisco, please visit http://www.recoverysf.org.

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Transportation

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Grant:	Highway Improvement Programs
Amount:	$27.5 billion was included for Highway Infrastructure Investment.
Type:	Funds are distributed by formula, with a portion of the funds within each State being sub allocated by population areas.
Administrator:	state departments of transportation
Purpose:	For transportation projects including resurfacing and pavement preservation projects, traffic signal system upgrades, bridge projects, transit projects and intelligent transportation systems.
Website:	http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/rebuilding-infrastructure
	http://www.dot.gov/recovery/


Grant:	Transit Capital Assistance
Amount:	$8.4 billion was included for transit capital assistance grants.
Type:	Funds are distributed through the existing urban and rural transit formulas - 80% of the capital assistance funds are to be distributed through the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) urbanized formula; 10% through their rural formula; and 10% through their growing states and high density formula
Administrator:	Federal Transit Administration
Description:	These funds will be used to purchase buses and equipment needed to provide additional public transportation service and to make improvements to intermodal and transit facilities
Website:	http://www.fta.dot.gov/index_9118.html


Grant:	Fixed Guideway Modernization
Amount:	$750 million was included for transit capital assistance grants.
Type:	Funds are allocated by a statutory formula to urbanized areas with rail systems that have been in operation for at least seven years.
Administrator:	Federal Transit Administration / U.S. Department of Transportation
Purpose:	These funds will be used for capital projects to modernize or improve existing fixed guideway systems, including purchase and rehabilitation of rolling stock, track, line equipment, structures, signals and communications, power equipment and substations, passenger stations and terminals, security equipment and systems, maintenance facilities and equipment, operational support equipment including computer hardware and software, system extensions, and preventive maintenance.
Website:	http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants/grants_financing_3558.html


Grant:	Capital Investments Grants (New Starts & Small Starts)
Amount:	$750 million was included for capital investment grants.
Type:	Distributed on a discretionary basis for New Starts and Small Starts projects that are already in construction or are nearly ready to begin construction
Administrator:	Federal Transit Administration - U.S. Department of Transportation
Purpose:	For light rail lines, rapid rail (heavy rail), commuter rail, automated fixed guideway system, or bus-way/high occupancy vehicle (HOV) facilities
Website:	http://www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants/grants_financing_3590.html


Grant:	Transit Capital Assistance-Discretionary Grants
Amount:	$6.9 billion was included for transit capital assistance grants.
Type:	Discretionary grants to public transit agencies to improve energy efficiency, and reduce costs and dependence on foreign oil.
Agency:	Federal Transit Administration - U.S. Department of Transportation
Website:	http://www.fta.dot.gov/index_9118.html


Grant:	National Surface Transportation System - Discretionary Grants
Amount:	$1.5 billion was included for discretionary grants for the National Surface Transportation System.
Type:	Discretionary grants to be awarded to state and local governments or transit agencies on a competitive basis for projects that will have a significant impact on the nation, a metropolitan area, or a region. Eligible projects include highway and bridge projects, public transportation projects, passenger and freight rail projects, and port infrastructure investments
Agency:	U.S. Department of Transportation
Websites:	http://www.dot.gov/
	http://www.dot.gov/citizen_services/grants_loans/


Grant:	Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail and Intercity Passenger Rail Service
Amount:	$8 billion was included for Capital Assistance to States and the High Speed Passenger Rail Program.
Type:	Discretionary grants for state government for capital improvements and planning activities necessary to support improved or new intercity passenger rail service
Agency:	Federal Railroad Administration - U.S. Department of Transportation
Website:	www.fra.dot.gov
	http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/1954
	http://www.grants.gov


Grant:	Capital Grants to Amtrak
Amount:	$1.3 billion included for capital grants to Amtrak for security and non-security improvements
Type:	grants will be given directly to Amtrak; no more than 60% will be spent in the NE corridor
Agency:	Federal Railroad Administration
Purpose:	To maintain and improve the national system of intercity passenger rail. In addition to security improvements, repair, rehabilitation, or upgrade of railroad assets or infrastructure, and for capital projects that expand passenger rail capacity including the rehabilitation of rolling stock (locomotives and passenger cars)
Website:	www.fra.dot.gov
	http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/30
	http://www.amtrack.com (for jobs and contracting opportunities)

Grant:	Federal Aviation Administration - Competitive Grants to airports for infrastructure improvements
Amount:	$1.1 billion
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Federal Aviation Administration
Purpose:	Grants to airports who are part of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) for repairs and improving critical infrastructure to improve safety and reduce congestion
Website:	http://www.faa.gov/recovery/

Grant:	Federal Aviation Administration -- Competitive Grants to improve FAA power systems
Amount:	$200 million
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Federal Aviation Administration
Purpose:	Upgrade the FAA's power system -- $50 million, modernize aging air traffic control centers -- $50 million, replace air traffic control centers and TRACONS -- $80 million, install airport lighting, navigation and landing equipment -- $20 million
Website:	http://www.faa.gov/recovery/

Grant:	Competitive Grants to Small Domestic Shipyards
Amount:	$100 million
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Department of Transportation
Purpose:	grants for investments and improvements
Website:	http://www.dot.gov/recovery/

Environment

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Grant:	Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Amount:	$4 billion included for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Type:	Funding provided to states is used to makes loans to communities, individuals, and others for high-priority water-quality activities
Administrator:	state departments of environmental protection -- INSERT YOUR STATE CONTACT HERE
Purpose:	To provide relief to communities by requiring a greater Federal share for local clean and drinking water projects and greater flexibility for States to reach communities that would otherwise not have the resources to repay a loan with interest.
Activities:	Loans are used to build or improve wastewater treatment plants; agricultural, rural, and urban runoff control; estuary improvement projects; wet weather flow control, including storm water and sewer overflows; alternative treatment technologies; and water reuse and conservation projects.
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/


Grants:	Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Amount:	$2 billion included for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
Type:	Funding provided to states is used to makes loans to communities, individuals, and others for high-priority water-quality activities
Administrator:	state departments of public health or environmental protection
Provisions:	Directs priority funding to projects on State priority lists that are ready to proceed to construction within 12 months of enactment
Purpose:	To provide relief to communities by requiring a greater Federal share for local clean and drinking water projects and greater flexibility for States to reach communities that would otherwise not have the resources to repay a loan with interest.
Activities:	Loans can be used for the installation and replacement of failing treatment facilities, eligible storage facilities and transmission and distribution systems
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/
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Grants:	Brownfields Evaluation and Clean-Up
Amount:	$100 million was included for Brownfields projects
Type:	low interest loans, job training grants and technical assistance to local governments and non-profit organizations.
Agency:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
	http://www.epa.gov/oswer



Grant:	Hazardous Substance Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Amount:	$600 million
Administrator:	Environmental Protection Agency
Provisions:	Funds will be limited to the 1,255 sites on its National Priority List of superfund remedial sites. The superfund remedial program addresses contamination from uncontrolled releases at hazardous and toxic waste sites that threaten human health and environment
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/index.htm (Visit for a list of eligible projects in your district)



Grants:	Diesel Emission Reduction Program
Amount:	$300 million was included for Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) grants.
Type:	competitive grants fund technologies to retrofit emission exhaust systems, such as on school buses and other vehicles, replace engines and vehicles, and establish anti-idling programs - 70% of the funding supports nation-wide, competitive grants, the remaining 30% funds grants to states with approved programs
Agency:	U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Purpose:	Funding is used to create clean diesel programs that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions that improve air quality and protect public health.
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/otaq/diesel/
	www.epa.gov/diesel/prgnational.htm
	http://www.epa.gov/recovery
Webform:	http://www.epa.gov/otaq/diesel/ncdc-cmt.htm



Grants:	Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust
Amount	$200 million
Agency:	Environmental Protection Agency
Description:	grants will be awarded through the Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) Program (administered by the EPA). Priority will be given based on LUST's scoring of sites
Website:	http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/ltffacts.htm
	http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/wheruliv.htm (Visit for a list of eligible projects and contacts in your state/district)



Grants:	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Construction
Amount	$2 billion was included for United States Army Corps of Engineers for construction activities.
Type:	Funding included for ongoing projects, not to initiate new projects.
Agency:	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Description:	Provides public engineering and construction services for navigation, flood and storm protection, ecosystem restoration, environmental protection, and an array of other purposes.
Website:	http://www.usace.army.mil/RECOVERY/Pages/default.aspx (for updates and information on contracting and biz opportunities)
	http://www.usace.army.mil/ABOUT/Pages/Locations.aspx -- to find regional contacts who can provide a list of projects/plans

Grants:	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Maintenance
Amount:	$2 billion was included United States Army Corps of Engineers for operation and maintenance activities.
Type:	Funding will be provided to existing Corps projects
Agency:	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Description:	Provides funding for the operation and maintenance of facilities constructed by the Corps. Work to be accomplished consists of dredging, repair, and operation of structures and other facilities.
Website:	http://www.usace.army.mil/RECOVERY/Pages/default.aspx (for updates and information on contracting and biz opportunities)
	http://www.usace.army.mil/ABOUT/Pages/Locations.aspx -- to find regional contacts who can provide a list of projects/plans

Grants:	Bureau of Reclamation -- Clean Drinking Water Fund
Amount:	$1 billion
Type:	grants based on priority ranking system
Agency:	Bureau of Reclamation
Purpose:	provide clean, reliable drinking water to rural areas and to ensure adequate water supply to western localities impacted by drought
Website:	http://www.usbr.gov/

Grants:	Watershed Infrastructure
Amount:	$340 million
Type:	grants based on priority ranking system
Agency:	Natural Resources Conservation Service
Purpose:	watershed improvement programs to design and build flood protection, water quality projects, repair aging dams, and purchase and restore conservation easements in river flood zones
Website:	http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/recovery/implementation.html

Grants:	Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Amount:	$1.38 billion
Type:	grants
Agency:	Department of Agriculture -- State Administrators
Purpose:	help communities fund drinking water and wastewater treatment systems
Website:	http://www.usda.gov/rus/
	http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/states/usamap.htm

Energy

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Grants:	State Energy Efficiency Programs
Amount:	$3.1 billion was included for the State Energy Program.
Type:	States receive funding through a formula
Description:	States use grants to address energy priorities and program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies
Contact:	PLACE YOUR STATE CONTACT OR WEBSITE HERE

Grants:	Weatherization Assistance Program
Amount:	$5 billion was included for the Weatherization Assistance Program. Provisions also expand the eligibility of low income households for the Weatherization Assistance Program and increasing the funding assistance level per dwelling (from $2,500 per dwelling to $6,500)
Type:	States receive funding through a formula
Description:	Provides energy efficiency measures in the homes of qualifying homeowners free of charge
Purpose:	To assist low-income families reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient
Contact:	PLACE YOUR STATE CONTACT OR WEBSITE HERE

Grants:	Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG)
Amount:	$3.2 billion was included for EECBG.
Type:	competitive grants to government entities
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Purpose:	To reduce fossil fuel emissions, decrease overall energy consumption, Improve energy efficiency in the transportation, building, and other energy consuming sectors of the economies of eligible entities
Description:	Assists states and local governments in implementing strategies to reduce fossil fuel emissions created as a result of activities within the jurisdictions of the eligible entities and reduce the total energy use. Activities eligible to receive funding include: conducting
	residential and commercial building energy audits; establishing financial incentives programs for energy efficiency improvements; grants to non-profits organizations to perform energy efficiency retrofits; developing/implementing programs to conserve energy used in transportation; developing and implementing building codes and inspections services to promote building energy efficiency; installing light emitting diodes (LEDs); and developing, implementing, and installing on or in any government building onsite renewable energy technology that generates electricity from renewable sources.
Website:	http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/wip/block_grants.cfm
Contact:	PLACE YOUR STATE CONTACT OR WEBSITE HERE

Grants:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Amount:	$16.8 billion was included for EERE
Type:	competitive grants to private sector, state and local govn'ts, national labs, and universities
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Programs:	10 energy programs, including the Biomass Program; Building Technologies Program; Federal Energy Management Program; Geothermal Technologies Program; Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Program; Industrial Technologies Program; Solar Energy Technologies Program; Vehicle Technologies; Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program; and Weatherization & Intergovernmental Program
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov/
contact	PLACE YOUR STATE OR LOCAL CONTACT HERE

Grants:	Biomass Program
Amount:	$800 million to be dedicated to projects related to biomass
Type:	competitive grants
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Activities:	For research, development and demonstration for converting biomass resources to biofuels
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov/biomass

Grants:	Geothermal Technologies Program
Amount:	$400 million to be dedicated for geothermal activities and projects
Type:	competitive grants
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Activities:	Research, development and demonstration efforts that emphasize the advancement of enhanced geothermal systems
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov/geothermal

Grants:	Advanced Battery Manufacturing
Amount:	$2 billion was included for Advanced Battery Manufacturing grants to support the manufacturing of advanced vehicle batteries and components
Type:	Competitive Grants to domestic manufacturing facilities
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Activities:	For the manufacturing of advanced batteries and components; and to provide facility funding to manufacturers of advanced battery systems and vehicle batteries that are produced in the United States, including advanced lithium ion batteries, hybrid electrical systems, component manufacturers, and software designers
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov

Grants:	Alternative Fueled Vehicle Pilot Grant Program
Amount:	$300 million was included for the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Pilot Grant Program
Type:	Competitive Grant to state governments, local governments, metropolitan transportation authorities, air pollution control districts, and private or nonprofit entities.
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) - Clean Cities Program
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Purposes:	To establish a grant program through the DOE Clean Cities Program to encourage the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles or other emerging electric vehicle technologies.
Activities	Funds used for the acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles, fuel cell vehicles or hybrid vehicles, including buses for public transportation and ground support vehicles at public airports. The installation or acquisition of infrastructure necessary to directly support an alternative fueled vehicle, fuel cell vehicle, or hybrid vehicle project funded by the grant also eligible.
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities

Grants:	Transportation Electrification
Amount:	$400 million for Transportation Electrification grant projects.
Type:	Competitive Grant to states, local governments, and metropolitan transportation authorities
Office:	Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Purposes:	To implement a grant program for qualified electric transportation projects that reduce emissions, including shipside electrification of vehicles, truck stop electrification, airport ground support equipment and cargo handling equipment
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov
Contact:	PLACE STATE OR LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE

Grants:	Smart Grid Investment Program
Amount:	$4.5 billion was included for the Smart Grid Investment Program.
Type:	regional demonstration initiative and matching grants to states
Office:	Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Purposes:	To modernize the electric grid, enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure, energy storage research, development, demonstration and deployment, and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply, and authorized purposes.
Website:	www.oe.energy.gov
	www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm
Contact:	PLACE STATE OR LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE

Grants:	Fossil Energy Research and Development Program
Amount:	$3.4 billion was included for Fossil Energy Research and Development Program.
Type:	competitive grants and contracts
Office:	Office of Fossil Energy
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	Research and Development programs include pollution control innovations for traditional power plants, including mercury reduction; improved gasification technologies; advanced combustion systems; development of stationary power fuel cells; improved turbines for future coal-based combined cycle plants; and creation of a portfolio of technologies that can capture and permanently store greenhouse gases.
Website:	www.fossil.energy.gov

Grants:	Physics Research Science Program
Amount:	$1.6 billion was included for the science program.
Type:	competitive grants to universities, companies, and national laboratories
Office:	Office of Science
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	Grants will primarily be awarded for research in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences
Website:	www.science.doe.gov
	http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/grants.html

Grants:	Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)
Amount:	$400 million included for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E).
Type:	Awards to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, which may include federally-funded research and development centers.
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Purposes:	To support high-risk, high-payoff research to accelerate the innovation cycle for both traditional and alternative energy sources and energy
Website:	www.energy.gov

Loan:	Innovative Technology Loan
Amount:	$6 billion
Type:	loan guarantees to legible applicants include any firm, corporation, company, partnership, association, society, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, or governmental non-Federal entity that meets specific guidelines
Agency:	Department of Energy
Purposes:	loan guarantees for renewable technologies and transmission technologies
Website:	http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html

Grants:	Nuclear Waste Environmental Cleanup
Amount:	$5.127 billion
Type:	awards based on priorities established by Dept. of Energy
Agency:	Department of Energy
Purpose:	accelerate nuclear waste cleanup at sites contaminated as a result of the nation's past nuclear activities
Website:	Click here to check for sites in your state/district - - http://www.em.doe.gov/pages/siteslocations.aspx?PAGEID=MAIN

Loan:	Transmission Loan Guarantees
Amount:	$4 billion
Type:	guarantee loans that support early commercial use of advanced technologies
Agency:	Department of Energy
Purposes:	loans for renewable energy power generation and transmission projects
Website:	www.eere.energy.gov
	http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/

Grants:	Research into Low-Emission Coal Plants
Amount:	$800 million
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Department of Energy
Website:	http://www.netl.doe.gov

Grants:	Industrial carbon capture and energy efficiency improvement projects
Amount:	$1.52 million
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Department of Energy
Website:	www.netl.doe.gov

Grants:	Grants for identifying sites to store carbon dioxide emissions
Amount:	$50 million
Type:	competitive grants
Agency:	Department of Energy
Website:	http://www.netl.doe.gov

Grants:	Training of electric grid workers
Amount:	$100 million
Type:	grants to states; partners could include non-profits, labor associations, state and local veterans' groups, and state and local govn'ts
Agency:	Department of Energy
Website:	www.oe.energy.gov
	http://www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm

Bonds:	Clean Renewable Energy Bonds
Amount:	$1.6 billion
Type:	tax-credit bonds for state/local/tribal govn'ts, public power providers, and electric cooperatives
Agency:	Internal Revenue Service
Purposes:	create interest-free financing for certain renewable energy projects
Website:	http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12249
	http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/index.html

Bonds:	Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds
Amount:	$2.4 billion
Type:	tax-credit bonds issued for capital expenditures
Agency:	Internal Revenue Service
Description:	very broad parameters for energy conservation projects including capital expenditure in public buildings, green community programs, renewable energy production, various R&D applications, mass commuting facilities, energy-related demonstration projects, and public energy efficiency education campaigns
Website:	http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/news_detail.cfm/news_id=12249
	http://www.irs.gov/taxexemptbond/index.html

Grants:	Smart Grid Investment Program
Amount:	$4.5 billion was included for the Smart Grid Investment Program.
Type:	regional demonstration initiative and matching grants to states
Office:	Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	To modernize the electric grid, enhance security and reliability of the energy infrastructure, energy storage research, development, demonstration and deployment, and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy supply, and authorized purposes.
Website:	www.oe.energy.gov
	www.oe.energy.gov/smartgrid.htm
Contact:	PLACE STATE OR LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE

Grants:	Fossil Energy Research and Development Program
Amount:	$3.4 billion was included for Fossil Energy Research and Development Program.
Type:	competitive grants and contracts
Office:	Office of Fossil Energy
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	Research and Development programs include pollution control innovations for traditional power plants, including mercury reduction; improved gasification technologies; advanced combustion systems; development of stationary power fuel cells; improved turbines for future coal-based combined cycle plants; and creation of a portfolio of technologies that can capture and permanently store greenhouse gases.
Website:	www.fossil.energy.gov

Grants:	Physics Research Science Program
Amount:	$1.6 billion was included for the science program.
Type:	competitive grants to universities, companies, and national laboratories
Office:	Office of Science
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	Grants will primarily be awarded for research in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences
Website:	www.science.doe.gov
	http://www.science.doe.gov/grants/grants.html

Grants:	Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E)
Amount:	$400 million included for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E).
Type:	Awards to institutions of higher education, companies, research foundations, trade and industry research collaborations, or consortia of such entities, which may include federally-funded research and development centers.
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy
Description:	To support high-risk, high-payoff research to accelerate the innovation cycle for both traditional and alternative energy sources and energy
Website:	www.energy.gov

Loan:	Innovative Technology Loan
Amount:	$6 billion
Type:	loan guarantees to legible applicants include any firm, corporation, company, partnership, association, society, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, or governmental non-Federal entity that meets specific guidelines
Agency:	Department of Energy
Description:	loan guarantees for renewable technologies and transmission technologies
Website:	http://www.lgprogram.energy.gov/index.html

Grants:	Nuclear Waste Environmental Cleanup
Amount:	$5.127 billion
Type:	awards based on priorities established by Dept. of Energy
Agency:	Department of Energy
Description:	accelerate nuclear waste cleanup at sites contaminated as a result of the nation's past nuclear activities
Website:	Click here to check for sites in your state/district - -http://www.em.doe.gov/pages/siteslocations.aspx?PAGEID=MAIN

Housing

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Grants:	Public Housing Authorities for Capital Needs Grants
Amount:	$4 billion
Type:	$3 Billion States receive funding through a formula
	$1 billion was also included for competitive grants
Office:	Office of Public and Indian Housing - Office of Capital Improvements
Agency:	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Description:	Funds to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for building repair and modernization, including critical safety repairs.
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/capfund/ocir.cfm
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/ph/capfund/grants/arra/index.cfm

Grants:	Homelessness Prevention Fund
Amount:	$1.5 billion
Type:	States and localities receive funding through a formula
Agency:	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Purpose:	Funding provides short-term homeless prevention assistance to those losing their housing.
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/homeless/programs/esg/
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	Community Development Block Grants
Amount:	$1 billion was included in formula funds to be distributed to local communities and states for community development and affordable housing activities.
Type:	States and localities receive funding through a formula
Administrator:	Department of Housing and Urban Development
Description:	Funding for community and economic development projects including housing and services for those hit hard by tough economic times.
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/cdblock.cfm
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Amount:	$2 billion
Office:	Office of Community Planning and Development
Agency:	U.S. Department Of Housing and Urban Development
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Help communities purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed, vacant properties in order to create more affordable housing and reduce neighborhood blight.
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/neighborhoodspg/
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	Lead Hazard Reduction Program
Amount:	$100 million
Office:	Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
Agency:	U.S. Department Of Housing and Urban Development
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds for competitive grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to remove lead-based paint hazards in low-income housing.
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/grantprograms.cfm
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	Native American Housing
Amount:	$510 Million for rehabilitation and energy efficiency upgrades at housing maintained by Native American housing programs
Agency:	U.S. Department Of Housing and Urban Development
Type:	$255 Million through a formula
	$255 Million for competitive grants
Eligibility:	Eligible applicants include Indian tribes or tribally designated housing entities (TDHEs) eligible to receive funding under NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.)
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/native-american-formula.cfm
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	HOME Investment Partnership Program
Amount:	$2.25 billion
Agency:	U.S. Department Of Housing and Urban Development
Type:	Funds will distributed by formula to states
Description	Funds will provide state and local governments with funds to create and rehabilitee affordable housing
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/programs/home/
HUD Recovery State Formulas:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tcap.cfm

Grants:	Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP)
Amount:	$2.25 billion
Agency:	U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Type:	Funds will distributed by formula to 52 State Housing Credit Agencies
Description:	Funding for capital investment in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects via a formula-based allocation to State housing credit allocation agencies
Website:	http://www.hud.gov/recovery/tax-credit.cfm

Grants:	Home Weatherization Assistance Program
Amount:	$5 billion
Agency:	U.S. Department of Energy and Housing and Urban Development
Type:	States receive funding through a formula
Description:	Funds to assist low-income families reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy efficient
Website:	http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/doe_guidelines.cfm
State Contact Info:	http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/state_contacts.cfm

Grants:	Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Amount:	$200 million
Agency:	USDA - Rural Development - Rural Housing Service
Type:	Direct and guaranteed loans
Description:	Funds to insure or guarantee rural housing loans for single-family homes, rental and cooperative housing, and rural housing sites
Website:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/
Forms:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/regs/formstoc.html

Grants:	Rural Community Facilities
Amount:	$130 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Agriculture - State Rural Development Office
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to support grants and loans to rural areas for critical community facilities, such as for healthcare, education, fire and rescue, day care, community centers, and libraries.
Website:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/cp.htm

Small Business/ Economic Development

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Loan:	Small Business Administration - 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program
Amount:	$375 million
Agency:	Small Business Administration (SBA)
Provision:	Temporary fee elimination - SBA is directed to collect no fee or reduce fees to the maximum extent possible for the 7(a) loan program
	SBA may guarantee up to 90% of 7(a) loans
Purpose:	To ensure small businesses maintain have access to 7(a) loans that may be used to establish a new business or to assist in the operation, acquisition or expansion of an existing business.
Website:	http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/sbaloantopics/7a/
	http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/index.html

Loan:	Small Business Administration- 504 Loan Program
Amount:	$375 million
Agency:	Small Business (SBA)
Description:	Funds to ensure small businesses maintain adequate access to 504 loans. 504 loans may be used for purchasing land and improvements, including existing buildings, grading, street improvements, utilities, parking lots and landscaping; construction of new facilities, or modernizing, renovating or converting existing facilities; or purchasing long-term machinery and equipment.
Website:	http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/sbaloantopics/cdc504/index.html
	http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/index.html

Grant:	Business Stabilization Program
Amount:	$225 million
Agency:	Small Business Administration (SBA)
Description:	To provide loans on a deferred basis to viable small business concerns that have a qualifying small business loan and are experiencing immediate financial hardship
Website:	www.sba.gov

Grant:	Economic Development Assistance
Amount:	$150 million
Agency:	Department of Commerce - Economic Development Administration
Description:	Funds for economically distressed areas to generate private sector jobs. Priority consideration will be given to those areas that have experienced sudden and severe economic dislocation and job loss due to corporate restructuring.
Type:	Competitive Grants
Website:	http://www.eda.gov/InvestmentsGrants/Investments.xml

Grant:	Community Development Financial Institutions
Amount:	$100 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of the Treasury
Description:	These funds will be used to help spur economic development and low-cost financial services to underserved communities.
Website:	http://www.cdfifund.gov/recovery/

Loan:	Micro-Loan Program
Amount:	$6 million
Agency:	Small Business (SBA)
Description:	Provides very small loans to start-up, newly established, or growing small business concerns. Under this program, SBA makes funds available to nonprofit community based lenders (intermediaries) which, in turn, make loans to eligible borrowers in amounts up to a maximum of $35,000. The average loan size is about $13,000. Applications are submitted to the local intermediary and all credit decisions are made on the local level.
Website:	http://www.sba.gov/services/financialassistance/sbaloantopics/microloans/index.html
	http://www.sba.gov/recovery/index.html

Job Training & Unemployment

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Grants:	Employment Training Services for Adults
Amount:	$500 million
Type:	States will receive formula funding.
Description:	Funding to states to facilitate increased training of individuals for high-demand occupations
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/programs/general_info.cfm

Grants:	Dislocated Workers Employment and Training Services
Amount:	$1.25 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding.
Description:	Funds was to provide quality employment and training services to assist individuals in finding employment, and to help employers find the skilled.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/programs/ETA_default.cfm?#

Grants:	Employment Training Services for Youths
Amount:	$1.2 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding.
Description:	Funds to create summer employment opportunities for people under 24 years old.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/

Grants:	Employment Services
Amount:	$250 million
Type:	States will receive formula funds.
Description:	Funding for reemployment services to connect unemployment insurance claimants to employment.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/programs/Wagner_Peyser.cfm

Grants:	Dislocated Worker Assistance
Amount:	$200 million
Office:	Employment & Training Administration
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	These funds will allow the Secretary of Labor to award national emergency grants to respond to plant closings, mass layoffs and other worker dislocations.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/NEG/
	http://www.doleta.gov/grants/

Grants:	YouthBuild
Amount:	$50 million
Type:	Formula funds and Competitive Grants
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor
Description:	Provides services for at-risk youth, who gain education and occupational credentials while constructing or rehabilitating affordable housing.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/youth_services/

Grants:	Green Jobs Training
Amount:	$500 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor - Employment & Training Administration
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	These funds are designated for projects that prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as described in the Green Jobs Act of 2007.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/

Grants:	Community Service Employment for Older Americans
Amount	$120 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor - Employment & Training Administration
Type:	Formula funds and Competitive Grants - Nonprofits may apply
Description:	Funding for part-time employment opportunities for low income seniors
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/seniors/

Grants:	Job Corps Program
Amount:	$250 million
Office:	Office of Job Corps
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	The funds will support construction and modernization of a network of residential facilities serving at-risk youth.
Website:	http://www.jobcorps.gov/

Grants:	Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers
Amount:	Reauthorizes all TAA programs until Dec. 31 2010, increases funding to states by $575 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Labor - Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance
Type:	Discretionary grants
Description:	Fund to help workers at firms who have become (or are threatened to become) fully or partially separated from employment due to trade with foreign countries.
Website:	http://www.doleta.gov/tradeact/taa/WhoWeServe.cfm

Health

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Grants:	Medicaid Federal Matching Assistance Percentage (FMAP) Increase
Amount:	$86.6 billion
Description:	Funds to provides states with an increase in federal matching funds for state Medicaid expenditures to avoid budget shortfalls.
Agency:	State Medicaid
Type:	Formula Funding to States
State Funding Websites:	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/statefundsmap.html
	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/statefunds.html

Grants:	Community Health Center Infrastructure Grants
Amount:	$1.5 billion
Office:	Bureau of Primary Health Care
Agency:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Type:	Competitive Grants for Existing Grantees
Description:	To renovate clinics and make health information technology improvements.
Websites:	http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/apply.htm
	http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm

Grants:	Community Health Center Services Grants
Amount:	$500 million was included for Community Health Centers.
Office:	Bureau of Primary Health Care
Agency:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Type:	Competitive Grants for Existing Grantees
Description:	To increase the number of uninsured Americans who receive quality healthcare.
Website:	http://bphc.hrsa.gov/about/apply.htm

Grants:	Community Health Center Services Grants - New Access Point Grants
Amount:	$155 million
Agency:	Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Service Administration
Type:	Grants Administered by Department of Health and Human Services
Description:	Funds to create 126 new Community Health Centers.
Website:	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/hrsa/healthcentergrants.html
Facilities Funded:	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/hrsa/applicant.html

Grants:	National Health Service Corps
Amount:	$300 million
Office:	National Health Service Corps
Agency:	Department of Health and Human Services - Health Resources and Services Administration
Type:	Competitive Grants, Scholarships, and Loan Repayment
Description:	To fund training for primary healthcare providers in specific health professional in underserved communities through the National Health Service Corps
Website:	http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/applications/

Grants:	Health Care Workforce
Amount:	$200 million
Office:	Bureau of Health Professions
Agency:	Health Resources and Services Administration
Type:	Competitive Grants, Scholarships, and Loan Repayment
Description:	To provide for training of health professions
Website:	http://www.hrsa.gov/help/healthprofessions.htm
	http://www.hrsa.gov/grants/default.htm

Grants:	Biomedical Research
Amount:	$8.7 billion
Office:	Office of the Director
Agency:	National Institutes of Health
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	To expand jobs in biomedical research to study diseases.
Website:	http://www.nih.gov/about/director/02252009statement_arra.htm

Grants:	University Research Facilities
Amount:	$1.3 billion
Agency:	National Institutes of Health - National Center for Research Resources
Type:	Competitive Grants
Purpose:	To renovate and equip university research facilities.
Description:	Funding will be used for the construction and renovation of extramural research facilities and for the acquisition research equipment.
Website:	http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/

Grants:	Prevention and Wellness Program
Amount:	$950 million was included for the Center for Disease Control for evidence based clinical and community prevention and wellness programs.
Description:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to support state and local efforts to fight preventable chronic diseases and infectious diseases.
Website:	http://www.cdc.gov/
	http://www.hhs.gov/

Grants:	Comparative Effectiveness Health Research
Amount:	$1.1 billion
Agency:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Agency on Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Type:	Competitive Grants
Purpose:	To compare the effectiveness of different medical treatments
Description:	This funding will be used to conduct or support research to evaluate and compare clinical outcomes, effectiveness, risk, and benefits of two or more medical treatments and services that address a particular medical condition. This research will not be used to mandate coverage decisions or impose one-size-fits-all" medicine on patients. It will be designed to enable medical professionals and patients improve treatment. $300 million will be administered by AHRQ
Website:	http://www.ahrq.gov/

Grants:	Health Information Technology Grants
Amount:	$2 billion
Office:	Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, CDC, and Indian Health Service/States or State-Designated Entities
Agency:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	To authorize the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology in order to promote the use and exchange of electronic health information.
Website:	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/

Grants:	Health Information Technology Improvements
Amount:	$17 billion was included to improve investments and incentives through Medicare and Medicaid to ensure widespread adoption and use of interoperable health information technology (HIT).
Agency:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Description:	Hospitals and Physician offices will automatically receive benefit through CMS reimbursements. Grants will be available through HHS for other medical agencies.
Website:	http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/

Grant:	Rural Community Facilities
Amount:	$130 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Agriculture - State Rural Development Office
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to support grants and loans to rural areas for critical community facilities, such as for healthcare, education, fire and rescue, day care, community centers, and libraries.
Website:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/cp.htm

Grant:	Indian Health Service
Amount:	$500 million
Agency:	Department of Health and Human Services - Director of the Indian Health Services
Type:	Funds will be distributed at the discretion of the Director of Indian
Description:	Funds to modernize aging hospitals and health clinics and make healthcare technology upgrades to improve healthcare for underserved rural populations.
Website:	http://www.ihs.gov/

Grant:	NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research
Amount:	$200 million
Agency:	National Institutes of Health - Office of Extramural Research
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds will support research on specific scientific and health research challenges that will benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds
Website:	http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/

Public Safety

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Grant:	State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Amount:	$53.6 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Administrators:	State Governors
Description:	To provide fiscal relief to the States to prevent tax increases and cutbacks in critical education and other services.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf
State Recovery Sites:	http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/state-recovery-page

Grants:	Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
Amount:	$210 million
Agency:	Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Type:	Competitive Grant
Purposes:	To provide assistance for communities to modify, upgrade or construct state and local fire stations
Website:	www.firegrantsupport.com/AFG/

Grants:	Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants
Agency:	$2 billion
Administrator:	Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance
Type:	Formula funding to state and local police forces
Description:	Funds to helps states and local governments support activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system enforcement.
Website:	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html
Allocations:	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryJAG/recoveryallocations.html

Grants:	Byrne Competitive Grants Program
Amount:	$225 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office of Justice Assistance
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to helps states and local governments support activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system enforcement.
Website:	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html

Grants:	Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Grants
Agency:	$1 billion
Office:	Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
Agency:	Department of Justice
Type:	Competitive Grant
Description:	For hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers
Website:	http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=2108
Eligibility:	http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/chrp/eligibilityanony.aspx

Grants:	STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program
Amount:	$175 million
Agency:	Department of Justice- Office on Violence Against Women
Type:	Formula funding to state agency
Description:	STOP formula grants are intended for use by states and territories; state, local and tribal courts (including juvenile courts); Indian tribal governments; local governments; and nonprofit, nongovernment victim services programs. Recipients are required to meet one or more of 14 statutory purpose areas. These areas include, but are not limited to: training law enforcement officers, judges, court personnel and prosecutors; developing, enlarging, or strengthening victim services programs; developing, installing or expanding data collection; and developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing stalking.
Website:	http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/stop_grant_desc.htm+

Grants:	Transitional Housing Assistance Program
Amount:	$50 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Transitional Housing Assistance Program
Type:	Competitive Grants to states, local government, Indian Tribes, nonprofits and services providers.
Description:	May be used for transitional housing, short-term housing assistance, support services designed to enable individuals who are fleeing domestic violence. violence, sexual assault, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community by providing those individuals with services such as transportation, counseling, child care services, case management, employment counseling, and other assistance.
Website:	http://www.ovw.usdoj.gov/thousing_grant_desc.htm

Grants:	Victims Compensation
Amount:	$100 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office for Victims of Crime
Type:	Formula funding to state agencies
Description:	Funding to support State compensation and assistance programs for victims and survivors of Federal and state crimes.
Website:	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/Recoveryfunds.html
Application:	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/Recoveryformula.html

Grants	Rural Law Enforcement
Amount:	$125 millions
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office of Justice Assistance
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	The funding is for grants to combat drug-related crime and other law enforcement activities in rural America.
Website	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html

Grants	Assistance for Tribal Law Enforcement
Amount:	$225 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office of Justice Assistance
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	The funding is for grants to construct jails and other law enforcement activities on tribal lands.
Website	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html

Grants	Assistance for Law Enforcement along the Southern Border and in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
Amount:	$40 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office of Justice Assistance
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	The funding is for grants to combat drug-related crime and other law enforcement activities along the Southern Border.
Website	http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/recoveryact.html

Grants:	Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program
Amount:	$50 million
Agency:	Department of Justice - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Type:	Formula funding to state agency
Description:	Funds to help State and local law enforcement agencies enhance investigative responses to offenders who use the Internet to sexually exploit children.
Website:	http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/recoveryact.html

Child Care

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Grants:	Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)
Amount:	$2 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Description:	Provides subsidized child care services through vouchers or contracts with providers to low-income working families.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/nonpublic/childcare.html

Grants:	Head Start / Early Start Programs
Amount:	$2.1 billion was included for Head Start Program funding and the expansion of the Early Head Start Program.
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Agency:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Children and Families
Description:	Funding is administered directly to Head Start programs in states to provide development, educational, health, nutritional, social and other activities that prepare children to succeed in school.
Website:	http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs/

Grants:	Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
Amount:	$1 billion was included for Community Services Block Grant (CSBG).
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Agency:	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -Administration for Children and Families
Description:	Provides funding to local community action agencies for services for the growing number of low-income families hurt by the economic crisis, such as housing and mortgage counseling, jobs skills training, food pantry assistance, as well as benefits, outreach, and enrollment.
Website:	http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Grant:	Rural Community Facilities
Amount:	$130 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Agriculture - State Rural Development Office
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to support grants and loans to rural areas for critical community facilities, such as for healthcare, education, fire and rescue, day care, community centers, and libraries.
Website:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/cp.htm

Grants:	Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Amount:	$70 million
Agency:	Department of Education
Type:	Formula funding to States
Description:	Funds to provide services to homeless children including meals and transportation when high unemployment and home foreclosures have created an influx of homeless kids.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/index.html

Education

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Grant:	State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
Amount:	$53.6 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Administrators:	State Governors
Description:	To provide fiscal relief to the States to prevent tax increases and cutbacks in critical education and other services.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf
State Recovery Sites:	http://www.recovery.gov/?q=content/state-recovery-page

Grant:	IDEA Special Education
Amount:	$12.2 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding.
Administrator:	State Department of Education
Description:	To assist States and school districts with paying for the rising cost of special education for students with disabilities.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf

Grant:	Education for the Disadvantaged
Amount:	$13 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Description:	Provides local educational agencies (LEAs) with supplemental education funding, especially in high-poverty areas.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/titlei/fy09recovery/index.html

Grant:	Education Technology
Amount:	$650 million was included for the Enhancing Education through Technology program.
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Description:	Funds for State, district, and school efforts to integrate technology in the classroom
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf

Grant:	Vocational Rehabilitation
Amount:	$540 million was included for Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants.
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Description:	To help individuals with disabilities prepare for and engage in gainful employment.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf

Grant:	Teacher Quality Enhancement Competitive State Grants
Amount:	$300 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Education - Office of Postsecondary Education
Type:	Competitive grants to states and school districts
Description:	$200 million for competitive grants to school districts and states to provide financial incentives for teachers and principals who raise student achievement.
	$100 million for competitive grants to states to address teacher shortages and modernize the teaching workforce.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/heatqp/eligibility.html

Grant:	Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant Program
Amount:	$250 million was included in competitive grants was provided for the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Program.
Agency:	Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences
Type:	Competitive Grants to States
Description:	Grants to design and develop data systems that analyze individual student data to find ways to improve student achievement.
Website:	http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/

Grant:	Student Financial Assistance
Amount:	$15.64 billion was included for the Pell Grant program. $200 million was included for work-study programs. These additional funds will provide immediate financial relief to an additional 800,000 students and their families who are struggling to pay for the cost of a higher education during the economic downturn.
Agency:	Department of Education - Office of Federal Student Aid
Description:	To provide need-based scholarships for undergraduate students.
Type:	Students may fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to determine if they are eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant or Work-Study funds.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf

Grant:	College Work Study
Amount:	$200 million
Agency:	Department of Education - Office of Federal Student Aid
Description:	Funding for part-time employment opportunities to assist students in financing the costs of postsecondary education
Type:	Formula Grants
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/fws/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf

Grant:	Rural Community Facilities
Amount:	$130 million
Agency:	U.S. Department of Agriculture - State Rural Development Office
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	Funds to support grants and loans to rural areas for critical community facilities, such as for healthcare, education, fire and rescue, day care, community centers, and libraries.
Website:	http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/cf/cp.htm

Grant:	Independent Living State Grants
Amount:	$18.2 million
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Description:	To provide independent living (IL) services to individuals with significant disabilities
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf
Rehabilitation Services:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/rsailstate/index.html

Grant:	Services for Older Individuals who are Blind
Amount:	$34.3 Million
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Description:	Grants are made to states to support services for individuals age 55 or older whose severe visual impairment makes employment difficult to obtain.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html
State Funding Amounts:	http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/09arrastatetables.pdf
Rehabilitation Services:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/rsailstate/index.html

Grants:	Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Amount:	$70 million
Agency:	Department of Education
Type:	Formula funding to States
Description:	Funds to provide services to homeless children including meals and transportation when high unemployment and home foreclosures have created an influx of homeless kids.
Website:	http://www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/index.html

Grants:	Historic Preservation Fund for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Agency:	National Park Service
Funding:	$15 million
Type:	Competitive Grants
Description:	These funds will be used for historical preservation competitive grants for historically black colleges and universities.
Website:	http://www.doi.gov/recovery/plans.html#nps
HBCU Grants:	http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/hpg/hbcu/index.htm

Arts

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Grants:	National Endowment of the Arts Competitive Grants
Agency:	National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) - National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
Amount:	$30 million
Type:	Competitive Grants (Matching requirement waived )
Description:	Grants to fund arts projects which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in financial support.
Website:	www.nea.gov
Helpful Link:	http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/index.html

Food Assistance

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Grant:	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Amount:	$19.9 billion
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Agency:	Department of Agriculture
Purpose:	To supplement State's existing food stamp program.
Description:	Funds will temporarily increase benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and help cover administrative and management costs.
Website:	http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/snap.htm
State Contacts:	http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/contact_info/hotlines.htm

Grant:	Senior Nutrition Programs
Amount:	$100 million
Type:	States will receive formula funding
Agency:	Department of Health and Human Services through the Administration on Aging
Purpose:	To provide for an additional amount of funds for "Aging Services Programs."
Description:	Programs that bring seniors together to eat in group settings and deliver nutritional and dietary safe meals to seniors.
Website:	http://www.aoa.gov/

Grant:	School Lunch Program
Amount:	$100 million
Type:	States will receive formula funding and provide competitive grants within the state
Agency:	Department of Agriculture through USDA
Purpose:	To carry out a grant program for National School Lunch Program equipment assistance.
Description:	Federal school meal program that provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day.
Website:	http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/

Grant:	Emergency Food Assistance
Amount:	$150 million
Type:	States will receive formula funding.
Agency:	Department of Agriculture
Description:	TEFAP provides USDA commodities to states, who distribute food through local emergency food providers.
Purpose:	To provide for costs associated with the distribution of commodity foods.
Website:	http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/tefap/

Grant:	Supplemental WIC Nutrition Program
Amount:	$500 million
Type:	Allocated as the Secretary deems necessary
Agency:	Department of Agriculture through USDA
Description:	WIC provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income women, infants, and children who are found to be at nutritional risk.
Purpose:	To support participation should cost or participation exceed budget estimates
Website:	http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/howtoapply/default.htm.

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Grants:	Broadband Technology Opportunities Program
Amount:	$4.7 billion
Agency:	National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Description:	Grants to provide access to broadband service in underserved areas.
Type:	Competitive Grants
Website:	http://www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/grants/grants.htm

Grants:	Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband
Amount:	$2.5 billion
Agency:	USDA: Rural Utility Service
Description:	Funding is available through grants, loans and loan guarantees for broadband infrastructure.
Type:	Grants and Loans
Website:	http://www.usda.gov/rus/

Coupon:	Digital TV Conversion Coupon Program
Amount:	$650 million
Agency:	Federal Communications Commission
Description:	Funds to continue the coupon program to enable American households to convert from analog television transmission to digital transmission.
Type:	coupons to individuals
Website:	http://www.dtv.gov/

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