American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Other Resources and Opportunities in Education, Health Care,
and Research
White House
Recovery.gov
is a Web site that lets you, the taxpayer, figure out where the
money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is
going.
U.S. Department of Education
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Education provisions in the law
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State Grants under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
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School Modernization
Funds from State Fiscal Stabilization Fund in Division A of
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) may
be used "for modernization, renovation, or repair of
public school facilities and institutions of higher education
facilities" [page 166, Sec. 14002(b)]. The School
Construction Tax Credits in Division B of the ARRA, also cited
as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009
(ARRTA), may be used for "the construction, rehabilitation,
or repair of a public school facility, or for the acquisition
of land on which such a facility is to be constructed"
[page 166, Sec. 14002(b)].
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Find information on:
- Medicaid funding
- Health IT
- Community and Family Support Services
- Community Health and Health Care Assistance
- Scientific Research & Facilities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NIH has received new funds for FY2009 and FY2010 as part of
the ARRA, P.L. 111-5. The NIH has designated at least $200
million in FY2009-FY2010 for a new initiative called the
NIH Challenge
Grants in Health and Science Research. This new program will support research on topic areas that
address specific scientific and health research challenges in
biomedical and behavioral research that would benefit from
significant 2-year jumpstart funds.
NIH has identified a range of Challenge Areas that focus on
specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new
technologies, data generation, or research methods that would
benefit from an influx of funds. Each NIH Institute, Center, and
Office has selected specific Challenge Topics within the broad
Challenge Areas related to its mission. The research in these
Challenge Areas should have a high impact in biomedical or
behavioral science and/or public health.
NIH anticipates funding 200 or more grants, each of up to $1
million in total costs, pending the number and quality of
applications and availability of funds. Additional funds may be
available to support additional grants, particularly in the
Challenge Area of Comparative Effectiveness Research.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides a total of
$610 million in
funding to NIST. The funding includes:
- $220 million for NIST laboratory research, measurements,
and other services supporting economic growth and U.S.
innovation through funding of such items as competitive grants;
research fellowships; and advanced measurement equipment and
supplies;
- $360 million to address NIST's backlog of maintenance
and renovation projects and for construction of new facilities
and laboratories, including $180 million for a competitive
construction grant program for funding research science
buildings outside of NIST; and
- $20 million in funds transferred from the Department of
Health and Human Services for standards-related research that
supports the security and interoperability of electronic
medical records to reduce health care costs and improve the
quality of care.
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF Information Related
to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee
Congressional Research Service has developed resources which
estimate
the amount of education funding that each state will receive
from certain aspects of the final American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act. Specifically, these documents estimate what
each state would receive under the bill's following program
allocations: State Stabilization Funds, Title I, Title I School
Improvement, IDEA, McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance,
Education Technology, and Child Care and Development Block Grant
Discretionary Funding.
New America Foundation, Federal Education Budget Project
(FEBP)
FEBP Findings: The average district will receive approximately
$890 in Title I stimulus dollars per poor student and $401 in
total stimulus dollars per student. That's a 4 percent
increase over the 2005-06 average per pupil expenditure of
$10,615. Examining in detail the district stimulus allocations
for all 14,000 districts expected to receive funds is a
challenge. As a result, New America has taken a closer look at
the 50 largest districts in the country. These 50 districts serve
more than 7.9 million elementary and secondary students, almost
16 percent of the country's total student population.
The State Education Data Center (STAG)
The
State Education Data
Center (STAG)
is a new service of the Council of Chief State School Officers,
funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the
Council's National Education Data Partnership.
American Council on Education (ACE)
Economic Stimulus Resource Center