South Central Community Action Program energy auditor Jason Hickman checks the energy efficiency of a furnace in a home east of Bloomington. Hickman’s job is being funded by part of the $899,000 in weatherization stimulus funding that SCCAP will be receiving. His position is one of four full-time jobs and one part-time job that will be added to the weatherization program as a result of the stimulus package. Jeremy Hogan | Herald-Times
Where the money’s destined to go
Promised stimulus funding that's designated for the city of Bloomington or which will be spent in the city or Monroe County; the list does not include stimulus funding going to Indiana University or Ivy Tech or to multicounty agencies.
Highways and bridges: $3.69 million
Metropolitan Planning Organization: $3.06 million
Urban transit: $1.7 million
Rural transit: $1.1 million
Energy efficiency block grants: $745,000
Emergency food and shelter grants: $34,000
Commodity assistance: $27,000
Public housing capital fund: $710,000
Byrne Justice assistance grants $209,000
Community development block grants $225,000
TOTAL: $11.5 million (2.52 percent of the $4.6 billion Indiana is receiving)
NOTE: Officials caution that this list is not complete because there is no central data collection point that is all-inclusive. Grants to agencies such as the South Central Community Action Program, a multicounty agency, are not listed here, for example. Details of city and county grants listed here are available at the city's stimulus Web site.
SOURCES: Indiana Office of Management and Budget and http://bloomington.in.gov/stimulus
By Kate Koselke, Herald-Times
kkoselke@heraldt.com
Federal stimulus dollars already are at work in Monroe County, and they're protecting our kids at play.
The soft rubber mulch that now blankets the playgrounds of Bloomington's Head Start program not only protects Head Start preschoolers, it helps meet two goals set out in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - its purchase has pumped cash into the economy and it is a green recycling project, turning trash - discarded tires - into "treasure."
The 28 tons of rubber mulch that was laid down just two weeks ago cost the Head Start program $10,556, money from a $122,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the South Central Community Action Program, which operates Head Start. The grant is a tiny part of the $4.6 billion in stimulus funding that is expected to flow into the Hoosier State over the next few months.
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