Sunday, July 19, 2009

Head Start kids in Monroe County benefit from stimulus funds

(Bloomington) Herald-Times

Sunday, July 19, 2009

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