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Recovery for Nebraskans
We are fortunate to live in Nebraska, which hasn't felt the worst of the far-reaching economic crisis confronting our nation. But the worst national economic downturn in decades is having a sizable impact on Nebraska jobs, communities and businesses.
That's why I worked with Senator Susan Collins and a bipartisan group of senators to cut more than $100 billion from the economic recovery bill to focus it more on saving and creating jobs, and providing tax cuts for families. The Nelson-Collins alternative helped pave the way for Senate passage and for President Obama to sign into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on February 17, 2009.
The economic recovery bill aims to create good-paying jobs; protect jeopardized jobs; make long-lasting investments in education and energy; cut taxes for working families and help vulnerable Americans. The plan also provides transparency and accountability to ensure taxpayer money is used responsibly.
I am posting information here as it becomes available about federal funds Nebraska receives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help inform Nebraskans about potential help available to them and to promote transparency and accountability for taxpayers.
NEW: County-By-County Recovery Act Project Funding and Tax Cuts
September 9, 2010: Click here for information about what the Recovery Act is doing for each county in Nebraska.
Listing of Grants Made Under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009
8.18.10: U.S. Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
Project: Expand Broadband High-Speed Internet Access
- NebraskaLink: $11,547,866
- State of Nebraska: $2,416,403
8.10.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Loan Guarantees for Nebraska Small Businesses
- Salem Grain Company, Richardson County: $1,800,000
- Allmand Bros., Inc, Holdrege: $7,000,000
8.5.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Improve Aging Wastewater System
- City of Crawford: $3,623,000
8.4.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Expand Rural Broadband in Southeast Nebraska
- Southwest Nebraska Communications: $11,285,367
7.12.10: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools
- Nebraska Department of Education: $17,462,513
6.3.10: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Support Omaha Community Health Center
- OneWorld Community Health Centers: $1,511,083
5.27.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Rural Library and Health Care Facilities
- City of Ainsworth: $68,700
- Pawnee City: $299,000
- City of Aurora: $6,700,000
5.26.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Supporting Rural Water Systems
- Village of Davey: $728,700
- City of Nelson: $1,368,000
5.3.10: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Nebraska Education Jobs
- State-wide: $77,205,456
4.22.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Improvements to Stromsburg Water System
- City of Stromsburg: $1,899,500
4.21.10: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency Building Retrofits
- Cities of Omaha and Lincoln: $10,000,000
4.16.10: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Project: Renovation of Fort McPherson National Cemetery
- Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell: $777,000
3.5.10: U.S. Department of Transportation
Project: Rural Transit Facilities
- Nebraska Department of Roads: $4,629,554
2.12.10: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Updating Health Information Technology
- Nebraska CIMRO: $6,647,371
2.12.10: U.S. Department of Labor
Project: Job Training for Unemployed
- Goodwill Industries of Nebraska: $2,007,846
2.5.10: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Stop Smoking Programs & Healthy Food Choices Programs
- Nebraska Tobacco Cessation through Quitlines and Media: $534,756
- Nebraska Policy and Environmental Change Program: $478,336
1.26.10: U.S. Department of Transportation
Project: Transportation Infrastructure Improvements
- City of Lincoln: $1,853,100
1.22.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Local Funding for Rural Start-Ups and Business Expansion
- Greater Wahoo Development Foundation: $125,000
- Nebraska Venture Capital Forum dba Invest Nebraska: $200,000
1.20.10: U.S. Department of Labor
Project: Job Training in Wind, Biofuels, and Green Building Technologies
- Nebraska Department of Labor: $4,839,511
1.13.10: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Loan Guarantees for Rural Business Expansion
- Preferred Rocks of Genoa, LLC: $22,000,000
- PrarieLand Foods, LLC of Hallam: $650,000
1.13.10: U.S. Department of Labor
Project: Job Training and Placement Program in Lincoln
- Southeast Community College / Center for People in Need: $2,300,000
1.12.10: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Project: Development of Broadband Data Access
- Nebraska Public Service Commission: $2,100,000
1.8.10: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Construction of Clean Energy Manufacturing Facilities
- TPI Composites, Grand Island: $5,135,241
- Novozymes, Blair: $28,401,000
1.8.10: U.S. Commerce Department
Project: Construct and Update a Research Facility at UNL
- University of Nebraska - Lincoln: $6,900,000
12.29.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Water Infrastructure Improvements
- Town of Shelby: $796,000
12.10.09: U.S. Department of Transportation
Project: Expand and Improve Reservation Transit Infrastructure
- Winnebago Tribe: $235,030
11.6.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
- Adam's Bank and Trust / Allo Communications: $5,700,000
- State Bank of Table Rock / Schilling Bridge: $93,600
10.29.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Geothermal Energy Investment
- District Energy Corporation: $5,000,000
10.27.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Smart Grid Technology Investment
- Stanton County Public Power District: $397,000
- Cuming County Public Power District: $1,874,994
10.21.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program
- Union Bank and Trust in Lincoln: $7,000,000
- Cornerstone Bank in Stromsburg: $290,000
10.6.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: State Energy Program
- Nebraska State Energy Program: $15,000,000
9.30.09: National Institutes of Health
Project: Medical Research Funding
- Creighton University: $2,410,761
- University of Nebraska Medical Center: $8,679,523
- University of Nebraska at Omaha: $378,639
- Father Flanagan's Boys' Home: $1,094,588
- University of Nebraska at Lincoln: $4,598,493
9.23.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects
- Dawson County: $106,300
- Scotts Bluff County: $155,600
9.14.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects
- Nebraska State Energy Office: $9,593,500
- Dakota County: $87,300
- City of Kearney: $131,100
- City of North Platte: $105,300
- City of Papillion: $91,300
7.30.09: U.S. Treasury Department
Project: Construction of Affordable Rental Housing
- Nebraska Investment Finance Authority: $3,676,241
7.28.09: U.S. Department of Justice
Project: COPS Hiring Recovery Program
- Nebraska Total: $5,125,278 for 27 police officers
- Beatrice Police Department: $158,607
- Omaha: $4,013,500
- Dawson County Law Enforcement Center: $103,654
- Lincoln Police Department: $678,136
- Omaha Tribe Police Department: $170,381
7.28.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Rural Business Enterprise
- Village of Cody: $75,000
- Arnold Economic Development Corporation: $50,000
- Loup City Public Schools: $8,800
- Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools: $7,000
- Bloomfield Community Schools: $7,000
7.16.09: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Project: Community Development Block Grants
- Omaha: $1,317,713
- Lincoln: $474,644
7.14.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency Rebates
- Statewide Nebraska: Eligible for $1.7 million
7.10.09: U.S. Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Statewide Nebraska: $12 million
6.29.09: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Grants to Community Health Centers
- Omaha, Charles Drew Health Center, Inc.: $581,480
- Omaha, One World Community Health Centers: $825,855
- Columbus, East-Central District Health Department: $471,410
- Norfolk, Norfolk Community Health Care Clinic, Inc.: $283,705
- Gering, Panhandle Community Services, Inc.: $503,505
- Lincoln, People's Health Center: $572,035
6.29.09: U.S. Treasury Department
Project: Funds for Affordable Housing Development
- Statewide Nebraska: $600,000 to low-income communities
6.26.09: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Title 1 Funds for Nebraska Schools
- Statewide Nebraska: $47.8 million to school districts
6.23.09: U.S. Department of Education
Project: Protecting Jobs at Nebraska Schools
- Statewide Nebraska: $191 million to school districts
6.12.09: U.S. Treasury Department
Project: Financing Resources for Community Infrastructure and Economic Development
- Nebraska Counties: $225 million
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6.12.09: U.S. Department of Labor
Project: Training and Education for Nebraska Youth
- Chadron, High Plains Community Development Corp, Inc.: $477,000
- Omaha, Goodwill Industries: $523,319
6.2.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Water Projects
- Gering Valley, Watershed Restoration: $2,200,000
- Knox County, Conservation and Land Restoration: $361,260
5.28.09: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Project: Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
- Town of Wynot, Infrastructure Improvements: $1,195,000
5.27.09: National Institutes of Health
Project: Biomedical Health
- Omaha, Creighton University: $922,946 (research projects), $29,825 (student hiring)
- Lincoln, University of Nebraska: $576,657 (research projects), $26,724 (student hiring)
5.20.09: United States Department of Transportation
Project: Mass Transit Improvements
- Omaha Metro Area Transit: $9,879,481
5.19.09: United States Department of Transportation
Project: Runway Rehabilitation
- Omaha Eppley Airfield Airport: $3,186,758
- O'Neill Airport: $1,519,008
5.8.09: Transportation Security Administration
Project: Enhanced Airport Security Equipment
- Omaha Eppley Field Airport: $1,930,338.80
4.29.09: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Project: Infrastructure Projects
- Omaha Total: $18.844 million
- Sand Creek: $3,698,000 (general construction)
- Western Sarpy-Clear Creek: $9,360,00 (general construction)
- Gavins Point Dam: $5,206,000 (operations & maintenance)
- Papillion Watershed: $205,000 (operations & maintenance)
- Salt Creek Watershed: $375,000 (operations & maintenance)
- Kansas City District Total: $7.436 million
- Nebraska Beatrice Floodplain: $50,000 (planning assistance)
- Harlan County Lake: $7,386,000 (lake operations & maintenance)
4.27.09: United States Department of Interior
Project: Bureau of Indian Affairs Road Mainenance Program
- Federal facilities on tribal lands: $59,850
- Maintenance & repair of federal roads and bridges: $746,012
- Omaha Tribe: $309,630
- Winnebago Tribe: $311,879
- Iowa Tribe: $39,242
- Sac & Fox Nation: $31,371
- Santee Sioux Nation: $53,890
4.27.09: United States Department of Interior
Project: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Projects
- Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District: $54,000
- Boyer Park National Wildlife Refuge: $250,000
- Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge: $575,000
- Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge: $59,000
- Valentine National Wildlife Refuge: $26,000
4.22.09: United States Department of Interior
Project: National Park Projects
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: $68,000
- Scotts Bluff National Monument: $111,000
4.15.09: United States Department of Education
Project: Impact Aid Construction Formual Grants
- Bellevue Public Schools: $591,370
- Santee School District: $45,621
- Umo Ho Nation District #16: $104,359
- Winnebago School District: $109,491
4.15.09: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Project: Superfund Lead Contamination Cleanup
- Omaha: more than $25 million
4.10.09: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Community Services Block Grant
- Statewide Nebraska: $6,969,553
4.9.09: United States Department of Homeland Security
Project: Emergency Food and Shelter Program
- Statewide Nebraska: $359,968
4.9.09: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Section 317 Immunization Grants
- Statewide Nebraska: $1,314,349
4.9.09: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Child Care and Development Fund
- Total Nebraska: $11,799,352
- Omaha Tribe: $100,927
- Ponca Tribe: $22,334
- Santee Sioux Nation: $17,160
- Winnebago Tribe: $176,639
4.8.09: United States Environmental Protections Agency
Project: Leaking Underground Storage Assessment Program
- Statewide Nebraska: $2,270,000
4.8.09: United Environmental Protection Agency
Project: National Clean Diesel Campaign
- Statewide Nebraska: $1,730,000
4.7.09: United States Department of Agriculture
Project: Watershed Rehabilitation Program
- Papio W-3 Rehabilitation, Washington County: $1,170,000
4.2.09: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Project: Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
- Statewide Nebraska: $39,545,025
4.2.09: United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Project: Renovations & Repairs
- VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System: $7.5 million
- Ft. McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell: $150,000
4.2.09: United States Department of Education
Project: Title I Grants
- Statewide Nebraska: $47.2 million to schools districts
3.28.09: League of Nebraska Municipalities
Project: Road Infrastructure
- Statewide Nebraska: more than $25 million
3.26.09: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Community Health Centers
- Charles Drew Health Center, Omaha: $334,290
- Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska, Gering: $222,460
- Good Neighbor CHC, Columbus: $205,121
- OneWorld CHC's, Omaha: $392,366
- Peoples Health Center, Lincoln: $250,000
- Norfolk Community Health Care Clinic: $115,715
3.26.09: United States Department of Energy
Project: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
- Nebraska State Energy Office: $9,593,500
- Bellevue: $194,200
- Fremont: $106,400
- Grand Island: $199,000
- Hastings: $109,900
- Kearney: $131,100
- Lincoln: $2,401,000
- Norfolk: $101,500
- North Platte: $105,300
- Omaha: $4,331,500
- Papillion: $91,300
- Cass County: $99,900
- Dakota County: $87,300
- Dawson County: $106,300
- Douglas County: $255,800
- Gage County: $98,000
- Lancaster County: $110,300
- Platte County: $139,200
- Sarpy County: $312,600
- Saunders County: $80,600
- Scottsbluff County: $155,600
- Omaha Tribe: $108,100
- Ponca Tribe: $171,400
- Santee Sioux Nation: $42,200
- Winnebago Tribe: $86,500
- Iowa Tribe: $42,800
- Sac & Fox Nation: $25,000
3.23.09: United States Department of Health and Human Services
Project: DSH Hospital Funding
- DSH Hospitals: $700,000
3.20.09: United States Department of Defense
Project: Military Facility Funding
- Nebraska Total: 46.9 million
- Offutt AFB: $39 million
- Omaha Reserve Training Center: $4.4 million
- Camp Ashland: $780,000
- Greenlief: $458,000
- Lincoln Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility: $2.3 million
3.19.2009: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Project: Capital Fund Formula Allocation
- Omaha Housing Authority: $5,095,156
- Lincoln Housing Authority: $674,919
- Hall County Housing Authority: $657,433
- Kearney Housing Authority: $286,872
- Ord Housing Authority: $199,714
- Red Cloud Housing Authority: $77,762
- Loup City Housing Authority: $55, 305
- Lexington Housing Authority: $145,805
- Gresham Housing Authority: $19,007
- Nebraska City Housing Authority: $107,676
- Humboldt Housing Authority: $41,967
- Syracuse Housing Authority: $28,705
- Benkelman Housing Authority: $59,577
- Stromsburg Housing Authority: $53,457
- Wymore Housing Authority: $39,065
- Clay Center Housing Authority: $45,766
- Grant Housing Authority: $29,243
- Imperial Housing Authority: $30,380
- Neligh Housing Authority: $51,454
- Schuyler Housing Authority: $101,618
- Alma Housing Authority: $23,795
- David City Housing Authority: $92,428
- Burwell Housing Authority: $114,900
- Clarkson Housing Authority: $39,342
- Pawnee Housing Authority: $88,868
- Blue HIll Housing Authority: 63,443
- Verdigre Housing Authority: $25,650
- Edgar Housing Authority: $32,218
- Creighton Housing Authority: $51,518
- Ainsworth Housing Authority: $47,897
- Deshler Housing Authority: $50,013
- Newman Grove Housing Authority: $27,832
- Henderson Housing Authority: $28,298
- Coleridge Housing Authority: $36,194
- Albion Housing Authority: $68,722
- Crete Housing Authority: $57,132
- Greely Housing Authority: $19,968
- Lynch Housing Authority: $16,813
- Hay Springs Housing Authority: $30,009
- Wilbur Housing Authority: $44,481
- Hooper Housing Authority: $37,406
- St. Paul Housing Authority: $62,415
- Minden Housing Authority: $45,937
- Sargent Housing Authority: $30,465
- Shelton Housing Authority: $28,160
- St. Edward Housing Authority: $24,670
- Friend Housing Authority: $45,168
- Fairmont Housing Authority: $26,755
- Auburn Housing Authority: $71,464
- Tilden Housing Authority: $28,621
- Harvard Housing Authority: $33,561
- Oxford Housing Authority: $32,422
- Cambridge Housing Authority: $27,543
- Bassett Housing Authority: $33,166
- Tekamah Housing Authority: $39,832
- Emerson Housing Authority: $31,538
- Plattsmouth Housing Authority: $86,687
- Indianola Housing Authority: $36,717
- Oshkosh Housing Authority: $29,533
- Niobrara Housing Authority: $28,815
- Scottsbluff County Housing Authority: $315,254
- Nelson Housing Authority: $22,928
- Cozad Housing Authority: $61,836
- Weeping Water Housing Authority: $26,252
- Bayard Housing Authority: $30,267
- Lyons Housing Authority: $26,309
- Aurora Housing Authority: $59,049
- Wood River Housing Authority: $30,047
- Blair Housing Authority: $143,030
- Genoa Housing Authority: $31,769
- York Housing Authority: $31,769
- Falls City Housing Authority: $138,510
- Sutherland Housing Authority: $31,388
- Curtis Housing Authority: $39,081
- Tecumseh Housing Authority: $33,250
- Beemer Housing Authority: $27,240
- Fremont Housing Authority: $427,219
- Cairo Housing Authority: $25,188
- Hemingford Housing Authority: $25,013
- Oakland Housing Authority: $34,446
- Columbus Housing Authority: $137,490
- Bridgeport Housing Authority: $28,476
- Gordon Housing Authority: $38,799
- Ravenna Housing Authority: $29,732
- Wayne Housing Authority: $50,025
- Gibbon Housing Authority: $61,957
- Ansley Housing Authority: $28,652
- Chappell Housing Authority: $53,264
- Broken Bow Housing Authority: $159,391
- Gothenburg Housing Authority: $128,630
- McCook Housing Authority: $588,012
- North Loup Housing Authority: $31,312
- Alliance Housing Authority: $125,391
- Douglas County Housing Authority: $141,812
- Bellevue Housing Authority: $102,174
3.17.09: Transportation Funding
- N-50, Syracuse North: $4,777,516
- S18B, Edgar Spur: $1,735,839
- I-80, Lexington - Overton: $6,491,623
- US-136, East of Gilead: $2,827,034
- I-80, Maxwell Interchange: $1,277,231
- US-136, Gilead East & West: $1,619,701
- US-83, Thedford Viaduct: $6,954,805
3.12.09: United States Department of Energy
Project: Weatherization Funding and Energy Efficiency Grants
- Nebraska Total: $72,554,458
- Weatherization: $41,644,458
- State Energy Program: $30,910,000
2.27.2009: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Project: Homeless Prevention Fund Formula Allocation
- Nebraska Total: $5,128,578
- Lincoln: $726,148
- Omaha: $2,017,088
2.27.2009: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Project: Low Income Housing Tax Credit Assistance Fund Formula Allocation
- Nebraska Investment Finance Authority: $11,380,566
2.27.2009: United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Project: Community Development Block Grant Formula Allocation
- Nebraska Total: $3,350,189
- Lincoln: $474,644
- Omaha: $1,317,713