Tracking Federal Recovery Funds Down to Us

If you do a search on the internet there are several sources you can use to track the Federal Stimulus Funds as they trickle down from the federal government to the states.

Taking a closer look you can see where those dollars are going to help local schools, housing programs and assist with highway projects. Take a look at the federal governments tracking website Recovery.gov and this is what you will find in Mitchell County, Kansas.

According to Recovery.gov over $1.3 Billion has been awarded to Kansas. Of that amount nearly $453 Million has been received.

In Mitchell County there has been over $5 Million awarded in federal recovery funds. The largest amount, over $4.6 million has been allocated to the North Central Kansas Community Network for residential weatherization assistance for low income persons.

The Kansas Department of Transportation was awarded $465,450 for infrastructure improvements on a road south of Glen Elder.

The City of Beloit Housing Authority was awarded $55,453 to install a generator for the Sunny Slope housing addition.

Cawker City received over $90,000 to replace roofs on two buildings.

Schools received recovery funds to assist with funding cuts and technology upgrades. The North Central Kansas Techhnical College has been awarded over $248,000 in "stabilization" funds for educational programs. USD 272 at Cawker City is receiving over $184,000 for educational technology. At the same time USD 273 in Beloit has been awarded just under $20,000 for educational programs.

In all over $5 Million in recovery funds have been authorized for projects in Mitchell County, KS. But at this time not all of the funds have been received and distributed locally.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized the distribution of $787 Billion. A very large amount of the funds have not been allocated. You can check back at Recovery.gov to see how the funds are awarded and distributed in the weeks and months ahead.