DELAWARE
www.recovery.delaware.gov/
As of October 13, 2009:
| Agency Reported Data: | | Rank: |
| Funds Announced | $853,887,283 | 49 |
| Funds Available | $778,793,853 | 48 |
| Funds Paid Out | $260,017,098 | 46 |
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| Recipient Reported Data: | | Rank: |
| Number of Awards | 22 | 47 |
| Funds Awarded | $30,291,890 | 47 |
| Funds Awarded Per Capita | $35 | 24 |
| Funds Received | $4,812,042 | 42 |
| Jobs Created / Saved | 125 | 43 |
| Unemployment Rate | 8.3 | 30 |
Notes: All Rankings are from Highest to Lowest. For example, a ranking of 15 for “Funds Announced” means that the state had the 15th highest amount of funds announced. A ranking of 15 for the unemployment rate means that this state has the 15th highest unemployment rate.
Terms defined by http://www.recovery.gov/
Recipient Reported Data: These data are based on data submitted by federal contract recipients to www.federalreporting.gov between Oct. 1 and Oct. 10, 2009. On Oct. 30, 2009, the final recipient federal contract data and the final data on grants and loans will be available. It is collected and updated quarterly.
Agency Reported Data: These data are based on weekly Financial and Activity Reports filed by federal agencies receiving Recovery Act Funds.
Funds Announced: Funds that have been publicly announced as available to entities outside of the federal government. Not all available funds are announced publicly. For example, the funds going to a project started prior to the Recovery Act that are commingled with the project’s Recovery funds will not be announced publicly before being made available to a recipient. The Funds Announced figure should not be viewed as the total funding that an agency has made available.
Funds Available (Obligation): The term used to describe when an agency informs the public of the release of money to recipients either immediately or in the future.
Funds Awarded: This is the amount of contract dollars that will be made available to recipients.
Funds Paid Out: Funds that have been released from a federal agency to a recipient.
Funds Received: The amount of money each recipient received from a federal award.
Delaware expects to receive $1.3billion in stimulus funding over the next three years, with over $900 million flowing directly to state government. Federal agency projects contribute to this total with $245 million in projects including Amtrak train station expansion in Wilmington and Dover Air Force Base upgrades. This amount is significant compared to Delaware's annual operating budget of approximately $4 billion. Awards to local governments are much lower reflecting that the majority of government services in Delaware are provided by the state. Funding identified to date appears on a funding list and map.
The state reports that a third of the money coming to Delaware will fill budget gaps for fiscal years 2009 to 2011. Another third will go directly to construction including the federal projects, highways and transit, housing and environmental projects. The remaining third will support more than 50 different state-run programs that now receive federal funding. Although criticized by Congress for slow spending of its transportation stimulus funds, Delaware has earmarked the majority of the funds for two projects deemed critically important to improving the long-term job situation.
Stimulus funding of more than $800 million is expected to create jobs and reduce unemployment, including:
- $140 million in state highway construction and other types of transit grants,
- $245 million in federal construction projects,
- $38 million state grants for weatherization of homes and energy-related improvements to homes and another $3.8 million for energy improvements to state buildings.
- $39 million in state grants for clean water and drinking water funds
- $3.8 million National Emergency Grant to retrain auto workers laid off by the closure of Delaware’s two automobile assembly plants and the loss of 100 percent of its auto industry
- $5.1 million in federal COPS grants to 9 municipalities to train 24 new police officers over the next three years
Delaware has created a Clearinghouse Committee, composed of legislators and other state officials, that holds public meetings to approve all state applications for federal funding prior to filing. Recently, applications approved included:
- Over $16 million in additional funding for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
- $200,000 to expand the student loan forgiveness new doctors who agree to work in shortage areas or specialties
- Assessment of need for increased local railroad capacity in the state
The state also held six "stimulus suggestion box" public meetings throughout the state on the stimulus and four business opportunity meetings. Finally, they targeted outreach to the nonprofit, disabilities, and faith-based communities in the state. The state’s website has information on opportunities for small businesses, non-profits and individual citizens.
Finally, Delaware is keenly focused on renewable energy as a driver ofits economy, and is encouraging the business community to stimulate investment in renewable energy projects and create jobs using the federal payments for specified energy property in lieu of tax credits. Properties using renewable energy in a trade or business, where construction begins in 2009 or 2010 are eligible, and businesses that make modifications to use solar, geothermal, fuel cell, or microturbine power in their workplaces also may be eligible.