MINNESOTA
www.mmb.state.mn.us/stimulus
As of October 13, 2009:
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Agency Reported Data:
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Rank:
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Funds Announced
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$3,968,811,082
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22
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Funds Available
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$4,145,074,715
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20
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Funds Paid Out
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$1,851,349,798
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17
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Recipient Reported Data:
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Rank:
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Number of Awards
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64
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31
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Funds Awarded
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$90,980,677
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36
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Funds Awarded Per Capita
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$17
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44
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Funds Received
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$33,002,079
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18
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Jobs Created / Saved
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605
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16
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Unemployment Rate
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7.3
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35
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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 torecipients either immediately or in the future.
Funds Awarded: This is the amount of contract dollars that will bemade available to recipients.
Funds Paid Out: Funds that have been released from a federal agencyto a recipient.
Funds Received: The amount of money each recipient received from afederal award.
Recent Updates
Nearly 3,000 jobs have been directly created by transportation stimulus dollars in Minnesota, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. As of July 31, 95 transportation projects totaling nearly a quarter of a billion dollars were underway. An additional 101 projects representing $321 million were under contract and 120 projects have been put out for bids.
Transportation spending in Minnesota cuts across multiple segments of infrastructure projects. As of early April 2009, in addition to improvements to roads and bridges, the state has approved more than $23 million in spending on airport projects, including $7.1 million for construction of a new airport terminal in Duluth and $7.5 million to construct or improve runways at Albert Lea Municipal Airport and Chisholm-Hibbing Airport.
Brian Ryks is executive director of the Duluth Airport Authority. According to a White House report, Ryks said that he expected to get some federal money, but he's ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the amount. However, before work can begin the state must kick in some money. The House and Senate are considering bonding bills that would provide another $4.9 million. The state and federal money together would be enough to get the project rolling, Ryks says, and he hopes to begin construction in late June or early July. The new terminal is expected to cost $42 million. If there are no delays, the new terminal would be done in three years."
Additionally, the Minnesota DOT is delivering three freight transportation infrastructure projects with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. These projects include rail replacement and other track improvements and safety upgrades, which is estimated to cost $2.5 million and making dock and navigation improvements at the Duluth Port Authority, which carries a $3 million price tag.
When all is said and done, Minnesota is expected to receive at least $4.7 million in stimulus dollars. The state has approved spending more than $4 billion in funds from the ARRA. Transportation accounts for 13 percent of that money, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Two billion dollars has been approved in health and human services spending. That amount includes $1.8 billion in Medicaid
The ARRA provides school improvement funds for schools and districts identified for stages of In Need of Improvement. Minnesota will set aside 4 percent of the Title I, Part A funds for a total of $3.76 million. The state will submit an application to the U.S. Department of Education to receive the second 50 percent of the funds. Minnesota received the first 50 percent of the funds from the U.S. Department of Education on April 1, 2009. The second 50% of the allocation will be awarded in the fall of 2009, based on an approved application.
On September 1, the Minnesota Department of Education allocated $75.85 million in no or low interest bonds to fund projects. Twenty-six school districts and charter schools submitted applications totaling $253 million for the $75.85 million in bonding authority.
The educational stimulus package includes a variety of higher education and vocational training funds and grants for Minnesota:
• An increase in 2009 Pell Grant funding of $100.8 million over 2008 funds. The 103,000 current Pell Grant recipients in Minnesota will receive an increase in the average award for the 2009-10 academic year from $3400 to $3,850.
• An additional $3.89 million for student financial assistance through grants to institutions to assist in the operation of work-study programs under the Higher Education Act.
• $189.8 for Special Education Part B State Grants to help improve educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
• $5.7 million in education technology funds to purchase up-to-date computers and software and provide professional development.
• $114.1 million for Title I Education for the Disadvantaged.
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