NEW HAMPSHIRE

www.nh.gov/recovery

As of October 13, 2009: 

Agency Reported Data:

 

Rank:

Funds Announced

$1,385,840,721

43

Funds Available

$924,362,044

46

Funds Paid Out

$230,239,028

49

 

 

 

Recipient Reported Data:

 

Rank:

Number of Awards

11

52

Funds Awarded

$16,322,139

50

Funds Awarded Per Capita

$12

49

Funds Received

$427,341

53

Jobs Created / Saved

22

53

Unemployment Rate

7.2

38


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.  


Recent Updates

June 30, 2009
New Hampshire was one of four states to receive grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Thursday to support energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said in a statement to the Dow Jones Newswires that the funding announced Thursday will help California, Missouri, New Hampshire and North Carolina conserve energy, create jobs, increase their use of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

May 26, 2009
Since New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed
Senate Bill 39 into law April 17, towns, villages and school districts in the state have been able to hold special town hall meetings so residents and members can vote on how to use Recovery Act dollars allotted to a specific area. For example, Exeter will hold one of the special town hall meetings May 27 to decide whether the town will accept Recovery Act funds for two water projects. The stimulus funds would pay for only part of the projects, according to The Exeter News-Letter. In order to receive that funding, the town would have to participate in the state revolving fund loan program, the newspaper reports. 

 

April 24, 2009
New Hampshire is leading the nation in stimulus spending for roads and bridgesthe state's already obligated 67.1 percent of its stimulus share for roads and bridges projects as of April 23, according to information obtained by the Kansas City Star from the Federal Highway Administration. Under the Recovery Act, states have until June 30 to obligate 50 percent of their stimulus funds for roads and bridges, according to the Federal Highway Administration's Web site. If they don't, the money could be redistributed to the states that have spent the money in a timelier manner, according to the site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 8, 2009
An independent Concord, N.H.-based watchdog group called STEWARD, which stands for Save the Economy Without Accumulating Record Debt, just published a study on how Recovery Act funding will affect New Hampshire. The study found that Recovery Act funding to New Hampshire over three years will equal about 1 percent of the state's gross state product this year and then next year and about .33 percent of the gross state product in 2011, the study reports. Another key finding of the study is that stimulus funding from the federal government will replace state purchasing of goods and services and do little to affect job creation, according to the study.

April 7, 2009
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch hosted an informational statewide workshop on the stimulus April 7. Nearly 1,000 municipal and education officials along with business and nonprofit leaders from the state participated in the training session, according to the New Hampshire governor's office. A video of the training session is available by visiting the state recovery Web site.
 

Executive Branch

April 8, 2009
Gov. John Lynch along with the New Hampshire Office of Economic Stimulus and the University of New Hampshire hosted a training session on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, April 7. Nearly 1,000 government officials attended, according to Lynch’s office. At the beginning of the meeting, Lynch outlined four main goals for his state’s use of federal stimulus dollars:

1.   Put people back to work;

2.   Help families that are struggling through difficult times;

3.   Build foundation for a strong  and competitive economy; and

4.   Protect essential government services such as health care and public safety, for example.

 

In fact, the latest signs of putting people back to work are evident with New Hampshire’s use of federal transportation stimulus funds, according to Lynch’s remarks at the meeting. Using the $135 million in transportation stimulus funds, the state approved four road paving contracts worth $20 million. Lynch said those projects would “create or retain” 180 to 250 jobs in the state. For the complete video of the training session, download Real Player and visit http://www.nh.gov/recovery/news/info_meeting_archived_04_07_09.htm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Order 209-1 established the Office of Economic Stimulus. The office has the power and responsibility to assist the governor and agencies in the management and expenditure of funds under ARRA. OES coordinates with agencies to make sure conditions are met, supports efforts to obtain and administer state grants, and issues requests for proposals. The governor appoints the director, who will report directly to the governor. State employees are temporarily being assigned to the office. All state departments and agencies cooperate/coordinate with the director.

According to Lynch’s Press Secretary Colin Manning, the state has already released transportation projects to bid that will use stimulus funds. This basically means that the state is now advertising for these highway projects, but no contracts have been awarded yet. FMAP money has already come in through the governor’s office and the governor’s office is working with the Department of Environmental Services to coordinate local wastewater and drinking water infrastructure upgrades using stimulus funding. 

"A lot of (the funding) we've been seeing already is going out through existing channels," Manning said. "A lot of it's coming through the executive branch right now." The Office of Economic Stimulus will actually be briefing legislators next week. "It's still very early in the process," Manning said. The governor's office is still trying to work out the details on stimulus funding and applying for grant money that doesn't already have an existing framework to channel the funds such as the transportation and FMAP funding.

State Certification Letters

Executive Orders

Press releases

 

Legislative Branch

So far, the governor's office has taken the lead on the state's share of federal stimulus funds. The New Hampshire House voted March 4 on Republican Rep. Daniel Itse's House Concurrent Resolution 6 on state sovereignty. The resolution asserting state sovereignty, according to The Associated Press, in effect could give a state "the right to ignore any federal law or policies they deem unconstitutional, including the stimulus bill." The measure failed to gain enough support in the House.

Legislation related to ARRA

  • House Concurrent Resolution 6 - Did not gain support in the House
  • Senate Bill 39 - The bill, dealing with municipal deposits and special municipal meetings dealing with the Recovery Act, was signed by the governor April 17. The new law goes into effect June 17.

 

 

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