Legislation & Politics

Stimulus Funding to State and Local Governments: Update 1

Medicaid (FMAP)

More than $15 billion of the $87 billion in increased Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage (FMAP) has begun flowing to states.  Counties that contribute to the state Medicaid share are receiving a portion of this money as well.  The most up-to-date information on what each state will receive for FMAP is available at http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/statefundsmap.html

Education

The Department of Education has a web page dedicated to stimulus funding information at http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html.  Funding at the school district level for Title I and IDEA (special education) is available at http://edlabor.house.gov/blog/2009/01/school-districts-will-benefit.shtml. 

Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)

State funding levels for CCDBG, including set asides, is available at http://clasp.org/publications/arra_childcarestatealloc.pdf. 

Public Housing & Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released state and local allocations of ARRA funding for HUD’s programs and key implementation issues.  You can find this information on HUD’s website at (http://www.hud.gov/recovery/).  The Public Housing Capital formula funding that each Public Housing Authority will receive is available at http://www.hud.gov/recovery/capitalfund.xls.  The amount of CDBG formula funding that each participating jurisdiction will receive is available at http://www.hud.gov/recovery/cdbg.xls

Nutrition

By May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to allocate $145 million to state agencies for administering their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called Food Stamp Program).  A second allocation of $150 million will be made for FY 2010, which begins October 1.  The increased SNAP benefit will go into effect April 1.

Labor

In early March, recipients of unemployment insurance (UI) should gain a $25 benefit increase and federal funding will fully cover administrative costs to implement this increase.  The temporary UI extended benefits program was extended until the end of 2009.  Workforce Investment Act (WIA) formula grant funds and additional Wagner-Peyser funds for the Employment Service are expected to be released in mid-March.  Department of Labor guidance on implementing changes to Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) provisions will be issued in mid-May.

State-by-State funding fact sheets on selected key programs

To help identify the federal stimulus funding that will go to individual states and localities, AFSCME created state-by-state fact sheets that list federal funding levels for key selected programs and briefly summarize the programs’ benefits.  They are posted on AFSCME’s website at: http://www.afscme.org/legislation-politics/20222.cfm in the section called "How Will Your State Be Affected?"

Additional background and resources

Additional state and local information on implementing the recovery bill is available at http://www.staterecovery.org/federal-assistance

Also visit the White House-generated website, which was created to ensure accountability and full transparency at http://www.recovery.gov

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