American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Would Bring Vital Funds to CA

Washington, D.C - Today, California Democratic Congressional Delegation (CDCD) Chair Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) released the following funding analysis of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The bill, which the House of Representatives passed today on a 244 to 188 vote, will deliver much needed federal assistance to California. 

"With California's unemployment rate soaring to 9.3 percent and no end in sight to our economic woes, this bill will give our state some help," said Rep. Zoe Lofgren. "This package is a step in the long journey to economic recovery. It makes vital and necessary improvements in our infrastructure, schools, law enforcement, health care, and sustainable energy. It will also help put thousands of Californians back to work and help jump start our local economies."

California will receive more than $32 billion in economic recovery funding under ARRA [1]

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund:                                        $7,854,800,000

Title I                                                                          $1,591,028,000

IDEA                                                                           $1,422,484,000

Education Technology                                                    $106,715,000

Education Construction                                                   $2,430,042,000

Head Start                                                                   $82,495,000

Child Care & Development                                               $220,273,000

            Adult                                                               $80,927,000

            Youth                                                              $188,507,000

            Dislocated Worker                                              $179,993,000

            Employment Services                                          $58,411,000

Community Services Block Grant                                       $89,157,000

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance                                $44,818,000

Elderly Nutritional Services                                              $21,702,000

Preventative Health and Services                                     $20,634,000

Byrne Justice Assistance Grant                                        $330,312,000

            Highway and Bridges                                         $2,796,972,000

            Transit Capital                                                 $950,838,000

            Fixed Guideway Modernization                            $294,322,000

            Clean Water SRF                                             $415,157,000

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance                                  $1,466,000,000

(Formerly Food Stamps Program)

Supplemental Security Income                                       $710,700,000

Emergency Shelter Grant Program                                  $190,000,000

Medicaid Assistance                                                    $11,069,212,000

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                                                                        $32,615,499,000

Additionally:

• 12.3 million California workers will benefit from a new Making Work Pay Credit of up to $500 per worker 

• Almost 2 million children will benefit from the Child Tax Credit Provision

• Over 2.3 million jobless workers will benefit from unemployment insurance provisions

• 744,000 California students will benefit from an increase in the Federal Pell Grant Program

[1] Numbers complied from state-by-state data released by the House Appropriations Committee, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities