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State Requests for Proposals
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| Who: | California Energy Commission |
| What: | Soliciting applications for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program designed to provide small cities and counties funding to install eligible cost-effective energy efficiency equipment to improve current infrastructure. |
| Goals | -To increase energy efficiency. |
| How to apply: | Applicants should submit one original and one copy to: |
| Deadline: | Tuesday, January 12, 2010 – 4:00 pm |
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Federal Requests for Proposals
REVISED APPLICATION GUIDELINES POSTED FOR ‘RACE TO THE TOP’ FUND
| Who: | Department of Education |
| What: | Accepting proposals to utilize the $4 billion available to states in competitive grant dollars through the Race to the Top fund. |
| Goals: | - To adopt standards and assessments that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace and to compete in the global economy; |
| Deadline: | January 19, 2010 |
| Click here to read more | |
Resources
ARKANSAS HOLDS MEETINGS TO PREPARE ' RACE TO THE TOP ' APPLICATION
| Who: | Arkansas Department of Education |
| What: | An opportunity for teachers, school administrators and school board members to meet with State officials to develop Arkansas’ application for the Race to the Top competitive grant funds. |
| When/Where: | Farmington Monticello North Little Rock Russellville |
| Click here to read more |
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MISSISSIPPI ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROJECTS POSTED ON STATE WEBSITE
| Who: | Mississippi Procurement Technical Assistance Program |
| What: | Hosting a web page to provide information about Mississippi's project implementation and to reduce the period of time for publication and bid openings for any construction projects under the Federal Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. |
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GATES FOUNDATION BOOSTS BROADBAND EFFORTS
Five states will get a total of nearly $3.4 million in grants to implement local broadband improvement plans, including upgraded connections and increased participation rates in the federal E-rate discount program. Arkansas, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia were selected, Gates said, because of the large number of libraries needing high-speed Internet access.
Government Progress Reports
Estimated Impact on Employment and Economic Output
| Who: | Congressional Budget Office (CBO) |
| What: | Documentation commenting on reports filed by recipients of funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that detail how many jobs were created or retained through funded activities. It also provides CBO’s estimate of ARRA’s overall impact on employment and economic output in the third quarter of calendar year 2009. |
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Stimulus in the News
Are Minorities Being Fleeced by the Stimulus?
As of September, less than 10% of the $330 million in stimulus projects awarded directly from federal agencies to Florida-based contractors have gone to minority-owned firms.
Some Stimulus Projects Draw Critics’ Ire
At Arizona State University, a grant of $500,000 is being spent to study the genetic differences between queen and worker ants. If this study sounds like a routine academic research-grant project, it isn’t. It is a federal economic-stimulus project.
Cable Industry Proposes 50 percent Discounts on Broadband Serving Middle School Students
The National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA) announced a plan called Adoption Plus that would target 3.5 million middle school children from low-income families. In it, cable providers represented by the NCTA said they would give free installation and a 50 percent discount for high-speed Internet service.
Stimulus Grant for California Jobless System Questioned
California has received $60 million from the federal stimulus package to upgrade its 23-year-old unemployment benefits system even though previous federal funding to improve the same system has not been fully spent.
Communities Take Action
Journalists of Color Train to Track Stimulus Money
San Francisco-based New America Media, which works with over 2,000 ethnic and mainstream media organizations nationwide, received a grant from the Open Society Institute to write stories on the impact the stimulus money is having on ethnic communities across the nation.
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Laid-Off Workers Face Expiration of Health Benefits
An auto parts employee laid off from his job last year has been able to hang onto his health insurance because the federal government has picked up most of the tab. That subsidy ends Tuesday for Don Hall and thousands of other Americans.
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Stimulus Alerts will include information about the states in Marguerite Casey Foundation's grantmaking regions: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and Washington.
Public Hearing
State Requests for Proposals
Federal Requests for Proposals
Resources
- Arkansas Holds Meetings to Prepare ‘Race to the Top’ Application
- Mississippi Economic Stimulus Projects Posted on State Website
- Gates Foundation Boosts Broadband Efforts
Government Progress Reports
Stimulus in the News
- Are Minorities Being Fleeced by the Stimulus?
- Some Stimulus Projects Draw Critics’ Ire
- Cable Industry Proposes 50 percent Discounts on Broadband Serving Middle School Students
- Stimulus Grant for California Jobless System Questioned
Communities Take Action
- Journalists of Color Train to Track Stimulus Money
- Laid-Off Workers Face Expiration of Health Benefits
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Marguerite Casey Foundation & Equal Voice for America's Families Coalition.
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