LSA Public Policy Priorities

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, which is now Public Law 111-16. Many of LSA's public policy priority areas were affected, as noted in the February 16, 2009 edition of LSA Washington. Funding through ARRA is mainly through states and cities with some funds available directly from the federal government. For more information, please click here. 

Resources

• National Governor’s Association
• National Council of State Legislatures
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• National Association of Counties
• Council of State Governments
• Council of Nonprofits
• Catholic Charities USA
• Fact sheet on FMAP increase from Center for Medicare & Medicaid Studies (CMS) can be found here
• Estimated federal funding from FMAP increase, state by state, can be found here (courtesy of Families USA)
• Federal Register notice of FMAP increase, including state-by-state matching rates after the ARRA adjustment, can be found here
• The National Housing Conference has assembled a paper detailing the accessibility of and requirements for ARRA affordable housing and community development funds. The summary can be found here, while the paper can be found here.
• Map of State Adoption Assistance and Foster Care Funding through the Recovery Act can be found on the HHS website

Government Websites

The following government websites provide much information on funding opportunities, with some encouraging individuals to sign up for email updates on funding announcements.

• Summary of Economic Recovery Funding
• State Recovery Sites
• Federal Agency Economic Recovery Funding
• Department of Health and Human Services Recovery Site
• Department of Housing and Urban Development Recovery Site
• Department of Labor Recovery Site
• Corporation for National and Community Service Recovery Site
• Federal Grant Opportunities
• Federal Economic Recovery Accountability and Transparency
• Federal Contract Opportunities
• Loan opportunities
• To learn if individuals are eligible to receive government benefits