Sentences with phrase «from federal stimulus funds»

Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said: «This is a terrific way for Long Islanders to benefit from federal stimulus funds.

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He said schools have an billion and a half dollars in reserve funds and leftover monies from the federal stimulus program, which ended last year, enough to cover the reductions.

By the late 2000s — after the recession but before an influx of federal stimulus cash — New York City was getting just 9 percent of its funding from the federal government.

In the wake of intense opposition from the town and Orient residents, the authority eventually dropped that project, which was to be financed largely with federal stimulus funds.

«Without the funding that our region is receiving from the federal stimulus package, along with the funding Gov. Paterson and the Legislature approved for our youth, these young people would be left behind.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will be included in the upcoming federal stimulus package.

State Budget Director Robert Megna added that the state has gotten less funding from the federal government during the past year and a half, especially with the end of the stimulus package instituted after the 2008 financial crash.

The money will come from $ 108 million in federal stimulus funds, $ 210 million from bond sales, $ 42 million from the state, and an annual $ 65 to $ 75 million from a federal subsidy program.

Utility executives and smart grid advocates agree that apart from the smart grid projects funded by $ 4 billion in federal stimulus grants, most current smart grid investment is going into improving the efficiency, reliability and profitability of power supply, rather than reaching consumers directly.

How has the $ 4.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Cancer Institute impacted your research in the past year?

The fallout from the 2009 legislative session continues in state court, as Gov. Sanford and lawmakers battle over whether South Carolina will accept $ 700 million in federal stimulus money that would help pay teachers» salaries and fund public safety.

Funding to the district from state - generated revenues was essentially flat, but federal funding increased by 13.3 percent, largely due to the stimulus pFunding to the district from state - generated revenues was essentially flat, but federal funding increased by 13.3 percent, largely due to the stimulus pfunding increased by 13.3 percent, largely due to the stimulus package.

The association has a point: Within the past decade, more than $ 200 million in federal stimulus funds, plus millions more from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have been spent in New Mexico alone on efforts to extend high - speed broadband networks to rural areas.

Key state economists gathered at CEA today — along with reporters — to discuss a variety of topics from the depth of the state recession to the wisdom of how federal stimulus funds were applied by state policymakers.

The school benefits from the assistance of community partners and a grant funded with federal stimulus money.

The funding is from two federal sources, including $ 1.75 million under the No Child Left Behind act and the remaining $ 3.45 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as stimulus money.

Some cash - strapped states and school districts are signaling a major expansion of charter schools to tap $ 5 billion in federal stimulus funds, despite strong opposition from some teachers unions...

A seventh allotment for janitors, clerical workers, and substitute teachers has also been reduced (by 18.6 %) if you take into account federal stimulus funding that allowed North Carolina to pay these workers from federal funds on a temporary basis in FY 2010 - 11.

[4] federal stimulus funding that allowed North Carolina to pay these workers from federal funds on a temporary basis in FY 2010 - 11: http://www.ncjustice.org/sites/default/files/BTC%20Brief%20-%20Federal%20Funds%20and%20Education.pdf

Federal support for this project comes from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, which has resulted in over 4,100 infrastructure projects across the country.

For me, the current economic climate means that every opportunity, new and old, must be explored and explored again... from the possible opportunities for funding through the Federal Stimulus Package which passed in February to letters updating donors who have supported us in past years.

The California Energy Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) and Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc) Committees will conduct a joint workshop to discuss clean technology innovation efforts funded through U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) competitive solicitations with a focus on projects receiving cost - share funding from the Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research and Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programs.

The federal government made a stunning 179,000 «categorical exclusions» that allowed corporations — many with disastrous environmental records — to use stimulus funding to sponsor projects without submitting them to review under the nation's «most basic form of environmental oversight», a new report from the Center for Public Integrity found.Making matters worse, many of these projects were approved under the auspices of being «green» or clean energy projects (many more are transportation - related)-- thus helping to comprise the billions of dollars in funding for green projects that sent progressives» hearts aflutter two years ago.

NEWS Can Your Business Benefit from Federal and State Stimulus Funds?

If a newspaper reports that the mayor of a big city is using his control of federal stimulus funds to reward political supporters, it helps to know whether this information comes from «a source within City Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.»

Well, the banks currently have an estimated $ 1.64 trillion sitting idle in Federal Reserve accounts — largely stimulus funds provided from that very institution — according to a recent report from the St. Louis Fed.