Sedgwick County Economic Stimulus Tracker
This Web site is designed to provide detailed information regarding local projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It is our duty to ensure favorable outcomes for the community of Sedgwick County through transparency and accountability.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the $789 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, a nationwide effort to create jobs and jumpstart the U.S. economy.
The Act is designed to (from recovery.gov):
- Create or save more than 3.5 million jobs over the next two years
- Take a big step toward computerizing Americans’ health records, reducing medical errors and saving billions in health care costs
- Revive the renewable energy industry and provide the capital over the next three years to eventually double domestic renewable energy capacity
- Undertake the largest weatherization program in history by modernizing 75 percent of federal building space and more than one million homes
- Increase college affordability for seven million students by funding the shortfall in Pell Grants, increasing the maximum award level by $500, and providing a new higher education tax cut to nearly four million students
- As part of the $150 billion investment in new infrastructure, enact the largest increase in funding of our nation’s roads, bridges, and mass transit systems since the creation of the national highway system in the 1950s
- Provide an $800 Making Work Pay tax credit for 129 million working households, and cut taxes for the families of millions of children through an expansion of the Child Tax Credit
- Require unprecedented levels of transparency, oversight, and accountability
Sedgwick County Stimulus Task Force Goals
- Utilize federal stimulus dollars to enhance community services and respond to community needs.
- Create jobs.
- Avoid adding fiscal impact to taxpayers.
Stimulus Funding Summary
Use this spreadsheet to track current stimulus-funded projects.