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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Funds Help with Cleanup and Repair from Last Winter's Ice Storms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Forestry Commission was awarded $5.2 million in ARRA funds by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pay for six forestry projects, many involving cleanup and repair of damage from last winter's devastating ice storm in northern Arkansas.

To learn how Recovery funds will potentially be used on the six projects, read a Harrison Daily Times article here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=232</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Restores Environment and Infrastructure at Crooked Creek]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansans know that the Natural State is a sportsman's paradise.  The nation's best fishing is found here; and to improve the best, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's federal administrators have awarded a $250,000 contract to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to remove the middle part of the low-water bridge that crosses Crooked Creek, convert parts of the remaining structure to hand...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=234</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funds Support Ft. Smith Law Enforcement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fort Smith is Arkansas's second largest city; and with the distinction of such a large population, the municipality has significant law enforcement needs.

Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, those needs are being more readily addressed.  Soon, the Fort Smith Police Department will purchase fifteen video cameras with ARRA funds.  The recorders will be the department's first "...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=231</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Van Buren School District Approves Use of ARRA Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Van Buren schools are expected to receive $6.13 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. The city's school board has divided that amount as follows: $2.59 million on technology, $1.91 million in construction and $622,275 on classroom libraries. The remainder will be spent on assorted educational tools.

A more complete expenditure report of Recovery Act funds within the distr...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=233</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[El Dorado Head Start Program Receives ARRA Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A $1.9 million American Recovery and Reinvestment grant will enable Families And Children Together Inc. (FACT) to greatly expand its Early Head Start Program in a five-county area of southern Arkansas.

To read an El Dorado News-Times story about said grant award, please link by clicking here.<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=228</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funds Used by U of A Researchers in Fight Against Cancer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Adams, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Arkansas, along with two postdoctoral research associates, will study potential cancer-causing agents with ARRA funds.  The two-year grant that Mr. Adams has received totals $108,000 and is administered by the National Institutes of Health.

To read more about the aforementioned announcement, please link to the University of Arkan...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=229</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funds Help Arkansas Businesses Develop LED Technologies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Commercial lighting businesses throughout Arkansas are developing next generation light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs and technologies with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds.  The research has already produced LED bulbs that use less electricity and have significantly longer life expectancies than incandescent bulbs.  However, initial costs and considerations have made the proliferation an...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=227</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DOE Allocates ARRA Funds to NLR Electric Department]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Up to $30.6 million in ARRA funds will be used to finance seven hydroelectric projects nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.  In Arkansas, up to $450,000 of the aforementioned amount will be used by the North Little Rock Energy Department to install an automated intake maintenance device at its 39 MW hydroelectric facility.  The device will clear debris currently obstructing inta...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=230</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Governor Beebe's Executive Summary of Arkansas's First Quarterly Report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Governor's Executive Summary Report detailing the use of Recovery Act funds is now available for public review and can be found at the link above.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act requires all states to report detailed information about the spending of Recovery funds.  Arkansas filed the requisite reports last month.  So far, $1.1 billion has been awarded in Arkansas, $112.5 milli...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=224</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Recovery Office Releases Executive Report]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Office of Recovery and Reinvestment Executive Report

The attached executive report on Recovery Act funding details some of the ways the Recovery Act is affecting Arkansas's economy, its people and its future. According to the executive report, the Recovery Act has already awarded state government $1.1 billion in funding. Arkansas's state government has met and exceeded federal standard...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=225</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Schools Receive ARRA Funds for Energy Retrofits]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy announced that the Newport and Cedarville school districts will receive $3.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to increase energy efficiency.

To read a Washington Examiner release about said announcement, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=222</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Valley Springs School District Saves Resources with ARRA Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Valley Springs School District has announced $35,000 in ARRA-funded expenditures for the 2009-2010 academic year.  To link to a Harrison Daily Times article detailing said expenditures and district finances, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=223</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[First State ARRA Quarterly Report Data Submitted to Recovery. Gov]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Section 1512 requires every group receiving Recovery Act funds directly from the Federal government to report detailed lists of projects and activities including the name and description of the projects, how far each project is from completion, and an estimate of the number of jobs created or saved.

Nineteen different state agencies will be a...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=221</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Helps Unemployed Avoid Foreclosure]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 28, The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas published a story detailing various ARRA programs that allow mortgage companies to utilize nine months of a homeowner's unemployment insurance income as part of determining his/her qualifications for a loan modification.  The story can be linked to by clicking here.<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=220</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Connect Arkansas Receives $2M to Map State's Broadband Access]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Connect Arkansas, a private entity created to enhance broadband access within the Natural State, received a $2.08 million ARRA grant to map the state's broadband accessibility.  Over the course of the next two years, grant funds will help study and locate underserved and unserved broadband areas.

"Today's announcement will allow the state to continue to make strides in improving broadband ava...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=218</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bryant Schools Use ARRA Funds to Invest in Students and Technology]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Bryant School District is spending more than $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to improve the system's educational environment with classroom technology.

To read a detailed account of the district's stimulus expenditures, link to a todaysthv.com story by clicking here.    <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=219</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Funds to Provide Rebates for Appliances]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As reported by the Arkansas News Bureau on October 19, the state's Energy Office, a division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, has submitted a plan for federal approval that would provide consumers with significant rebates for buying various energy-efficient appliances.

To read the article in full, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=214</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Dollars Help Dover Students]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 21, the Russellville Courier published a story detailing the Dover School District's expenditure of federal stimulus dollars.  Of mention, the district purchased 23 "headset-style" sound systems for teachers to amplify their voices for students' improved hearing of lessons.

To read the story in full, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=213</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HHS Awards $250,000 in Recovery Funds to Strengthen Arkansas's Nonprofit Sector ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Coalition for Excellence
DATE: Wednesday, October 15, 2009
FOR RELEASE: Immediately
Contact:  Hunter Phillips Goodman
(501) 375-1223

HHS Awards $250,000 in Recovery Funds to Strengthen Arkansas's Nonprofit Sector

Arkansas Coalition for Excellence (ACE) and the State of Arkansas have been selected to receive a $250,000 award to strengthen the cap...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=215</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AFC To Provide Information About ARRA Fire and Ice Landowner Assistance Grant]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Forestry Commission has been awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) grant through the US Forest Service for wildfire hazard reduction on property in Arkansas impacted by the ice storm of January 2009. This ARRA grant will provide work opportunities in north Arkansas for consulting foresters throughout the
State, as well as address the increased wildfire risk...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=216</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AHTD Continues Impressive Pace with ARRA Projects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 15, the Associated Press reported that the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department's ARRA spending had now topped $150 million.  To read the article in full, link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=211</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Brings Green Job Centers to NWA and LR]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Through a U.S. Department of Energy ARRA grant, the Northwest Arkansas Community College has received a $1.3 million award to develop a green collar job training center in the region.  The award is the fruition of months of hard work that NWACC, the city of Fayetteville, the municipality's Chamber of Commerce, and other parties have put in.

To read an October 13 Morning News article detailing t...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=212</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Congressman Berry Talks Impact of $55M in ARRA Funds for OMRPWA]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 13, The Harrison Daily Times ran an article about Congressman Berry's address to Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority customers in Marshall.

As the article put it, "Berry had come to Marshall to celebrate with officials upon learning that the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority had been awarded more than $55 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestme...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=207</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Funds Two New Police Cruisers for Walnut Ridge ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 12, KAIT Channel 8 of Jonesboro published a story detailing the $60,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that the municipality of Walnut Ridge recently received to procure two new police cruisers.

To read the story in its entirety, please link by clicking here.



<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=209</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Supports Elderly Nutrition and Independent Living  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Every day Arkansans around the state are provided with congregate or home-delivered meals.  Because of the funds provided to the state by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), these services will continue and even expand to aid more of those in need during these difficult financial times.

A couple in their 90s receives meals daily from Meals on Wheels.  They h...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=210</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funds Help Advance Western Arkansas Water Supply and Planning]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 12, The City Wire published a story detailing plans for the city of Fort Smith to sell 340,000 gallons of water a day to Charleston, Lavaca and the River South Water Users Association.  These plans are conditionally based upon the procurement of Recovery Act funding by the Franklin Sebastian Public Water Authority.

To read the article in full, please link by clicking here.   <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=206</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NWA Businesses Benefit By Recovery Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 12, The Morning News ran an article detailing how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has positively impacted Northwest Arkansas businesses with federal government contracts.  The story may be linked to by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=205</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HPRP Holds Two-Day Training in Little Rock]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - A group of local providers and program administrators involved with the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) met for training on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 23 and 24, at the Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center in Little Rock.
Attendees from around the state as well as Little Rock gathered for the two-day seminar.  Trainers from the Little Rock Office...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=208</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Promotes Efficiency with Tablet Computers for DHS Field Staff ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Caseworkers for the Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) spend much of their time away from their desks and computers.  They are often in courtrooms, at the homes of clients, or traveling their districts.  Using tablet computers, provided through funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), will allow caseworkers ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=204</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Awards $55.7 M to Public Water Authority]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Earlier in the week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced 27 projects in 17 states that will share $190 million for rural water improvements.  Of that $190 million, the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority was awarded $55.7 million.

While the USDA announcement is posted on the Arkansas Recovery site, various news outlets have since covered the story with greater regional det...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=203</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Innovation Fund Opportunities in Education ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 6, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Department's priorities for grants under the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3). The fund, which is part of the historic $5 billion investment in school reform in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), will support local efforts to start or expand research-based innovative programs that help close the achie...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=201</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Weatherization Program Partners with Utilities and Agencies to Improve Homes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) works with the seven investor-owned electric and gas utilities to provide weatherization to Arkansans whose homes are "severely energy inefficient."  Through this partnership the utility companies pay for part of the work done by the weatherization staffs of nonprofit community action agencies. So far this year more than 660 homes have been...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=202</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Receives Wildfire Reduction ARRA Grant]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[(To view the Forestry Commission's original release, please open the above Word document.)

The Arkansas Forestry Commission has been awarded an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) grant through the US Forest Service for wildfire hazard reduction on property in Arkansas impacted by the ice storm of January 2009.

The ice storm devastated the northern third of the state, pr...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=199</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funds Support Rural Water Projects]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on October 6 the selection of $190 million in water and environmental project loans and grants that are being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Of that $190, over $55 million is coming to Arkansas.  To read the EPA announcement, link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=200</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baxter County Receives ARRA Funded AmeriCorps Grants]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Baxter Bulletin ran a short article on Baxter County Juvenile Services receiving two ARRA funded AmeriCorps positions.  The article may be read by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=198</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawrence County Schools Use ARRA Funds to Increase Safety ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jonesboro's KAIT published a story detailing how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars are going to improve the educational environment of the Lawrence County Public Schools.  Among other procurements, the district will be adding additional security cameras to campus grounds.

To read the article, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=195</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funded DHS Processing Center In the News]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Arkansas Business published an article about the new processing center the Arkansas Department of Human Services will be building in Batesville.  To summarize the news, the center will house 100 full-time employees, facilitate online services administered by DHS, and have the construction funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

To read the article, please link by clicking here. ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=192</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Companies Awarded ARRA Rural Infrastructure Loans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 1, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced $2.4 billion in loans and loan guarantees to benefit almost 113,000 rural customers nationwide.  Of that $2.4 billion, almost $40 million is coming to Arkansas.

To read an article of the announcement, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=194</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Dep of Ed Announces ARRA Educational Improvement Grants for Arkansas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On October 1, the U.S. Department of Education announced the distribution of formula grants to support teachers and help students.  Of the grant announcements, Arkansas's total award comes to $232.68 million.  To view the DoE release, link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=193</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Funds Allow Weatherization Program to Train Additional Workers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - The Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) will soon hold additional trainings for professionals involved with the program thanks to funds provided to Arkansas through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

More than 90 employees, who've received training at local community action agencies, will participate in additional training at the weatherization warehouse of t...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=197</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Funded Weatherization Program Improving Thousands of Homes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - Since July 1, 2009, the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has improved more than 100 homes of Arkansans with low and moderate income using funds received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

WAP is nearing its full production capabilities, which will allow the program to help even more households, according to Larry Palmer, acting state weatherization m...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=196</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Funded TEFAP Feeds Needy Arkansans]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK - On Thursday, Sept. 17, clients of the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) braved the rain and stood in line for the quarterly distribution of commodities.  There were more than 30 people in line when the food pantry at St. John Baptist Church opened at 9 a.m.

Wilene Alexander, the pantry's coordinator, said they were expecting 300 people to come though their doors ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=191</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yellville-Summit School Board Looks to ARRA Funds for Needed Help]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Baxter Bulletin ran an article detailing the Yellville-Summit District's budget deficit.  Building projects and student emigration have put the district in the red.  However, with the infusion of one-time ARRA money and potential budgetary actions, things are aiming to turn around.

To read the article, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=190</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovery Act Supports Health Professionals Serving in High Need Areas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In a September 30 article, Reuters is reporting that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released $7.6 million in Recovery Act funds to support health professionals serving in high needs areas.  Of that $7.6 million, the Arkansas Department of Health has received a $50,205 award.

To read the article, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=189</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. Dep of Health and Human Services Announces $27.8M in HIT Recovery Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Of the above figure, Community Health Centers of Arkansas, a North Little Rock based entity, received $458,000 in High Impact Electronic Health Record Implementation Initiative Grant funding.

To read the DHHS release, please link by clicking here.  <br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=188</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NWA Childhood Development Center Stays Open Thanks to ARRA Funds]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Lincoln Head Start program will be staying open for at least two more years thanks to a $224,000 grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Without the grant, the center was in danger of closing.

To read to a 40/29 news article about said program, please link by clicking here.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act affords many early childhood opportunities in educ...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=185</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkansas Career Training Institute Uses ARRA Funds to Advance Patient Care and Increase Productivity]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ACTI (formerly the Hot Spring Rehabilitation Center) is a residential facility that provides career and technical education programs and support services to assist teens and adults living with a disability with vocational instruction and medical therapies that will enable them to attain employment. Twelve career pathways and more than 20 vocational programs provide students from across the state t...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=186</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Russellville Sees ARRA Funded Highway Improvement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On September 24, The Russellville Courier published an article of regional transportation projects.  One such project is the resurfacing of a two-mile stretch of State Highway 7 in Russellville.

To read the article, please link here.

The State of Arkansas is projected to receive $351,544,468 for highways and bridges and $28,000,000 for transit capital grants.  The goal of this funding i...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=184</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ARRA Employs Youth at Mammoth Springs State Park]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although summer is officially over, the good news of the ARRA's Summer Youth Employment Program keeps coming out.  One such story of success is featured in this week's edition of The News.  The News is a weekly paper serving northeast Arkansas, and that service has showcased seven area youth who were employed at Mammoth Springs State Park because of federal funding through the American Recovery an...<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=187</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ANRC Approves Recovery Loan to Smackover]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has announced a loan to the city of Smackover up to $900,000 from the state's Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund.

To read a September 23 El Dorado News-Times article of said announcement, please link by clicking here.
<br />]]></description>
<link>http://recovery.arkansas.gov/newsroom/index.php?do:newsDetail=1&amp;news_id=183</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Stimulus Overview]]></title>
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