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47139 Polk County, Tenn.

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U.S. Tennessee Polk
Population 308,745,538 6,346,105 16,823
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $10,830,633,094 $43,288,376
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,707 $2,573
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
7.0
8.3
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+4.0
11.0
+3.7
12.0
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
-1.4
9.6
-0.6
11.4
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
-0.3
9.3
-0.6
10.8
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-0.5
8.8
-0.8
10.0
Unemployment Rate, 7/08 – 7/12

This site was updated in September 2012. It includes recipient-reported data through the second quarter of 2012, which was released in July 2012.

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Funding by Federal Agency and Department

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Transportation, Department of $27,764,718
Small Business Administration $6,360,000
Education, Department of $3,636,536
Agriculture, Department of $1,903,006
Social Security Administration $1,073,750
Health and Human Services, Department of $955,966
Environmental Protection Agency $875,000
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $450,000
Energy, Department of $200,000
Interior, Department of $69,400

Projects

Stimulus contracts, grants and loans in Polk County, Tenn. Data last updated on September 2012.
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Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Type Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
TRANSPORTATION, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF $26,667,858 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 4/07/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $1,835,592 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act The SFSF Education Fund helps states restore support for public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early childhood programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $775,135,036 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
DALTON POULTRY $1,810,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 3/12/2010
AngioSystems Inc. $1,620,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 5/17/2010
BENTON SHOOTER SUPPLY LLC $1,150,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 1/04/2010
TRANSPORTATION, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF $1,096,860 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grant: Available for Use in Any Area (flexible) Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 5/12/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $1,037,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2009
MCCONNELL POULTRY FARM $995,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 5/04/2010
OCOEE REGIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION $718,895 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Ocoee Regional Health Corporation has finally realized one of our long range goals of our Strategic Plan that was established at our Board of Directors Training session in 2005. Owning new facilities at all six of our locations has bee... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
OCOEE UTILITY DISTRICT OF BRADLEY AND POLK COUNTIES $700,000 Grant Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds These funds will be utilized by the State of Tennessee to capitalize its revolving loan fund for the financing for the construction of drinking water facilities, green infrastructure, program administration and drinking water related acti... Show more
This spending item is part of a $20,238,000 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 7/14/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $615,404 Grant Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act Assist States in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Part B of the IDEA.
This spending item is part of a $229,613,418 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 4/01/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $470,354 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Guaranteed Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 10/31/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $453,500 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Race-to-the-Top Incentive Grants, Recovery Act Awards in Race to the Top will go to States that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform. Race to the Top winners will help... Show more
This spending item is part of a $500,741,220 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/28/2010
BENTON, TOWN OF $450,000 Grant Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii ? (Recovery Act Funded) To enable non-entitlement local governments to undertake a wide range of activities intended to create suitable living environments, provide decent affordable housing and create economic op... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,095,627 allocation. See details
Housing and Urban Development, Department of 7/27/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $447,365 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Direct SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY HSNG DIRECT LN - 2009 ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 3/31/2009
Randall B. Ramsey $350,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/08/2009
Ocoee ZIPZ Inc $325,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 4/15/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $282,793 Grant Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery Act Improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards.
This spending item is part of a $194,074,879 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 8/31/2009
WHITE OAK CONTRACTING INC $249,692 Contract Replace bridge in Cherokee National Forest Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 12/11/2009
OCOEE REGIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION $237,071 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The purpose of the ARRA- Increased Demand for Services (IDS) grant was to employ 1-FTE physician for our Cleveland Family Health Care Center to assist in the delivery of preventive and primary care services to the uninsured and underse... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
TENNESSEE VALLEY CONSTRUCTION $198,623 Contract Concrete pads and sidewalks around modular toilets in Cherokee National Forest Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 4/28/2010
OCOEE UTILITY DISTRICT OF BRADLEY AND POLK COUNTIES $175,000 Grant Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds These funds will be utilized by the State of Tennessee to capitalize its revolving loan fund for the financing for the construction of drinking water facilities, green infrastructure, program administration and drinking water related acti... Show more
This spending item is part of a $20,238,000 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 7/14/2009
Jerry F Cook $110,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees PATRIOT EXPRESS Small Business Administration 4/16/2010
DUCKTOWN, CITY OF $100,000 Grant Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) This project is to assist states, U.S. territories, Indian tribes, counties, and cities to develop, promote, implement, and manage localized energy efficiency programs through individual program grants. The project will fund programs that... Show more
This spending item is part of a $13,818,200 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of / Golden Field Office 9/23/2009
BENTON, TOWN OF $100,000 Loan Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA 545 - (Combo Loan & Grant) Waste Disposal Only - 09/10 Stimulus Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 4/22/2010
BENTON, TOWN OF $100,000 Grant Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) This project is to assist states, U.S. territories, Indian tribes, counties, and cities to develop, promote, implement, and manage localized energy efficiency programs through individual program grants. The project will fund programs that... Show more
This spending item is part of a $13,818,200 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of / Golden Field Office 9/23/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $100,000 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $100,000 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
ARROWHEAD STARR COMPANY $92,990 Contract Forestry-Crop Tree Release Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 4/19/2010
FOUR STAR CONSTRUCTION $69,400 Contract Replacement of Wheelchair Lifts - Lincoln National Historic Site- Springfield, IL
This spending item is part of a $87,400 allocation. See details
Interior, Department of / National Park Service 10/21/2009
WEAVER FARMS $57,530 Direct P Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Agriculture, Department of / Farm Service Agency 4/22/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $56,475 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
HOOPER, THOMAS WILEY $54,602 Contract Existing trail restoration, the work consists of restoring the original trail template including some or all of the following items: clearing, removing slough and berm, borrow, filling ruts and troughs, reshaping backslopes, excavation, reshaping trail tr Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 4/15/2010
BENTON, TOWN OF $50,000 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA 545 - (Combo Loan & Grant) Waste Disposal Only - 09/10 Stimulus Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 4/22/2010
ARROWHEAD STARR COMPANY $43,975 Contract Tree Planting Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 2/11/2010
TUDOR'S EXTERIOR SERVICES LLC $43,340 Contract REWORKING HIKING TRAIL AT TURTLE TOWN FALLS TO BRING IT UP TO STANDARD . Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 6/14/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $40,500 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
ARROWHEAD STARR COMPANY $33,495 Contract Forestry Crop Tree Release Agriculture, Department of / Forest Service 12/11/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $33,300 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $33,300 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $26,276 Direct P Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments (SURE) Agriculture, Department of / Farm Service Agency 4/30/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $20,000 Grant Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability USDA ARRA funds provided on a competitive basis to LEAs/SFAs to purchase equipment.
This spending item is part of a $2,275,738 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Food and Nutrition Service 6/08/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $16,000 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $13,367 Grant Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act Educational Technology State Grants to improve student academic achievement through the innovative use and the effective integration of new and emerging technology with teacher training, curriculum development, and successful research-based instructiona... Show more
This spending item is part of a $12,258,365 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/24/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $13,250 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $12,858 Grant Special Education - Preschool Grants, Recovery Act Assist States to make available special education and related services for children with disabilities age 3 through 5 years, and at a State's discretion, to 2 year old children with disabilities who will reach age three during the school year.
This spending item is part of a $7,345,943 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 4/01/2009
APPALACHIAN BEE FARM $10,000 Grant Rural Business Enterprise Grants - ARRA To provide funds for rural projects that finance and facilitate development of small and emerging rural businesses. Funds can be used to make loans for start ups and working capital. Any project funded under the RBEG program should benefit small and emer
This spending item is part of a $47,500 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Rural Business Cooperative Service 9/04/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $8,500 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $7,926 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $7,621 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $6,760 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $6,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $6,709 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY* $4,765 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $4,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 3/31/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $4,600 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Race-to-the-Top Incentive Grants, Recovery Act Awards in Race to the Top will go to States that are leading the way with ambitious yet achievable plans for implementing coherent, compelling, and comprehensive education reform. Race to the Top winners will help... Show more
This spending item is part of a $500,741,220 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/28/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $4,500 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $4,500 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $3,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2010
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $684 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization funds for various general government, educational, health, corrections, children's services, and mental health & developmental disabilities activities.
This spending item is part of a $172,462,807 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/18/2009
POLK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $646 Grant Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act Educational Technology State Grants to improve student academic achievement through the innovative use and the effective integration of new and emerging technology with teacher training, curriculum development, and successful research-based instructiona... Show more
This spending item is part of a $12,258,365 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/24/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $0 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Direct SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY HSNG DIRECT LN - 2009 ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 12/31/2009