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51195 Wise County, Va.

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U.S. Virginia Wise
Population 308,745,538 8,001,024 41,463
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $10,821,556,679 $94,659,793
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,353 $2,283
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
4.0
5.1
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+2.9
6.9
+2.5
7.6
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
+0.2
7.1
+0.7
8.3
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
-0.7
6.4
-1.0
7.3
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-0.4
6.0
+1.0
8.3
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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Energy, Department of $60,825,788
Education, Department of $16,371,873
Environmental Protection Agency $4,302,319
Agriculture, Department of $4,128,744
Social Security Administration $2,915,000
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $2,101,433
Transportation, Department of $1,069,445
Justice, Department of $1,010,636
Employment and Training Administration $884,102
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $442,737
Commerce, Department of $303,550
Health and Human Services, Department of $182,958
Independent Agencies $113,708
Small Business Administration $7,500

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Projects

Stimulus contracts, grants and loans in Wise County, Va. 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
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $50,122,121 Grant State Energy Program American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds are to be used for the expansion of existing energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. In order to comply with this requirement, the Virginia SEP program commits to using SEP ARRA funding to create new,
This spending item is part of a $70,001,000 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 4/17/2009
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $6,398,370 Grant Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program (EEARP) Appliance rebates program objective is to save energy by encouraging appliance replacement through consumer rebates, make rebates available to consumers, enhance existing programs by leveraging Energy Star national partnerships and local program infra... Show more
This spending item is part of a $7,454,000 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 8/24/2009
County of Wise $5,457,737 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act To support and restore funding for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early child hood education programs an... Show more
This spending item is part of a $983,865,903 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/26/2009
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $3,392,461 Grant Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) The funding is provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Sixty percent of the funding will be targeted to smaller Virginia localities to develop and conduct energy efficiency programs and projects in areas such as EE&C ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $16,145,300 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 9/24/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,851,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2009
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA $2,800,609 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act To support and restore funding for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as applicable, early child hood education programs an... Show more
This spending item is part of a $983,865,903 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/26/2009
WISE, COUNTY OF $2,074,000 Grant Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds This agreement provides funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the State of Virginia to capitalize its revolving loan fund to finance: the construction of wastewater treatment and associated infrastructure, nonpo... Show more
This spending item is part of a $80,203,300 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 7/15/2009
SAINT PAUL, TOWN OF $1,810,000 Loan Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Construction of .999 MGD wastewater treatment plant that will expand regional sewer service to areas that presently are without sewer. Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 6/28/2010
VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE $1,757,146 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 4/28/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $1,690,322 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Guaranteed Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 7/31/2009
County of Wise $1,653,231 Grant Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery Act Title I Grants to Local Educational Agengies, Recovery Act To help local education agencies (LEAs) and schools improve the teaching and learning of children failing, or most at-risk of failing, to meet challenging State academic standards.
This spending item is part of a $164,458,751 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 8/31/2009
County of Wise $1,594,243 Grant Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act To provide grants to States to assist them in providing a free appropriate public education to all children with disabilities.
This spending item is part of a $281,415,033 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 4/01/2009
BIG STONE GAP, TOWN OF $1,336,868 Grant Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds This agreement provides funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the State of Virginia to capitalize its revolving loan fund to finance: the construction of wastewater treatment and associated infrastructure, nonpo... Show more
This spending item is part of a $80,203,300 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 7/15/2009
VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE $1,039,730 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 5/12/2010
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $973,978 Contract Recovery: BWT River Sys Lidar/Imagery, Black Warrior & Tombigbee River System, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 10/16/2009
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $912,836 Grant Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Research, Development and Analysis Grant to be used to improve the states emergency preparedness plans and insure quick recovery and restoration from any energy supply disruptions. Funds will be used by the Commonwealth to hire or retrain staff and expand... Show more Energy, Department of 8/12/2009
APPALACHIA, TOWN OF $891,451 Grant Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds The award will be utilized to provide financial assistance to public waterworks for needed infrastructural improvements through the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Program (DWSRF). The projects will allow waterworks to provide improv... Show more
This spending item is part of a $20,761,000 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 8/20/2009
DRUG TASK FORCE $853,404 Grant Recovery Act -Assistance to Rural Law Enforcement to Combat Crime and Drugs Competitive Grant Program The Town of Big Stone Gap will use the grant funds to hire personnel and support overtime for law enforcemnet officers to combat drugs. The project wil allow six rural members of law enforcement to c... Show more Justice, Department of 9/29/2009
VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE $842,715 Grant Program of Competitive Grants for Worker Training and Placement in High Growth and Emerging Industry Sectors The goals of this project are to help over 700 workers in fields relating to green technology to receive industry-recognized credentials; to place approximately 400 workers into training-relat... Show more
This spending item is part of a $3,780,816 allocation. See details
Employment and Training Administration 1/29/2010
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN $829,445 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 1/25/2010
WISE, COUNTY OF $552,304 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Government Services, Recovery Act To support public safety and other government services, which may include assistance for elementary, secondary education and public institutions of hi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $218,904,149 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/26/2009
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN $481,899 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 5/12/2010
WISE COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT & HOUSING AUTHORITY $442,737 Grant Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus (Formula) Recovery Act Funded Installation of brick facade on 7 residential buildings and one office Housing and Urban Development, Department of 3/18/2009
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $387,455 Contract Recovery: Alabama River Overbank Lidar/Imagery Alabama River Lakes, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 10/30/2009
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $303,550 Contract Map Shoreline of Lake Superior. Commerce, Department of / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7/30/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $278,621 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $270,000 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $250,000 Contract LIDAR and Photogrammetric Mapping of the Upper Alabama River U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 8/07/2009
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $250,000 Contract Recovery: Topo Lidar of Millers Ferry & R.F. Henry Pools, Alabama River Lakes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 9/23/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $225,000 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,690,415 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 1/27/2010
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $211,677 Grant Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and NRCS agreed to a plan for the North Fork Powell River Watershed, which provides for the installation of certain works of improvment Agriculture, Department of / Natural Resources Conservation Service 9/24/2010
TUCK MAPPING SOLUTIONS, INC. $198,400 Contract Surveying and Mapping of Special Ops Bases at Eglin AFB U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 8/13/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $146,000 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Direct SECTION 502 SINGLE FAMILY HSNG DIRECT LN - 2009 ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 4/30/2010
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $125,776 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,690,415 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 1/27/2010
WISE, COUNTY OF $117,406 Grant Recovery Act - Eward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ Grants to States and Territories The funds available to the Commonwealth of Virginia from the Byrne JAG Recovery Act funds afforded the state legislature the opportunity to offset the budget cuts necessitated by declining s... Show more
This spending item is part of a $24,258,143 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/19/2009
VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE $113,708 Grant AmeriCorps AmeriCorps members assisted various school districts, city agencies, and a non-profit agency in providing tutoring, mentoring, after-school programs, volunteer recruitment, and housing rehabilitation in low-income communities. Success was measured depend
This spending item is part of a $525,808 allocation. See details
Independent Agencies / Corporation for National and Community Service (formerly ACTION) 5/01/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $100,050 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $79,660 Grant ARRA - Communities Putting Prevention to Work: Chronic Disease Self-Manage The goal of the Chronic Disease Self Management Program (CDSMP)/Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSPM) initiative is for older adults to assist individuals with chronic conditions in managing their illnesses to improve their ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,046,084 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration on Aging 3/31/2010
County of Wise $56,249 Grant Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act To provide grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) on a formula basis to (a) improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in schools; (b) assist all students in becoming technolog... Show more
This spending item is part of a $10,783,251 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/24/2009
County of Wise $53,685 Grant Special Education - Preschool Grants, Recovery Act Special Education - Preschool Grants, Recovery Act To provide grants to States to assist them to make available special education and related services for children with disabilities ages 3 through 5 years, and at a State's discretion, to 2-year-old ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $9,470,492 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 4/01/2009
TOWN OF COEBURN $50,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 6/15/2009
BIG STONE GAP, TOWN OF $48,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 6/12/2009
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $47,995 Grant Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Provide assistance in the development of detailed designs, drawings, plans and specifications for the implementation of remediation measures to address water quality impacts associated with abandoned mine sites in the North Fork Powell River Watershed Agriculture, Department of / Natural Resources Conservation Service 9/16/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $47,250 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 6/16/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $46,247 Grant Aging Congregate Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Congregate Nutrition Services. Established in 1972 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to older Americans in congregate facilities such as senior centers, adult day centers, and faith-based settings.
This spending item is part of a $1,531,658 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
LITTLE HENRY'S EXCAVATING & PAVING INC $41,600 Contract As a part of construction on North Fork of Pound Lake project to pave recreation areas. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only 9/18/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $41,387 Grant Senior Community Service Employment Program Current SCSEP grantees will use the ARRA funds to support additional training and employment opportunities for unemployed low-income seniors. Grantees will expand the number of SCSEP participants assigned to community service work, especially in those gr
This spending item is part of a $515,062 allocation. See details
Employment and Training Administration 2/17/2009
County of Wise $40,000 Grant Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Recovery Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Recovery Act To ensure that all homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education available to other children, the Education for Homeless Children and Youth pr... Show more
This spending item is part of a $1,100,421 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 4/10/2009
WISE, COUNTY OF $39,826 Grant Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program / Grants To Units Of Local Government Rural Curriculum and Range Enhancement Initiative Justice, Department of 8/07/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $36,290 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
WISE, COUNTY OF $34,283 Grant ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Discretionary Grant Award. The award represents an additional Discretionary fund obligation to the State for fiscal year 2009 for the Child Care Development Fund.
This spending item is part of a $37,891,741 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGIN $33,351 Direct P Federal Work-Study Program CAMPUS-BASED /FWS Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 4/01/2009
LONESOME PINE ARTS & CRAFTS, INC. $25,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 6/12/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $24,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $24,000 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $22,768 Grant Aging Home-Delivered Nutrition Services for States ARRA provided funding for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services. Established in 1978 under the Older Americans Act, the program provides meals to seniors who are home-bound.
This spending item is part of a $754,047 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration on Aging 3/18/2009
ST. PAUL, TOWN OF $22,500 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 7/24/2009
VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OFFICE $22,244 Direct P Federal Work-Study Program CAMPUS-BASED /FWS Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 4/01/2009
ST. PAUL, TOWN OF $18,750 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 1/07/2011
ST. PAUL TOWN OF $11,250 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $10,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2009
MOUNTAIN EMPIRE OLDER CITIZENS INC $9,708 Grant Formula Grants for Other Than Urbanized Areas This award will be used to invest in public transportation and support the capital needs of Virginia's rural transit systems. The following replacement vehicles will be purchased to replace vehicles that have met their useful life of 4 years or 100,000 m... Show more
This spending item is part of a $4,940,400 allocation. See details
Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 3/03/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $9,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 3/31/2010
BIG RED CONCEPTS INC $7,500 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 11/06/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $7,250 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $5,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $5,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2010
MINES MINERALS AND ENERGY, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF $0 Grant Conservation Research and Development This program is to fund the conversion of 1,189 active fleet vehicles to propane AutoGas in 9 southeastern states, and the installation of 17 fueling stations, creating the nations first AutoGas corridor through the southeast. A network of conversion cent
This spending item is part of a $8,605,100 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 12/07/2009
WISE, TOWN OF $0 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 1/05/2010
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 4/30/2010