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54047 McDowell County, W.Va.

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U.S. West Virginia McDowell
Population 308,745,538 1,852,994 22,062
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $3,175,936,889 $22,220,470
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,714 $1,007
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
3.9
5.9
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+4.2
8.1
+7.8
13.7
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
+0.5
8.6
-1.7
12.0
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
-1.0
7.6
-1.0
11.0
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-0.4
7.2
-1.6
9.4
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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Education, Department of $9,048,973
Agriculture, Department of $5,272,694
Social Security Administration $2,296,250
Health and Human Services, Department of $2,272,159
Transportation, Department of $1,006,230
Energy, Department of $863,851
Justice, Department of $776,770
Environmental Protection Agency $673,542
Small Business Administration $10,000

Projects

Stimulus contracts, grants and loans in McDowell County, W.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
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $2,555,940 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. The State may also include any other information, specific to the State, which provides a clear understanding of the overall purp... Show more
This spending item is part of a $60,981,290 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 4/01/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $2,274,099 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Grant awards under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program, authorized under Title XIV of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will help minimize and avoid reductions in education and other essential pub... Show more
This spending item is part of a $217,970,970 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 6/30/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $2,245,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT $1,324,000 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Rural Development grant funds will be used to construct water lines and booster stations to provide water to 143 potential new customers in the Jolo Phase 4 area. Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 6/26/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT $1,212,000 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Rural Development grant funds will be used to construct water lines, booster stations, and a storage tank to provide water to 177 potential new customers in the Jolo Phase 3 area. Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 6/26/2009
WAR, CITY OF $1,118,000 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Provision of water to 529 households in City of War (McDowell County). Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 10/23/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $1,071,556 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 $75,951,991 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 8/31/2009
COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS $863,851 Grant Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons To increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low-income persons, reduce their total residential expenditures, and improve their health and safety, especially low-income persons who are particularly vulnerable such as the elderly,... Show more
This spending item is part of a $38,371,174 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 4/01/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $650,000 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
WELCH, CITY OF $625,000 Grant Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds WEST VIRGINIA DRINKING WATER REVOLVING FUND ARRA GRANT: This agreement provides funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the State of West Virginia to capitalize its revolving loan fund for the financing of the... Show more
This spending item is part of a $19,500,000 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 6/12/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT $600,000 Loan Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Rural Development loan funds will be used to construct water lines, booster stations, and a storage tank to provide water to 177 potential new customers in the Jolo Phase 3 area. Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 6/26/2009
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS $599,234 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grant: Available for Use in Any Area (flexible) Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 3/17/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $527,272 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $527,272 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $491,112 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Capital Improvement Projects will address the targeted population of the Tug River Health Association, Inc. by providing improved access to health care to the 35.2% of the uninsured adult population over the age of 18. The costs of... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $491,112 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The award was for structural repairs and medical equipment upgrades to four practice sites of Tug River Health Association, Inc. located in southern West Virginia Structural repairs will aleviate operating costs and extend the operatio... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $491,112 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Capital Improvement Projects will address the targeted population of the Tug River Health Association, Inc. by providing improved access to health care to the 35.2% of the uninsured adult population over the age of 18. The costs of... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 6/29/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $450,000 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS $406,996 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 5/13/2009
COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS $403,784 Grant ARRA - Community Services Block Grant Administered through the Office of Community Services of the of DHHR's Administration of Children and families -- 99% ($11, 081,304) of the Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or Recovery Act) funds are going
This spending item is part of a $11,193,235 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT $400,000 Loan Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Rural Development loan funds will be used to construct water lines and booster stations to provide water to 143 potential new customers in the Jolo Phase 4 area. Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 6/26/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $295,000 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
SAFE, INC. $280,396 Grant Recovery Act Transitional Housing The purpose of the award will be to enhance services to domestic violence victims, homeless women and their children in the SAFE Transitional Housing Facility located in Welch, WV that is licensed to serve McDowell, Wyoming and Mercer Counties. SAFE wil Justice, Department of 9/16/2009
TRAVEL BEAUTIFUL APPALACHIA, INC. $250,000 Loan Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/29/2009
WAR, CITY OF $217,500 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Provision of water to 529 households in City of War (McDowell County). Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 5/08/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $207,728 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $190,866 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The Increased Demand for Service funding was awarded to provide increased oral health services to the rural population of McDowell County, West Virginia and surrounding counties. Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $190,866 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Funding was awarded to provide dental personnel to improve access to oral health care in rural Southern West Virginia. Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $187,590 Grant Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act Title II, Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology
This spending item is part of a $3,950,012 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/24/2009
WAR, CITY OF $180,300 Grant Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities - ARRA Provision of water to 529 households in City of War (McDowell County). Agriculture, Department of / Rural Utilities Service 5/08/2009
COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS $178,167 Grant Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program The Amachi Mentoring Coalition Project is designed to prevent and reduce delinquent behavior and victimization and preserve and create jobs to serve youth and families most impacted by incarceration.
This spending item is part of a $17,829,110 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 9/02/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $85,000 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $85,000 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress. The State
This spending item is part of a $18,530,707 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $81,365 Grant Education Technology State Grants, Recovery Act Title II, Part D Enhancing Education Through Technology
This spending item is part of a $3,950,012 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 7/24/2009
BIG CREEK PEOPLE IN ACTION INC. $75,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING INC $75,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 7/15/2010
MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION $65,582 Grant Violence Against Women Formula Grants STOP Violence Against Women Recovery Act Grant funds are used to support communities in their efforts to hire and retain criminal justice and victim service personnel which respond to violent crimes against women (Stalking, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violen
This spending item is part of a $1,232,720 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/15/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION $62,000 Grant Recovery Act - Eward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ Grants to States and Territories Goals: Goal 1: Justice Assistance Grant Program Recovery Act funds will be utilized to support the planning and administration of the formula grant program. Goal 2: Justice Assistance Gra... Show more
This spending item is part of a $8,192,846 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/19/2009
SAFE, INC. $61,460 Grant Recovery Act - State Victim Assistance Formula Grant Program Victim of Crime Recovery Act Victim Assistance funds are to suppot the provision of services to victims of crime throughout the Nation. Services under this grant program are defined as those efforts that (1) respond to the emotional and ph... Show more
This spending item is part of a $620,000 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 4/24/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $51,152 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 State discretion, to 2 year old children with disabilities who will reach age three during the school year.
This spending item is part of a $3,614,632 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 8/31/2009
TRAVEL BEAUTIFUL APPALACHIA, INC. $50,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/29/2009
INTERSTATE COMMISSION ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BASIN $48,542 Grant Water Quality Management Planning The Award supports water quality management planning activities authorized by the Clean Water Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funds will be used on the following projects: 604(b) Stormwater G?? Component One: WVDEP will d
This spending item is part of a $617,100 allocation. See details
Environmental Protection Agency 7/20/2009
SAFE, INC. $44,000 Grant Recovery Act - Eward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ Grants to States and Territories Goals: Goal 1: Justice Assistance Grant Program Recovery Act funds will be utilized to support the planning and administration of the formula grant program. Goal 2: Justice Assistance Gra... Show more
This spending item is part of a $8,192,846 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/19/2009
MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION $40,000 Grant Recovery Act - Eward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ Grants to States and Territories Goals: Goal 1: Justice Assistance Grant Program Recovery Act funds will be utilized to support the planning and administration of the formula grant program. Goal 2: Justice Assistance Gra... Show more
This spending item is part of a $8,192,846 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/19/2009
SAFE, INC. $31,663 Grant Violence Against Women Formula Grants STOP Violence Against Women Recovery Act Grant funds are used to support communities in their efforts to hire and retain criminal justice and victim service personnel which respond to violent crimes against women (Stalking, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violen
This spending item is part of a $1,232,720 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/15/2009
MCDOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC. $31,600 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 7/15/2010
CITY OF WAR $22,500 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $16,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2009
MC DOWELL COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION $13,944 Grant Child Nutrition Discretionary Grants Limited Availability The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) received funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to assist in the purchase of equipment for School Food Authorities (SFAs) participating in the National School Lu... Show more
This spending item is part of a $649,800 allocation. See details
Agriculture, Department of / Food and Nutrition Service 3/19/2009
Stop The Hurt, Inc. $13,502 Grant Recovery Act - Eward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program/ Grants to States and Territories Goals: Goal 1: Justice Assistance Grant Program Recovery Act funds will be utilized to support the planning and administration of the formula grant program. Goal 2: Justice Assistance Gra... Show more
This spending item is part of a $8,192,846 allocation. See details
Justice, Department of 5/19/2009
TUG RIVER HEALTH ASSOCIATION, INC $13,307 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed noncutaneous cancer in United States men and the second leading cause of cancer death. It is estimated that 186,320 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 and 28,660 men will die of it. Prostate c
This spending item is part of a $395,573 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
A&A COMMUNICATIONS LLC $10,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/04/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $8,000 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $7,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2009
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $7,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 9/30/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $7,250 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 3/31/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $3,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 12/31/2010
MCDOWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY INC. $2,850 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facilities Loans and Grants - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/30/2010
MCDOWELL COUNTY COMMISSION $0 Grant ARRA - Immunization The West Virginia Immunization Program will use its ARRA award to fund the following objectives: 1) to hold school-located vaccination clinics in which tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap) and meningococcal (MCV) vaccines will be offered to 7th graders, 2
This spending item is part of a $540,507 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/15/2009
Travel Beautiful Appalachia, Inc. -$50,000 Grant Community Facilities Loans and Grants Community Facility Grants - 09/10 Multi-Year Stimulus Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/29/2009
Travel Beautiful Appalachia, Inc. -$250,000 Loan Community Facilities Loans and Grants CF Subsidy: Direct - 09/10 Multi-Year Stimulus Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 9/29/2009