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JEFFERSON COUNTY ARRA FUNDING AND PROJECTS

Based on the latest information available to the Governor’s Office. This report is not comprehensive because new Recovery Act awards are announced frequently. This does not include funds - including income tax cuts, increased COBRA benefits, increased funds to cover Medicaid services and others - that cannot be broken down by county. The numbers below represent funds that have been awarded and are expected to be received over the life of the Recovery Act. The funds are distributed to a wide range of groups in the county and do not necessarily touch county government.

COMMUNITY SERVICES / SAFETY NET:
	$592,459	Community Services Block grant to Jefferson County for poverty reduction and revitalization of low-income communities. Jefferson County in conjunction with the Work Training Experience (WTE) program will provide residents an opportunity to obtain employment with livable wages
	$295,014	Community Development Block grant to Jefferson County
	$136,700	Community Development Block grant to the City of Arvada
	$244,865	Community Development Block grant to the City of Lakewood
	$91,000	Funds to pay overtime to 17 workers in Jefferson County to expedite the processing of applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps)
	$2,849,827	Extra 13 percent in food stamp benefits to about 23,000 people in Jefferson County between April 1-October 31, 2009


	$9,550	Grant to the Agape Life Christian Fellowship in Jefferson County to distribute emergency food to households and provide meals to needy people
	$1,378,276	Grant for the Child Care & Development Fund in Jefferson County

	PUBLIC SAFETY:
	$170,389	Justice Assistance grant to Jefferson County for law enforcement programs
	$132,787	Federal grant to the Fairmount Fire Protection District for capital improvements
	$450,911	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Lakewood
	$136,537	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Arvada
	$15,346	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Edgewater
	$17,377	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Golden
	$552,394	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Golden
	$149,029	Justice Assistance grant to the District Attorney’s Office, 1st Judicial District (Includes Jefferson and Gilpin Counties) for a felony Deputy District Attorney (DDA) Family Violence Specialist and Paralegal to fund a Family Violence Response Project
	$745,000	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Golden for a phone-based crisis line that will be operational 24 hours a day, everyday of the year.
	$40,150	Justice Assistance grant to the City of Lakewood to fund a Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth Offenders program. The project goal is to reduce juvenile substance abuse, recidivism, and to subsidize substance abuse treatment for those who lack family financial resources
	$48,949	Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant to Colorado District Attorney’s Council to provide statewide training to criminal justice agencies and community-based programs on cases involving violence against women.
	$20,000	Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant to WINGS Foundation, Inc. to create a contract Bilingual Program Manager position to provide services to Spanish-speaking adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.

	TRANSPORTATION:
	$8,400,000	Grant to construct a grade-separated interchange at Elk Creek Road, new frontage roads and wildlife-crossing underpass
	$333,489	Grant to install ramp metering on the ramps from Sheridan Blvd. to westbound 36, 84th Avenue to northbound I-25, and Kipling Pkwy to eastbound C-470 and Yosemite St. to westbound C-470 (includes Jefferson, Douglas, and Adams Counties)


	$886,979	Grant to replace traffic signals at two locations; US 6, SH93, SH58 (one intersection in Golden), and SH128 at Simms Street (Includes Jefferson and Broomfield Counties)
	$1,793,405	Grant to repair or replace concrete slabs for approximately three miles of I-70
	$3,337,195	Grant to resurface approximately three miles of US 40 in asphalt
	$300,000	Grant to construct West 86th Parkway Bike Lanes
	$40,000,000	Federal Transit Administration grant to the Regional Transportation District for expansion of the West Corridor Light Rail

	WORKFORCE SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
	$1,762,002	Workforce Investment Act Funds for job training to Tri-County Region (Includes Jefferson, Clear Creek, and Gilpin Counties) residents
	$476,493	Wagner Peyser (WP) & Reemployment Services (RES) to Tri-County Region residents
	$93,607,975	Extra 20 weeks of benefits, through the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, for 13,469 people (as of June 30, 2010) in Jefferson County
	$19,205,050	Extra $25 per week in unemployment benefits through the Federal Additional Compensation program, for 25,460 people (as of June 30, 2010)
	$9,859,618	Additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits through a new state law given to 2,983 people as of June 30, 2010.

	ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT:
	$2,212,100	Energy Efficiency Conservation Block grant to Jefferson County to improve energy efficiency in buildings across the county
	$1,326,100	Energy Efficiency Conservation Block grant to the city of Lakewood to improve energy efficiency in buildings across the city
	$951,900	Energy Efficiency Conservation Block grant to the city of Arvada to improve energy efficiency in buildings across the city
	$4,192,662	Estimated funds to be spent for free energy efficiency upgrades in low-income homes in Jefferson County
	$231,300	U.S. Department of Energy contract to APS Group, Inc. for maintenance work
	$33,500	U.S. Department of Energy contract to Hukari Tech to decontaminate and decommission the uranium enrichment gaseous diffusion plants


	$4,250,000	U.S. Department of Energy contract to Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc. - EECBG grant
	$84,854	U.S. Department of Energy contract to Telenet, LLC for HD voice over internet protocol phone and internet services
	$110,000,000	U.S. Department of Energy grants to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC) for construction projects at the Golden campus
	$25,500,000	Approximate amount of research grants awarded to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that is expected to be used in Colorado (about the same amount is expected to be spent by partner agencies)
	$528,652	U.S. Department of Energy contract to Deloitte & Touche, LLP for Transmission Infrastructure Program consulting services
	$60,000	Environmental Protection Agency contract to URS Operating Services for a Brownfield assessment of Wheatridge 44th and Wadsworth site
	$100,000	New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grant to Energistic Systems in Golden for continued manufacturing of the SunTrac Concentrating Collector system, a new solar-thermal system
	$195,000	Department of Energy grant to the City of Lakewood to develop or expand an energy assurance plan to improve electricity reliability and energy security.
	$130,000	Department of Energy grant to the City of Wheat Ridge to develop or expand an energy assurance plan to improve electricity reliability and energy security.
	$200,543	Rebates for 1117 people in Jefferson County for the purchase of energy-efficient appliances including, dishwashers, refrigerators, furnaces and boilers.

	EDUCATION:
	$3,832,921	State Fiscal Stabilization funds to sustain jobs and programs at Red Rocks Community College. This number reflects expenditures reported to the federal government in October 2009. The amount will grow over time.
	$13,331,283	State Fiscal Stabilization funds to sustain jobs and programs at Colorado School of Mines over three fiscal years ($4.4 million was spent through Sept. 30, 2009)
	$9,554,375	Title I funds for Jefferson County R-1 schools with high percentages of low-income students
	$57,511	Title I-D funds for schools with high numbers of low income students in the Jefferson County R-1 school district.
	$14,929,018	IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Part B funds for services to disabled students in Jefferson County
	$530,822	IDEA Part B funds for disabled preschool students in Jefferson County
	$179,300	Grant to improve school lunch services in Jefferson County
	$276,999	Education Technology grant to Jefferson County R-1 schools
	$70,000	McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Funds to provide services to students who are at-risk of homelessness in Jefferson County R-1 schools
	$29,631	Federal work study grants to students at the Colorado School of Mines


	$26,196	Federal work study grants to students at Red Rocks Community College
	$66,612	Grant to the City of Lakewood for ARRA COLA Head Start Quality Improvement Funding
	$203,932	Grant to Jefferson County for ARRA COLA Head Start Quality Improvement Funding
	$4,450,176	Research grants to the Colorado School of Mines

	HOUSING:
	$165,522	HUD Section 8 Housing Rental Assistance payments to Arvada House
	$73,317	HUD Section 8 Housing Rental Assistance payments to Arvada Cottages
	$186,364	HUD Section 8 Housing Rental Assistance payments to Green Ridge Meadows
	$526,704	HUD Section 8 Housing Rental Assistance payments to Edgewater Plaza
	$931,109	Financing through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Assistance Program, administered by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, for acquisition and rehabilitation of Maplewood apartments in Lakewood, a 132-unit facility
	$1,118,963	Financing through the Low Income Tax Credit Assistance Program, administered by the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, for new construction of a 55-unit affordable housing complex at Johnson Road and 10th Avenue in Golden

	SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES:
	$22,768,705	Small Business Administration loans


OTHER FEDERAL PROGRAMS:
		US Department of Agriculture
	$46,421	Colorado Department of Agriculture - ARRA 2008 Aquaculture Grant Program
	$4,125	I B K Government Group, LLC - Title Reporting Services
	$404,736	Caci Incorporated Federal - for management services and contract procurement
	$124,108	Kadix Systems, LLC - for management services and procurement
		General Services Administration
	$7,202	Bassett Construction Services - for estimating and consulting
	$114,127	Andrews and Anderson Architect PC in Golden - contract
		US Army Corps of Engineers
	$4,615	Hudspeth & Associates, Inc. - contract for ARRA CH expansion joint rehab
	$448,849	Dean Kurtz Construction Company - for design and construction for Tri-Lakes Office road and parking lot overlay, Littleton, CO
		US Department of the Interior
	$373,554	Synergetics, Inc. - for multiple computer software contracts
	$88,196	Richard P. Arber Associates Inc. - in contracts for consulting services
	$180,000	Alpha Boulder, LLC - Engineering Program Manager to Support the Division of Engineering/Safety Regarding ARRA Program Management
	$179,000	RMC Consultants, Inc. - to provide two full-time personnel to perform project review and reporting services


	$1,554	DLT Solutions, Inc. - Software Subscription and Licenses
	$3,007	Autodesk, Inc. (Sub-Recipient Award) - Software Subscription and Licenses
	$41,375	RMH Group, Inc. (Sub-Recipient Award) - for multiple contracts
	$26,489	Teknion, LLC – for office furniture
	$112,138	Berger Louis Group. Inc. - for two contracts ($82,612 for Environmental Assessment at Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
		National Aeronautics & Space Association
	$165,900,000	Lockheed Martin for Project Orion at Johnson Space Center
		US Department of Commerce
	$93,096	Net Source, Inc. (Sub-Recipient Award) - contract for shelves, hardware, and cabling for an existing NGDC raid
		US Department of State
	$32,894	Terracon Consultants, Inc.
	$920	Zylstra Baker Surveying, Inc. (Sub-Recipient Award) - for Preparation for Data Center Construction Project
		US Department of the Air Force
	$222,133	Johnson Controls, Inc. – for multiple contracts for maintenance repair at misc. buildings
		US Department of the Army
	$69,901	EMC Engineers, Inc. – for analysis of energy conservation opportunities at CO air National Guard facilities
	$10,991	Centurion Group, Inc. - for Recovery HVAC repair
		The Legislative Branch
	$19,667	Western Industrial Contractors, Inc. - contract to repair low flow gates