The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly known as the federal stimulus bill, includes critically needed funding that states can use to help stabilize their budgets and stimulate economic growth. This page links to many resources that help explain the new law and how states, cities/towns, community organizations, and others can access and use these funds.

CT Voices Presentation:

• On March 9th, Shelly Geballe, founder and current Distinguished Senior Fellow at Connecticut Voices for Children, presented an analysis of the “Federal Budget Overview as it relates to Connecticut” to a room full of funders in Hartford attending a summit on “Government and Philanthropy working together.”  Her analysis provides a very helpful summary of the purposes, timeline and scope of ARRA, as well as a thoughtful template of considerations for any state thinking about how to quickly grasp and maximize the benefits available through this landmark legislation.  View the slideshow here: The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF)

• Full ARRA Bill Text from the Government Printing Office (GPO)

• White House Web Site to Track Implementation Recovery.gov

• One-Stop-Shop Web Sites
  Provide multiple resources about available federal assistance, state-by-state allocations, federal agency implementation, state responses, links to other resources, etc.
• Council of State Governments (CSG)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)  

• Summaries of the ARRA
  • Council of State Governments (2/2009)
  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (3/3/2009)
  • Congressional Quarterly (CQ) (2/13/2009)
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS) (2/2009)
  • Senate Finance Committee (2/12/2009)

• Information on ARRA Implementation
  • Council of State Governments Links to Federal Implementation Web Sites
  • Council of State Governments Key Dates and Deadlines
  • White House State-Recovery Web Site Links