Current Notification of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Funding to Phoenix: $369 million

 

ARRA Competitive Grants to Phoenix

Phoenix must apply for this type of grant and "compete" with other cities and government agencies for the funds. The City of Phoenix has been aggressive in applying for many competitive grants and is awaiting the federal government's decision on the majority of them. The information below reflects competitive grant funds to Phoenix that the federal government has announced to date.

 

$60 million to Stabilize Phoenix Neighborhoods Hit by Foreclosure 

• The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $60 million to the Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department to help stabilize neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosures. 
• Funds will be used to address abandoned, foreclosed properties through acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, redevelopment and financial incentives.
• An estimated 1,700 homes will benefit from this program.

 

$1.7 million to Green-Retrofit Sunnyslope Manor 

• $1.7 in funds will allow Phoenix Housing Department to make 116 assisted housing units more energy efficient
• Sunnyslope Manor, 205 E. Ruth Ave., is a Section 8 property for seniors 62 and older
  
  
  

$751,158 to Serve 100 New Head Start Students 

• Funds from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will create16 local jobs
• Will serve 100 new students in Cartwright School District, which has been without Head Start services for five years
  
  
  

$3.4 million from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Green-Retrofit Public Housing

• $3,408,000 Energy-Efficient, Green Communities grant to Phoenix Housing Department
• Will green-retrofit the 374 Marcos de Niza public housing units, 305 W. Pima St.
• Will use low or no-volatile organic compound paints and adhesives, formaldehyde-free composite wood and green label certified floor coverings
• Will add geothermal/ground coupled heat pumps, xeriscape landscaping, low-flow water fixtures and photovoltaic collectors
• Construction targeted to begin July, 2010 and be complete by September, 2011

 

$1.7 million from Department of Justice to Reduce Violent Crime
 

• $1,725,349 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant creates four jobs
• Two Assistant City Prosecutors cross-deputized as Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys,to increase federal prosecution of firearms-related and border-related violence

• Two new Criminal Intelligence Analysts for Phoenix Police Dept.'s Home Invasion Kidnapping Enforcement (HIKE) Unit
• Also funds some equipment and overtime for HIKE Unit

 

EPA Awards $829,697 to Phoenix Public Works
to Reduce Diesel Emissions
 

• Will replace an aging garbage truck with a hydraulic hybrid truck
• Will retrofit 45 pieces of diesel equipment for city-owned vehicles (adding diesel particulate filters or diesel oxidation catalysts)
• These vehicles provide city services including emergency response, refuse collection and parks, water and street maintenance
• Estimated to create up to 10 private-sector jobs

 

Tres Rios Funds
$36.4 million to Phoenix from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

• $36,430,000 in funds will create 386 jobs
• Restores eight-mile stretch of Salt River - 380 acres
• Re-establishes native vegetation and wildlife habitat

 

Water Projects
$6.1 million to Phoenix from Environmental Protection Agency

• $3.2 million to install automatic meter-reading devices 
• $2 million for Broadway Road sewer main improvements
• $960,000 to replace aging/deteriorating sewer lines in southwest & central Phoenix
• Contracts are out on all projects and some work is underway
• An additional $24.4 million awarded in low-interest loans

 

Healthy Homes Demonstration Grant
$875,000 to Phoenix from U.S. Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
 

• Will help demonstrate and promote cost-effective, preventive measures to correct residential health and safety hazards that produce serious diseases and injuries in children and the elderly in low-income households

 

Lead Based Paint Hazard Control (LBPHC) Grant
$2.3 million to Phoenix Neighborhood Services Dept.

• $2,336,918 from HUD 
• Will reduce lead hazards in 225 privately-owned homes within 10 defined ZIP codes
• Occupants are low-income families with children under six years old
• Will provide outreach and education to at least 4,000 people 
• Will provide skill training in lead-safe work practices to at least 200 people

 

 

ARRA Formula Funds to Phoenix
 

ARRA formula funds are increases to existing federally-funded city programs that are allocated based on data-driven formulas, such as population. The federal government is also allocating funds to the state of Arizona, which the state may pass on to cities.

The list below reflects formula funds that have been awarded to Phoenix to date and will be updated as additional funding is announced.

View the amount of funds Arizona will receive from formula programs

 

 

 

$236,301 for Meals Served out of Phoenix Senior Centers
 

• Funds have been received from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Helping to fund the 630,000 meals prepared and consumed at senior centers and delivered to homebound Phoenix seniors each year 

 

Public Transit Funds
$29.1 million to Phoenix

• $29.1 million for projects, including: improvements made to or construction of the Central Station Transit Center, bus Park and Ride lots and bus stops
• Read letter from Mayor Phil Gordon certifying transit infrastructure investments

Head Start Program Improvements
$1.5 million to Phoenix from U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

• Enhances Head Start programs at seven local school districts and three local nonprofits
• Creates four city of Phoenix Head Start positions plus additional positions at schools and nonprofit agencies
• $1,130,004 for Head Start Quality Improvements
• $399,909 for Head Start staff cost-of-living adjustment

Streets Funds
$35.4 million to Phoenix

• Seventh Street and McDowell Road intersection improvements
• Major and collector street pavement preservation
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) right-of-way improvement projects
• Bridge rehabilitation projects
• Sign reflectivity and retrofit improvement program
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)/signalization program

 

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Funds
$15.2 million to Phoenix from U.S. Department of Energy

• Retrofit city facilities for energy efficiency
• Add solar panels at more city facilities
• Convert traffic signals to LED technology

 

 

 

 

Weatherization Funds
$7.2 million to Phoenix from U.S. Department of Energy

• Funds energy-efficiency improvements for up to 1,200 homes
• Increase home energy efficiency for low-income residents
• Creates construction jobs, reduces energy use and pollution
• Funds must be fully expended in three years

 

 

 

Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP)
$7 million to Phoenix

• $6,996,243 comes directly to the city from U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development
• Will help prevent up to 1,400 families from homelessness
• Phoenix Human Services Dept. began serving clients in August
• For short- or medium-term rental assistance, utility deposits and payment, moving costs, case management and other appropriate homelessness prevention
• Funds will be fully spent in three years
• HPRP documentation

 

Byrne JAG Law Enforcement Grants
$5.5 million to Phoenix

These funds will create at least 15 local jobs and will be allocated between Phoenix Police, Fire and Prosecutor:

Community Prosecution - $1,654,566
Adds two temporary Attorney III community prosecutors and two temporary Administrative Assistant II positions for three years. These staff will work in targeted neighborhoods with the police precincts, other city departments and community organizations to proactively address crime and blight and to provide education and training.

Fire Dept. Victims of Crime Community Assistance - $520,000
Funds eight part-time victim assistance crisis interventionists to staff a part-time community assistance response unit for approximately two years. Also funds one crisis response supervisor, full-time.

Community Prosecution's ePRO Disaster Recovery & Retention Technology Improvement Program - $119,552
Funds expansion of the current Electronic Prosecutor Records Organization (ePRO) project by developing a disaster recovery plan and system, an automated records retention system, encryption and expanding the interface with Phoenix Police.

Police Electronic Citations - $600,000
Funds hardware, software development and consultants that will enable police officers to issue citations electronically. This will allow the Police Department to reduce the time it takes to collect information and the time it takes to share it with the courts, prosecutors and investigators.

Police Software Upgrade - $1,300,000
Will upgrade software on the police department's 3,500 desktop/mobile computers, allowing police to take advantage of software updates from the last five years. Consultants will be hired to assist in various portions of implementation.

Police Custom Software Development - $1,300,000
Consultants will be hired to identify and implement solutions to streamline functions such as personnel and fleet management, equipment control, data sharing, offer safety and more.


 

Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
$824,000 to Phoenix

• Expands the efforts of the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to identify, arrest and prosecute sexual predators who use the Internet to sexually exploit children
• Funds two jobs (restores one sworn-officer position and creates one new civilian position) for four years

 

Community Services Block Grant
$2.4 million to Phoenix

• • $2,450,108 in funds come through the state, which must pass through 99 percent to the eligible entities
  • City has two years to fully expend the funds
  • Funding can be used for both staffing and voucher assistance

Department of Transportation-Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
$11.7 million to Phoenix

Funding -- $11,719,336 -- has been received

This project to rehabilitate Taxiway C at Sky Harbor is 30% complete

285 people are expected to work on the project

 

 

Community Development Block Grant - R
$4,575,410 to Phoenix from HUD

• Funds 12 projects that create 70 jobs and reinstate 35 jobs
• Projects increase energy efficiency, and expand educational and job training opportunities for low-income residents
• CDBG-R Substantial Amendment to the 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan, element of the Consolidated Plan

Workforce Investment Act
$7.6 million to Phoenix Community & Economic Development 

• • Adult Job Training - $1,308,214
  • Youth Training - $3,164,851
  • Dislocated Worker Funding - $3,141,449

 

Public Housing Capital Funds
$4.3 million to Phoenix

• Funds have been received from HUD
• Will provide improvements (including lighting, heating/air, roof and electrical) to existing public and senior housing sites
• Will create more than 100 private-sector jobs  

 

Treasury Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds - $21 million

• Authorizes Phoenix City Council to issue $21,347,000 in recovery zone economic development bonds 

 

Treasury Recovery Zone Facility Bonds - $32 million

• Authorizes Phoenix City Council to issue $32,019,000 in recovery zone facility bonds

 

 

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