With American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, Pennsylvania is building lasting assets. Recovery Act awards are helping to pave roads and fix bridges, fund clean water projects, strengthen a public education system that continues to produce academic gains for students, and improve our state's environment and energy efficiency. The Recovery Act is also helping those most in need through extended unemployment benefits, food assistance and health care. In the process, Pennsylvania is creating tens of thousands of jobs. For more detailed information about projects in your county, follow the corresponding project link below. In instances where projects impact more than one county, the project and funding amount may appear in other county summaries. Many other projects in the county are funded by Recovery Act dollars distributed directly from federal agencies. Information on those projects is available at http://www.recovery.gov/.
This grant will allow Peters Township Sanitary Authority to invest in mechanical upgrades and enact operational changes that will reduce the energy demands of the Brush Run and the Donaldson's Crossroads Water Pollution Control Plants. The project involves first replacing in-line centrifugal fans, electric duct heaters, and blower motors at the Brush Run facility. This shovel ready project provides an annual energy savings of $3531 (97% natural gas savings). It would also fund new controls and motors at both facilities that would result in a 25% energy savings ($20,280). Overall, the project would save $23,810 in energy costs for the two plants. The project would also support 1 retained job plus 0.75 man-years of temporary work. Contracts would be bid in compliance with the PA Prevailing Wage Act. PTSA is providing a 25% match. 97% gas plus 25% electricity at Brush Run and 25% Donaldsons Crossroads
The project provides services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless or help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized. Funds will be used for activities to address the jurisdiction’s homelessness needs such as: housing relocation and stabilization services including case management; outreach and engagement; housing search and placement; legal services; and, credit repair.
Construction of a 236,000 gallon per day sewage treatment plant and 90,000 linear feet of gravity sewers. This will be a new sewage system to serve approximately 600 equivalent dwelling units; 50 of which are currently served by a small package plant in this low to medium income areas. This system will establish user rates for the new customers upon completion of the project.
Construction of the Park Avenue pump station along with the installation of 2,750 feet of force main and 1,700 feet of gravity sewers that will eliminate wet weather bypassing. This is an existing system that serves approximately 2,100 customers in this primarily low income area. This is an existing system and user fees are not expected to increase.
Replace strip seal dams and make repairs to deck, beam ends, fatigue cracks, concrete beams and headwalls of various State Route bridges in Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland Counties
The project will establish a business specializing in the resale of construction materials from demolition sites; launch a Small Business Start-Up loan program for entrepreneurial initiatives; provide delinquency and default counseling, mortgage restructuring, budget counseling and money management services along with debt consolidation; and expand financial literacy services.
* Totals reflect only funding flowing through state agencies.
Direct Benefits to Families
How PA Benefits
People Helped in Washington County
Explanation of Benefits
Reporting as of
Food Assistance
22,363
The Recovery Act will help low income individuals and families with a 13.69% increase in the maximum Food Stamp (Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or SNAP) benefit. It also suspends the 3 month limit on assistance for many unemployed childless adults.
March 2010
Health Insurance
30,188
Low income children and adults will continue to have access to health care through Medical Assistance.
March 2010
Health Insurance for Unemployed
8,700
The Recovery Act will help make health care available to individuals who are involuntarily separated from their jobs. A COBRA subsidy will pay 65 percent of the monthly premium for individuals earning less than $145,000 and couples earning less than $290,000.
March 2010
Taxpayer Relief
94,696
Individuals earning up to $75,000 will receive a $400 tax credit in 2009 and 2010. Married couples filing jointly and earning up to $150,000 will receive a $800 tax credit.
October 2009
Unemployment Compensation
8,900
The Recovery Act will help these Pennsylvanians with a $25 per week increase in unemployment benefits through the rest of the year. It also provides additional weeks of benefits.
March 2010
All numbers are estimates, and will fluctuate over time.
The Stimulus Oversight Commission reviews, monitors and advises PA’s plans for stimulus spending to assure that citizens get the best from the program. Learn more.
Hotline
Concerned about suspected illegal or irresponsible actions regarding Recovery spending? Call 877-888-7927. Learn more.
Do you want to view Recovery project contracts?
Contracts awarded for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds by state agencies are posted online through the Pennsylvania Treasury’s office. Search for ARRA contracts.
