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(REGIONAL) Bremer Funds Basic Needs Efforts in MN, ND, WI

Foundation: Otto Bremer Foundation; Opportunity: Community grants; Funding Focus: Low-income families, financial literacy, basic needs-social services; Geographic Focus: Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin; Eligibility: 501 (c)(3) nonprofits in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin; Funding: The f...

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(EDUCATION) Senators Unveil Bills to Reform NCLB, Improve Funding

Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Pat Leahy (D-VT) unveiled two bills aimed at reforming the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law, reducing NCLB mandates and offering more funding for schools to improve classroom benchmark testing. The Feingold-Leahy bills will be introduced when the Senate recon...

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(ENVIRONMENT) Wisconsin Funds Consortium on Clean Energy

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle (D) creates a new Clean Energy Generation, Transmission and Storage Systems (CEGTS) Consortium that will provide research and development assistance to industrial leaders on a wide range of technologies that are critical for clean energy development and economic growth. ...

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(ENVIRONMENT) WI Water State Fund Gets $105M in Stimulus Funding

The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources awards $105,948,300 in stimulus funding to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources finance many of the overdue improvements to wastewater projects. The Recovery Act funds will go to the state's Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The Clean Water S...

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(TRANSPORTATION) WI to Use $27.4M in AARA Funds for Transit Projects

The U.S. Transportation Dept. (DOT) dedicates $27.4 million in American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds for transit improvements in Wisconsin.

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(ENVIRONMENT) $20K from Recovery Act Will Back WI Trail Effort

Wisconsin--A Wisconsin foundation will receive $20,000 from the Nat'l Park Service through American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 for work on the state's new Ice Age Trail.

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(HOUSING) States Awarded $1B in HUD Tax Credit Funds

The $1 billion in formula-based credits are a portion of the allocation coming from the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP), funded under the HOME Investment Partnerships Program as part of the Recovery Act.

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(COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) WI Small Cities Get $15M for Shovel-Ready Projects

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle (D) announces the distribution of $7.045 million to cover 15 projects statewide under the state's Small Cities CDBG program. The projects were selected using the Recovery Act's emphasis on financing shovel-ready projects.\r\n

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(SAFETY) FEMA Provides $210M in ARRA $$$ for State, Local Firefighting Efforts

Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Program: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Fire Station Construction Grant (SCG) Program, CFDA Number: 97.115, no cost sharing or matching; Eligibility: Non-federal fire departments and state and local governments that fund/operate fire depart...

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(HEALTHCARE) CDC Offers $1.2M in Supplements for Immunization Data Systems

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Supplemental Funding for Improving Data Quality & Enhancing Assessment at Immunization Information Systems (IIS) Sentinel Sites.

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