American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Governor Baldacci

Welcome to the State of Maine Web site devoted to The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. I appreciate the great interest from municipalities, institutions, businesses and others in Maine regarding the impact of this important federal legislation.

Through the end of December 2009, Maine State Government agencies had expended $617,146,457 of the approximately $1.2 billion in Recovery Act funding anticipated to flow through state government. Of this funding, roughly one-third is subject to quarterly reporting requirements included in the Recovery Act. The largest portion of funding is in entitlement programs such as enhanced Medicaid payments and additional unemployment compensation payments. Those resources are not subject to the quarterly reporting to the federal government, but the dollars are captured on our Web site at the county level, allowing visitors to this site to see its distribution.

Recovery Act spending through 12/31/2009

Total Recovery Act Spending through December 31, 2009
Funding area Total Expenditures
Education & Workforce $190.17
Energy $15.6(m)
Infrastructure & Housing $105.2(m)
Protecting the Vulnerable $290.85(m)
State & Local Relief $15.8(m)

Our revised Web site will enable you to see information about the process as it unfolds and to serve as the portal by which you can track how funds are being used in Maine.

I hope you find this information useful as we move forward together to build our economic future.

The Recovery Act at Work in Maine

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Download a zip file containing the 1512 Reports in HTML format.

The Recovery Act research tools below leverage data contained in Federally required quarterly reports. In the future these will be expanded to cover stimulus awards exempt from reporting requirements.

Total spending to date by category (m)

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Total Awards and Spending to Date (m)

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Total Awards by Agency - Top 5

Agency Amount Expended Jobs Created/Saved
Transportation $89,618,981.00 130.00
Administrative and Financial Services $59,523,802.00 176.00
Education $19,859,670.00 142.00
Health & Human Services $17,150,666.00 302.00
Environmental Protection $11,391,633.00 84.00

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