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A Users Guide to the 2009 AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act

Radhika Fox, Associate Director

PolicyLink

Jason Walsh, National Policy DirectorGreen For All

Shawn Fremstad, Federal Policy Advisor

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2009 by PolicyLink and Green or AllAll rights reserved.

Radhika Fox, Associate Director PolicyLink

Jason Walsh, National Policy DirectorGreen For All Shawn Fremstad, Federal Policy Advisor

A Users Guide to the 2009 AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act

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Acknowledgements

Many thanks to our colleagues at PolicyLink, Greenor All, and partners who made contributions to this

report, including: Charlotte Brody, Cara Carrillo,Milly Hawk Daniel, Tricia Gri n, Stacy Ho, RubenLizardo, Ian Kim, Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel,Solana Rice, Kalima Rose, and Vien Truong.


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T he recently passed $787 billion AmericanRecovery and Reinvestment Act is a big, bold,and historic investment intended to kick-start theUnited States economy and lay the oundation

or long-term economic growth and stability. Itcan also serve as a down payment, i investedwisely, on building an inclusive green economystrong enough to li t people out o poverty. Thecircumstances couldnt be more urgenttheAmerican people are su ering through the worsteconomic downturn since the Great Depressionand the planet is approaching a tipping pointbeyond which lies climate catastrophe.

With hundreds o billions o dollars to build,modernize, and retro t homes, public buildings,schools, transit systems, parks, and waterin rastructureas well as a signi cant investment

in our nations human capital through educationand work orce trainingthis landmark legislationcould be a once-in-a-generation opportunityto move the nation along an arc that bendstowards justice, ull inclusion, and sustainability.

The challenge, however, is the political andeconomic urgency to spend Recovery Act undsquickly in order to put large numbers o peopleback to work. This poses a danger in three ways:

that money will be spent poorly; that unding willgo predominantly to projects which only rein orcethe pollution-based economys status quo (withlow-income people and communities o colorat the smokestack end); and that jobs will onlygo to workers with the skills and connectionsnecessary to get those jobs quickly, therebyrein orcing racial and economic inequity.

While swi t action is critical to get the economyback on track, the need or deliberate speedshouldnt undermine the opportunity to utilizethese dollars to trans orm the economy into onethat is more just and green, and that providesreal opportunity to all Americans. Our nation hasdug an economic and ecological hole that is toodeep and too polluted to be re lled carelessly.Instead, we need to creatively develop and

employ new tools and materials, with a ocus ondeliberate action, scaling up local innovation, andensuring that all can participate and prosper.

Green For All and PolicyLink have prepared thisUsers Guide to assist local and state advocates,nonpro t organizations, public agencies, andpolicymakers in making the best use o recoverydollars. The guide is organized into our parts:

Seizing the Moment Before Us

The Recovery Act provides $787 billion over the next ten years, with most o the spending occurring over thenext two years.

The act includes $48 billion in investments in job training and education, nearly $100 billion in unding ortransportation and in rastructure, $20 billion in tax incentives or renewable energy, and more than $41 billion

or energy-related programs.

A substantial portion o these unds can be used to green our economy and communities while creating qualityemployment and training opportunities that provide pathways out o poverty.


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The Recovery Act: A Birds Eye ViewI.summarizes the Recovery Act, emphasizingin ormation local and state leaders ocused onbuilding an inclusive green economy shouldbe aware o as implementation un olds.

Recommendations or EquitableII.Implementation o ers ideas to help localand state leaders develop strategies toinfuence how dollars are spent to maximizean equitable and green recovery.

Advocacy Hooks and Pressure PointsIII.complements the recommendations sectionby identi ying program-speci c hooks and

pressure points that advocates, practitioners,and policymakers can use to ensure that low-income communities are at the center o stateand local recovery and reinvestment initiatives.

Overview o Green Recovery ProgramsIV.o ers an in-depth grid summarizing a rangeo programs and unding streams that canbe utilized to oster inclusive and greencommunities and help lower-income peopleand communities o color access quality green

jobs. It also o ers website links to additionalresources that local and state leaders canutilize to shape implementation e orts.

What This Guide is NotThis Users Guide is not an exhaustive survey o all the unding provisions in the Recovery Act that can be used orrenewable energy, energy e ciency, environmental protection, or other green in rastructure. It analyzes many othe programs unded through appropriationsthat can be utilized to create large numbers o green jobs, trainthose who are being le t behind, and build greener, more equitable communities.

It does not closely analyze Recovery Act tax and nancing provisions that will be o particular importance torenewable energy industries. Some o the key provisions are, however, briefy summarized in Appendix B. Finally,it does not analyze programs that could be used by entrepreneurs and small businesses to create green jobs andcommunity wealth.

Accessing Hyperlinks in the Users GuideThere are live links embedded throughout the document.Click on the light blue outlined text to access links tooutside resources.


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T his section summarizes what localand state leaders ocused on inclusivegreen job creation should know about theRecovery Act. Appendix A provides moredetail on general Recovery Act provisions.

Programs that can be used to build inclusivegreen economies and create green jobs arespread across a multitude o agencies andacross various levels o government. TheRecovery Act contains billions o dollars that canpotentially be used to create green and equitablecommunities and pathways to good jobs or thosewho need them the most. The challenge, though,is that the dollars are spread across a multitudeo agencies and levels o government. At the

ederal level, unds are being administered anddistributed by various agenciesincluding Energy,

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,and Laborthat o ten dont collaborate e ectively.State and local agencies poised to receive hundredso billions o dollars are equally ragmented. Seethe summary table o programs analyzed andthe in-depth matrix o programs in later sectionso this Users Guide or more in ormation.

The majority o recovery dollars ow byestablished ormula to states and localitiesor to existing ederal programs. RecoveryAct unds will be disbursed in ve ways, by: 1)

ormula; 2) competition, via requests or proposals

that will be orthcoming in the weeks ahead; 3)demand rom eligible individuals and entities; 4)one-time disbursements, usually to individuals;and 5) agency operating and spending plans. Itis important to note that the vast majority o thedollars in the Recovery Act fow through existingprograms and must be used in ways that areconsistent with the purposes and requirements o

those programs. For example, in the transportationarena, most o the money will be given to stateDepartments o Transportation (DOTs) and regionalMetropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) todisburse to state and local projects consistentwith existing ederal transportation law.

There is some guidance in the legislation topush or inclusion o low-income people andcommunities o color. The Recovery Act directsthe ederal government and grantees to use

unds to achieve ve overall purposes, including:1) preserving and creating jobs and promotingeconomic recovery; 2) providing investmentsneeded to increase economic e ciency by spurringtechnological advances in science and health; 3)stabilizing state and local government budgets, inorder to minimize and avoid reductions in essential

services and counterproductive state and localtax increases; 4) helping those most impacted by the recession; and 5) investing in transportation,environmental protection, and other in rastructurethat will provide long-term economic benefts. Advocates should re erence and rein orce theoverriding importance o purposes 4 and 5 inseeking unding or job creation and in rastructureimprovement in their communities.

Other than a prevailing wage requirement,the act generally lacks provisions (such aslocal hiring requirements or ormal linkages

to work orce training programs) that wouldmaximize potential or ull inclusion o lower-income people. 1 More ormal connections to

1One modest but important exception is section 702 othe Act, which requires the Secretary o Agriculture andthe Secretary o Interior to utilize, where practicable,the Public Lands Corps, Youth Conservation Corps,Student Conservation Association, Job Corps, and

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work orce development programs and mandatesor local hiring would have made the bill ar

more equitable. Establishing such linkages willnow all to advocacy at the local and state level,discussed in the recommendations section.

On a more positive note, the Recovery Act will createhundreds o thousands o jobs in construction-related sectors o the economy. Most o these jobs,including highway and transit construction jobs,will be subject to the ederal Davis-Bacon law,that requires contractors to pay prevailing wagesto workers. In addition, the Recovery Act appliesthis prevailing wage requirement to all employeesper orming manual work or contractors orsubcontractors on projects assisted with RecoveryAct unds, including school construction and energye ciency projects nanced with tax-exempt bonds.

Pre erence or quick start and shovel-ready.Slow and steady wins the race does not applyto obtaining unding under the Recovery Act. Ingeneral, the act requires that unds be distributed orawarded rapidly. For example, it contains a generalpre erence or quick start in rastructure, includinga goal o using at least hal o in rastructure unds

or activities that can be started within 180 days.

other related partnerships with ederal, state, local,tribal or non-pro t groups that serve young adults incarrying out activities unded in Title VII o the Act.

As a result, unds could end up being heavilyweighted towards new highway construction andother large-scale shovel-ready projects at theexpense o smaller repair or local transit projects.Strong advocacy and pressure at the state and locallevel is essential to counter this potential problem.

Transparency, accountability, and oversight.At the ederal level, the act puts in place severalprovisions or oversight o expenditures. A RecoveryAccountability and Transparency Board will beestablished and will work with an independentadvisory panel to prevent raud, waste, and abuse.The Board will also maintain a website ( www.recovery.gov ) to allow easy access to trackinginvestments. In addition, all ederal agencies mustimmediately establish, on their existing websites,a page dedicated to the Recovery Act that willprovide a portal or all agency-speci c in ormation.

In an e ort to create more accountability at thestate and local level, every in rastructure projectmust receive certi cation rom the states governor,local mayor, or local chie executive o cer. Allprojects must be reviewed, vetted, and determinedto be appropriate use o taxpayer dollars.
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Category Programs Reviewed

Education andTraining

Funding streams that can be used to provide low-income people withtraining or and access to green jobs and careers.

Work orce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Program

WIADislocated Workers

WIADislocated Workers National Reserve

WIAYouth

YouthBuild

Green Jobs: Energy E fciency and Renewable Energy Worker Training

Job Corps: Construction, Rehabilitation, Acquisition, and Operation

Corporation or National Service: AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA Expansion

Energy E fciencyand Sustainability

Funding or energy e fciency and sustainability programs,primarily or housing,schools, and public buildings.

Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy E fciency and Conservation Block Grants

State Energy Program

Converting Federal Buildings to High-Per ormance Green Buildings

Veterans Medical Facilities

Public Housing Capital Fund: Formula and Competitive Grants

Native American Housing Block Grants

Energy Retroft o Elderly, Disabled and Section 8 Assisted Housing

Community Development Fund: Neighborhood Stabilization Program

Green EnergyIn rastructure

Funding or smart grid

investment and transit systems.

Smart Grid Investment Program

Supplemental Discretionary Grants or a National Sur ace Transportation System

Transportation Enhancement Activities, including Pedestrian and Bicycling Facilities, Using

Highway Investment FundsOn-the-Job Training Supportive Services or Highway Construction Projects

Capital Assistance or High Speed Rail Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service

Amtrak Capital Grants

Transit Capital Assistance

Fixed Guideway In rastructure Investment

Capital Investment Grants

Department o De ense, Facilities and Construction

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Water, Parks, andEnvironmental

RemediationFunding to build clean,healthy communities.

Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

Watershed Rehabilitation Program

Clean Water and Sa e Drinking Water

Department o Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, USDA Water and Environmental Programs

Water and Related Resources

Department o Energy, Environmental Management Program: De ense and Non-De ense

Environmental CleanupManagement o Lands and Resources, Construction, and Wildland Fire Management

Department o the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildli e Services

Department o the Interior, National Park Service

Hazardous Substance Super und Remediation Program

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund

Brownfelds Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative

AgreementsInternational Boundary and Water Commission: Water Quantity Program

State FiscalStabilization

Funding to be used primarily to restore state education budget short alls, but it canalso be used or other purposes.

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

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What are the strategic pressure points, targets,and levers that advocates can use to infuencehow Recovery Act unds are spent, and or whom?Are they at the local, state, or ederal level? Whatare the best ways to capitalize on their use?

Here are six recommendations or shaping anequitable and green recovery in response tothe questions above. Text boxes in this sectionli t up promising models and resources.

Push to insert equity into the1.implementation plans being developed bystates and localities.

Demand a transparent and accountable2.public process to shape how resourcesare spent.

Utilize existing policy levers to push or3.quality jobs, especially or those who needthem the most.

Expand and develop regional partnerships4.that implement sectoral employmentstrategies.

Advocate or targeted and coordinated5.approaches to spending recovery dollars.

Work to shape the rules, regulations,6.and guidance being developed or

ederal programs.

Push to insert equity into the1.implementation plans beingdeveloped by states and localities.

There are a number o large unding streams

that are fowing by ormula to states and localgovernments. In some cases, plans must besubmitted to a ederal agency or approval. These

ormal planning requirements are happening ona very short timeline. Advocates should insertthemselves into these planning processes to ensurethat those hit hardest by the recession gain access totraining and employment in green economy sectors.

For example, the $3.2 billion Energy E ciency andBlock Grant Program$2.8 billion o which is beingdistributed by ormula, the remainder throughcompetitive grantsrequires local governments todevelop and submit to the Department o Energya proposed energy and conservation strategywithin one year o receiving their initial allocationo dollars. Advocates can push to ensure that thestrategy developed is ambitiously progressive onmultiple ronts, including energy conservation,greenhouse gas reduction, high-quality job creation,and integrated training and support servicesthat connect lower-income people to jobs.

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Demand a transparent and2.accountable public process toshape how resources are spent.

Because the majority o recovery dollars arefowing quickly to states and localitieswithbroad discretionthere is signi cant danger odeal-cutting and pet project unding that will notbene t communities most in need. Advocates

should push or public hearings, citizen oversightboards, and other mechanisms at the local andstate level to make decision-making transparentand to create orums where democratic voicescan be heard. Finding a champion such as astate legislator, mayor, or city council memberto push or this can be very help ul.

Where elected leaders do not agree to convenepublic meetings on implementing the RecoveryAct, communities should organize their own,including town halls and other high-visibility events.The media will be closely ollowing the story ohow recovery unds get spent, and are likely to

be very open to documenting e orts directed atbringing decision-making out o the shadows.

Utilize existing policy levers to3.push or quality jobs, especially orthose who need them the most.

Most o the jobs created by the Recovery Act will beproject-based, or will be overseen by state or localplanning and oversight bodies. There is a toolbox o

nely honed and proven tools, typically wielded bystrong community-labor coalitions, or ensuring thatresidents within the communities where projectsare undertaken reap substantial bene ts. Thesetools, which can be applied project-by-project or aspolicies that pertain to a wide array o projects, link

Chicago Climate Action Plan

The Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP) outlines vestrategies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissionsand prepare or climate change in the areas o

energy-e cient buildings, clean and renewableenergy sources, improved transportation options,reduced waste and industrial pollution, andadaptation. The CCAP makes it a priority to reachthe most underprivileged populations in the city,ensuring that ambitious green strategies alsoprovide pathways out o poverty to those in need.

The CCAP includes the goals o retro tting40 percent o commercial and industrialbuilding stock (comprising 9,000 commercialand institutional retro ts, and 200 industrial

retro ts) and retro tting 50 percent o residentialbuildings (comprising 400,000 residentialdwelling units, at 65,000 units per year) toachieve a 30 percent reduction in energy use.

I the recovery dollars that Chicago receives arespent in ways consistent with the priority strategiesand goals o the CCAP, the Windy City could bea true model o a green and inclusive city. For more in ormation, see:www.chicagoclimateaction.org

No More Closed Doorsand Smoky Rooms:Cali ornia Green Stimulus Coalition

In Cali ornia, the Ella Baker Center and otherpartners, including PolicyLink and GreenFor All, have organized the Cali ornia GreenStimulus Coalition to advocate or RecoveryAct unds or high-quality job creation andgreen and equitable economic development.

The coalitionwhich includes infuential andrespected Cali ornia organizations advocating

or the environment, economic justice, organizedlabor, and a strong work orce systemrecognizesthat i its business as usual, a small number oinsiders and bureaucrats will decide how billionso recovery dollars are spent. The coalition willthrow sunshine on this process through publichearings so that state o cials uphold the higheststandards o accountability and transparency.

For more in ormation, see:www.ellabakercenter.org
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job quality standards to job access requirements inan e ort to li t up low-income workers and buildthe middle class. They include rst-source hiringagreements that require the targeted hiring ocommunity members; job quality and labor peacestandards that guard against low-road employerpractices and union busting; resources or pre-apprenticeship and non-traditional employmentprograms that provide pathways into jobs andcareers or A rican-Americans, women, and otherpopulations that are underrepresented in buildingtrades occupations; and accountability measures todetermine that public dollars are used to bene t thepublic in the broadest sense.

There is also some existing law and guidance thatlocal and state leaders can utilize as advocacy levers:

President Obama recently issued an{ ExecutiveOrder that repeals a previously-enactedExecutive Order banning Project LaborAgreements (PLAs) and encouraging (notmandating) agencies to use PLAs in ederalconstruction projects o $25 million ormore. Advocates should push or PLAs thatinclude commitments to hiring targets, withcomplementary training resources or engagingyouth and adults in disadvantaged communities.

There is{ local hiring language in SAFETEA-LU (the most recent authorizing legislation orthe nations sur ace transportation policy) thatdirects the U.S. Department o Transportationto allow communities to create their own

agreements around local and minority hiring.States are permitted, also under SAFETEA-LU,{to use up to hal o one percent o their sur acetransportation and bridge unds, not to exceedten million dollars per scal year, to develop andadminister highway construction training .

Expand and develop regional4.partnerships that implementsectoral employment strategies.

Just as all industry sectors do not provide thesame opportunity or living wage, career-trackemployment, not all will be stimulated equallyby Recovery Act unds. Local leaders will needto identi y the industry sectors that are likely tobe at the ulcrum o scaled amily-sustaining jobcreation and what strategies will be necessary toensure that low-income communities are preparedto compete or the jobs that are created. In orderto respond to this opportunity e ectively, localleaders should expand and develop regional sectoralemployment partnerships. These partnerships

ocus on a particular industry sector (e.g., energye ciency) and work to link education and trainingto employer demand within a region. They rely onpartnerships o key stakeholdersmultiple rms,unions, education and training providers, such ascommunity colleges, community organizations,and public agenciesto ensure that these linkagesare made. And they use a dual customerapproach that satis es the needs o both workersand employers.

Advocate or targeted and5.coordinated approaches tospending recovery dollars.

Recovery dollars to create green jobs fow througha variety o public agencies and programs andcover areas as broad as transit, energy e ciency,water in rastructure, work orce development,parks, homes, and public buildings. Under normalcircumstances, state and local governmentso ten all prey to implementing programs insilos, with minimal coordination and alignmentthat could maximize e ectiveness and avoidduplication. The Recovery Acts requirementsthat unds be spent quickly, combined withthe amount o money that has to be spent,present a clear danger that the existingtendency toward silos will become exponentiallyincreased as a unction o speed and scale.

It will be particularly important to put in placemechanisms that ensure the linkage betweenprograms that create jobs and those that trainpeople or jobs. At the state level, this means that

The Partnership or Working Families has beenat the ore ront o e orts to build coalitionsthat win community bene t agreements.

For examples o tools or Recovery Act

implementation, see:www.communitybene ts.org
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agencies and o ces that may not have a historyo working togetherthink state departments orenergy, environmental protection, and laborwillneed to change course immediately. A numbero governors have anticipated this challenge bycreating o ces or commissions to coordinate the

use o Recovery Act unds. These entities will onlybe use ul i they actively solicit input and expertiserom a range o stakeholdersparticularly those

that understand the speci c economic recoveryneeds o low-income communities. Moreover,state commissions will not be su cient to ensurestrategic alignment o resources at the regionallevelwhere the lions share o job creationwill occur. For this reason, local leaders willneed to push or coordinated implementationmechanisms at the community level as well.

Work to shape the rules,6.regulations, and guidance beingdeveloped or ederal programs.

Even as state and local stakeholders need to ocuson implementation within their communities, theyshould not lose sight o the act that a numbero new programs unded by the Recovery Act stillrequire rules, regulations, or guidance to be writtenby ederal administering agencies. Its likely thatinitial disbursements o unds will occur be ore

such rule writing takes place. However, the rulewriting process will occur on a very ast track andwill shape the ways in which, and on what, critical

unds are spent. This provides a critical opening orlocal implementers and advocates to bring theirexpertise and priorities to bear on the longer-term

development o these programs. For example:The grant program at the Department o Labor{that will distribute $500 million or green jobtraining is inspired by the Green Jobs Act,and explicitly re erences it in terms o targetpopulations and industries. The Departmento Labor will most likely issue a solicitation orgrant applications very soon, and only thenturn to issuing guidance or rules on the grantprogram itsel . When they do, advocates shouldbe prepared to push or language that hewsclosely to the partnerships and pathways-out-o -

poverty emphasis o the Green Jobs Act.The Weatherization Assistance Program has{a proven track record o weatherizing thehomes o low-income households, creating

jobs, and reducing energy costs. The RecoveryAct provides resources or an unprecedentedexpansion o the program and thus raises anumber o challenges, which advocates shouldensure are addressed in the guidance or rulesissued by the Department o Energy (DoE).Can enough workers receive quality training

Coordinating or Maximum Impact:The Role o State Recovery Commissions

Cali ornia.Immediately ollowing the approval o the Recovery Act, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass announced theormation o a new task orce to develop a comprehensive approach to spur the states economic recovery. The

Stimulus, Economic Recovery, and Jobs (SERJ) Task Forcein conjunction with local governments, business leaders,workers, and community groupswill develop a strategy to leverage and maximize the bene ts to Cali ornia rom

ederal stimulus, nding creative ways to speed Cali ornias recovery, and turning the states job losses into jobgains. Outreach is being planned through public hearings, local economic round tables, and wide distribution throughthe Internet.

Wisconsin.Recognizing that the Recovery Act designates spending in over 130 di erent state and ederal programs,Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle established an O ce o Recovery and Reinvestment to solicit input and providein ormation about Recovery Act unds allocated to the state. For more in ormation, see:www.recovery.wisconsin.gov
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to do the work (up to $1 billion o the $5billion allocated can be used or training andtechnical assistance)? Will the expansion othe program be used to connect the short-termtraining necessary or residential weatherizationto a career pathway that leads to higher-level,

o ten union, jobs in the more skill-intensivecommercial building retro t industry? Will thedramatic increase o unds or the program beused to increase the quality and pay o the jobswithin the residential weatherization industry

and to induce the participation o contractorswho pay amily-sustaining wages and bene ts?Strong advocacy at the ederal level will beneeded to maximize the long-term bene tso this programs expansion. And regardlesso how DoE answers, at the local level, public

o cials, community action agencies, buildingtrades unions, and community groups shouldwork collaboratively to address these samequestions in implementation.


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T here are program-speci c hooks andpressure points that advocates, practitioners,and policymakers can use to ensure that low-income communities are at the center ostate and local recovery and reinvestmentinitiatives. The list that ollows is not exhaustive.Rather, it o ers examples or local and stateleaders to consider as they develop speci corganizing and implementation e orts.

Education and Training Work orce Investment Act All Programs

Advocacy Hook:{ Use statewide activities undsto develop sectoral partnershipsas manyinnovative states have already done ocusedon green industries within regional economies.

Pressure Point:{ Governors and State Work orceInvestment Boards

Work orce Investment Act Adult Program

Advocacy Hook:{ Use work orce unds toprovide training and supportive services to thosemost in need. The Recovery Act speci es thatpriority be given or both intensive and trainingservices to public assistance recipients and otherlow-income individuals.

Pressure Point:{ Governors and Local Work orceInvestment Boards (LWIBS)

Advocacy Hook:{ Focus training on green-collar jobs created by Recovery Act unding. Trainingunder WIA is typically unded by vouchers on anindividual-by-individual basis, but the RecoveryAct allows LWIBs to contract with trainingproviders to train multiple workers or high-demand occupations, providing the opportunityto target training more e ectively.

Pressure Point:{ Governors and Local Work orceInvestment Boards (LWIBS)

Green Jobs Training Competitive Grant Program

Advocacy Hook:{ Partnerships o industry,labor, educational institutions and communityorganizations should develop proposals that

incorporate pathways out o poverty and intocareers in the renewable energy and energye ciency industries. Although this grantprogram is not run through the Green JobsAct, it targets populations (e.g., unemployedindividuals, at-risk youth, and ex-o enders)and industries speci ed in the Green Jobs Actand will no doubt be implemented in a mannerconsistent with the goals o that legislation,which Secretary o Labor Hilda Solis was a chiesponsor o in the House.

Pressure Point:{ U.S. Department o Labor

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Energy E fciency andSustainability

WeatherizationAssistance Program

Advocacy Hook:{ Partnerships involving keystakeholders should use the added capacityto improve the quality o jobs created, andto develop more robust career pathways orworkers to gain additional skills training andconnections to careers in the building trades.

Pressure Point:{ The state administrativeagencies and policy advisory councils

Energy E fciency andConservation Block Grants

Advocacy Hook:{ First-year unding canbe used to develop a proposed energyand conservation strategy that each localgovernment must submit to the DoE. Push

or inclusion o low-income communities asbene ciaries o unding. Energy e ciency inthe transportation sector is an eligible use, andadvocates should push or unding transit.

Pressure Point:{ State Departments o Energy,Mayors, City Councils, and County Executives

Advocacy Hook:{ This program was initiallyauthorized in 2007, but no unds wereappropriated. DoE has yet to issue programguidance, allocation ormulas, and relatedpolicies. Authorizing statute requires DoE toestablish a state and local advisory committeeto advise it regarding program administration,implementation, and evaluation.

Pressure Point:{ U.S. Department o Energy

State Energy ProgramAdvocacy Hook:{ To receive unds, the statemust submit an application to DoE, includingany amendments to the plan needed to refectchanges the state is planning to undertake.Push or equity criteria and inclusion o lower-income people in jobs that are created. Energy

e ciency in the transportation sector is aneligible use, and advocates should push or

unding transit.

Pressure Point:{ Governors and StateDepartments o Energy

Neighborhood StabilizationProgram Grants

Advocacy Hook:{ HUD encourages granteesto strategically incorporate modern greenbuilding and energy e ciency improvementsin rehabilitation projects to provide or long-term a ordability, increased sustainability, andattractiveness o housing and neighborhoods.At the local and state level, push to incorporategreen building and energy e ciency in allrehabilitation and redevelopment projects; and

link green rehabilitation and redevelopmentprojects to work orce development initiatives.

Pressure Point:{ Local and state Housing andCommunity Development Departments, StateHousing Finance Agencies

Green In rastructureSupplemental DiscretionaryGrants or a National Sur ace

Transportation SystemAdvocacy Hook:{ The criteria or these grantsare yet to be determined. Push the Secretaryo Transportation to prioritize projects thatsupport mass transit, impact low-income areas,and create quality jobs. Also work to get ormalstate level process or public input on projectselection and transparency or project undingand reporting.

Pressure Point:{ U.S. Department oTransportation (as well as state DOTs, MPOs,and transit agencies)

Highway Investment FundingAdvocacy Hook:{ While the majority o theSur ace Transportation Program (STP) is currentlyused or highways, approximately $41 million
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(3 percent o 50 percent o STP allocation) canbe used or transportation enhancementactivities. This und also prioritizes projectsin economically distressed communities.Transportation enhancement activities includebike and pedestrian acilities, landscaping, and

work orce development. Push to maximizethe resources that go to transportationenhancements which are greener investments.

Pressure Point:{ State Departments oTransportation, Metropolitan PlanningOrganizations

Transit Capital AssistanceAdvocacy Hook:{ The Federal TransitAdministration (FTA) ormula grant, knownas 5307 Transit Capital Assistance, recognizespreventive maintenance as an eligible expense.This translates into a source or operating unds,but each Metropolitan Planning Organizationhas a di erent restriction on the allowablepercentage that can be used. Advocate ormaximizing the dollars going into preventativemaintenance given the dramatic short all ortransit operations in many communities.

Pressure Point:{ Metropolitan PlanningOrganizations

State Fiscal Stabilization FundAdvocacy Hook:{ Although most o this moneywill be allocated by ormula to states and usedto address education budget short alls, $8.8billion o the Fund will be available as a fexible

block grant that can be used or a variety opurposes (public sa ety and other governmentservices), including modernizing schoolsto green-building standards and providingassistance to public institutions o highereducation which could be used to develop the

capacity o education and training programsrelated to green jobs. Advocates should workto ensure that this money is not misused, i.e.,that it is invested in green jobs, not jails.

Pressure Point:{ Governors

ConclusionThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Acto ers more than economic relie to a strugglingnation. It is a chance or state and local leaders

to pursue innovative strategies that can bene tpeople and the planet, demonstrate the equity andemployment promise o a green economy, and li tup new models that ederal policymakers can learn

rom to in orm uture legislation. Indeed, PresidentObama and the 111th Congress will have a numbero opportunities to apply lessons learned rom theimplementation o the Recovery Act. In the yearahead they will need to reauthorize the Sur aceTransportation Act, the Work orce Investment Act,and will con ront the economic and ecologicalimperative o passing trans ormative climateand energy legislation. Smart implementation o

the Recovery Act can build the oundation o aninclusive green economy and lay the groundwork orthe long-term policy changes necessary to create amore equitable, sustainable, and greener America.


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T his section o the Users Guide provides asummary, in grid ormat, o many o the majorprograms and unding streams that can be utilizedto build green economies and communities, andhelp lower-income people and communities o coloraccess quality green jobs.

We cast a wide net in our analysis o programsand appropriations to make this Users Guideuse ul to a wide array o local and state leadersworking to shape implementation o the RecoveryAct. We included programs that can be used tocreate or save green jobs (e.g., energy e ciencyprograms), help green our communities (e.g., parks,environmental remediation), or reduce greenhousegas emissions (e.g., public transit). In determiningwhat programs to include, we erred on the side oinclusion, generally including any program that can

be used or at least one o these purposes, even i itis not the only or primary purpose o the program.

Each row in the grid describes a program (or, insome cases, an appropriations account that mayinclude multiple programs), organized into vebroad unctional categories:

CategoriesEducation and Training:1. Fundingstreams that can be used to provide low-income people with training or and

access to green jobs and careers.

Energy E fciency and Sustainability:2.Funding or energy e ciency andsustainability programs, primarily orhousing, schools, and public buildings.

Green In rastructure:3. Funding or smartgrid investment and transit systems.

Water, Parks, and Environmental4.Remediation: Funding to buildclean, healthy communities.

State Fiscal Stabilization:5. Funding to beused primarily to restore state educationbudget short alls, but a portion o itcan also be used or almost any othergovernment purpose, including activitiesin any o the categories above.

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Whats in the Grid

Program Funding UsesResources/ Comments

Program Name(or AppropriationsAccount)

The ederal agencyadministering the program.

Purpose: This is generally the overallpurpose o the program receiving

unding (in some cases, unding isprovided or a narrower purpose).

Statute: A citation to the section orsections o the United States Code thatauthorize and govern the program.

Regulations: A citation to thesection or sections o the Code oFederal Regulations that applyto the program or unding.

CFDA Number: The Catalog oFederal Domestic Assistance, a ederalgovernment publication (available atwww.c da.gov) is a basic re erenceguide to ederal unding availableto states and local governments,non-pro t and other entities, andindividuals. I a program has a CFDAnumber, you can go to the guide

or urther in ormation about it.

The rst number is the amounto new unding the RecoveryAct provides or the program.

The column also includes:

1) the type o unding, usuallyeither a ormula grant orcompetitive grant;2) general in ormation onhow unds will be allocated, iapplicable and available;3) who is eligible to apply

or the unding;4) date unding is available until (idi erent rom September 30, 2010- the date section 1603 o the actmakes all unds available unlessexpressly provided otherwise) andany other notable in ormationrelated to the timing o unding.

Allowable uses o the unds, andany notable restricted uses.

Requirements, i any, related to allocation o undsamong allowable uses or program purposes.

For programs providing direct bene ts or servicesto individuals (e.g., employment and trainingprograms), who are eligible to receive them.

Additional in ormation that canhelp shape implementationand advocacy e orts.


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Department/Agency Codes and Abbreviations

To assist users to quickly fnd programs by ederal department oragency, we use the ollowing green tabs and abbreviations in the grid.

AG Department of Agriculture

CNCS Corporation for Nationaland Community Service

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DOI Department of the Interior

DOL Department of Labor

Other Codes Used in Table

CERCLA:Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act o

CFDA:Catalog o Federal Domestic Assistance

CFR:Code o Federal Regulations

FY:Fiscal Year ( ederal unless noted otherwise)

FTA:Federal Transit Agency

GJA:Green Jobs Act

EISA:Energy Independence and Security Act o 2007

NPS:National Park Service

NRCS:National Resources and Conservation Service

NSP:Neighborhood Stabilization Program

PHA:Public Housing Agency

USC:United States Code

WAP:Weatherization Assistance Program

WIA:Work orce Investment Act

WIB:Work orce Investment Board

How to Use the Internet to Find Out More About a Particular Program or Funding SouRead the description of the program in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance available at1. www.cfda.gov.

Go to the website of the federal agency that oversees the programyoull want to look at both the Recovery Act page maintained by the agency (all agencies are requir2.have one) and the page for the program itself.

Go to3. Recovery.govto see if they have any information on the program or funding source.

Go to4. Grants.govwithin 20 days after enactment, agencies must post synopses of funding opportunity announcements there; and within 30 days of enactment, thGrants.gov synopsis must link to the full announcement on the agency website.

Read the Agencys Recovery Program Planby May 1, 2009, federal agencies must have one in place for each program named in the Recovery Act.5.

DOT Department of Transportation

ED Department of Education

EPA EnvironmentalProtection Agency

GSA General Services Administration

HUD Housing and Urban Development

VA Veterans Administration
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Education and Training

Program Funding Uses Resources/ Comments

Work orce InvestmentAct (WIA)AdultProgram

Department o Labor, Employmentand Training Administration

Purpose: Improve the qualityo the work orce and enhance theproductivity and competitiveness othe nations economy by providingwork orce investment activities thatincrease the employment, retention,and earnings o participants,and increase occupational skillattainment by the participants.

Statute: Title I-B o theWork orce Investment Act (WIA)

Regulations: 20 CFRParts 660 to 663

CFDA: 17.258

$500 million

Formula grants to states.See Appendix C or estimatedstate allocations.

States must allocate 85% o undsto Local Work orce InvestmentBoards (LWIBs). Remaining 15%is reserved or administrationand statewide activities.

Responsibility or determininguse o WIA unds in each state issplit between the states Work orceInvestment Board and local WIBs.

Funds available or obligationimmediately and remainavailable until June 30, 2010.

States will likely need to submitan amendment to their WIAstate plans to obtain unds.

Adult (18 and older) employment and trainingactivities under the Work orce Investment Act (WIA).

Funds can be used or supportive services,including transportation, childcare, dependentcare, housing and needs-related payments, i anindividual needs them to participate in the program.

WIA provides three levels o employment andtraining services: 1) coreincluding outreach, jobsearch and placement assistance, and labor marketin ormation; 2) intensivemore comprehensiveassessments, development o employmentplans and counseling and career planning; 3)trainingoccupational and basic skills training.

Although WIA is generally a universalprogram (i.e., not means-tested), low-income individuals and veterans generallymust receive priority or intensiveservices and training (according toguidelines developed by state and localgovernments). Moreover, the RecoveryAct places a priority on using thesenew unds to provide services generallyto low-income individuals, publicassistance recipients, and veterans.

Local boards are generally required toprovide training through individualtraining accounts, but Recovery Act

unds may be used to contract directlywith an institution o higher educationor other eligible training provider, i theboard determines it would acilitatethe training o multiple individualsin high-demand occupations.

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WIADislocatedWorkers


Purpose: Reemploydislocated workers.

Statute: Title I-B o WIA

Regulations: 20 CFR Part 663

CFDA: 17.260

$1.25 billion


States allocate unds to localwork orce investment boards byormula prescribed by the governor.


Employment and training activities (see above)or dislocated workers. A dislocated worker is

someone who meets any o the ollowing criteria:

1) terminated or laid o , or has received a noticeo termination or layo rom employment;

2) eligible or or has exhaustedunemployment insurance;3) demonstrated an appropriate attachmentto the work orce, but not eligible orunemployment insurance and unlikely to returnto a previous industry or occupation;4) terminated or laid o or received noti cation otermination or layo rom employment as a resulto a permanent closure or substantial layo ;5) employer has announced that acilitywill close within a 180 days;6) sel -employed, but unemployed as a result ogeneral economic conditions or natural disaster; or7) displaced homemaker no longersupported by another amily member.

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WIADislocatedWorkers NationalReserve

Department o Labor, Employment

and Training Administration

Purpose: Provide nationalemergency grants toreemploy dislocated workersin high unemployment andhigh poverty areas.

Statute: Section 173 o WIA


CFDA: 17.260

$200 million

Project grants: Applicants mayinclude states, outlying areas, localwork orce boards, and non-pro tand private organizations whose

purpose is to provide targetedservices to eligible bene ciaries.


National emergency grants or dislocatedworker employment and training services in highunemployment and high poverty areas.

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WIAYouth


Purpose: To help low-income

youth acquire the educational andoccupational skills, training, andsupport needed to achieve academicand employment success andsuccess ully transition to careersand productive adulthood.

Statute: Title I-B o the Work orceInvestment Act o 1998, Subtitle B


CFDA: 17.259

$1.2 billion



Youth activities, including summer jobs or youth.May not be used or Youth Opportunity Grants.

Recovery Act changes the age or aneligible youth rom 14-21 to 14-24.

Funds must be used to provide services to low-incomeyouth who are: 1) de cient in basic literacy skills,or 2) require additional assistance to complete aneducation program or secure and hold employment.

Also eligible are youth who all into one o the ollowingcategories: school dropout, homeless, runaway,

oster child, pregnant or a parent, or o ender.

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YouthBuild


Purpose: Provide disadvantaged

youth with: the education andemployment skills necessary toachieve economic sel -su ciencyin occupations in high demandand postsecondary education andtraining opportunities; opportunities

or meaning ul work and service totheir communities; and opportunitiesto develop employment andleadership skills and a commitmentto community development amongyouth in low-income communities.

Statute: Title I-D o WIA

CFDA: 17.274

$50 million

Competitive grants

Public or private nonpro t agencyor organization (including a

consortium o such agencies ororganizations), including anyrelevant public or private nonpro tentity that provides education oremployment training and can meetthe required elements o the grant.


Eligible uses include: broad range o employmentand training activities, counseling servicesand related activities, youth developmentactivities, supportive services and need-basedstipends, mentoring, and provision o wages,stipends and bene ts to participants.

An eligible youth is an individual who is 1)between the ages o 16 and 24 on the date oenrollment; 2) a member o a disadvantagedyouth population; and 3) a school dropout. Up to25% o participants may be youth who do not meetthe education and disadvantaged criteria but are:1) basic skills de cient, despite attainment o asecondary school diploma or GED credential; or 2)have been re erred by a local secondary school.

YouthBuild USA is implementing anambitious Green Initiative to trainparticipants or jobs building energye cient buildings with sustainablematerials. This program builds onthe traditional YouthBuild model, a 9

to 24 month, ull-time program thatcombines training in constructiontrade skills, with time in the classroomworking towards a GED or high schooldiploma, youth leadership, and civicengagement skills-building.

For more in ormation, seeYouthBuild USA.

DOL
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Green Jobs: EnergyE fciency andRenewable EnergyWorker Training

Statute: 171(e)(1)(B) o WIA (Green Jobs Act o 2007; Title X o EISA)

$500 million

Competitive grants. Althougheligible entities are not speci edin the appropriation, they likelyinclude nonpro ts and state and

local government entities, includingthe various partnerships describedin section 171(e)(2)(B) o WIA.


Target groups o eligible individualsto be given priority or trainingand other services include:1) workers impacted by nationalenergy and environmental policy;2) individuals in need o updatedtraining related to energy e ciencyand renewable energy industries;3) veterans, or past or presentmembers o military reserves;4) unemployed individuals;5) individuals, including at-risk youth, seeking employmentpathways out o poverty; and6) ormerly incarcerated,adjudicated, nonviolent o enders.

Research, labor exchange (everything involved inconnecting workers to jobs) and job training projectsthat prepare workers or careers in the ollowing energye ciency and renewable energy industries, including: 1) the energy-e cient building,

construction, and retro t industries;2) the renewable electric power industry;3) the energy e cient and advanceddrive train vehicle industry;4) the bio uels industry;5) the deconstruction and materials use industries;6) the energy e ciency assessment industry servingthe residential, commercial, or industrial sectors; and7) manu acturers that produce sustainableproducts using environmentally sustainableprocesses and materials.

This grant program doesnt directlyund the Green Jobs Act (GJA) o 2007,

which remains un unded. However, it isclearly inspired by the GJA and requiresentities seeking grants to comply withthe GJAs requirements related to eligible

industries and target group priorities.The other provisions o the GJA dontdirectly apply to this unding (in largepart, to provide the Secretary with thefexibility needed to allocate Recovery Ac

unds expeditiously), but the unds can(and should) be used in ways consistentwith the GJA, particularly its emphases opartnerships between industry, labor, andcommunity, and on developing pathwaysout o poverty or low-income individua

Secretary o Labor Hilda Solis was thechie sponsor o the GJA in the House.

For more in ormation on the GJA:www.green orall.org/ les/

aq-greenjobsact07.pd

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Job Corps :Construction,Rehabilitation,Acquisition, and

OperationDepartment o Labor

Statute: Title I, Subtitle C o WIA


$250 million


Construction, rehabilitation, andacquisition o Job Corps centers.

DOL may trans er up to 15% to meet operationalneeds o centers, include training or careersin the energy e ciency, renewable energy,

and environmental protection industries.

Job Corps has 122 centers in 48states; new centers are slated toopen in the two remaining states,New Hampshire and Wyoming.

Map o locations

Current law requires a contract betweenDOL and the entity operating a JobCorps center. This contract serves asan operating plan or the center andis available to the public. DOL mayrequire operators to submit additionalin ormation as part o the plan.

DOL
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AmeriCorps andAmeriCorps VISTA

Corporation or Nationaland Community Service

Purpose: AmeriCorps addressespressing education, public sa ety,and human and environmental needsby encouraging Americans to serve.AmeriCorps VISTA has a similarpurpose but is ocused on poverty.

Statute: National and CommunityService Act o 1990; DomesticVolunteer Service Act o 1973


CFDA: 94.006

$89 million or AmeriCorpsState and National (up to20% or national grants)

$65 million or AmeriCorps VISTA

$40 million or theNational Service Trust

AmeriCorps State and National unds must beused or additional awards to existing granteesand to provide adjustments to certain awards.

See CNCSsRecovery Act webpageor more in ormation.

CNCS
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Energy E fciency and Sustainability


WeatherizationAssistance Program(WAP)

Department o Energy, O ce o EnergyE ciency and Renewable Energy

Purpose: Increase energy e ciencyo dwellings owned or occupiedby low-income persons or providesuch persons renewable energysystems or technologies, reducetheir total residential expenditures,and improve their health and sa ety,especially low-income personswho are particularly vulnerablesuch as the elderly, persons withdisabilities, amilies with children,high residential energy users, andhouseholds with high energy burden.

Statute: 42 USC 6861 et seq.


CFDA: 81.042

$5 billion

Formula Grants: Federal agencydistributes to states, territories,and some tribes usingexistingallocation ormula. Statesubgrants unds to CommunityAction Agencies and otherpublic or nonpro t entities.

State must give pre erence tocurrent subgrantees (as long asthey run e ective programs).

DOE may reserve up to 20%o unds to provide, directly orindirectly, training and technicalassistance to any granteeor subgrantee. Training andtechnical assistance may includeproviding in ormation concerning

conservation practices to occupantso eligible dwelling units.

For dwelling units occupied by amily units withincome under 200% o ederal poverty level(and certain multi- amily housing units):

1) Installing weatherization materials such as atticinsulation, caulking, weather-stripping, urnacee ciency modi cations, certain mechanicalmeasures to heating and cooling systems, andreplacement urnaces, boilers, and air-conditioners.

2) Installing renewable energy systems or thepurpose o heating or cooling, providing hot wateror electricity or use within such dwelling; or windenergy or non-business residential purposes.

Multi- amily buildings may be weatherized iat least 66% o dwelling units in the buildingare eligible and certain other requirements aremet. Threshold is 50% or duplexes, our-unitbuildings, and certain other buildings.

Funds may also be used to weatherize shelters de nedas dwelling units whose principal purpose is to houseon a temporary basis, individuals who may or may not berelated to one another and who are not living in nursinghomes, prisons, or s imilar institutional care acilities.

On a statewide basis, the average expenditureper dwelling unit (on materials, program supportand labor costs) is limited to $6,500.

States allocate WAP unds tosubgrantees according to a stateplan prepared a ter notice and ahearing, and approved by DOE.

State Policy Advisory Councils haveresponsibility or advising the stateagency responsible or allocating unds.

Federal regulation (10 CFR 440.16)requires, to the maximum extentpossible, use o training participantsand public service employment workers,other Federal or State training programworkers, to work under the supervisiono quali ed supervisors and oremen.

State plan must include a trainingand technical assistance plan.

List oweatherization activitiesby state

Weatherization Assistance ProgramTechnical Assistance Center: Resourcesinclude list ostate directorsand otherbrie state-by-state in ormation.

DOEguidance or program year2009 (issued be ore passage oRecovery Act, so it will be revised).

DOE
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Energy E fciency andConservation BlockGrants

Department o Energy, O ce o Energy

E ciency and Renewable EnergyPurposes: Implementing strategiesto: reduce ossil uel emissionsin a way that is environmentallysustainable and maximizesbene ts or local and regionalcommunities; reduce total energyuse; improve energy e ciency in thetransportation sector, building sector,and other appropriate sectors.

Statute: 42 U.S.C. 17151et seq.; Title V, Subtitle E oEnergy Independence andSecurity Act o 2007

$3.2 billion($2.8 billion orormula grants, remainderor competitive grants).

Formula Grant: DOE allocatesto local governments, states,and Indian tribes as ollows:

-68% to local governments

-28% to states (must passthrough 60% to local governmentsnot receiving direct unding)

-2% to tribes

-2% to competitive grants(priority to local governments:1) in states with populationso less than 2 million, or 2)that plan to carry out projectsthat would result in signi cantenergy e ciency improvementsor reductions in ossil uel use).

Local governments may subgrantunds to nongovernmental

organizations, up to the greatero 20% o unds or $250,000.

Activities to achieve purposes o the program, including:

1) developing/implementing an energy e ciencyand conservation strategy, including hiring technicalconsultants to assist in development o strategy;2) conducting residential and commercialbuilding energy audits;3) establishing nancial incentive programs

or energy-e ciency improvements;4) grants to non-pro ts and governmentorganizations to per orm energy e ciency retro ts;5) developing/implementing programs to conserveenergy used in transportation, including: a) use ofex-time by employers; b) satellite work centers; c)development and promotion o zoning guidelinesor requirements that promote energy e cientdevelopment; d) development o in rastructure such asbike lanes and pathways and pedestrian walkways;6) developing/implementing buildingcodes and inspections services topromote building energy e ciency;7) energy e ciency and conservation programs orbuildings and acilities within entitys jurisdiction;8) energy distribution technologies that signi cantlyincrease energy e ciency, including distributedresources, and district heating and cooling systems;9) increasing participation and e ciencyrates or material conservation programs;10) purchase and implementation o technologies toreduce, capture, and use methane and other greenhousegases generated by land lls and similar sources;11) replacement o tra c signals and streetlighting using energy e cient technologies;12) developing, implementing, and installingon or in any government building onsiterenewable energy technology that generateselectricity rom renewable sources.

First-year unding can be used to developa proposed energy and conservationstrategy that each local government mussubmit to Department o Energy withoutone year o receiving initial allocation.

Strategy must include: goals or increaseenergy e ciency and conservation anda plan or using unds to achieve thosegoals. DOE must approve or disapproveit within 120 days. Additional undingis contingent on plan approval.

Program was initially authorized in2007, but no unds were appropriated.Energy Department has yet to issueprogram guidance, allocation ormulasand related policy. Authorizing statuterequires DOE to establish a state andlocal advisory committee to advise itregarding program administration,implementation, and evaluation.

Energy Department may determineother allowable uses o unds(consistent with program purposes) inconsultation with EPA, DOT, and HUD.

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State Energy Program

Department o Energy, O ce o EnergyE ciency and Renewable Energy

Purpose: Promote energy

conservation, reduce the rate ogrowth o energy demand, andreduce dependence on importedoil through the development andimplementation o a comprehensiveState Energy Program and theprovision o ederal nancial andtechnical assistance to states.

Statute: 42 USC 6321 et seq;Part D o Title III o the EnergyPolicy and Conservation Act

Regulations: 10 CFR 420 et seq.

CFDA: 81.04

$3.1 billion

Formula Grant: DOE allocatesunds to states:

1/3 equally among states;-1/3 according to population;-1/3 according to energy-consumption.

State matching requiremento 20% (cash or in-kind).

State must prioritize grantstoward unding energy e ciencyand renewable energy programs,including retro ts o buildings andindustrial acilities, expandingexisting programs, and jointactivities between states.

States may use unds or a wide range oactivities and programs that promote energye ciency, including residential, commercial andgovernmental building energy-e ciency retro ts.

As part o its State Energy Plan, each state must:

1) implement mandatory lighting e ciency standardsor public buildings throughout the state;

2) have various activities in place thatpromote the availability and use o carpools,vanpools, and public transportation;3) have under implementation, mandatorystandards and policies a ecting the procurementpractices o the state and its politicalsubdivisions to improve energy e ciency; and4) implement mandatory thermal e ciencystandards or all new and renovated buildings.

States may also use unds or:1) public education to promote energye ciency and renewable energy;2) transportation energy e ciency;3) energy audits o buildings and industrial acilities;4) promoting energy e ciency as an integralcomponent o economic development planning;5) providing education and training tobuilding designers and contracts;6) various other activities detailed in10 CFR 420.17

Funds cannot be used to purchase real estate, orbuilding construction, research or demonstrationo non-commercially available technology; ortransit subsidies, utility rate demonstrations orstate tax credits or energy conservation.

To receive unds, state must submitapplication to DOE, includingany amendments to state planneeded to refect changes thestate is planning to undertake.

State Energy Program pageon thewebsite o the National Associationo State Energy O cers (NASEO)

State Energy Advisory Board

NASEO:State-by-state summariesoactivities unded with SEP dollars.

DOE:State-by-state summary descriptions o FY2006 activities in SEP plans.

Section 410 requires governor to makeassurances that state regulatory authoritywill seek to implement ... a general policythat ensures utility nancial incentives arealigned with helping their customers useenergy more e ciently .... This languagrequires states to consider decoupling,i.e. disconnecting utilities sales romtheir pro ts, thereby encouraging them toimplement energy e ciency programs.

DOE
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Converting FederalBuildings to High-Per ormance GreenBuildings

Title V o Recovery Act

General Services Administration

Statute: Section 401 o PublicLaw 110-140 (de nition o high-per ormance green buildings).

$4.5 billion

Up to $3 million must be used oron-the-job pre-apprenticeshipand apprenticeship trainingprogramsregistered withthe Department o Labor.

$4 million or the O ce o High-Per ormance Green Buildings.

A high-per ormance green building is one that,during its li e-cycle, as compared with similar buildings(as measured by Commercial Buildings EnergyConsumption Survey or Residential Energy ConsumptionSurvey data rom the Energy In ormation Agency):

1) reduces energy, water, and material use;2) improves indoor environmental quality;3) reduces negative impacts on the environment,including air and water pollution and waste generation;4) increases the use o environmentallypre erable products;5) increases reuse and recycling opportunities;6) integrates systems in the building;7) reduces the environmental and energy impacts otransportation through building location and site design;8) considers indoor and outdoor e ects o thebuilding on human health and the environment,including improvements in worker productivity, li e-cycle impacts o building materials and operations,and other acts determined appropriate.

GSA must submit a plan to Congresswithin 45 days, detailing, by project,how unding will be used.

In ormation on green-building best practices.

GSA is currently reviewing hundreds oprojects currently in the agencys backlogProjects will be evaluated based on how

ast GSA can create jobs and how muchadded energy-e ciency and sustainabilitcan be gained rom projects ready orconstruction awards within two years.The GSA will consider hiring contractors

or various projects. Once details aredetermined, they will be postedonline.

Regional, state, and localcontacts or the Department o Labor

Apprenticeship Training programs.

Veterans MedicalFacilities

Department o Veterans A airs,Veterans Health Administration

Title X o Recovery Act

$1 billion

Act also provides $150 millionor grants to states to acquire

or construct nursing homes,or remodel, modi y, or alterexisting hospital or nursinghome acilities or veterans.

Non-recurring maintenance including energy projects. Secretary o Veterans A airs mu

submit a plan to Congress within 30 daysdetailing how unding will be used.

Any state may apply directly to theDepartment o Veterans A airs orgrants or construction o state-owned veterans home acilities.

Pre-application is due by April 15,2009 or all projects. State assuranceo matching unds is due by August15, 2009 to receive priority status.

GSA

VA
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Public HousingCapital Fund:Formula andCompetitive Grants

Housing and Urban Development,O ce o Capital Improvements

Purpose: Provide unds toPublic Housing Agencies (PHAs)

or the development, nancing,and modernization o publichousing developments and ormanagement improvements.

Statute: Section 9 o theUnited States Housing Act o1937; 42 U.S.C. 1437g


CFDA: 14.872

$4 billion($3 billion by ormula,$1 billion by competitive grant).

Must use same ormulaused or FY2008 unds.

Formula unds must beallocated within 30 days.

Competitive unds are orpriority investments, includinginvestments that leverage privatesector unding or nancing

or renovations and energyconservation retro t investments.

Competitive unding must beobligated by September 30, 2009.

Public housing authorities mustprioritize: 1) capital projects thatcan award contracts based onbids within 120 days rom the date

unds are made available to them;2) rehabilitation o vacant rentalunits; 3) capital projects underwayor already in their 5-year plans.

Capital and management activities opublic housing agencies, including:

1) improvement o energy and water-use e ciencyby installing xtures and ttings that con orm toASME/ANSI standards and by increasing energye ciency and water conservation by such othermeans as the Secretary determines are appropriate;2) integrated utility management andcapital planning to maximize energyconservation and e ciency measures.3) development, nancing, and modernizationo public housing projects, including theredesign, reconstruction, and recon gurationo public housing sites and buildings, and thedevelopment o mixed- nance projects;4) addressing de erred maintenance needsand the replacement o obsolete utilitysystems and dwelling equipment;5) management improvements, including theestablishment and initial operation o computercenters in and around public housing througha Neighborhood Networks initiative;6) capital expenditures to acilitate programsto improve the empowerment and economicsel -su ciency o public housing residentsand to improve resident participation.

Funds may not be used or direct social services.

Secretary may waive statutory or regulatoryprovisions related to the obligation and expenditureo capital unds i necessary to acilitate the timelyexpenditure o unds (except or requirementsrelated to air housing, non-discrimination,labor standards, and the environment).

PHA Annual Plan must describe thecapital improvements necessary toensure long-term physical and socialviability o the PHAs public housingdevelopments, including the capitalimprovements to be undertaken in theyear in question and their estimatedcosts, and any other in ormation required

or participation in the Capital Fund.PHAs also are required to include 5-YearPlans covering large capital items.

HUD:Public Housing Agency Plans

See2008 unding list.

HUD
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Native AmericanHousing Block Grants

Housing and Urban Development,O ce o Public and Indian Housing

Purpose: Serve the housingneeds o low-income AmericanIndians and Alaska Natives.Simpli y the process o ederalhousing assistance or Indiantribes and make such assistancebetter t their circumstances.

Statute: Title I o the NativeAmerican Housing Assistance andSel -Determination Act o 1996(NAHASDA); 25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.


CFDA: 14.867

$510 million(hal by ormula;hal by competitive grant).

Eligible grantees are Indian tribesand Alaska Native villages, ortheir tribally designated housing

entities, which designate whoreceives the grants. Projects arelimited to low-income households.

Formula grants: Distributedaccording to FY2008 unding

ormula to Indian tribes withapproved Indian Housing Plans(IHPs). HUD shall obligate undswithin 30 days. In selectingprojects to be unded, recipientsshall give priority to projects orwhich contracts can be awardedwithin 180 days rom dates undsare available to recipients.

Competitive grants: HUD mayobligate unding to eligible entitiesthat apply or unds authorizedunder NAHASDA. Competitive

unding must be obligatedby September 30, 2009.

Secretary must give priority toprojects that will spur constructionand rehabilitation and createemployment opportunities or low-income and unemployed persons.

Formula unds must be used or new construction,acquisition, rehabilitation including energy e ciencyand conservation, and in rastructure development.

Generally, eligible a ordable housing activitiesmust develop or support rental or ownership housing

or provide housing services to bene t low-incomeIndian amilies on Indian reservations and otherIndian areas. A ordable housing must cost nomore than 30% o the amilys adjusted income.

The program is the largest single sourceo unding or a ordable housing ontribal lands, and was designed to givedirect control to tribes in identi ying andaddressing their a ordable housing need

The program has distributed morethan $5.7 billion in unding to tribesor tribally designated housing entities

rom 1998 to 2006. Between 2004and 2006 the program unded theconstruction o more than 6,000a ordable housing units and providedhousing assistance to 24,000 amilies.

Energy e ciency and conservationis a new addition to the description orehabilitation as an eligible use, andpotentially signi cant i tribal entitiesinclude energy e ciency and greenretro t work in their grant applications.

HUD
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Energy and GreenRetroft Investmentsin Elderly, Disabled,and Section 8

Assisted HousingHousing and Urban Development,O ce o A ordableHousing Preservation

$250 million

Competitive grants or loansto owners o project-basedassisted housing:

1)Section 202 Housingor the Elderly

2)Section 811 Housing orPersons with Disabilities

3)Section 8 Project-BasedVoucher Program

Payments are made to ownersor 12-month periods. Owners

receiving unding mustspend it within two years.

Energy retro t and green investments inproject-based assisted housing.

Secretary may provide incentives to owners toundertake energy or green retro ts, including

ees to cover investment oversight and

implementation, or to encourage job creation orlow-income or very low-income individuals.

The Recovery Act also provides $2billion to assist owners o propertiesreceiving project-based assistance(Assisted Housing Stability).

HUD project-based rental assistance

helps more than 1.3 million low- andvery low-income households a ordprivate housing. It also providestransitional housing or the homeless.

HUD
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Smart GridInvestment Program ,including WorkerTraining

Department o Energy,O ce o Electricity Deliveryand Energy Reliability

Purpose: Support the modernizationo the nations electricitytransmission and distributionsystem to maintain a reliable andsecure electricity in rastructure.

Statute: 42 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.;Title XIII o Energy Independenceand Security Act o 2007

$4.5 billion, including $100million or worker training

or Smart Grid projects.

Includes a regional demonstrationinitiative, and a matching grant

program or smart grid investments.

Research and development, pilot projects, and ederalmatching unds or the Smart Grid Investment Programto meet the goal o a modern electric grid, enhancesecurity and reliability o energy in rastructure, and

acilitate recovery rom disruptions to the energy supply.

Smart grid is shorthand or operatingthe nations electricity transmission anddistribution system using advanceddigital technology to save energy and cosand to allow demand response, use ostorage technologies (including plug-in

hybrid batteries), integration o dispersedrenewable and distributed generators,enhanced reliability and quicker repair ooutages, and improved power quality.

For a non-technical introduction to SmartGrid, seeThe Smart Grid: An Introduction.

For in ormation on job creation and typeo jobs, seeThe U.S. Smart Grid Revision:KEMAs Perspectives or Job Creation.

DOE
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SupplementalDiscretionary Grants

or a National Sur ace

TransportationSystem

Department o Transportation,O ce o the Secretary

Statute: 49 U.S.C. Chapter53 (public transit projects)

$1.5 billion

Competitive grants to stateand local governmentsor transit agencies.

Individual grants must bebetween $20 and $300 million(subject to Secretary waiver orsigni cant smaller projects).

Secretary must publish grantcriteria within 90 days; grantapplications due within 180 daysa ter the publication o criteria.

May und up to 100% o a project.

Highway and bridge projects, public transportationprojects, and passenger and reight rail projects.

Eligible public transit uses include investmentsin projects participating in New Starts and SmallStarts programs that will expedite completiono projects and entry into revenue service.

The Transportation Secretary has createda team at the

bringing home the green recovery

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