The press release below outlines more than $6.44 million dollars coming to Montana from the federal govberment as a part of the recorvery pacakge. The money will goo to mainly health and human services agencies. This website is a good resource to see more specifically how the money is allotted.
We receive announcements, through e-mails, like this from the White House Media Affaairs office all the time. Nine times out of ten, they're not specific to the state or our area, but this one does show where some of those billions of dollars are going.
Biden Announces Montana to Receive More Than $6.4 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Help Care for Children, Prevent Disease
Child Care and Vaccination Programs to Benefit from Recovery Act
Vice President Joe Biden announced today that the Obama Administration will make $6,422,783 available to Montana for crucial health and human services programs that help to provide care for children and prevent disease. Montana will receive $5,747,006 in Recovery Act funding to support child care for working families. The Administration also plans to make $675,777 in vaccines and grants available to Montana to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need.
Nationwide, $2 billion in Recovery Act funds for the Child Care and Development Fund will allow states across the country to support child care services for more families whose children require care while they are working, seeking employment or receiving job training or education. The funds will be used by states to provide vouchers to families for child care or to provide access to care through contracts with child care centers or invest in quality improvements. Recovery Act dollars will support a wide range of child care providers, including child care centers and home-based programs.
“Parents are worried about finding a job or keeping the job they have and they shouldn’t have to worry about affording quality child care,” said Vice President Biden. “Safe, affordable, high-quality child care gives working parents the peace of mind they need to be stable, dependable employees.”
In addition to funding for child care programs, an additional $300 million in Recovery Act funding and grants will help to ensure more underserved Americans receive the vaccines they need. The Vice President’s announcement came as Americans mark National Public Health Week.
Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the majority of these new resources will be used to purchase vaccines, which will be distributed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Section 317 immunization program to all 50 states, several large cities, and U.S. territories. Funding will also be used to support national public information campaigns regarding vaccines and support grants to states that demonstrate innovative new ways to ensure more Americans receive the vaccines they need.
“Vaccines help keep children healthy, prevent costly stays in hospitals, and fight diseases that can lead to serious illness or death” added Biden. “The Recovery Act will help to vaccinate more Americans, cut health care costs, improve public health, and save lives.”
More information regarding the child care and vaccine programs is included below. To see a list of state by state funding for child care programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=childcare. To see a list of state by state funding for vaccine programs, visit: http://transparency.cit.nih.gov/RecoveryGrants/grant.cfm?grant=vaccines.
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