American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 was passed by Congress and signed into law by
the President on February 17, 2009. The Act includes funding for public health
and environmental health projects. This web
page contains information about ARRA-funded public health and environmental
health projects and will be updated as more information becomes available.
North Dakota
Department of Health Projects:
- Ambulatory Surgical Center: This project will increase the number of inspections of
ambulatory surgical centers with a focus on prevention of
infections. Total ARRA funds: $18,685 (No federal status report
is required for this project. Third quarter status: $8,625.51
spent; 0.15 FTE.)
- Clean Diesel: The goal of this project is to reduce school children's
exposure to diesel emissions by replacing about 40 school buses in the state.
The Department of Health has contracted with the Department of Public
Instruction for the purchase of the buses. Total ARRA funds: $1,730,000
Click
here to view the quarterly status report.
- Clean Water State Revolving Loan
Fund: These funds will be used to invest
in local wastewater infrastructure that will provide long-term environmental,
public health, and economic benefits. Total ARRA funds: $16,639,100
Click
here to view the quarterly status report.
- Domestic Violence and Sexual
Assault: These funds are designated to
help recipients develop and strengthen effective responses to acts of violence
against women. Total ARRA funds: $812,159
Click here to view the quarterly
status report.
- Drinking Water State Revolving Loan
Fund: These funds will be used to invest
in local drinking water infrastructure that will provide long-term
environmental, public health and economic benefits. Total ARRA funds: $22,100,000
Click here to view the quarterly status report.
- Healthcare Associated Infections
(HAI): ARRA funds will be used to coordinate
and implement HAI-prevention activities. Total ARRA funds: $201,830
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here to view the quarterly status report.
- Healthy Communities: These funds will be used to increase
support for breastfeeding in the workplace, improve physical activity
environments in day cares, and conduct a media campaign on these issues. These
funds also will support a survey of the public regarding knowledge of and
opinions about secondhand smoke. Total ARRA
funds: $364,148
Click here to view the quarterly status report.
- Immunization Interoperability: This funding
will be used to increase interoperability between the North
Dakota Immunization Information System (NDIIS) and various
electronic health records throughout the state. Total ARRA
funds: $620,021
Click here to view the quarterly status report.
- Immunization Services: This funding will be used to increase the number of
children and adults vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases. Projects
include a statewide immunization conference to educate immunization providers,
a statewide television and radio campaign geared towards educating parents, and
grants to a select number of local public health units to incentivize the
creation or enhancement of local immunization coalitions. Total ARRA funds:
$456,656 (In addition, North Dakota was allocated vaccine valued at $345,220.)
Click here to view the
quarterly status report.
- Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC):
This project is an enhancement of the North Dakota WIC
computer system necessary to comply with USDA-mandated changes to the WIC
Program Food Rules. Total ARRA funds: $68,975
Click here to view the
quarterly status report.
- State Primary Care Offices: These funds support National Health Service Corps
activities under subcontract with the Center for Rural Health at the University
of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The goal is to increase
the number of health-care providers and improve access to quality health care
in shortage areas. Total ARRA funds: $32,270
Click here to view the
quarterly status report.
- Superfund Arsenic Trioxide: These funds are targeted to design and construct a
protective drinking water remedy for rural households in the area of the North
Dakota Arsenic Trioxide Superfund Site, including connecting about 180 rural
households to the rural water system, expanding a water treatment plant to
handle increased demand, and installing two additional water supply wells.
Total ARRA funds: $13,800,000.
Click here to view the quarterly status
report.
-
Water Quality Management 604(B): This project supports water quality management activities
authorized under Section 205(j) and 303(e) of the Clean Water Act. The project
will involve regional planning organizations, local soil conservation districts,
and local water resource districts in the development of Total Maximum Daily
Loads for multiple water bodies on the state's list of impaired waters needing
TMDLs. Total ARRA funds: $194,300
Click here to view the quarterly status
report.
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