Senator Claire McCaskill (D) via Twitter:
Now have decent guide for Recovery(stimulus) on web page. Includes map you can see where $ in Mo going……about 17 hours ago from web
There are some neat widgets with information about the Economic Recovery Plan in Missouri on Claire McCaskill’s senate web site. Click on the little Missouri map that says “Mo stimulus grants map.”
When you click on one of the little bulls eyes you get information on the expenditure for that particular location. For instance, in Cass County, Missouri:
Cass County
201 W Wall St
Harrisonville, MO 64701Amount: $43,276.00
Type: Byrne Grant
Agency: U.S. Department of Justice
Agency Website: Visit Site
Press Release: View Release
Clicking on “View Release” gets you the press release explaining that particular program:
March 6, 2009
MCCASKILL GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT: $40.3 Million in Recovery Act Grant Funding Coming to Missouri
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill announced today that the United States Department Justice (DOJ) is providing Missouri communities with approximately $40.3 million in federal grant money funded by the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The money is being provided through DOJ’s Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program, which supports local law enforcement efforts through federal funding for the hiring and support for police officers, multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces, crime prevention and domestic violence programs, and courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives.
According to the DOJ, over 100 cities and counties across the state will receive funding as a result of the Economic Recovery Act through the Byrne grant program. Further, the State of Missouri will receive an additional $25 million dollars, separate from the funds given to cities and counties, under the plan. A complete breakdown of local governments in Missouri receiving money can be viewed here http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/r…
Funding to states and localities through the Economic Recovery Act will be allocated through existing federal programs like these, rather than earmarks, in order to ensure prompt distribution and better accountability. Local projects receive funds from these grants by following the process set up by each program. During Congressional consideration of the Economic Recovery bill, McCaskill worked to put additional accountability measures in place.
McCaskill believes that federal grants and loans are a positive alternative to earmarks, which in the past have been authorized during a secretive process with little accountability. Competitive merit and need based federal grants and low-interest government loans bring federal assistance to Missouri in an honest and fiscally responsible manner.
You can easily explore where the money is going.