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Stimulus funds used for Harrisburg needy

03/04/2009 BEN RUSSELL WHPTV.COM HARRISBURG, P.A.
Harrisburg is using its $1.4 million in funds for its Community Development Block Grant Program and for homelessness prevention. How the money will be spent for homelessness prevention is unclear, but the block grant money may be used to renovate vacant homes to be sold to low-income and moderate income buyers. Some of it may also be used to complete repairs in the homes of senior citizens or low-income families, as well as for job training.

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Labels: Community Development Block Grant Program, Harrisburg, homelessness prevention, stimulus

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South Carolina will accept bailout funds to raise unemployment checks

02/23/2009 THE DICKINSON PRESS DICKINSON, N.D.
Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford is accepting federal stimulus money to enable state unemployment benefits to be raised by $25 a week, the first increase in two years. The governor, who previously vocally opposed bailout packages, decided to take the money after realizing other states would be doing the same. The governor is still unlikely to support the part of the stimulus plan that extends benefits to part-time workers.

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Labels: bailout, Governor Mark Sanford, South Carolina, stimulus, unemployment checks

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Obama to give $15 billion to states for Medicaid

02/23/2009 ASSOCIATED PRESS VIA GREENVILLEONLINE.COM WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama will begin distributing $15 billion to states struggling with Medicaid costs. The money will come from the newly passed $787 billion economic stimulus measure. Some GOP governors may reject the proposed expansion of state unemployment benefits as part of the stimulus package because it will require a tax increase on employers once the stimulus money runs out.

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Labels: Medicaid, Obama, stimulus, taxes, unemployment

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