Welcome to the County's Recovery Portal
Welcome to RecoverySCC.org. This website tracks how the County uses American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funding to help with our local economic recovery, create and retain jobs, and provide safety net services to our residents hurting from this severe recession. While these funds cannot address all of the challenges facing us, the Board of Supervisors pledges that all of the funding will go to important public services; the use of these funds will be transparent to the public; and we will be accountable for every dollar spent.
BACKGROUND
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009. The Act is intended to "create jobs, jump start growth and transform our economy to compete in the 21st century" through a variety of financial mechanisms, including tax credits and cuts, infrastructure funding, and benefit protections.
TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
The Obama Administration has taken steps to ensure that ARRA funds are subject to vigorous transparency and accountability. Recipients of funds must submit reports on the following:
- Total of funds received
- Amount expended or obligated
- List of projects or activities with details on jobs created and retained.
Local governments must also provide information on the purpose of projects along with the rationale for funding investments with ARRA funds.
The County of Santa Clara is committed to providing information to its residents and meeting the transparency and accountability requirements of ARRA. Reports and data on ARRA programs and grants implemented by the County will be maintained on this website. This information includes Board transmittals, press releases, and program certifications.
FISCAL IMPACT OF ARRA TO THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
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Background on ARRA
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) was signed by President Obama on February 17, 2009. The Act is intended to "create jobs, jump start growth and transform our economy to compete in the 21st century" through a variety of financial mechanisms, including tax credits and cuts, infrastructure funding, and benefit protections.
ARRA will provide the County of Santa Clara with a direct infusion of additional funds through increased formula funding and grants. ARRA also increased funds for a number of competitive grant programs. A number of County departments will complete and submit applications in an effect to receive these funds. Finally, ARRA increased the amount of aid provided by the Federal government to the State. The County will benefit from the State aid to the extent these funds prevent budget reductions of State-funded, County-operated programs.
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County of Santa Clara ARRA Grant Funding Recipients
HOUSING
Office of Affordable Housing - Community Development Block Grant Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- $469,256 Show Attachments
Funding will be used to rehabilitate a dormitory at the Mariposa Lodge, which is a women's substance abuse treatment facility utilized by the County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services.
Office of Affordable Housing - Homelessness Prevention Rapid Re-Housing Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- $717,484 Show Attachments
Funding will be used to provide services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and help those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Office of the County Executive - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs -- $642,457 Show Attachments
This grant funding is allocated by formula to State and local law enforcement agencies to help prevent, fight, and prosecute crime. The County is the lead agency for grant submittal and grant administration. The overall amount of funds for law enforcement agencies in the county is $2,565,061. The County's share of these funds is $642,457.
District Attorney's Office - Victim Witness Assistance Program - Victims of Crime Act Grant, California Emergency Management Agency -- $36,318 Show Attachments
Funding will be used to pay a portion of the salary and benefits costs of a Victim Advocate. Victim Advocates help to relocate victims and witnesses of crimes who remain in jeopardy after the initial crime; assist in obtaining restraining orders; ascertain the seriousness of injuries and losses suffered as a result of crimes; and provide other advocacy.
District Attorney's Office - Victim Witness Assistance Recovery Act - Violence Against Women Act Stimulus Grant, California Emergency Management Agency -- $24,461 Show Attachments
Funding will support Victim Advocate salary and benefits costs. Victim Advocates help to relocate victims and witnesses who remain in jeopardy after the initial crime; assist in obtaining restraining orders; ascertain the seriousness of injuries and losses suffered as a result of crimes; and other advocacy.
Sheriff's Office - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program - U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs -- $782,866 Show Attachments
This grant will fund the Crime Analysis, Reduction and Enforcement (CARE) program at the Sheriff's Office. The program will hire three management analyst positions to assist the department in the apprehension of criminals and solving crimes through the application of analysis, intelligence sharing, and coordination with other law enforcement agencies.
Sheriff's Office - Sexual Assault Specialized Response Unit Program Grant - California Emergency Management Agency's Justice Assistance Program -- $250,000 Show Attachments
This grant award will fund a multi-disciplinary approach to sexual assault incidents. The funds will pay for one Deputy Sheriff position to be assigned to the Sheriff's Office Sexual Assault Investigation Unit and also fund rape crisis advocacy services.
Sheriff’s Office – California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Teams – Recovery Act Program – California Emergency Management Agency’s Justice Assistance Program -- $92,755 and $7,532 Show Attachments
These grant awards will fund overtime costs for one Sheriff’s Sergeant and three Deputy Sheriffs assigned to the California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement (Cal-MMET) team. The Cal-MMET team will target mid to high-level methamphetamine manufacturers and traffickers who produce or sell significant quantities of methamphetamine in an effort to dismantle clandestine methamphetamine labs and organizations.
District Attorney’s Office – Anti-Drug Abuse Enforcement Team Recovery Act Program Grant – California Emergency Management Agency -- $470,235 Show Attachments
The District Attorney’s Office will receive formula grant funds from the California Emergency Management Agency for the period of March 1, 2010 through February 28, 2012 to provide supplemental funding for the existing Anti-Drug Abuse (ADA) Enforcement program. The ADA program supports multi-jurisdictional drug task forces in each county in the state to combat manufacturing, distribution, and drug sales.
Probation Department – Evidence-Based Supervision Program Grant - California Emergency Management Agency -- $1,673,075 Show Attachments
This grant award to the Probation Department will fund the Evidence-Based Supervision Program. This program will deliver evidence-based, intensive supervision to high-risk felony probationers who are between the ages of 18-30 to effectively reduce recidivism in this population. The funds will pay for four Probation Department positions – one Supervising Probation Officer and three Deputy Probation Officers for the grant period of April 1, 2010 to September 30, 2012.
Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District -Fire Station Construction Grant, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Assistance to Firefighters Program -- $4,594,307 Show Attachments
The grant will fund the construction costs to rebuild the Quito Fire Station in Los Gatos.
District Attorney's Office - Internet Crimes Against Children Initiative Research Program, U.S. Department of Justice -- $2,607,724 Show Attachments
The District Attorney's Office requested funding to provide support, training, tools, and strategies to law enforcement agencies county-wide to effectively investigate and prosecute child exploitation cases. The grant funds will also improve the District Attorney's ability and effectiveness in preventing, investigating, and prosecuting technology-facilitated child exploitation and internet crimes again children.
District Attorney's Office - Internet Crimes Against Children Initiative Task Force Training and Technical Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Justice -- $2,924,628 Show Attachments
This funding will be used by the District Attorney's office to provide support, training, tools, and strategies to law enforcement agencies county-wide to effectively investigate and prosecute child exploitation cases. The funding will also improve the District Attorney's effectiveness in preventing, investigating, and prosecuting technology-facilitated child exploitation and internet crimes again children.
District Attorney's Office - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs -- $469,679 Show Attachments
This grant will fund the Prosecution and Prevention Program for Mortgage and Foreclosure Fraud program in the District Attorney's Office. The program will focus on reducing mortgage fraud and foreclosures, and increase prosecution for the crimes involving mortgage or foreclosure fraud in the county.
Probation Department - Local Youth Mentoring Initiative, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -- $500,000 Show Attachments
This grant funding will be used to fund a mentoring program for youth on probation, with an emphasis on youth exiting the Probation Department's Enhanced Ranch Program.
Probation Department - Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program - U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Option 1 - $2, 288,474 Option 2 - $1,307,884 Show Attachments
This grant will fund probation staff, which will implement delinquency prevention strategies and activities for youth returning from six to eight month stays in the County ranches, wards on formal probation supervision, and/or youth at risk to commit crimes. In expectation of intense competition for grant funds, the funding agency recommended that the Probation Department submit an application with two funding options to maximize the chance of receiving an award.
HEALTH
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System - Increased Demand for Services Grant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration -- $195,368
This funding will allow the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program (VHHP) to manage the increased demand for health care services by two fast-growing groups of homeless patients: jobless workers who have lost their homes and health insurance and working poor homeless who are uninsured.
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System - Capital Improvement Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration -- $419,505 Show Attachments
Funding will be used to support renovation of the Valley Health Center Bascom, which serves the largest proportion of homeless patients. The clinical suites that house high-risk obstetrics and pediatric specialty services will be renovated, providing for improved patient flow for these services, and resulting in a more comfortable environment for patients.
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System - Facilities Investment Project, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration -- $2,643,343 Show Attachments
This grant funding will be used to renovate the 2nd and 3rd floors at Valley Health Center Bascom, which serves the largest proportion of homeless patients. These renovations will improve access to comprehensive prenatal and pediatric care for homeless patients.
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System - Public Health Department- Communities Putting Prevention to Work Initiative, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- $20,000,000 Show Attachments
This grant funding will be used to implement an initiative that focuses on policy, systems, and environmental changes to reduce risk factors and prevent/delay chronic disease and promote wellness in both children and adults. The initiative will address key risk factors, such as, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and tobacco use.
Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System - Public Health Department- Clinical and Translational Science Award Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources -- $110,000 Show Attachments
The Public Health Department is receiving funds through a subcontract agreement with Stanford University, which received a grant award from the National Center for Research Resources to strengthen partnerships with local health departments to facilitate and accelerate collaboration to study health promotion and prevention interventions. The funds will pay the Public Health Department for project management and direct oversight of scientific research.
ROADS
Roads and Airports Department - Highway Infrastructure Investment (Surface Transportation) Formula Grant, Department of Transportation -- $3,800,000 Show Attachments
Funding will be used to complete the Montague Expressway Pavement Rehabilitation project and Pavement Rehabilitation of County Unincorporated Roads project, which will repair portions of the following streets: Moorpark Avenue, South Bascom Avenue, Tully Road, and White Road.
Roads and Airports Department - Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Program (TIGER), U.S. Department of Transportation -- $25,200,000 Show Attachments
This grant funding will be used to made various roadway and traffic operations improvements as part of a sustainable Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) project on County expressways.
SUSTAINABILITY
Facilities and Fleet Department - EECBG Small Counties and Cities Program, California Energy Commission -- $553,428 Show Attachments
The County received $553,428 in funds to implement five separate energy efficiency projects in County facilities. The projects include HVAC retrofitting and installation / upgrade of lighting controls. The annual energy cost savings of these projects will be $147,668.
Facilities and Fleet Department - Alternative Fuel Vehicle and Infrastructure Projects Transportation Clean Air Fund FY09/10, Bay Area Air Quality Management District -- $642,000 Show Attachments
This grant application to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District requested funds for four County projects. The projects included the installation of forty electric vehicle charging stations at four different County facilities, the purchase of a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus, the purchase of three CNG sedans for County departments, and the purchase and installation of a CNG station.
Office of the County Executive – State Energy Program (SEP) - Municipal Financing Program-California FIRST, California Energy Commission -- $911,500 Show Attachments
California FIRST is a pilot project established by the California Communities joint powers authority. The grant application would fund a Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in limited number of participating counties, including Santa Clara. PACE programs allow building owners to finance permanent energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy improvements through an assessment paid with their property taxes. CaliforniaFIRST requested $16.5 million in funds; the County of Santa Clara would receive $911,500 of these funds. A recent decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency related to the property assessments has put this program on hold until the issues identified by FHFA are resolved.
Office of the County Executive – State Energy Program (SEP) – Residential Building Retrofit Program, California Energy Commission -- $1,951,666 Show Attachments
The Association of Bay Area Counties (ABAG) submitted a regional grant application to the California Energy Commission to fund the Retrofit Bay Area program. The program would promote energy-efficiency retrofits of existing buildings in ABAG member counties. Energy efficiency measures include improvements to insulation, space heating and air conditioning, water heating, lighting, windows, doors, solar hot water systems, and other fixed items. ABAG requested $10,750,000 in funds; the County will receive $1,951,666 to pay for local marketing and outreach efforts and program administration. The grant application has been approved for funding and once various administrative requirements, such as, signing an agreement with ABAG are completed, the County will receive its funds.
Facilities and Fleet Department - Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant General Innovation Fund, U.S. Department of Energy -- $5,000,000 Show Attachments
The Facilities and Fleet Department submitted a grant application for $5,000,000 to fund the Elmwood Correctional Facility Greening Initiative. This program had four components: (1) installation of a solar energy generation system in the facility’s parking lot / implementation of energy and water conservation projects at the Elmwood Support Services building (2) development of a green jobs workforce training program for inmates (3) expansion upon best practices learned from other jurisdictions and dissemination of the findings and (4) development of a public/private partnership to implement the program. Once fully implemented, the project will generate 98 local jobs, support the local renewable energy industry, reduce annual energy/water costs by $386,000, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 650 metric tons.
Facilities and Fleet Department – State Energy Program (SEP) Municipal and Commercial Retrofit Program, California Energy Commission -- $1,717,014 Show Attachments
The Facilities and Fleet Department was a participating agency in a regional application submitted by Joint Venture to fund the Driving Market Transformation with Game Change HVAC and Lighting Controls project. The grant application requested $20,000,000. If the application is funded, the County would receive $1,717,014 to implement 29 separate HVAC and lighting improvement projects in various County facilities.
Office of the County Executive – State Energy Program (SEP) - Municipal Financing Program, California Energy Commission -- $1,500,000 Show Attachments
The grant application requested fund to develop and administer Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) pilot project in the County. These programs are often referred to as AB 811 and allow local governments to establish a financing assessment district to provide upfront funds to homeowners to install permanent energy efficiency and on-site renewable energy improvements on their homes. The loans are repaid over 20 years through a voluntary assessment paid with their property taxes.
Facilities and Fleet - Clean Cities FY09 Petroleum Reduction Technology Projects for the Transportation Sector -- $767,000 Show Attachments
Facilities and Fleet requested funds to pay a portion of the costs for the following energy efficiency projects: installation of four Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; five hybrid plug-in conversions; a compressed natural gas (CNG) security bus; three CNG sedans; and installation of a CNG/Hydrogen retail refueling station.
Facilities and Fleet - Bay Area Economic Council Institute Recovery Workplan -- $8,800,000 Show Attachments
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute was asked by the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BT&H) to work with key regional partners to develop a Bay Area Economic Recovery Workplan for ARRA funds. BACEI utilized an an open consultative process to develop the workplan, which will be used by BT&H and other state agencies to facilitate decision-making regarding the allocation of Federal ARRA funds available through the state, and other resources allocated by the state for economic development purposes. The Facilities and Fleet Department developed two proposals for inclusion in the workplan: the Elmwood Jail Self Sufficiency - Solar Power Installation and the Energy Conservation and Facility Retro-Commissioning Project.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Gracie PenningtonARRA ContactCounty of Santa ClaraPhone: 408.299.5106SCCrecovery@ceo.sccgov.org