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The City of San José is moving aggressively to implement projects and programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
June 6, 2011
The City of San José is moving aggressively to implement projects and programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). As of June 2011, the City expects to receive approximately $108 million in Recovery Act funds through a combination of formula and competitive allocations. In the two years since President Obama signed the Recovery Act into law, the City has expended nearly $60 million on Recovery Act activities, while creating more than 980 direct jobs in the process. This website highlights the many community-serving initiatives that will benefit from these Recovery Act funds, such as job training and counseling services to youths and adults, investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as improvements to the City’s infrastructure.    
 
Earlier this year, work2future, the Workforce Investment Board for the City of San José and the surrounding region, completed implementation of several programs funded by the Department of Labor through the Recovery Act to support eligible activities under the Workforce Investment Act. Funds were used by work2future to provide a variety of support services, including occupational skills training, job readiness workshops, as well as placement and counseling services to more than 3,200 adult and dislocated workers over the past two years. In addition, Recovery Act funds helped to support summer work experience programs that served over 1,000 eligible youth clients between the ages of 15-24 in 2009 and 2010. Youth participants in the summer programs completed work readiness training designed to enhance their employment skills, while earning more than $3.6 million in wages during the two year period.  

The City is also continuing to utilize Recovery Act funds to support a variety of municipal and community energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy projects. These projects help to advance multiple goals related to San José’s Green Vision and further the City’s efforts to thrive as an environmentally sustainable city. City staff is underway with installing energy efficient LED interior lighting, Energy Management System controls, and HVAC mechanical equipment at City facilities. Late last year, the City released two Requests for Proposals to support the installation of solar production systems at 38 municipal sites, including community centers, libraries, parks, offices, service yards and the Water Pollution Control Plant. Consultant selection recommendations will be brought forward to the City Council for approval by this summer.   

This website will continue to be updated regularly as additional funding award and project implementation information become available. For specific information on the projects and programs that have been approved to receive funding through the Recovery Act, click here.

The City of San José is moving aggressively to implement projects and programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).
March 18, 2011
The City of San José is moving aggressively to implement projects and programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). As of March 2011, the City is estimated to receive nearly $110 million in Recovery Act funds through a combination of formula and competitive allocations. In the two years since President Obama signed the Recovery Act into law, the City has expended over $50 million on Recovery Act activities, while creating more than 870 direct jobs in the process. This website highlights the many community-serving initiatives that will benefit from these Recovery Act funds, such as improvements to the City’s infrastructure, investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy, as well as homeless prevention and neighborhood stabilization services.     
 
City staff have completed major construction activities on over $15 million worth of street resurfacing projects and approximately $26 million in taxiway and airline passenger safety improvements at Mineta San José International Airport. In December, the City celebrated the completion of the Green Vision Clean Energy Showcase across from City Hall. Funded by a Recovery Act grant through the U.S. Department of Energy, the Showcase serves as a hub for disseminating information on solar and other energy efficient and renewable technologies. Tours of the Showcase are available for schools, professional organizations and the general public to view the demonstrations and receive information on innovative financing options.

Through partnerships with several non-profit agencies, the City continues to use Recovery Act funds to provide homeless prevention and rapid re-housing assistance services, such as short-term and medium-term financial assistance and case management to the community. With funding assistance from the Recovery Act, over 2,500 individuals and 1,500 households received financial assistance or housing relocation and stabilization services last year. In addition, during these challenging economic times, the City continues to partner with the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County and Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley to utilize $25 million in Recovery Act funds to implement programs aimed at reducing the number of foreclosed and abandoned residential properties and stabilizing surrounding neighborhoods.     

This website will continue to be updated regularly as additional funding award and project implementation information become available. For specific information on the projects and programs that have been approved to receive funding through the Recovery Act, click here.

The City of San José remains actively engaged in tracking and pursuing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding opportunities, while also advancing the implementation of projects and programs that have been approved to receive Recovery Act funds.
September 20, 2010
The City of San José remains actively engaged in tracking and pursuing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding opportunities, while also advancing the implementation of projects and programs that have been approved to receive Recovery Act funds.  As of September 2010, the City is estimated to receive over $108 million in Recovery Act funds through a combination of formula and competitive allocations.  This website highlights the many community-serving initiatives that will benefit from these Recovery Act funds, such as improvements to the City’s infrastructure, investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy and job training for youths and adults.     
 
Several Recovery Act-funded construction projects have been completed in recent months, while several others will be completing later this summer.  At Mineta San José International Airport, taxiway improvements and the installation of state-of-the-art baggage screening and Advanced Imaging Technology equipment have been completed, and immediately provide for improved airline passenger safety.  In addition, two neighborhood storm drain improvement projects in North San José have been completed.  Meanwhile, the first of two Recovery Act-funded street resurfacing projects is nearing completion, while a second street resurfacing project will be completing by later this year.   

In June, the State Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that the City of San José will receive Recovery Act funds through a National Emergency Grant award by the U.S. Department of Labor.  The grant will allow work2future, the Workforce Investment Board for the region, to provide workers affected by layoffs with on-the-job training opportunities, which will help dislocated workers to develop applicable occupational skills more quickly while also earning a paycheck.    

This website will continue to be updated regularly as additional funding award and project implementation information become available.  For specific information on the projects and programs that have been approved to receive funding through the Recovery Act, click here.

The City of San José remains actively engaged in tracking and pursuing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding opportunities
May 12, 2010
The City of San José remains actively engaged in tracking and pursuing American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) funding opportunities. As of May 2010, the City is estimated to receive nearly $108 million in Recovery Act funds through a combination of formula and competitive allocations. These Recovery Act funds will be used to help the City repave streets, invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy and offer job training for youths and adults.

In February, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the City of San José had been selected for a Recovery Act grant award for local energy assurance planning. The City had submitted a $300,000 grant application to the DOE last year for funding under the Local Energy Assurance Planning Initiative to support the development of an energy assurance plan for all City facilities and revision of the City’s Emergency Operations Plan to more comprehensively address energy planning and preparedness. The plan will also focus on updating procedures and activities during energy outages.

In April, work2future, the Workforce Investment Board for San José and the surrounding region, received notice that it would be eligible for a Recovery Act award through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program of up to $2.5 million from the County of Santa Clara Social Services Agency. The funds will be used to provide seven weeks of summer work experience combined with work readiness training for approximately 840 eligible 15-17 year olds in the work2future service area starting June 2010. These funds will benefit the City of San José in particular as the San José community has about 80% of TANF eligible youths.

This website will continue to be updated regularly as additional funding award information becomes available. For specific information on the projects and programs that have been approved to receive funding through the Recovery Act, click here.

The City of San José continues to actively pursue funding opportunities made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
January 21, 2010
The City of San José continues to actively pursue funding opportunities made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).  As of February 2010, the City is estimated to receive over $105 million in Recovery Act funds—funds which will be used to help the City repave streets, invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy, provide affordable housing and offer job training for youths and adults. 
 
In January, the Department of Energy awarded $1.1 million in Recovery Act funds to the City of San José to conduct Solar America Market Transformation activities.  San José was selected as one of 16 Solar America Cities in the United States to receive Recovery Act funds through a competitive application process.  The City will use these funds to implement a variety of projects that support the expanded use of solar technology in San José.  The projects focus on: increasing awareness of energy financing strategies to property owners through coordinated outreach activities; increasing awareness of the multiple, viable solar technologies by ensuring the community has hands-on educational opportunities and; increasing the available resources for green collar workforce training.   
 
Also in January, the Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded $25 million in competitively awarded Recovery Act funds to the San José Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Consortium which is comprised of the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley and the City of San José Housing Department.  The Consortium will use the awarded funds to reduce the number of foreclosed and abandoned homes, residential properties and to stabilize surrounding neighborhoods.  Additionally, the Consortium will provide secondary financing for income eligible purchasers of foreclosed homes and will purchase and rehabilitate foreclosed and abandoned homes in targeted areas in the City of San José.  Targeted areas have been identified as those hardest hit by foreclosures in need of stabilization. 

This website will continue to be updated regularly as additional funding award information becomes available.  For specific information on the projects and programs that have been approved to receive funding through the Recovery Act, click here.

As of October, the City of San Jose is estimated to receive over $78 million in Recovery Act funds—funds which will be used to help the City repave streets, invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy, provide affordable housing and offer job training for youths and adults. 

City leaders and congressional representatives held a press conference on September 28th to highlight the funds San José and other local agencies are expected to receive through the Recovery Act.  The press conference was held along a stretch of Alma Avenue that will be resurfaced as part of a $12 million street resurfacing Recovery Act grant awarded to San José.  Mayor Chuck Reed, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-San José), Congressman Mike Honda (D-San José) and County Supervisor George Shirakawa touted the many benefits that Recovery Act funds will bring to the San José area—from stimulating the local economy to promoting environmental sustainability. 
 
The City has also submitted applications for several other competitive Recovery Act grants.  In addition, the County of Santa Clara, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, the Valley Transportation Authority and Caltrans have received several millions in Recovery Act funds for regional projects that will benefit San José.  These projects include highway repairs and improvements, water recycling programs, flood control efforts and the purchase of new hybrid buses.  In total, it is estimated the region will receive over $360 million in Recovery Act funds, with additional grant opportunities being pursued in an attempt to increase the amount of funds that come to the region.