By EMS1 Staff
| State | Projects | ARRA Funding Total |
| Alabama | 2 | $743,480 |
| Arkansas | 32 | $1,450,000 |
| Arizona | 2 | $79,077 |
| California | 31 | $6,752,945 |
| Colorado | 2 | $33,025 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $1,400,000 |
| Delaware | 2 | $160,000 |
| Georgia | 4 | $524,500 |
| Illinois | 4 | $6,121,000 |
| Indiana | 4 | $2,454,020 |
| Kentucky | 5 | $412,270 |
| Louisiana | 3 | $962,458 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $907,000 |
| Maryland | 8 | $692,200 |
| Maine | 3 | $3,176,000 |
| Michigan | 14 | $4,795,000 |
| Minnesota | 3 | $72,700 |
| Missouri | 26 | $1,424,098 |
| Montana | 3 | $1,359,025 |
| North Carolina | 13 | $3,878,810 |
| North Dakota | 7 | $1,071,450 |
| Nebraska | 3 | $170,250 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | $284,320 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $29,250 |
| Nevada | 2 | $26,742 |
| New York | 1 | $110,000 |
| Ohio | 10 | $5,216,000 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | $801,011 |
| Oregon | 1 | $27,692 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | $1,405,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $787,200 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $16,380 |
| Tennessee | 7 | $4,463,200 |
| Utah | 4 | $254,550 |
| Virginia | 31 | $1,179,070 |
| Vermont | 11 | $2,295,669 |
| Washington | 1 | $8,400 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | $3,108,500 |
| West Virginia | 1 | $25,200 |
LUDOWICI, Ga. — Emergency services in 39 states will receive approximately $19 million as part of stimulus package funding earmarked for rural areas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack revealed Tuesday the selection of 280 essential community facilities and emergency responder projects that are being funded immediately with federal funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
In addition to the approximately $19 million, $6.9 million will be leveraged from other sources to help local communities with the purchase of emergency services and systems, and fire and rescue equipment, including more than 120 fire, medical and police vehicles.
“The Recovery Act funds provided today will help support rural communities’ efforts to protect and serve their residents by providing essential public safety services,” Vilsack said. “These projects are the first of many that are expected to create or save more than 1,350 jobs and help rural communities provide expanded access to health care, support first responder efforts, and finance libraries, schools and day care centers.”
All of the funding is being provided through USDA Rural Development’s Community Facilities program, which helps finance and develop essential community facilities for public use in rural areas.
In Keshena, Wis., Rural Development is providing a $100,000 loan and grant to the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to renovate the current Emergency Medical Services’ building to provide adequate room for emergency vehicles, equipment and staff.
The Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department in Madison County, Ala., has been selected to receive a $700,000 loan to replace the small, 20-year-old fire station with a new, larger, more centrally located facility.
The 25-member volunteer fire department provides emergency fire and medical services to a rural community of 5,000 people.
Funding of individual recipients is contingent upon their meeting the terms of the loan or grant agreement. More information about USDA Rural Development can be found at www.rurdev.usda.gov.
More information about USDA’s Recovery Act efforts is available at www.usda.gov/recovery. More information about the Federal government’s efforts on the Recovery Act is available at www.recovery.gov.