Massachusetts Recovery Update

Week of March 7, 2010

Quote of the Week:

"It was a huge financial relief. It enabled us to stay in our home.''

Tim Kirk, a father of two, on the job he got at Reveal Imaging thanks to Stimulus funds.


photo: steve chencharik FACES OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY

"If the stimulus wasn't there, we would be in a shelter."
Timisa Ewah, who along with her husband and three children, was saved from being homeless by a stimulus-funded program at the Community Action Agency of Somerville.



YOUR RECOVERY DOLLARS AT WORK: NEWS & UPDATES

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Home Appliance Rebate Program Starts April 22

photo: Appliances
The stimulus-funded energy efficient appliance rebate program will launch in Massachusetts on April 22. The Recovery Act allocated $6.2 million to the Commonwealth to administer the rebate program, which is designed to spur household energy savings by taking high energy-consuming home appliances out of commission and replacing them with qualified ENERGY STAR models.




$72.5 Mil in Stimulus Funds for Transit Improvements

photo: Governor Patrick
The Commonwealth was awarded $72.5 million in stimulus funding for numerous transit improvements, including two much-needed MBTA Red Line projects at busy stations in Quincy and Braintree. Read more.



Stimulus Stories: Stimulus Gives Dorchester House Much-Needed Boost

photo: Dorchester House
The Dorchester House, which provides medical, community and public health services to approximately 23,000 patients a year, was quickly approaching over capacity. But the stimulus awards it recently received promise to change all that. Read more.



WHAT RECOVERY CAN DO FOR YOU: JOB & CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES

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FEATURED CONTRACT OF THE WEEK: Early Literacy RFP

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