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The enormity and complexity of the federal stimulus program weigh heavily on cash-strapped states, which are required to keep track of numerous deadlines and reports for the $49 billion of recovery funds flowing into their coffers this year. Follow how states are managing the stimulus and see which programs are receiving these funds by using Stateline.org's stimulus special section or by following our links to useful resources here.

State share of the stimulus, by category

Nearly 60 percent of federal stimulus dollars flowing to state and local governments will go to education and health care programs. For more information, you can select a topic below to jump to stories in that category, read broader coverage of the stimulus, follow how states are overseeing the recovery effort or look forward at stimulus funding through 2016.

	29%	Health

	31%	Education and Training

	16%	Transportation

	10%	Income Security

	7%	Community Development

	7%	Energy and Environment

Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office

States tracking the stimulus

States have appointed stimulus czars to monitor the use of funds and have created Web sites to provide financial details of the economic recovery effort. Click on a state to learn more about its czar and Web site.

Sources: The Council of State Government's "StateRecovery.org," The U.S. Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board's "Recovery.gov," ProPublica and Stateline.org reporting

Read stories from Stateline.org on each area of the stimulus

Health		Education and Training
Weekly wrap: Rising Medicaid bill a growing concern for states (8/28/2009) States help more workers get health care (5/13/2009) Medicaid programs feel weight of recession (2/6/2009)		Tracking the recession: Stimulus helps revive summer youth jobs programs (7/14/2009) Tracking the recession: States push job training (7/6/2009) Stimulus eases community college troubles (7/2/2009) Despite stimulus, schools feel budget pain (6/11/2009) Three sticking points could stunt stimulus education reform (commentary, 5/4/2009)

Transportation		Income Security
Weekly wrap: States dispute charge that stimulus isn't working (7/17/2009) Midwest vies for stimulus aid for fast rail (7/16/2009) Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds (7/2/2009) States roll out plans for ‘smarter’ roads (5/20/2009) High-speed rail — and us (commentary, 5/9/2009) Illinois leads in stimulus highway funds (4/16/2009) High speed rail: Obama’s ‘signature’ issue (commentary, 3/8/2009) Govs look to shape energy, transportation (2/23/2009) Stimulus could hurt transportation bill (1/14/2009) How to manage a gold rush for Obama infrastructure dollars (commentary, 1/12/2009)		Ga. work program grows, attracts followers (9/10/2009) Food stamp stimulus hits state economies (5/19/2009) States rethink weatherization program (5/5/2009) Home insulation program takes heat (4/3/2009) Tracking the recession: Who really decides whether to take unemployment money (3/28/2009) Govs split over expanding jobless benefits (2/26/2009) States brace for new safety-net money (2/12/2009)

Community development		Energy and environment
Could the recovery act help reinvent government? (commentary, 8/23/2009) States weigh in as feds prepare to spend billions on broadband for remote areas (8/12/2009) Stimulus police funds catch legislators off guard (5/4/2009) Tracking the recession: USDA hands out stimulus money for flood projects (4/13/2009) Stimulus prompts debate over police funds (2/11/2009)		Energy stimulus could see lower returns (7/8/2009) States rethink weatherization program (5/5/2009) States retooling laws to bury coal’s CO2 (4/28/2009) Home insulation program takes heat (4/3/2009) Smart grid’s growth now depends on states (3/17/2009) Govs look to shape energy, transportation (2/23/2009) Congress, states try to harness West winds (2/5/2009)

General stimulus stories
Behind open doors, states track stimulus (10/19/2009) Weekly wrap: Early stimulus reports show gain in teaching, construction jobs (10/16/2009) Weekly wrap: Calls increase to extend economic stimulus to help states (10/9/2009) Stimulus question looms: What next? (9/25/2009) Report: State deficits loom despite stimulus (9/24/2009) Cities, states wrangle over cuts to local aid (8/26/2009) States plug budget holes, for now (8/17/2009) Tracking the recession: State stimulus Web sites get mixed marks (8/3/2009) Q&A: What would make you push for a second stimulus? (7/25/2009) Weekly wrap: Sales tax fight splits GOP in Arizona (6/19/2009) Federal stimulus dollars, state deficits — and federalism (commentary, 6/12/2009) Tracking the recession: Cuts, stimulus create risks for auditors (5/11/2009) Q&A: What advice on managing the federal stimulus spending does your state most want from the Obama administration? (5/1/2009) States vexed by stimulus challenges (5/1/2009) Tracking the recession: A chat with two state leaders (4/27/2009) Q&A: Should there be a 2nd federal stimulus package? (4/24/2009) New York: Harbinger of how the stimulus works? (4/10/2009) A list of point people and Web sites overseeing the stimulus in the states (4/9/2009) Downturn creates state spending “czars” (4/9/2009) Stimulus tax breaks threaten state revenues (4/7/2009) Tracking the recession: Much ado about a small stimulus pot (4/6/2009) Rejecting stimulus funds: Pros and cons (3/27/2009) The economy, the stimulus package and the states (commentary, 3/23/2009) Promise and peril of the stimulus (3/20/2009) Tracking the recession: Stimulus holds states accountable (3/3/2009) Stimulus controls vital, but what about results? (commentary, 3/1/2009) Govs’ Q&A: Avoiding deficits post stimulus (2/25/2009) Govs’ Q&A: Spending the stimulus (2/24/2009) Tracking the recession: Lowering expectations (/2/23/2009) Obama, governors try to patch stimulus split (2/23/2009) Governors downplay stimulus rift (2/22/2009) Stimulus: No blank check for states (2/20/2009) Q&A: How much of a difference will the economic stimulus package make to states? (2/18/2009) Q&A: How much of a difference will the economic stimulus package make to states? (2/17/2009) Stimulus to ease, not fix, state budget woes (2/14/2009) States await flood of federal money (2/13/2009) States need the stimulus — but, more important, the stimulus needs the states (commentary, 2/12/2009) Governors to track stimulus money (2/10/2009) Governors react to stimulus proposal (2/6/2009) Congress won’t erase state deficits (1/27/2009) House stimulus plan wins state praise (1/16/2009) Obama open government: The stimulus bill test (commentary, 1/18/2009) Stimulus, jobs, billions: Obama's huge challenge (commentary, 1/4/2009)

State share of the stimulus, by year

States will receive $275 billion from the federal stimulus, through 2016. Spending is expected to peak at $108 billion in fiscal 2010, which begins Oct. 1.

Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office

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