Saturday, February 20, 2010

$7.7 billion in stimulus spent in Florida so far

The White House says about half of $14.9 billion in stimulus available to Florida has been spent in the past year.

Figures released Wednesday to coincide with the program's anniversary show $7.7 billion has been spent in Florida with an estimated 112,000 jobs saved or created.

Other Florida numbers:

- 612 transportation projects obligated totaling $1.6 billion.

- 1,947 small business loans given totaling $1 billion.

- 7.1 million working families getting $3.5 billion in tax relief.

- 1 million jobless workers getting extended unemployment benefits.

- 3.7 million high-need residents getting $250 relief payments totaling $924 million.

- $2.4 billion in additional Medicaid funding spent.

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