On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. This bill included provisions to help individuals, families, local government, and state government. Below is a guide for how to take advantage of the provisions in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

For more information on:

• Tax and fiscal relief for you and your family, see page 3.
  
• Keeping your health benefits, see page 22.
  
• How Oregon will be using the money to improve roads and rails, as well as care for its citizens, see page 24.
• Grant opportunities from the federal government, see page 34. 

   An Oregonian's Guide to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act(Last updated on 3/26/2009 with the latest information on in-state resources to access care for you and your family).

On the Road to Recovery:

• The State of Oregon has an updated list of contact information for agencies receiving support from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

• See where transportation funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are already being put to use in Oregon through a county-by-county breakdown of funding courtesy of the Governor's office here .

• The Department of Defense has released the funding allocation numbers for projects within Oregon. 

• The Department of Energy has released a city-by-city breakdown of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that will be used for projects to improve energy efficiency and reduce total energy use. Find your city's funds here.

• On April 1, 2009, the Making Work Pay Tax Credit went into full effect. For the next two years, this tax relief will save working individuals $400 a year, and families will save $800. The Department of the Treasury estimates that this legislation will save $700 million for Oregon taxpayers and will benefit 1.4 million Oregonians. 

• The U.S. General Services Administration announced that two Oregon buildings will receive federal money to be remodeled into a high performance green building. The Portland BPA building will receive $6,585,000, and the Baker David J. Wheeler Federal Building will receive $967,000. 

• The U.S. Department of Education released $44 billion in competitive grants for states and schools on April 1, 2009. For more information on applying, visit the Department of Education website .

• TriMet released a list of transportation projects and descriptions detailing where and how funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be spent in the Portland metro area. 

• On April 9, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that $2,694,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) would he headed to Oregon to clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. The EPA also announced that Oregon would receive $1.73 million under the ARRA's State Clean Diesel Funding Program.