Stimulus Package The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the “ARRA” or “Stimulus”) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama with the hopes that it would achieve two key objectives: add new jobs and save existing jobs. The Stimulus Bill authorized the United States federal government to spend a [...]
Stimulus Bill The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the “Stimulus Bill” or the “ARRA”) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February of 2009. The law had two explicit purposes: to save existing American jobs and create new ones for individuals who had lost work due to the economic [...]
Stimulus Plan In 2009, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (otherwise known as the “Stimulus Plan” or the “ARRA” and sometimes erroneously referred to as the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act). This landmark piece of legislation was passed in the heat of an economic recession, the likes of which this country [...]
ARRA Funding The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (“ARRA”) was passed in February of 2009 with the hope that it would stem the rising tide of unemployment and other economic difficulties within the United States. After enjoying a long ride of prosperity and a real estate value boom in many parts of the country, the [...]
ARRA Funds The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (‘ARRA”) was passed to achieve two primary goals. First, to create new additional jobs to help stimulate the economy and lower the high unemployment rate the United States was facing at the time. Second, to help keep current jobs in place and keep the US unemployment rate [...]
Tennessee Unemployment Benefits The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development manages all aspects of Tennessee unemployment benefits for the state. Following the loss of your job, the last thing you want to deal with is the paperwork, headache and time of having to not only learn whether you qualify for Tennessee unemployment benefits but [...]
Unemployment Rates A key indicator of the economic welfare of the United States are the current unemployment rates in each individual state and the country as a whole. Nationally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is charged with keeping track of unemployment rates. Additionally, each individual state has a department of labor which performs a function [...]
Economic Recovery Starting in late 2008 the United States government began taking steps to try to jumpstart an economic recovery. The primary tool Congress used in their recovery efforts was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), which was signed into law by President Obama in February of that year. This Act (which [...]
ARRA The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also known as the “Stimulus” or “Stimulus Bill”) was a landmark piece of legislation signed into law in February of 2009 by President Barack Obama with the hope that it would fulfill two purposes: save existing jobs and create new jobs. In total, the cost of [...]
TANF The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (“TANF”) program was created in July of 1997 and signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The program was born as a successor welfare program to the AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children program). The purpose of the TANF program is to provide cash payments to low [...]
