Understanding Recovery.Gov

The one year anniversary of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act being signed into law is approaching. As the anniversary draws near, we expect the media to be checking on and reporting what Community Health Centers and other organizations are doing with the funding.

We hope they will pick up on all the wonderful things Health Centers are doing with the funding, however we know they will be looking for any potential misuses of the funding as that makes for “more interesting” news.

The first source for any investigative reporter looking for misuses of funding will be Recovery.gov since that is the federal government’s public reporting web site. The problem is that, by design, Recovery.gov easily lends itself to misinterpretation. So, an eager reporter may pick up on something that appears to be a misuse of the funding which may in fact be perfectly legitimate and above board.

In order to help Community Health Centers and other reporting organizations prepare for potential media inquiries, Community Health Centers of Arkansas has prepared the White Paper "Understanding Recovery.gov - Common Misconceptions".

Click Here to read the full text of this White Paper.