The Economic Investment Committee report on JDIG, the Job Development Investment Grant program, has some unsurprising information.
Of 14 grants made in 2007:
- 9 went to Tier Three (i.e., 20 wealthiest) counties
- 3 to Guilford
- 3 to Wake
- 3 went to Tier Two counties
- 2 went to Tier One (i.e., 40 poorest) counties
The grants to the poorest counties equaled $3.1 million of $108 million in total grants.
From 2003 through 2007, 28 counties have received grants, but more than 21 of those grants have gone to Wake, Mecklenburg, or Guilford counties.
As many as half the disbursements between 2003 and 2007 in the report “have been reviewed and approved for payment but [for which] checks have not been cut.” Not sure when those amounts will be reported.
