From 2009-2011, the City of Chicago and Cook County received a total of 2.35billioninfundingprovidedbytheAmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentAct[ARRA].Thestimulusmoneywasallocatedtosevenareas:education,basicneeds,transportationandinfrastructure,housingandenergy,publicsafety,broadbandandworkforcedevelopment.TheChicagoRecoveryPartnershipEvaluationofARRAanalyzestheimpactofthestimulusspendingusingacostbenefitanalysisframework.Thisreportevaluated1.09 billion of total spending in Chicago and Cook County, resulting in net benefits ranging from -173.9to2,740.2 million. The wide range in net benefits is attributed largely to education, which received over half of ARRA funding