Appalachian Regional Commission

A regional commission’s $282.9 million award book

ARC is a federal-state body covering Appalachian counties across multiple states. USAspending does not draw that county map. It records awards the Commission made. $282,904,641 through FY2026 is that obligation stock. Highway, broadband, workforce, and local-development projects can all appear if they were issued as federal awards tagged to CGAC 309. Projects funded only by states, localities, or private partners stay off this table.

Four hundred forty-nine awards against $282.9 million implies about $630,077 per award. That mean is consistent with project-scale assistance rather than thousands of tiny grants. The packet still has no median and no program-by-program split. Area development, highway, and other statutory pots are not labeled in these five facts.

Geography is the point—and the limit—of the state table

For a regional commission, the state breakdown is not a side feature. It is the public question: which partner states received ARC-awarded dollars in the USAspending geography fields? The 449 awards will not land evenly. Coalfield counties and metro-adjacent counties can both appear, depending on recipient location and place of performance. The file does not flag distressed-county status; ARC’s own maps do that.

A large share in one state can mean several sizable project awards, not a preference ranking. Open award-level records for recipient names. SpendingVault’s state path for agency 309 is the roll-up, not the project dossier.

Questions

How much has the Appalachian Regional Commission obligated?

USAspending.gov shows $282,904,641 in ARC obligations through FY2026 across 449 awards. Awarding-agency CGAC 309 is the filter. The total is federal award commitments, not a full picture of state or local matching funds. USAspending.gov records this as awarding-agency obligations through FY2026, not cash outlays. The live table for CGAC 309 is the source for the current 449-award book.

What is the average ARC award size?

Dividing $282,904,641 by 449 awards yields about $630,077. The packet has no median and no program split. Project-scale assistance can sit beside smaller administrative awards in the same mean. That figure uses only the packet totals. The extract has no median and no contract-versus-assistance split. FY2026 is the warehouse cutoff, not a single-year appropriation.

What is agency code 309?

309 is the USAspending awarding-agency CGAC identifier for the Appalachian Regional Commission. SpendingVault’s /agencies/309/ path uses that code. Delta and Denali regional bodies use different CGACs. SpendingVault URLs under the agency path filter to that CGAC identifier. It is an accounting tag, not a quality score. Totals on this page are obligations through FY2026.

Can I see ARC spending by state?

Yes. The state table for agency 309 attributes the 449 awards using USAspending geography fields. It does not mark distressed counties. Recipient location and place of performance can differ on the same award. Outlays are unpublished in this packet, so this page does not estimate cash already paid. Refresh the agency page after USAspending updates rather than treating the current stock as frozen.