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STATEWIDE REGIONAL COUNCIL IMPACT: RETURN ON INVESTMENT • Our 11 regional councils collectively generate an impressive Return on Investment of $48 for every $1 in local government dues for our annual operations and programs
• Since 2002, we have administered over 5,600 projects involving over $335 million in direct federal spending and hundreds of millions more in leveraged state, local, private and philanthropic investments
• Our regional councils have helped secure nearly $212 million in EDA public works and economic adjustment investments for local job creation and retention initiatives in distressed areas of the state
• Within the past fi ve years, our regional councils have lent nearly $1 million through our business development loan funds, leveraging an additional $700,000 in private investments for entrepreneurs and companies
• We have helped over 45,000 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) clients and managed almost $31 million in workforce training funds in the past five years
• During the past five years, our COGs have administered over $88 million in Area Agency on Aging programs serving over 247,000 clients
• We ensured all of Oklahoma’s local communities are eligible for federal first responder grants by complying with the new training and planning requirements of the new National Incident Management System (NIMS)
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