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Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF

Opportunity #: 20.509

Award Ceiling
$48.0M
Award Floor
N/A
Close Date
N/A
Total Funding
$48.0M
Cost Sharing Required
No
Grants.gov ID
usa-20.509

Description

To improve, initiate, or continue public transportation service in nonurbanized areas (rural areas and small cities under 50,000 in population) and to provide technical assistance for rural transportation providers. The Section 5311 program supports both the maintenance of existing public transportation services and the expansion of those services through the following program goals: � enhancing access in rural areas to health care, shopping, education, employment, public services, and recreation; � increasing availability of transportation options through investments in intercity bus services; and � encouraging mobility management, and employment-related transportation alternatives The Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program is a set-aside form the Formula Grants for Rural Areas program that consists of both a formula and competitive grant program for federally recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities in rural areas.

Types of Assistance: FORMULA GRANTS

Eligible Applicants

Only designated State agencies and Indian Tribes may apply directly to FTA for grants. Eligible sub-recipients may include State agencies, local public bodies and agencies thereof, nonprofit organizations, Indian tribes, and operators of public transportation services, including intercity bus service, in rural areas. Private for-profit operators of transit or paratransit services may participate in the program only through contracts with eligible recipients. Private intercity bus operators may participate as subrecipients or through contracts. Urbanized areas, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, are not eligible. For the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program, eligible applicants include federally recognized Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities as identified by the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs. Additionally, applicants must be located and provide service in a rural area with a population of 50,000 or less.

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