Recovery Act - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA): Tribal Transit Program

Funding Opportunity Number: FTA-09004-TPM-TRTR Opportunity Category: OtherFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: TransportationCFDA Number: 20.509Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOT-FTAClosing Date: Feb 20, 2014Award Ceiling: $17,000,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Feb 20, 2014Funding Opportunity Description: FTA will be accepting discretionary applications for funds made available under the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009” (Pub. L. 111-5; “ARRA”) to the Public Transportation on Indian Reservations Program (Tribal Transit Program). The ARRA was signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009. Goals of the statute include the preservation and creation of jobs and promotion of an economic recovery, as well as the investment in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure providing long-term economic benefits.The ARRA, Tribal Transit program purpose is to provide funding to federally recognized Indian Tribes for public transportation capital projects for use in public transportation. Under ARRA, $17 million is available for discretionary award.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Transportation Source Type: funding