Innovative Coordinated Access and Mobility Grants Program - 2016 NOFO

Funding Opportunity Number: FTA-2015-012-TPM-RTW Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: TransportationCFDA Number: 20.514Eligible Applicants State governmentsCounty governmentsCity or township governmentsNative American tribal governments (Federally recognized)Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOT-FTAClosing Date: May 31, 2016Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: Mar 29, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The goal of the competitive R2W Demonstration Grants is to find and test promising, replicable public transportation healthcare access solutions that support the following Rides to Wellness goals: increased access to care, improved health outcomes and reduced healthcare costs. To support these goals, the R2W Demonstration Grants will: 1. Develop replicable, innovative, sustainable solutions to healthcare access challenges; 2. Foster local partnerships between health, transportation, home and community-based services and other sectors to collaboratively develop and support solutions that increase healthcare access; and 3. Demonstrate the impacts of transportation solutions on improved access to healthcare and health outcomes and reduced costs to the healthcare and transportation sectors.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Transportation Source Type: funding