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The Division of Public Transportation may either directly
administer or indirectly pass-through grants from the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA). The information below describes
the programs, provides links to Department of Transportation
FTA web sites for technical and additional information. Each
is linked under Chapter 49 of the United States Code of Federal
Regulations and its title. The related
FTA Circulars providing
additional guidance. FTA grants applications are overseen
by the Division of Public Transportation for Section 5310,
Sections 5311 and 5311(f), Section 5316 and Section 5317. All grant programs and
subrecipients are subject to the terms of the state's
Master Agreement
with FTA and DOT.
Each year the Division of Public Transportation announces
the opportunity to apply for federal funds provided through
the Idaho Transportation Department to potential applicants
through advertisement in the legal notice. A mailing list
is kept for inform individuals in writing when the Department
announces grant openings when federal funds become accessible.
Interested organizations receiving an announcement must respond
if they wish to receive a hard copy and/or electronic version
of the Program Guide and which Application(s). Applications are updated
and released to the public upon
announcement.
In 2006, the Division changed the dates
for grant announcement, release and award to coincide with
the State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) so that all
FTA and FHWA projects could be reported and budgeted a
common timeline. This requires FTA grant applications to be
submitted in March in one year to be able to receive
funds on April 1st of the next year.
Normally, applications will be due in
mid-March of each year, all organizations
submitting applications must also continue
to comply with preceding mandatory
requirements such as issuing legal notices of their application,
preparing locally developed human service-public transit
coordination plans and, simultaneously sending letters to other
carriers in the service area who may be affected by
their grant
proposal, and attending the district public meetings in
February or early March as announced in their legal notice
to provide an opportunity for public hearing and hear public
comment.
The Division is pleased to announce that two new programs
have been added
SAFETEA-LU added that the state
will administer. Please review the Job Access Reverse
Commute (Section 5316) and New Freedom Program (Section
5317) guidance and applications have been added to the table
below.
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