$4,250,000 awarded to rural community assistance partnership incorporated for the purpose of providing capacity building technical assistance for the main streets cohort in the thriving communities…

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary awarded a $4,250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Thriving Communities Program Capacity Builders Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 20.942) to the Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP). The grant funding will support RCAP in providing capacity building technical assistance to the 16 Main Streets communities participating in the Thriving Communities program. RCAP's activities under this award will include facilitating the planning and development of transportation and community revitalization projects, as well as providing tools to enable the Main Streets communities to access funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The primary goal is to support disadvantaged and under-resourced communities in advancing a pipeline of transformative infrastructure projects. The Cooperative Agreement has a performance period from June 24, 2024 to June 23, 2027.

Activities

Technical assistance, and capacity building support to enable disadvantaged and under-resourced communities to advance a pipeline of transformative infrastructure projects in main streets cohort.

Expected outcomes

Facilitation of the planning and development of transportation and community revitalization activities and provide tools to ensure that the main streets communities can access the funding provided in the bipartisan infrastructure law (BIL).

Intended beneficiaries

The 16 main street communities - https://WWW.transportation.GOV/grants/thriving-communities