For this application$373489 from the second 2025 allocation will be used to assist the continued operation of yavapai-apache nation transit system

The Federal Transit Administration awarded the Yavapai Apache Nation $373,489 on June 30, 2026, under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to support continued operation of the Yavapai-Apache Nation Transit System in the Verde Valley of central Arizona.

Funding supports employee compensation and safety training for operators and support staff, routine vehicle maintenance and safety inspections, scheduling of operational trainings, and the purchase of two expansion transit vehicles. The Nation will review current employee status and adjust salaries and benefits as required, and schedule vehicles for preventive maintenance and safety inspections. Expected outcomes include retaining and adding qualified employees, ensuring operators receive proper training, and maintaining safe vehicle operations to enable expanded transit services.

Beneficiaries include members of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, residents of the Verde Valley, and residents of Yavapai County, who will access expanded services to medical facilities, commercial zones, educational opportunities, and additional areas of Yavapai County. The transit system has operated for over fifteen years covering three towns in the Verde Valley, the Yavapai-Apache Nation, and rural Yavapai County.

Performance runs through February 29, 2028. No subrecipients are involved in this award.

Activities

Activities to be performed will include review of current employee status and adjust salaries and benefits as required. Another activity will be the scheduling of vehicles of vehicles for routine maintenance and safety inspections. Scheduling of employees safety and operational trainings will also be performed. An additional activity for this funding will be the purchase of two expansion vehicles

Expected outcomes

Outcomes expected from this funding allocation will be to improve yavapai-apache transit by retaining and adding qualified employees ensure operators are properly trained and vehicles are safe to operate.

Intended beneficiaries

Beneficiaries of this project will include members of the yavapai-apache nation residents of the verde valley in central arizona residents of yavapai county with the expanded services. All beneficiaries will benefit from expanded services to additional medical facilities commercial zones educational opportunities and expanded areas of yavapai county. Yavapai-apache nation has successfully operated a public transit system located in the verde valley of central arizona for over 15 years. The operation covers three towns in the verde valley along with the yavapai-apache nation and rural yavapai county.

Subrecipient activities

No subrecipients will be part of this funded project