Formula Grant MN2024014

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $810,909 Formula Grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. The grant funding will be used to provide operating assistance, including salaries, fuel, and other operating costs, for the Red Lake Nation Transit system. The award is intended to improve the efficiency and safety of public transportation services for residents in the rural tribal area. The grant...

This $1,628,721 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) provides one year of operating assistance to the White Earth Public Transit System in Minnesota. The funding will cover eligible operating expenses, helping to maintain the bus fleet and keep fares low and affordable for the system's clients and employees. The award period runs from July 17, 2025 to December 30, 2027. No sub-recipient activities...

This $799,874 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide operating assistance to Big Woods Transit in northern Minnesota from January 2024 through December 2027. The funding will cover eligible operating expenses such as wages, fuel, and preventive maintenance to enable Big Woods Transit to continue providing public transportation services to Native and non-Native communities in the...

This is a Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The purpose of this $929,044 award is to provide one year of operating assistance for the White Earth Public Transit System in Minnesota. Funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses, including maintenance costs and other bus-related costs, which helps keep bus fares low and affordable for the clients of the White Earth Public...

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will use a $2,044,041 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to continue operating public transportation services on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation from April 2025 to June 2026. The funding will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver wages, maintenance, fuel, and administrative costs. The project will sustain two deviated fixed routes providing...

This $14.7 million project grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) supports rural public transportation services in Minnesota through March 2026. Awarded in July 2021, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will administer funding and oversee sub-awards to 20 local transit agencies across the state. Sub-awardees will use their Calendar Year 2022 Rural Operating Assistance allocations, totaling the full $14.7M...

This $122,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will be used by the Grand Portage Reservation Tribal Council to partially cover the cost of acquiring a 14-passenger coach to add to their fleet. The award will fund the purchase of this new vehicle, which is expected to cost approximately $97,174. This acquisition will help the tribal council alleviate downtime and maintain...

This $1,399,174 federal Formula Grant award, provided by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), will fund the construction of a new facility for the White Earth Public Transit system in Waubun, Minnesota. The new transit facility will provide dedicated space for repair, storage, and administrative offices to support the operations and services of the White Earth Public Transit system....

The Federal Transit Administration awarded the Minnesota Department of Transportation a $13.04 million Project Grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on July 13, 2021 to support rural public transportation services through March 30, 2027. The grant will fund rural operating expenses, state program administration, and the Rural Transit Assistance Program. Approximately $9.36 million will support operating costs for non-intercity bus routes. The...

The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration awarded a $460,996 Project Grant to the White Earth Band of Chippewa under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant period runs from March 17, 2021 through April 8, 2022 to support public transportation services in nonurbanized areas of Minnesota. Specifically, the funding will improve, initiate, or continue rural and tribal transit through April 2022, consistent with the program's...