This section 5307 funding application for spartanburg regional health services district (SRHS) in the amount of $3994951 will provide continued demand response transit in urban areas of spartanburg…

Federal Transit Formula Grants Award Summary

On September 18, 2025, the Federal Transit Administration awarded $3,994,951 to Spartanburg Regional Health Services District (SRHS) under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507). The award, comprising $2,185,000 in federal funds and $1,809,951 in local matching funds, supports continued demand-response mass transit services in the urbanized areas of Spartanburg County, South Carolina through March 30, 2030. SRHS will utilize these funds to sustain and expand transit operations without service reductions due to funding constraints.

The grant funds cover eligible operating expenses including driver salaries, fuel costs, and preventive maintenance of transit vehicles and facilities. Additionally, the award will support capital purchases of two Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant vehicles and 46 ancillary items including radios, tablets, and signage. The funding enables SRHS to maintain preventive maintenance standards while continuing to provide essential demand-response transportation services to residents accessing medical appointments, employment, shopping, educational facilities, and other critical services. No subrecipient activities are associated with this award.

Activities

Funds will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as salaries fuel preventive maintenance and other items with a useful life of less than one year. Other purchases will include two (2) ADA vehicles and forty six (46) radios tablets and signs. The funding will allow spartanburg regional health services district to continue to provide demand response mass transit in the urbanized areas of spartanburg county without a potential reduction in services due to lack of funding.

Expected outcomes

Funding will permit spartanburg regional health services district to meet preventive maintenance standards and provide operating assistance to continue the demand response transit for riders going to medical appointments work shopping school and other essential services.

Intended beneficiaries

Spartanburg regional health services district and the riders will benefit from the continued services by helping riders get to their destinations using demand response mass transit.

Subrecipient activities

Srhs has no subrecipient activities.