Formula Grant TN2025008

The East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. (ETHRA) was awarded a $112,823 Formula Grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant, awarded on May 2, 2025, will provide operating assistance, preventive maintenance, and capital assistance to continue public transportation services within the Morristown, TN urbanized area.

Specifically, the grant will fund 50% of the $1,356,061 operating assistance for the Section 5307 program and $80,000 in Section 5307 JARC operating assistance, as well as 80% of the $159,000 in Section 5307 preventive maintenance costs. Additionally, the grant will provide 80% of the $90,259 in Section 5339 capital assistance to purchase a new light-duty transit bus. This funding will allow ETHRA to seamlessly transition from rural to urban transit services and continue providing demand-response and fixed-route public transportation in the newly urbanized areas of Jefferson and Hamblen counties.