Project Grant 06CH7157

Federal Grant Award Summary La Salle Community Action Association Inc. received a $6.85 million Project Grant from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) awarded April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030. This five-year award funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children in Louisiana. The Head Start program delivers educational, health, nutritional, social, and developmental services tailored to local...

Community Action Development Corp, operating as Red River Transportation Service, received a $4.3 million Project Grant from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. This five-year award funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children in the Oklahoma City service area. The organization will deliver Head Start and Early Head Start programming, which...

This $373,435 Project Grant from 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 Fond du Lac Reservation's purchase of five new buses. The buses will replace retired vehicles to improve fleet reliability and reduce operating costs over the next several years. Intended beneficiaries are the Reservation and riding public, as the new buses will ensure continued demand-response transit...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean School Bus Program (CFDA 66.045) provides $12,408,354 in funding to Student Transportation of America, Inc. to replace 32 diesel school buses with 32 Class 7 zero-emission electric school buses and install AC and DC fast charging infrastructure. The new electric school buses will serve school districts in Illinois, including Bloom Township High Schools District #206, Milwaukee School District,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Total Community Action Inc. received a $17.2 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Head Start under the Head Start program (CFDA 93.600) for the five-year period from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. This award funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children in Louisiana. The organization will deliver educational, health,...

This $15,719,907 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean School Bus Program (CFDA 66.045) provides funding to First Student, Inc. to replace 40 existing diesel school buses with clean, zero-emission electric school buses and install 21 direct current (DC) fast charging stations in school districts across Louisiana. The key deliverables include deploying the new electric school buses to serve 5 school districts, providing training on zero-emission...

Federal Grant Award Summary Delta Community Action Association, Inc., operating as Delta Community Head Start Centers, received a $10.5 million Project Grant award from the Office of Head Start (CFDA 93.600) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. The award funds comprehensive early childhood education and family support services designed to promote school readiness among low-income children in Louisiana. The organization delivers Head Start and Early Head Start services, which...

The Lafayette City Parish Consolidated Government was awarded a $354,298 Formula Grant by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526). The grant funds will be used to partially cover the cost of purchasing two new 35-foot low-floor compressed natural gas (CNG) buses to replace existing vehicles in the Lafayette Transit fleet as part of the agency's regular bus replacement schedule. The new...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean School Bus Program (CFDA 66.045) provides $19,750,000 in full federal funding to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to replace existing diesel school buses with zero-emission buses and install AC Level 2 and DC fast charging infrastructure. The activities include purchasing several zero-emission school buses to serve schools within the LAUSD district, which serves approximately 450,000...

The City of Monroe, Louisiana was awarded a $1,370,627 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) to construct a new downtown transit center. The grant will fund the construction of a new facility to serve as a transfer point for the local public transportation network, enhancing regional transportation access and efficiency. The project is expected to be completed by August 31,...