This $1,425,696 federal Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) will fund the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska's transit program from July 2024 through December 2027. The grant will cover 100% of the program's operating expenses, including staff salaries and benefits, training, fuel/oil, drug and alcohol testing, uniforms, and vehicle wraps. The expected outcome is to provide free and low-cost transportation...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska (PTN) received a $381,567 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to maintain existing transit services from June 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. The funding will allow PTN to continue providing demand response transit services for tribal members and surrounding communities across a 15-county region in Nebraska, Iowa, and South...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $285,967 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). The funding will allow the Tribe to maintain existing transit services on its reservation through December 2025 by covering eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventive maintenance. Capital expenses funded include camera services and GPS tracking for...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $295,755 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to maintain and expand their existing transit services on the tribal reservation. The funding will be used to cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, office supplies, facility and equipment maintenance, administration, travel, training, and technical assistance for bus operations. Additionally,...
The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $302,319 project grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) on May 12, 2022. The grant will fund transit services and operations for the Tribe through August 31, 2023. Specifically, the funding will support operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, office supplies and maintenance costs to maintain existing transit services on the...
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska was awarded a $798,435 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The Tribe will use the funding to maintain existing transit services on the reservation and surrounding rural areas from October 1, 2022 through November 30, 2025. Specifically, the Tribe will purchase four replacement vans for $130,500 and conduct $60,000 in preventive...
This $722,796 federal Formula Grant awarded by the Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will fund operating and capital assistance for the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma's public transit services. The grant will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, and preventive maintenance, as well as the replacement of two 10-year-old ADA-compliant minivan vehicles with two new 4-passenger ADA minivans. This...
The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska was awarded a $316,930 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The grant period runs from April 6, 2021 through December 22, 2021. The Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program aims to improve, initiate, or continue public transportation services in nonurbanized areas and provide technical assistance to rural...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families' Native American Programs (CFDA 93.612). The grant is intended to support the "Cultivating Connected Families" project, which aims to promote economic and social self-sufficiency for the Ponca Tribe and surrounding Native American communities in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota. The project grant period runs from September 30,...
The Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska a $436,346 Section 5311 Formula Grant for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) for the period of October 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. The funds will be used for the following activities: purchasing 2 replacement vans ($100,000), providing preventive maintenance ($30,000), and supporting operating assistance ($306,346). The grant will enable the Tribe to maintain safe,...