This federal Formula Grant award in the amount of $1,355,771.00 was provided by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) through the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509). The award supports public transportation infrastructure and services for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, a federally recognized tribal government located in Sitka, Alaska. The funding will enable the tribe to improve, initiate, and continue transit services in the rural, non-urbanized area it...
This $351,319 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will provide 3 years of operating assistance, vehicle preventive maintenance, and indirect cost support for the Gulkana Village Council's transit program from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The funding will cover eligible costs such as driver and other operation worker wages, salaries and benefits, fuel,...
This $1,432,417 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) provides funding to the Alaska State Department of Public Transportation to support operating assistance and state administration for inter-city public transportation providers across Alaska. The key activities to be performed include continued operation of inter-city public transit systems, including support for providers such as Gulkana Village...
This $195,772 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509), provides two years of operating assistance and project administration to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to maintain existing public transit services in Sitka, Alaska. The funds will cover eligible operating expenses such as driver salaries, fuel, preventive maintenance, and other items necessary to operate the tribal transit program. The...
This $421,547 Formula Grant award from the Federal Transit Administration's Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will support operating assistance and administrative costs for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe to maintain public transit services in their rural service area in Alaska. The award period runs from September 17, 2024 through December 30, 2025, with the intended outcome of preserving essential transit operations for the Alaska Native and American Indian...
This $660,322 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) will fund the Kenaitze Indian Tribe's expansion of public transit services throughout central Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The Tribe will use the funding to acquire vehicles, hire transit staff, and conduct administrative activities from July 2022 through December 2023. Specifically, $158,683 in FY2020 and $171,478 in FY2021 will...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $124,150 Project Grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to the Huslia Tribal Council in Huslia, Alaska. The purpose of this grant is to purchase a bus with a CB radio and first aid kit to establish Huslia's first tribal transit bus service. The expected outcomes are to help revitalize the Koyukon Athabascan culture, subsistence way of life, and increase wellness in the community by providing...
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded a $151,284 Formula Grant under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to the Ninilchik Village, doing business as Ninilchik Traditional Council, in Alaska. The grant funding will provide operating assistance, vehicle preventive maintenance, and indirect administrative costs to support continued fixed-route public transportation service on the Kenai Peninsula, covering 750 miles per week on 250 road miles...
This $1,462,008 Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.509 - Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program) provides funding to the Alaska State Department of Public Transportation to support public transportation services across rural Alaska. Key activities include acquiring capital equipment such as rolling stock support equipment, as well as providing state training funds and administrative expenses. Sub-awardees...
The Alaska State Department of Public Transportation received a $15.8 million project grant award from the Federal Transit Administration under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) to provide operating assistance to rural public transportation providers in Alaska from June 2022 through June 2025. The grant funding will support continued public transportation operations in non-urbanized areas of Alaska, including in Bethel, Sitka, Kenai, Juneau, Girdwood,...