American Rescue Plan (ARP) Additional Assistance

Deadline: 11/8/2021

Amount: unspecified

Website: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=335584

Description:

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for discretionary grants under the American Rescue Plan Act’s Additional Assistance Funding (Additional Assistance Funding). As required by the American Rescue Plan Act, funds will be awarded to eligible recipients or eligible subrecipients of Urbanized Area Formula funds or Rural Area Formula funds that, as a result of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19), require additional assistance for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, and sanitization combating the spread of pathogens on transit systems, and debt service payments incurred to maintain operations and avoid layoffs and furloughs.

Eligible applicants:

State governments

Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)