Deadline: 24-Apr-25
The Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program is a federal program that aims to improve mobility for seniors and individuals with disabilities by removing barriers to transportation service and expanding transportation mobility options.
Funding Information
- The total funding available for FY2024 & FY2025 is $15,363,179.15.
Duration
- Duration of the programming period (2 years).
Eligible Projects
- Eligible projects include those that are planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities when public transportation is insufficient, inappropriate, or unavailable. It may also be used for public transportation projects that exceed the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended (ADA) that improve access to fixed‐route service and decrease reliance by individuals with disabilities on complementary paratransit, and for alternatives to public transportation that assist seniors and individuals with disabilities.
- No less than 55 percent of funds awarded for Northeastern Illinois by fiscal year must be obligated to “traditional” Section 5310 projects. Traditional projects are those public transportation projects planned, designed, and carried out to meet the special needs of seniors and individuals with disabilities when public transportation is insufficient, unavailable, or inappropriate.
- In order for a project to receive funding from the traditional category of funds, it must be a capital project related to 5310-funded vehicles and the sub-recipient must either be a non-profit agency or a local unit of government that certifies no non-profit organizations are readily available in the area to provide services. An operating project may also be funded from the traditional category of funds, provided the service is implemented by a non-profit agency, which contracts out services to a third party.
Eligibility Criteria
- All applicants are encouraged to work with other interested parties that may use or be affected by proposed projects. Projects are evaluated, in part, on an applicant’s demonstrated efforts to coordinate with other parties such as government agencies, transportation providers, and social service groups.
- Eligible subrecipients for Traditional Section 5310 Projects include:
- Private nonprofit organization; or
- State or local governmental authority that:
- is approved by a state to coordinate services for seniors and individuals with disabilities; or
- certifies that there are no nonprofit organizations readily available in the area to provide the service.
- Eligible subrecipients for other eligible Section 5310 activities include:
- a state or local governmental authority
- a private nonprofit organization
- an operator of public transportation that receives a Section 5310 grant indirectly through a recipient
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