Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program
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Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program: FTA Workforce Development activities are authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5322, Human Resource Programs. The Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program is intended to exercise this authority by providing funding to transit agencies and other entities with innovative solutions to pressing workforce development issues. In its second funding iteration, FTA seeks applications that showcase and support products and approaches that improve the state of the practice of workforce development. Specific focus is given to those: 1) projects or programs that demonstrate innovative methods of leveraging investments in public transportation infrastructure to generate possible impacts in local employment, particularly in underserved communities; 2) innovative projects or programs that support the training/professional development needs of blue-collar workers, particularly in the area of new and emerging technologies; and 3) projects that support or showcase innovative methods of encouraging youth to pursue careers in public transportation.
Federal Grant Title: | Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program |
Federal Agency Name: | DOT Federal Transit Administration |
Grant Categories: | Education Employment Labor and Training Transportation |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | FTA-2012-011-TRI |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 20.514 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Public Transportation Research |
Current Application Deadline: | Jul 06, 2012 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jul 06, 2012 |
Posted Date: | Jun 14, 2012 |
Creation Date: | Jun 14, 2012 |
Archive Date: | Aug 05, 2012 |
Total Program Funding: | $5,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $1,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $100,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 24 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Public transit agencies, state departments of transportation (DOTs) providing public transportation services; and Indian tribes, non-profit institutions and institutions of higher education.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Betty Jackson Office of Research, Demonstration and Innovation (Room E43-425) Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone: 202-366-1730
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