Strategies to Promote Employment in Transit Construction Projects by Members of Minority and Low-income Communities

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Strategies to Promote Employment in Transit Construction Projects by Members of Minority and Low-income Communities: SUMMARY: This solicitation is for proposals for a cooperative agreement for research on strategies to promote employment in transit construction projects by members of minority and low-income communities under the Transportation Equity Research Program (TERP). The major goal of the TERP is for research and demonstration activities that focus on the impacts that transportation planning, investment, and operations have on low-income and minority populations that are transit dependent. This cooperative agreement is a four-year award. The total available funding currently available is $250,000. Subsequent funding will be based on annual appropriations.Public transit projects have been shown to generate jobs and a significant return on investment. According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA):"In project after project, a capital investment in public transportation sparks a chain reaction in business activity that far exceeds the initial investment. The dollars flow to hundreds of industries, from specialized rail or bus construction firms to maintenance and software suppliers. Every $1 billion invested in public transit capital projects generates 30,000 jobs, and the same amount invested in transit operations generates 60,000 jobs. The return on investment could be as high as 9 to 1." (See "The Economic Importance of Public Transit," November 2003). In cities around the country, transit projects have been undertaken or are being planned in communities that have high numbers and proportions of minority and low-income residents and high unemployment rates. FTA-funded New Starts projects in preliminary engineering and final design as of 2005 include projects in Cleveland, Columbus, Philadelphia, New York, Miami, New Orleans, and Charlotte, NC to name a few. Research by the Center on Transit-Oriented Development found that median incomes of households living in transit zones (that is within 1/4 miles of an existing or planned transit station) tend to be lower than the incomes of those households in the larger metropolitan region. There are some regions where incomes are dramatically lower in the transit zones, including Los Angeles, Seattle, and Baltimore. Virtually every metropolitan region has a higher proportion of households with incomes of less than $10,000 living in transit zones, although these neighborhoods are by no means enclaves of only low-income households (See "Hidden In Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for Housing Near Transit," September 2004). While the Department of Transportation has detailed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) regulations and technical assistance programs to ensure that minority and women-owned businesses can compete fairly for the jobs created by investments in transit, there has been little research or demonstration activities on whether minority and low-income residents (not just business owners per se) have been able to take advantage of the job opportunities generated by transit projects, particularly by those projects in their communities. OBJECTIVESThe proposed research and demonstration activities will: . Fulfill the purpose of the transportation equity earmark at Section 3046(a)(3) to conduct "research and demonstration activities that focus on the impacts that transportation planning, investment, and operations have on low-income and minority populations," and to "develop training programs that promote the employment of low-income and minority residents on Federal-aid transportation projects constructed in their communities." . Support FTAs vision of thriving communities that grow around transportation.. Support the FTAs commitment to its disadvantaged business enterprise program and equal employment opportunity practices. TASKSThe research and demonstration activity will perform the following tasks:1. Identify the transit construction projects that are scheduled to begin or are ongoing between 2006 and 2009 and identify the subset of these projects (or portions of these projects) that are taking place in communities with disproportionately high numbers of minority and low-income residents. 2. Identify the education levels, prior work experience, skill sets, and employment and career expectations of minority and low-income populations living near planned transit construction projects.3. Identify the types of employment opportunities that accompany the projects during and after construction as well as the education, skill sets, and experience that is required for these positions. 4. Identify the subset of these employment opportunities that best match the existing education and skill sets of the community and analyze opportunities and barriers for hiring community residents to fill these jobs.5. Identify the subset of employment opportunities that community residents could be trained to perform and analyze opportunities and barriers for training community residents to apply for these positions. 6. Identify specific instances where transit agencies and/or local government have employed local minority and low-income residents on transit projects in their communities and discuss lessons learned from these examples. 7. Develop technical assistance tools to assist transit agencies and metropolitan planning organizations in training and employing minority and low-income persons on transit projects in their communities. 8. Evaluate the effectiveness of the demonstration projects. AWARD FTA will fund one cooperative agreement for a four-year award. The total available funding currently available is for $250,000. Subsequent funding will be based on annual appropriations. The FTA will participate in activities by attending review meetings, commenting on technical reports, maintaining frequent contact with the project manager and approving key decisions and activities any redirecting activities if needed.Federal transit funds are available for research projects at up to 100 percent of the project cost. However, cost sharing will be an evaluation criterion.
Federal Grant Title: Strategies to Promote Employment in Transit Construction Projects by Members of Minority and Low-income Communities
Federal Agency Name: DOT Federal Transit Administration
Grant Categories: Transportation
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: DOT-FTA-EMPL
Type of Funding: Grant
CFDA Numbers: 20.514
CFDA Descriptions: Transit Planning and Research
Current Application Deadline: No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline: Aug 07, 2006
Posted Date: Jun 02, 2006
Creation Date: Jun 21, 2006
Archive Date: Sep 06, 2006
Total Program Funding: $250,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $250,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $250,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Small businesses Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) For profit organizations other than small businesses Individuals Private institutions of higher education
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Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-4018
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