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NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXIV, ISSUE 1

January 04, 2012

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS

 

1220 Washington Avenue State Office Building Campus Building 7A Albany, NY 12242

LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES

Critical Infrastructure Grant Program (CIGP)

The purpose of this request for grant applications is to invite eligible public safety organizations to apply for grant funds under the state Critical Infrastructure Grant Program (CIGP). Grants will be awarded to promote a common understanding of, and approach to, risk management. Specifically this grant program provides an opportunity for local first responders to mitigate risks and gaps that are identified by using the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), Risk Management Framework.

ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS: Applications will be accepted from local governmental entities.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on February 1, 2012 through the State's Electronic Grants Management System (E-Grants). For the Request for Applications (RFA) please visit the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) website at http://www.dhses.ny.gov/grants/rfa-ci.cfm or DHSES's Grant Hotline at [phone].

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

50 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12232

STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY (MUNICIPALITIES), PRIVATE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, OPERATORS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INCLUDING PRIVATE OPERATORS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Formula Programs

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) formula programs funds available:

Section 5316 - Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC)

Section 5317 - New Freedom (NF)

Applications will be accepted through January 18, 2012 for the JARC and New Freedom programs in the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) boundary of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) region which includes; New York City (all five (5) boroughs), Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties) and the Lower Hudson Valley (Rockland, Westchester and Putnam Counties). As the Metropolitan Planning Organization, NYMTC will be accepting all applications for these urbanized areas (populations greater than 200,000) on behalf of the designated recipient, New York State Department of Transportation.

Eligible sub recipients to apply for the JARC and New Freedom funding, are municipalities, non-profit agencies, and operators of public transportation services, including private operators of public transportation services, as well as federally recognized tribal governments. Applications were released on November 2nd, 2011 with an application deadline of January 18th, 2012.

The goal of the JARC program seeks to improve access to transportation services to employment sites and employment related activities for welfare recipients and eligible low-income individuals and transport residents of urbanized areas and non-urbanized areas to employment opportunities. Such services may include, but are not limited to: mobility management, expansion of current transportation services.

The New Freedom program seeks to reduce barriers to transportation services and expand the transportation mobility options available to people with disabilities beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Eligible projects may include; expanded service beyond current ADA limitation, projects that fund non-key station improvements and support of mobility management and other mobility supports to improve access to transportation.

Both funding sources require that projects be derived from and identified in the Coordinated Human Service and Public Transportation Plan of the metropolitan region. In addition projects must be coordinated with other federally-assisted programs to ensure efficient use of federal funds. More information on NYMTC and the NYMTC Coordinated Human Service Public Transportation Plan can be found at www.nymtc.org.

Funding Availability	JARC Funding Available	NF Funding Available
Total Project Funding Available	$17,910,307	$9,663,856

For an application, please visit the NYMTC website http://www.nymtc.org or contact: Angelina Foster, Manager of NYMTC Program and Analyst Unit, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, 199 Water St., 22nd Fl., New York, NY 10000, [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]