• Requires applicants with Action Plans in place to update those plans if they do not include all road users and/or is more than three years old KEY NOFO HIGHLIGHTS FOR COUNTIES • Like other USDOT programs, SS4A operates on a reimbursement basis where an award recipient must first incur allowable expenses and submit receipts for projects funded • Prospective counties must submit a complete application through Valid Eval, not grants.gov • Rural communities are defined as jurisdictions outside an Urban Area (UA) and jurisdictions located within UAs with populations fewer than 200,000 • For multi-jurisdictional applications, applicants may propose a single Action Plan covering all jurisdictions, individual plans or a system to administer sub-awards to entities within its jurisdiction • USDOT established a SS4A Technical Assistance Center to assist non-traditional awardees, including local governments, with federal requirements SS4A COUNTY AWARD RECIPIENTS IN FY 2023 Counties built on our success in FY 2022 with 4 Implementation Grants and 95 Planning and Demonstration grants in FY 2023, totaling $115 million for county-led projects. A full list of FY 2023 recipients can be found here. Relative to other USDOT grant programs, counties have fared well in SS4A awards largely because state departments of transportation are ineligible for the program. • For a non-exhaustive list of communities that meet this criteria, click here IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS | $543.3 MILLION AVAILABLE IN FY 2024 • Funds the implementation and capital construction of strategies and projects identified in an Action Plan • Maintains single application deadline on May 16, 2024 • Allows for pre-application submission of SelfCertification Eligibility Worksheet to confirm eligibility for an Implementation Grant by April 17 10 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 12, ISSUE 04
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