MUNICIPALITIES, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES, TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS

Applications will be accepted by the New York State Department of Transportation's Public Transportation Bureau, for Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) and New Freedom (NF) projects in the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) district including New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley (Rockland, Westchester and Putnam Counties).

JARC services 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 area and non-urbanized areas to suburban employment opportunities. Such services may include, but are not limited to: mobility management, extension of current transportation services, and promotion of those services. The New Freedom formula grant 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. 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 services be identified in the Coordinated Human Service and Public Transportation Plan for the NYMTC Region (available at www.nymtc.org) and be coordinated with other federally-assisted programs to ensure efficient use of federal funds. The total funds available for these programs are $11.3 million.

To be eligible to apply for JARC and New Freedom funding, applicants must be either a local government authority, non-profit agency registered with the NYS Department of State or an operator of public transportation services. It is anticipated that applications will be released in January 2009 with an application deadline of March 27, 2009.

For an application, please visit the NYMTC website http://www.nymtc.org or contact: Nancy O’Connell, Program Manager, NYMTC, 199 Water Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10038-3534, (212) 383-7200, email: [email protected]