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

Applications will be accepted through May 3, 2013 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 March 8th, 2013 with an application deadline of May 3rd 2013.

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.

For an application, please visit the NYMTC website http://www.nymtc.org or contact: Carl King, Senior Transportation Analyst New York City Transportation Coordinating Committee, 47-40 21st St., Long Island City, NY 11101, (718) 482-4557, e-mail: [email protected]